zechen-nlp/triviaqa huggingface dataset:
Question: Which Soviet gymnast won the most medals in her career?
Answer: Larissa Latynina
Question: What science features in "Proof", a play by David Auburn?
Answer: Mathematics
Question: The area that was known as "Cimarron Territory" to 1890 is now known as what part of the USA?
Answer: The Oklahoma panhandle
Question: Who married tennis player John McEnroe in 1986?
Answer: Tatum O'Neal
Question: Which of Little Red Riding Hood's relations was eaten by a wolf?
Answer: Grandma
Question: Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is mainly set in what city?
Answer: Verona
Question: The John F. Kennedy International Airport is located in what American city?
Answer: New York
Question: What fishing method used to catch salmon, mackerel and kingfish, involves drawing one or more fishing lines, baited with lures or bait fish, through the water?
Answer: Trolling
Question: What causes the deposit of rocks and other matter called moraine on the earth's surface?
Answer: Glaciers
Question: What is the name of the character played by Charlie Sheen in the TV series "Two and a Half Men"?
Answer: Charlie Harper
Question: The First Lady of which US president was known as "Lady Bird"?
Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson
Question: Who was the manager of the English national football team from 1963 until he was sacked in 1974?
Answer: Alf Ramsey
Question: What is a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition?
Answer: Paradox
Question: Who led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, led the 1963 March on Washington and, in 1964, became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means?
Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Question: What is another name for athlete's foot?
Answer: Tinea pedis
Question: Umberto II was the last king of which country?
Answer: Italy
Question: By what name was Rocco Francis Marchegiano heavyweight boxing world champion from September 1952, to April 1956 better known?
Answer: Rocky Marciano
Question: The olfactory organs are concerned with the sense of what?
Answer: Smell
Question: Who was the principal villan in the 2004 movie 'Spider-Man 2'?
Answer: Dr. Otto Octavius
Question: What is the road featured in the "Wizard of Oz"?
Answer: Yellow Brick Road
Question: What playwright was jailed for stealing and defacing books from the Islington Library?
Answer: Joe Orton
Question: What film starred Michael Caine in the 1966 version and Jude Law in the 2004 version?
Answer: Alfie
Question: 16 of what pieces are on a chess board at the start of a game?
Answer: Pawns
Question: The islands of Fiji, Tonga, Hawaii and New Caledonia are in which ocean?
Answer: Pacific
Question: After his defeat at Waterloo, to where was Napoleon exiled?
Answer: St Helena
Question: In 2009, Kelly Clarkson released a song that included the lyric: "You got a piece of me, And honestly, My life would ... "what" ... without you'"?
Answer: Suck
Question: In Michelangelo's painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, whose hand extends to the hand of Adam?
Answer: God
Question: """It's still the same old story, the fight for love and glory"" are lines from the theme song for which film?"
Answer: Casablanca
Question: Who had a famous chestnut horse named "Copenhagen"?
Answer: Duke of Wellington
Question: How many pedals are standard on a grand piano in the USA?
Answer: 3
Question: The Beaufort Sea constitutes part of which ocean?
Answer: Arctic
Question: With which sport is Nadia Comneci associated?
Answer: Gymnastics
Question: Japatis are part of the cuisine of which country?
Answer: India
Question: Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination triggered World War I, was a member of which family?
Answer: Hapsburg
Question: """Parsifal"" was the last opera by which composer?"
Answer: Wagner
Question: A "marlin" is a type of what?
Answer: Fish
Question: The Hudson River forms the boundary between the states of New York and what other?
Answer: New Jersey
Question: The English town of Hay-on-Wye is famous for a festival featuring what?
Answer: Books
Question: In June 1944, the names Juno, Omaha, Sword, Utah & Gold were given to what?
Answer: Beaches
Question: Anne Geddes, an Australian-born photographer and clothing designer, is known for her stylized depictions of what?
Answer: Babies and motherhood
Question: What is the world's largest carnivore species found on land, which is native to the north of the northern hemisphere?
Answer: Polar bear
Question: The Eddystone Rocks are 14 miles from which part of the UK?
Answer: Plymouth
Question: What was the title of Lily Allen's first full single release?
Answer: Smile
Question: What breed of dog was the subject of the 1992 film "Beethoven"?
Answer: St Bernard
Question: What is the star sign of someone born on Christmas Day?
Answer: Capricorn
Question: What river flows under the Ponte Vecchio, a Medieval bridge noted for still having shops built along it?
Answer: Arno
Question: Who married Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953?
Answer: John F Kennedy
Question: A "moog" was what type of instrument?
Answer: Synthesizer
Question: From the landing of Pedro lvares Cabral in 1500 until its independence in 1822, Brazil was a colony of which nation?
Answer: Portugal
Question: Where is the US National Archives, which holds the original documents of the US Constitution and the US Declaration of Independence?
Answer: Washington, DC
Question: What word's original meaning was "the hearing of a person's confession and their absolution before their execution"?
Answer: Shrift
Question: Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Bourgogne, Bretagne, Limousin and Lorraine are all regions of which country?
Answer: France
Question: What name is given to the frst person to enter a house in the New Year?
Answer: First footer
Question: The flags of Australia and New Zealand feature representations of what?
Answer: Southern Cross
Question: Who played the title role in the 2004 film "The Passion of Christ"?
Answer: Jim Caviezel
Question: Annie Leibovitz is famous as what?
Answer: Photographer
Question: What is k. d. lang's profession?
Answer: Singer
Question: The cochlea is part of which part of the body?
Answer: Ear
Question: The dance Meringue originated where?
Answer: Caribbean
Question: When did London first host an Olympic Games?
Answer: 1908
Question: What type of animal is a silverback?
Answer: Gorilla
Question: In 2001, Karen England and Rebecca Knight, found busking in Covent Garden to support singing lessons, were invited to perform at the FA Cup Final & the UEFA Champions League final in Milan. Their album "Beyond Imagination" was #1 in the UK Classical Charts for 11 weeks and #4 in the USA. What are they better known as?
Answer: The Opera Babes
Question: Which Mediterranean island is divided politically by the Attila Line?
Answer: Cyprus
Question: Nicole Kidman married which country singer in 2006?
Answer: Keith Urban
Question: What was the first, and only complete, novel, published in 1788, written by 18th-century British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights Mary Wollstonecraft?
Answer: Mary: A Fiction
Question: The Priestley medal is awarded for excellence in what field?
Answer: Chemistry
Question: What was the preoccupation of John Nash Jr, the subject of the 2001 film "A Beautiful Mind" starring Russell Crowe?
Answer: Economics
Question: In November 2010, Swiss voters decided to expel what category of people from the country?
Answer: Foreigners convicted of serious crimes
Question: The "Westminster", that is held annually at Madison Square Garden in New York, is what sort of event?
Answer: Dog show
Question: What musical features the characters Frank N Furter and Riff Raff?
Answer: The Rocky Horror Show
Question: In music, what is the name given to 1/16th of the whole note?
Answer: Semiquaver
Question: Louis B Meyer is associated with what activity?
Answer: Film making
Question: Who is the co-director and co-writer of British television shows with Ricky Gervais?
Answer: Stephen Merchant
Question: What is the next in this sequence: Palatine Hill, Capitoline Hill, Quirinal Hill, Viminal Hill, Esquiline Hill, Caelian Hill, ... ?
Answer: Aventine Hill
Question: Whose address is 9 Downing Street, London, next to that of the Prime Minister of the UK?
Answer: The Chief Whip
Question: Easter Island belongs to which country?
Answer: Chile
Question: What is the shape of a standard dart board?
Answer: Round
Question: For which activity was Dame Elizabeth Frink honoured?
Answer: Sculpture
Question: Who is the lead character in the TV series "House"?
Answer: Gregory House
Question: In Anglo Saxon Britain, what word described a magistrate and the regional representative of the king?
Answer: Reeve
Question: What caused the closure of the Panama Canal in December 2010, for the first time in 21 years?
Answer: Flooding
Question: In the musical "Oliver!", who is the conniving career criminal who takes in homeless boys and teaches them to pick pockets for him?
Answer: Fagin
Question: Bodrum, Fethiye, Marmaris, Kuadas, Cesme, Didim and Alanya are tourist resorts in which country?
Answer: Turkey
Question: By what name is the Australian Rugby Union team known?
Answer: The Wallabies
Question: In Botticelli's painting "The Birth of Venus", what is she standing on?
Answer: A shell
Question: What is Whitcombe Judson credited with inventing in 1893?
Answer: Zip fastener
Question: The Cocos Islands are in which body of water?
Answer: Indian Ocean
Question: On October 24, 1901, 63-year-old Michigan school teacher Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to go where in a barrel ?
Answer: Over Niagara Falls
Question: Who created and played the character of Waldorf T Flywheel?
Answer: Groucho Marx
Question: Central Park is in which New York borough?
Answer: Manhattan
Question: The CN Tower is in which Canadian city?
Answer: Toronto
Question: Donna Summer was popular in what genre of music?
Answer: Disco
Question: What condition, often painful especially when standing or walking, is most common in the legs, because of higher blood pressure there when standing?
Answer: Varicose veins
Question: The book "A Kestrel for a Knave" by Barry Hines was the basis for which 1969 film?
Answer: Kes
Question: What is the name of the father in cartoon series "The Family Guy"?
Answer: Peter Griffin
Question: What word is commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos, or Patagonian grasslands?
Answer: Gaucho
Question: Where are the Balearic Islands?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea
Question: In 1920 the League of Nations set up its headquarters in which city?
Answer: Geneva
Question: Who created the comic strip "Garfield"?
Answer: Jim Davis
Question: Who became the youngest winner of the TV show "American Idol" when she won season 6?
Answer: Jordin Sparks
Question: What waxes and wanes every 28 days?
Answer: Moon
Question: What is the name for a group of musicians formed to imitate a famous band?
Answer: Tribute band
Question: What is Julia Gillard's profession?
Answer: Politician
Question: In October 2009, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the 2016 Summer Olympics will be held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in what city?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Question: In 1984, Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with what disorder?
Answer: Parkinson's disease
Question: What colour does the planet Neptune appear to be from space?
Answer: Blue
Question: What is another name for a beekeeper?
Answer: Apiarist
Question: Billy Bob Thornton won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for which film?
Answer: Sling Blade
Question: Where in the USA are the La Brea tar pits?
Answer: Los Angeles
Question: Which Channel Island is divided by a causeway called the Coupee, and has one port, Croux?
Answer: Sark
Question: The island of Kos is in which sea?
Answer: Mediterranean
Question: The warriors known as "berserkers" were legendary figures in which mythology?
Answer: Norse
Question: Who played a professional boxer in a 2004 film?
Answer: Hilary Swank
Question: What is the last book of the New Testament?
Answer: Revelation
Question: What is the "Ishihara test" for?
Answer: Colour blindness
Question: The general assembly of which US state voted to express "profound regret" for its involvement with slavery?
Answer: Virginia
Question: What is the meaning of the Russian word "bolshevik"?
Answer: Majority
Question: Who released an album called "Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player" in 1973?
Answer: Elton John
Question: What name is given to the giving up of food, often for religious reasons?
Answer: Fast
Question: What international news TV network is based in Doha, Qatar?
Answer: Al Jazeera
Question: In nursery rhymes, Tommy Tucker and Jack Horner are both referred to as what?
Answer: Little
Question: What is the name of Bill and Hilary Clinton's daughter?
Answer: Chelsea
Question: Which Roman emperor was nicknamed "Little Greek"?
Answer: Hadrian
Question: What are found in only two places in Africa: on Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Kenya?
Answer: Glaciers
Question: The nectarine, which has a smooth, fuzzless skin, is a type of what?
Answer: Peach
Question: In the Bible, whose return heralded the killing of "the fatted calf"?
Answer: The prodigal son
Question: Buenos Aires is the capital city of which country?
Answer: Argentina
Question: What is a traditional dance of Hawaii?
Answer: Hula
Question: Gregor Johann Mendel, a 19th Century Augustinian priest and scientist, gained posthumous fame as the figurehead of which new science for his study of pea plants?
Answer: Genetics
Question: Sheep are aged by their teeth and are referred to by the number of permanent incisors that have erupted. About how old is a "two-tooth"?
Answer: 1 to 1.5 years
Question: What London landmark has served as the Royal Mint, the Public Records Office, a royal menagerie, a residence and a prison?
Answer: Tower of London
Question: What is measured using the Rankine scale?
Answer: Temperature
Question: What does the word "Kendo", a modern Japanese martial art, mean?
Answer: Way of the Sword
Question: What war was described as "the equivalent of two bald men fighting over a comb"?
Answer: Falklands War
Question: Who captained Bangladesh to their 4 - 0 series win over New Zealand in the one day international cricket series completed in October 2010?
Answer: Shakib Al Hasan
Question: What were reportedly the last words of Ned Kelly when he was hanged on 11 November 1880 at the Melbourne Gaol?
Answer: Such is life
Question: When did women first compete in the Olympics in gymnastics?
Answer: 1928
Question: Who left the satiric poem "Don Juan" unfinished after his death in 1824?
Answer: Byron
Question: The most southerly point of England is at the tip of what peninsula?
Answer: The Lizard
Question: Alaric I was the King of which group who sacked Rome in 410AD?
Answer: Visigoths
Question: What type of growth is a potato?
Answer: Tuber
Question: A pugilist is a competitor in which sport?
Answer: Boxing
Question: What fishing method involves pulling a large fishing net through the water behind one or more boats?
Answer: Trawling
Question: Where are the "Spanish Steps"?
Answer: Rome
Question: What is the name of the vinegar made from Trebbiano grapes?
Answer: Balsamic vinegar
Question: What US television series (the format for which is now syndicated world-wide) involves a chief executive spending time as a trainee in his or her own firm?
Answer: Undercover Boss
Question: The St Bernard Pass connects Switzerland to what other country?
Answer: Italy
Question: What 2005 film, directed by Ang Lee, was based on a short story by Annie Proulx?
Answer: Brokeback Mountain
Question: Where is NASA's Johnson Space Centre?
Answer: Houston, Texas
Question: A pair of angles is complementary if the sum of their measures is how many degrees?
Answer: 90
Question: Which river flows through six countries before reaching the sea at Rotterdam?
Answer: Rhine
Question: What computer game was invented by Toru Iwatani, first released in Japan in May 1980?
Answer: Pac-Man
Question: In British history, what "House" ruled after the House of Hanover?
Answer: Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Question: Who created the fictional CIA man Jack Ryan?
Answer: Tom Clancy
Question: How many points are scored for a touchdown in American football?
Answer: 6
Question: Where was the English TV comedy series "Hi De Hi" set?
Answer: Holiday camp
Question: In 47 BC, after the war with Pharnaces II of Pontus in the city of Zela (now known as Zile, in Turkey), who is credited with saying "Veni, vidi, vici"?
Answer: Julius Caesar
Question: In the 6th century BC, where was the empire of Cyrus the Great?
Answer: Persia
Question: What continent is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean?
Answer: North America
Question: """Don't Cha"" and ""Stickwitu"" were #1 hit singles for which group?"
Answer: Pussycat Dolls
Question: What is the Spanish name for Saint James, son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus?
Answer: Santiago
Question: What element takes its name from the German word for "evil spirit"?
Answer: Cobalt
Question: The hymn "I vow to thee, my country" was set by Gustav Host to which of his "The Planets" suite?
Answer: Jupiter
Question: What orbits the Sun between Earth and Mercury?
Answer: Venus
Question: What was Melanie Chisholm's nickname when she was in the Spice Girls?
Answer: Sporty
Question: What is the maximum number of characters (including spaces) that can be used in a "tweet"?
Answer: 140
Question: In the British series of "The Office", the character of Gareth is played by which actor?
Answer: Mackenzie Crook
Question: In 1997, who was appointed the first female US Secretary of State?
Answer: Madeleine Allbright
Question: Lotte Lenya, who played Rosa Klebb in "From Russia With Love" and the Contessa in "The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone", was married to whom?
Answer: Kurt Weill
Question: In the nursery rhyme "sing a song of sixpence", what kind of bird plucked off a nose?
Answer: Blackbird
Question: Which mountain range stretches from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west?
Answer: Alps
Question: """Someone Who'll Watch Over Me"" and ""Factory Girls"" are plays by whom?"
Answer: Frank McGuiness
Question: The mazurka originated in which country?
Answer: Poland
Question: Kickflips, ollies, Nollies and nosediving are moves in what sport?
Answer: Skateboarding
Question: What is the main constituent of the atmosphere of Mars?
Answer: Carbon dioxide
Question: Which Scotsman, a self-made man, merchant and yachtsman who created a tea brand, was a persistent challenger for the America's Cup?
Answer: Sir Thomas Lipton
Question: What 1965 film was credited with saving 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy?
Answer: The Sound of Music
Question: Who formulated the "Law" that, in a paramagnetic material, the magnetization of the material is (approximately) directly proportional to an applied magnetic field, but if the material is heated, the magnetization is (approximately) inversely proportional to temperature?
Answer: Pierre Curie
Question: What would one do with a "snood"?
Answer: Wear it
Question: When a snooker game is set up, what ball is set closest to the centre of the table?
Answer: Blue
Question: Tic-tac-toe is another name for which game?
Answer: Noughts and crosses
Question: What caused 12,000 deaths in 4 days in London in 1952?
Answer: Smog
Question: Peruvian Lina Medina, aged 5, made history in 1939 as the youngest person to do what?
Answer: Give birth
Question: What sport is featured in the play "Foreskin's Lament" by Greg McGee?
Answer: Rugby
Question: The historically significant "Wind of Change" speech was made by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on 3 February 1960 to the Parliament of which country?
Answer: South Africa
Question: What is the name of the song by Kenny Rogers that includes the lines "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away and know when to run"?
Answer: The Gambler
Question: Where is the pituitary gland situated?
Answer: Brain
Question: The annual rock festival at Roskilde is held in which country?
Answer: Denmark
Question: What is the name of the 12 levels of proficiency in judo and karate?
Answer: Dan
Question: The statue called "Manneken Pis", of a small boy relieving himself, is in which city?
Answer: Brussels
Question: Rosehill racecourse is in which Australian city?
Answer: Sydney
Question: What disease reached epidemic proportions in Haiti late in 2010?
Answer: Cholera
Question: A "Wobbegong" is a type of what?
Answer: Shark
Question: The term "rope-a-dope" is from what sport?
Answer: Boxing
Question: The phrase "Mountain Standard Time" refers to what mountains?
Answer: Rockies
Question: Whose autobiography was entitled "A Long Walk to Freedom"?
Answer: Nelson Mandela
Question: Where is the boxing venue known as Madison Square Garden?
Answer: New York
Question: What is the term for reactions some people have that are severe and life-threatening allergies (to environmental or dietary allergens or to medication)?
Answer: Anaphylactic
Question: Ashley Jensen played Maggie Jacobs in which TV series?
Answer: Extras
Question: What was the name of the British Royal Yacht that entered service in 1953 and decommissioned on 11 December 1997?
Answer: Britannia
Question: The internal angles of a triangle add up to how many degrees?
Answer: 180
Question: What is a polytunnel used for?
Answer: Gardening
Question: Where was playwright Samuel Beckett born?
Answer: Ireland
Question: What is another name for the "Aurora Borealis"?
Answer: Northern lights
Question: What is Canada's largest province by area?
Answer: Quebec
Question: At which UK General Election was Helen Grant elected, the Conservative Party's first black female MP?
Answer: 2010
Question: According to the nursery rhyme "Polly put the kettle on", who took it off again?
Answer: Sukey
Question: On what day in 1066 was William I crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey?
Answer: Christmas Day
Question: What Texas city stands on the Rio Grande (Ro Bravo del Norte), across the border from Ciudad Jurez, Chihuahua, Mexico?
Answer: El Paso
Question: What metal marks a 10th wedding anniversary?
Answer: Tin
Question: Claris Cliff is a famous designer of what items?
Answer: Pottery
Question: What organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1917, 1944 and 1963?
Answer: International Committee of the Red Cross
Question: Who was shot by Valery Solanas on 3 June 1968?
Answer: Andy Warhol
Question: According to the nursery rhyme, what followed Mary everywhere?
Answer: Lamb
Question: As whom is Eunice Waymon better known?
Answer: Nina Simone
Question: Which award-winning band are named after a South African football team?
Answer: Kaiser Chiefs
Question: How many US states begin with the letter "O"?
Answer: 3
Question: David Leadbetter and Butch Harmon are coaches in which sport?
Answer: Golf
Question: What basic food can be evaporated, condensed, pasteurised or dried?
Answer: Milk
Question: The islands of Kos, Leros, Nisyros, Patmos and Rhodes are in what sea?
Answer: Mediterranean
Question: Who was British prime minister at the start of World War I?
Answer: Herbert Asquith
Question: What is a medical term referring to the presence of pathogenic organisms in the bloodstream, leading to blood poisoning?
Answer: Septicemia
Question: In English folklore, what symbolises fertility and rebirth?
Answer: The Green Man
Question: What is the middle name of Sir Austin Powers, KBE, a fictional character who first appeared in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" (1997) and is portrayed by Mike Myers?
Answer: Danger
Question: What creature is on the flag of Bhutan?
Answer: Dragon
Question: What is a variation of the standard card game of poker which consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then 5 community cards being placed by the dealer (3 as "the flop" then 1 called "the turn", then 1 called "the river"), with players having the option to check, bet or fold after each deal?
Answer: Texas Hold 'Em
Question: In 2008, who became the first female recipient of the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year award?
Answer: Gloria Estefan