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trivia-qa-20k

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Which theory states that 'people tend to rise to their own level of incompetence'?	peter principle
Which writer was the father of Christopher Robin?	milne
The Dance Class and Absinthe are famous works by which painter?	edgar degas
Which American actor also performs with the band Dogstar?	keanu reeves
In which city was the British version of Concorde assembled	bristol
What is taphophobia the fear of?	graves
Which bruising 19th century American, the last of the bare knuckle boxing heavyweight champions, was the first athlete to earn over one million dollars?	john l sullivan
Who was the merchant sea-captain who made the first American circumnavigation of the world in 1790, and is known for trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America between 1790 and 1793, which pioneered the fur trade in that region?	robert gray
Situated in Piccadilly, what is the name of London’s oldest bookshop?	hatchards
What childhood stories feature a young boy named Mowgli?	jungle book
What potent greenhouse gas is produced by the digestive systems of cattle?	methane
"Which bandleader was known as ""The sentimental gentleman of swing"" because of his smooth trombone style?"	tommy dorsey
Which male Russian won the 100/200 metre double at the 1972 Olympics?	valeriy borzov
Sir Ronald Ross was the first British winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902 for his research in combating which disease?	malaria
Which painter married Hortense Fiquet and used her as the subject of many of his paintings?	paul cezanne
On this day in 1993, in a UN backed referendum, Eritreans voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence from which country ?	ethiopia
Which angel in Charlie's Angels was played by Jaclyn Smith	kelly garrett
Which country has borders with the Central African Republic, Sudan, Zambia, Angola, the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi (with Tanzania across Lake Tanganyika)?	democratic republic of congo
Which battle of 23 June, 1757, was a major victory for the British East India Company's troops over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies?	battle of plassey
In woodworking joints, what do you insert into your mortise?	tenon
"What type of car was ""KITT"" from the ""Knightrider"" series?"	pontiac trans am
In which year did Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother die?	2002
Name the two tiles with the highest score in Scrabble?	q and z
What was Orson Welles’ first film?	citizen kane
"According to the opening line of T.S. Eliot's poem 'The Wasteland', which is ""the cruellest month""?"	april
What are Ponte Vecchio and Pont Neuf?	bridges
Which year was renowned as ‘The Year of Revolutions’?	1848
Who played the mad legless Captain Rum in the second series of Blackadder?	tom baker
Which musical, for long entrenched at the Palace theatre in London, is currently running at the Queens theatre ?	les miserables
"What insect acts as the transmitting agent in the spread of the infectious disease ""Bubonic Plague""?"	flea
Who was born Vera Margaret Welsh on 20th March 1917?	vera lynne
Castor (or castoreum) is an oily substance secreted by which animal, and historically used in medicine and perfume?	beaver
Who did Jai McDowall beat in this years final of Britain's Got Talent?	ronan parke
The staging of what enormous annual Afro-Caribbean cultural gathering was put in doubt following the London riots of August 2011?	notting hill carnival
Kronos (or Cronus) was the Greek equivalent of which Roman god?	saturn
What was the capital of West Germany?	bonn
In which year did the liner Queen Mary gain the blue riband on her maiden voyage?	1936
'Simon Tappertit' appears in which novel by Charles Dickens?	barnaby rudge
Which film starring Bill Murray includes the line Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm a schizophrenic and so am I?	what about bob
What beer was advertised with the slogan Reach for Greatness	bass
House, Hogline, Hacks and Button are all terms used in which sport?	curling
What is the name of the policeman in The Noddy stories	p c plod
"Who is ""able to leap tall buildings in a single bound""?"	superman
Name the popular writer, who died in 2010, and who rode the Queen Mother's horse Devon Loch when it inexplicably belly-flopped out of contention in the 1956 Grand National?	dick francis
During which year did the UK television series ‘Emmerdale Farm’ change its title to ‘Emmerdale’?	1989
What atmospheric layer is damaged by chlorofluorocarbons?	ozone layer
In which country did Idi Amin settle and die after his exile from Uganda?	saudi arabia
Which ancient relic was stolen by Scottish Activists from Westminster Abbey and returned to Scotland on Christmas day in 1950?	stone of scone
The cha-cha-cha is a dance developed from the mambo in 1950 in which country?	cuba
Where in the body is the stapes bone?	ear
For which minor sport do the USA and Europe compete annually for the Mosconi Cup?	pool
Nicky Morgan is the current Secretary of State of which Government Department?	education
What is the art of decorating materials with marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object?	pyrography
In which event did Amy Williams win a gold medal for Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics?	women s skeleton
What colour is the flesh of a lychee?	white
Which US singer has had albums called 'Daydream', 'Butterfly', 'Rainbow' and 'Glitter'?	mariah carey
Who was Jessica Rabbit's husband?	roger rabbit
Which composer's music forms the basis of the ballet Pineapple Poll?	sullivan
Which singer appears as bar-owner 'JD' in the film 'Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels'?	sting
In the final Harry Potter novel, who becomes headmaster of Hogwarts School?	severus snape
Who wrote the play 'Private Lives'?	noel coward
In which North African country was Yves St. Laurent born as Henri Donat Mathieu?	algeria
In the George Orwell novel Animal Farm, what sort of animal was Napoleon ?	pig
Who wrote the books ‘The Good Companions’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’?	j b priestly
Which nickname was given to the American WWII general, George Patton?	blood and guts
What language did the Pennsylvania Dutch speak?	german
Which Indian tribe did Sitting Bull belong to?	sioux
On this day, 8th November, which famous poet who was blind in his later years, died in his home in London in 1647?	john milton
The wood from which common tree was traditionally used to make tennis racquets, snooker cues and hockey sticks	ash
Who was the son of King John and Isabella of Angoulme who became King of England when 9 years old?	henry iii
Which country was proclaimed a republic in 1867, following the withdrawal of the French administration and the execution of Emperor Ferdinand Maximilian?	mexico
Which Grand Slam tournament uses the distinctive serving pose of the Swedish player Stefan Edberg on its logo?	australian open
Who acceded the English throne after the death of Edward III?	richard ii
What Latin term is used to mean 'word for word', or 'exactly the same words'?	verbatim
The green jersey is worn by the Tour de France's?	best sprinter
How many apostles are there in the painting ‘The Last Supper’ by Leonardo da Vinci?	12
In which country did the Contras battle the Sandinistas throughout most of the 1980s?	nicaragua
"Who starred as AC Slater in ""Saved by the Bell""?"	mario lopez
In May 2009, Millvina Dean died aged 97. She was the last survivor of which historic event?	sinking of titanic
What country do Legos come from originally?	denmark
Which was the 50th and last state to become part of the USA?	hawaii
Who wrote the music for 'Billy Elliot, The Musical'?	elton john
Seals, sea lions and walrus belong to which suborder of manunals?	pinnipedia
Held just outside Bridgeville, DE, Friday marks the start of the world championship in the art of throwing what for distance, using classes such as Air, Centrifugal, Catapult, Trebuchet, and Human Powered?	pumpkins
How are comedians Paul & Barry Elliot better known?	chuckle brothers
Which Greek goddess is the muse of erotic poetry?	erato
What was the name of the dog in Enid Blighton's Famous Five books?	timmy
What dangerous type of horse race involves jumping over various fences and ditches?	steeplechase
A pride is a group of what type of animal?	lion
The Cantonese/Chinese dish 'foo yong' (also 'fu young') is similar to?	omelette
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, the largest in North America, is in which US state?	alaska
What is a large semi-aquatic rodent native to Canada, much of the United States, and parts of northern Mexico that constructs homes out of sticks, twigs, and mud in lakes or streams?	beaver
The Biba boutiques were at the heart of swinging London and at one time had the highest turnover of any British retail company. Who founded and ran Biba?	barbara hulanicki
Mjosa (more precisely Mjøsa) is the largest lake of which country?	norway
Which US President was known as 'The Rail-Splitter' and 'The Great Emancipator'?	abraham lincoln
Which London museum occupies part of the old Bethlehem Royal Hospital?	imperial war museum
What is the flavour of the liqueur Amaretto?	almond
How often is the Oberammergau Passion Play performed?	every ten years
Whose cottage is on the left of the Constable painting The Hay Wain?	willy lott
‘Wot a lot I got’ was the advertising slogan for which confectionery items?	smarties

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Dataset Description

This dataset, trivia-qa-20k, is a cleaned and simplified version of the popular mandarjoshi/trivia_qa dataset. It contains 20,000 high-quality, simple question-answer pairs in English.

The data is structured for ease of use in fine-tuning models for straightforward question-answering tasks, where context or evidence is not required.

Note: This is a cleaned and simplified version of the mandarjoshi/trivia_qa dataset.

Dataset Structure

The dataset consists of a single train.csv file, containing 20,000 rows.

Data Fields

Each row in the CSV represents a single trivia pair:

question: (string) A trivia question.
answer: (string) The corresponding answer.

Example

Here is an example from the dataset:

question,answer
"Si is the symbol for which chemical element?","silicon"
"What is the capital of France?","Paris"

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Number of rows:

20,000

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