kth8/OpenTriviaQA · Datasets at Hugging Face

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general	Who is considered the Father of Modern Dentistry?	[ "Horace Wells", "Lucien Hobbs", "Norman Kingsley", "Pierre Fauchard" ]	Pierre Fauchard
general	What is Darlene Iskra famous for?	[ "She was the first female architect to design a skyscraper.", "She was the first female winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing", "She was the first woman to command a US Navy ship during a war.", "She was the first US female to demand the right to vote." ]	She was the first woman to command a US Navy ship during a war.
general	Andreas Gruenintzig was the doctor who first performed this procedure.	[ "Thyroidectomy", "Bone marrow transplant", "Lung transplant", "Angioplasty" ]	Angioplasty
general	Finish the nursery rhyme:	[ "ter Piper picked a peck of .........", "pickled pickles", "pickles", "pickled peppers", "Peppers" ]	pickled peppers
general	Who does Michael Corleone give the kiss of death in one of the most memorable scenes of the movie Godfather II?	[ "Kay Corleone", "Sonny Corleone", "Tom Hagen", "Fredo Corleone" ]	Fredo Corleone
general	According to the New Testament, which of the 12 Apostles gave Jesus a kiss, known as the kiss of betrayal?	[ "Thaddeus", "Judas", "Bartholomew", "Simon the Zealot" ]	Judas
general	This actress, best known for playing Ilsa Lund in one of the most popular romantic dramas, defined a kiss as a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.	[ "Greta Garbo", "Elizabeth Taylor", "Ingrid Bergman", "Katherine Hepburn" ]	Ingrid Bergman
general	What movie soundtrack features Seals Grammy Award-winning song Kiss from a Rose?	[ "GoldenEye", "French Kiss", "Batman Forever", "Braveheart" ]	Batman Forever
general	What Shakespearean comedy inspired Cole Porters musical Kiss Me, Kate?	[ "The Taming of the Shrew", "Measure for Measure", "Twelfth Night", "Alls Well That Ends Well" ]	The Taming of the Shrew
general	What fictional character in a romantic drama were the following words addressed to: Open your eyes and look at me. No, I dont think I will kiss you. Although you need kissing badly. Thats whats wrong with you. You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how.?	[ "Ilsa Lund (Casablanca)", "Scarlett OHara (Gone with the Wind)", "Allie Hamilton (The Notebook)", "Rose DeWitt (Titanic)" ]	Scarlett OHara (Gone with the Wind)
general	Ace Frehley, one of the original members of Kiss, created the bands iconic logo, in which the letters SS look like lightning bolts. In which of these countries have Kiss used a modified version of their logo in order to avoid controversy?	[ "Australia", "Germany", "Russia", "USA" ]	Germany
general	A kunik is an intimate way of greeting that involves pressing the nose and upper lip against the skin of the other person. What group of people is this form of greeting typically associated with?	[ "Pygmies in Central Africa", "Eskimos", "Native Americans in the US", "Tasmanian Aborigines" ]	Eskimos
general	What character in the movie Casablanca was interrupted by Rick while singing, You must remember this / A kiss is still a kiss / A sigh is just a sigh ...?	[ "Ilsa", "Captain Renault", "Victor Laszlo", "Sam" ]	Sam
general	This actress and singer, who performed her first adult on-screen kiss in the 1940 movie Little Nelly Kelly, wrote a love poem containing the lines:	[ "r twas not into my ear you whispered ", "t into my heart ", "as not my lips you kissed ", "t my soul.", "Liza Minneli", "Ava Gardner", "Judy Garland", "Lauren Bacall" ]	Judy Garland
general	What was the name of the first 3-D film?	[ "The Strange Boy", "The Power of Love", "The Power of the Thing", "It Flew to Earth" ]	The Power of Love
general	Which was the first TV series regularly broadcast in color?	[ "Bonanza", "Gunsmoke", "The Flintstones", "Hawaii 5-0" ]	Bonanza
general	Nuclear fusion is the production of energy from the splitting of certain atoms.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	The nickname of this U.S. state is The Equality State. Its motto is Equal Right.	[ "Colorado", "Wyoming", "Maryland", "Vermont" ]	Wyoming
general	What was the first message spelled out in a neon sign?	[ "Neon", "Eat at Joes", "The Sahara", "Enter" ]	Neon
general	This persons goddaughter is Gwyneth Paltrow and he hired her for her first role, Wendy in Hook. Who is he?	[ "Robert Zemeckis", "Brian DePalma", "Steven Spielberg", "Ridley Scott" ]	Steven Spielberg
general	Edward Nigma was the name of which fictional character?	[ "Friday", "Professor Moraiarity", "The Riddler", "The Joker" ]	The Riddler
general	How many miles per gallon did the 1908 Ford Model T get?	[ "10-15", "25-30", "20-25", "15-20" ]	25-30
general	The members of this band included Sgt. Floyd Pepers, Janice, Zoot, Animal, and Lips.	[ "The Zoot Sims Big Band", "Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem", "The Fabulous Baker brothers", "Nylon" ]	Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem
general	At what temperature does water begin to boil on top of Mount Everest?	[ "150 degrees Fahrenheit", "212 degrees Fahrenheit", "150 degrees Centigrade", "0 degrees Kelvin" ]	150 degrees Fahrenheit
general	This is the name of the computer program developed by the Hollywood division of the Los Angeles Police Department to create a database of crimes, criminals, and all related information.	[ "ROBBER-E", "BEAT/COP", "HITMAN", "BOOK-EM" ]	HITMAN
general	What do Lou Gehrig, the four Beatles, Beethoven, Bach and Mr. Spock have in common?	[ "They are asteroids.", "They have stars on the New York City Walk of Fame.", "They are enshrined in the US Hall of Fame in New York City.", "They are stars." ]	They are asteroids.
general	What do you add to steel to make it stainless?	[ "Copper", "Zinc", "Bronze", "Chromium" ]	Chromium
general	This word can mean to jump straight up or a foolish and/or weak person.	[ "Zaber", "Pronk", "Clouth", "Phenalk" ]	Pronk
general	This actor played Murphy Brownâs son in the Murphy Brown sitcom.	[ "Scott Bryce", "Haley Joel Osmont", "Jake Gyllendall", "Jay Thomas" ]	Haley Joel Osmont
general	How did Michael Moore finance his movie âRoger and Me?â	[ "He sold hunting equipment.", "He sold over 100% of the film to investors", "He ran bingo games.", "He managed a Walmart in Flint, Michigan." ]	He ran bingo games.
general	U.S. antitrust lawyers took Microsoft to court claiming that the company tried to use its monopolistic power to destroy this computer language.	[ "JAVA", "LINUS", "LOTUS", "COBOL" ]	JAVA
general	Which singer led The Nude Tour?	[ "Issac Hayes", "Jewel", "Ashanti", "Prince" ]	Prince
general	He was the first NHL player to buy his former team.	[ "Mario Lemieux", "Wayne Gretsky", "Gordie Howe", "Patrick Roy" ]	Mario Lemieux
general	Which super computer lost a match to Garry Kasparov?	[ "Cycletrone-Check", "Cray-1", "Deep Blue", "Super Check" ]	Deep Blue
general	What does the Arabic term, Maghrib represent?	[ "City of the believers", "Place of peace", "Prison", "Sunset prayers" ]	Sunset prayers
general	Widely known as Crazy Bet, she was a famous Union spy in the American Civil War.	[ "Betty Carson", "Elizabeth Jenkins", "Elizabeth Garrison", "Elizabeth Van Lew" ]	Elizabeth Van Lew
general	The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which established the United States Civil Service Commission, was drafted during the office of which President?	[ "Theodore Roosevelt", "Abraham Lincoln", "Chester A. Arthur", "Williaam Howard Taft" ]	Chester A. Arthur
general	The melody of which 1951 pop song was written by a politician who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?	[ "All in the Game", "Lets Fall in Love", "Rock Around the Clock", "I Cant Help Falling in Love With You" ]	All in the Game
general	The famous Japanese cherry trees were planted in Washington, D.C., around the Tidal Basin at the request of which US First Lady?	[ "Betty Ford", "Anna Eleanor Roosevelt", "Helen Taft", "Lou Henry Hoover" ]	Helen Taft
general	What does the Latin proverb, Dum spiro, spero, mean in English?	[ "Do to others the same as you do to yourself.", "I know that I dont know anything.", "Dont look a gift horse in the mouth.", "While I breath, I hope" ]	While I breath, I hope
general	You are given a bag with 10 marbles, four red marbles and six blue marbles. You select one at random. What is the probability that the marble you select is either blue or green?	[ "6 out of ten", "0", "4 out of ten", "2 out of ten" ]	6 out of ten
general	This French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher, author of the Lettres provinciales, stated the following: There are truths on this side of the Pyranees, which are falsehoods on the other.	[ "Blaise Pascal", "Democritus", "Francis Mayron", "Rene Descartes" ]	Blaise Pascal
general	This Irish playwright, novelist and poet wrote the following line in his famous play Waiting for Godot: We are all born mad. Some remain so.	[ "Samuel Beckett", "Thomas Hardy", "Marcel Proust", "Bernard Shaw" ]	Samuel Beckett
general	The standing long jump and the standing high jump were once Olympic sports.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	This soul singer and songwriter, often called Silky Smooth because of his rich baritone, is famous for his hits Rainy Night in Georgia, Fools Rush In, This Time of the Year.	[ "Jackie Wilson", "David Ruffin", "Brook Benton", "Sam Cook" ]	Brook Benton
general	This city, known also as Anvil City, is situated in Northwest Alaska.	[ "Stockton", "Palmer", "Barrow", "Nome" ]	Nome
general	Easter Island, an island in the south Pacific Ocean, is a territory of which country?	[ "The United States", "Peru", "Ecuador", "Chile" ]	Chile
general	The Walden Pond, made famous by writer, naturalist, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau, is located in which US state?	[ "Alaska", "Washington", "North Carolina", "Massachusetts" ]	Massachusetts
general	The dialectic of this philosopher is most often characterized as a three-step process of thesis, antithesis, synthesis. According to his concept, a thesis would cause the creation of its antithesis and this would eventually result in a synthesis.	[ "Marx", "Nietzsche", "Kant", "Hegel" ]	Hegel
general	In Freuds psychoanalytic theory, the defense mechanism in which anxiety-producing or unacceptable emotions are replaced by their direct opposites is defined by which term?	[ "Hysteria", "Positivism", "Reaction formation", "Transference" ]	Reaction formation
general	Bloomsday is a secular holiday, which commemorates the life of Irish writer James Joyce and the fictitious events in his novel Ulysses. Bloomsday is celebrated annually, on what date?	[ "October 19", "December 24", "June 16", "July 3" ]	June 16
general	What does the Latin phrase ceteris paribus mean?	[ "All other things being equal", "Let the seller beware", "Let the buyer beware", "The case can not stand" ]	All other things being equal
general	This medical term refers to a disease-causing protein agent that contains no genetic material.	[ "Prion", "Lemma", "Papule", "Alper" ]	Prion
general	This Russian city, founded by Grand Duke George II of Russia in 1221, was called Gorky from 1932 to 1990.	[ "Nizhny Novgorod", "Okastock", "Vladivostock", "St. Okasburgh" ]	Nizhny Novgorod
general	What song by The Beatles, recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, contains the lyrics:	[ "hind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout ", "e pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray?", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Help!", "Penny Lane", "A Hard Days Night" ]	Penny Lane
general	Which animal is the record holder for the largest male genital organ-to-body length ratio in nature?	[ "Starfish", "Horse", "Slug", "Elephant" ]	Slug
general	The purpose of the striped fur of most tigers species is camouflage.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	The California state flag originally featured a wolf.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	A day on Venus is equal to how many Earth days?	[ "23", "119", "243", "306" ]	243
general	A fly flies slower when the sun is behind the clouds.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	Is it true that starfish can see with the help of the two eyes at the end of each leg?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	No
general	Which great composer wrote Wellingtons Victory , which included cannons, drums, and a lot of brass?	[ "Mendelssohn", "Beethoven", "Schumann", "Schubert" ]	Beethoven
general	Which was the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain its freedom?	[ "Ghana", "Somalia", "Malawi", "Gabon" ]	Ghana
general	In which US state is the Bicycle Museum of America located?	[ "Ohio", "Indiana", "Massachusetts", "North Carolina" ]	Ohio
general	Which statement is untrue about Luxembourg?	[ "Its original wealth came from the iron mines in the region.", "It is a duchy.", "Its capital, Esch-sur-Alzette, is not its largest city.", "It is often grouped with the Benelux group of European nations." ]	Its capital, Esch-sur-Alzette, is not its largest city.
general	Which of these famous Russian politicians was also famed as a literary critic?	[ "Khrushchev", "Trotsky", "Lenin", "Stalin" ]	Trotsky
general	Queen Elizabeth II was coronated Queen in 1953. Whom did she directly succeed?	[ "George VI", "Edward VIII", "George V", "Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon" ]	George VI
general	Who is considered the first American to be killed in the Cold War?	[ "Alan Funt", "Allen Dulles", "William Donovan", "John Birch" ]	John Birch
general	In 1078, a battle between two rulers was averted because of a chess game.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	Elmer Valo, a Major League Baseball player and coach, is one of the few American major leaguers born in this country.	[ "Germany", "The Czech Republic", "Surinam", "Serbia" ]	The Czech Republic
general	Which of the following political figures was the first to fight a war as President of the United States?	[ "James Monroe", "Thomas Jefferson", "Andrew Jackson", "George Washington" ]	Thomas Jefferson
general	Which was the first racehorse to run the Kentucky Derby in less than 2 minutes?	[ "Secretariat", "Cigar", "Man OWar", "Seabiscuit" ]	Secretariat
general	Which English king had wives called Catherine, Anne, Jane, Anne, Catherine and Catherine, in that order?	[ "Henry the Seventh", "William the Fifth", "Charles the Fourth", "Henry the Eighth" ]	Henry the Eighth
general	What was the name of the robot in the 1986 comedy sci-fi film Short Circuit and its 1988 sequel Short Circuit 2?	[ "Johnny 5", "C-3PO", "Apollo 440", "Sentinel 7" ]	Johnny 5
general	This novella by H.P. Lovecraft was published in 1936 and is about a hybrid race of human/ fish/ frog people who inhabit a small town in Massachusetts.	[ "Something Wicked This Way Comes", "The Deep Ones", "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", "The Gods of Pegana" ]	The Shadow Over Innsmouth
general	There is no cure for this disease that is characterized by the death of muscle cells and tissue. Diagnosis is often based on the results of a muscle biopsy.	[ "Scoliosis", "Multiple sclerosis", "Cerebral palsy", "Muscular dystrophy" ]	Muscular dystrophy
general	Twilight Zone is a term used by the United States Air Force to describe the border between day and night on a planetary body.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	This song about a paralyzed war veteran whose wife cheats on him was written by Mel Tillis and performed by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition in 1969. It has also been recorded by CAKE, The Killers, Waylon Jennings, Roger Miller and Wolfsheim.	[ "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf", "Ruby, Dont Take Your Love to Town", "Reuben James", "Never There" ]	Ruby, Dont Take Your Love to Town
general	How many colonies formed United States of America in 1776?	[ "51", "50", "13", "7" ]	13
general	What is the correct formal name of the country known as the UK?	[ "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", "Great Britain", "United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland", "Union of Kingdoms of England and Scotland" ]	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
general	This English city is home to a top European soccer team, which contains the word United in its name and is nicknamed The Red Devils.	[ "Glasgow", "Liverpool", "Manchester", "London" ]	Manchester
general	What is the full name of the Benetton fashion brand?	[ "United Benetton Designers", "United Colors of Benetton", "Benetton Fashion Union", "Benetton Union" ]	United Colors of Benetton
general	What city is the capital of the European Union?	[ "Brussels", "Strasbourg", "Luxembourg", "The EU has no official capital." ]	The EU has no official capital.
general	What city is the capital of the United Arab Emirates?	[ "Al Riyadh", "Dauha", "Abu Dhabi", "Dubai" ]	Abu Dhabi
general	What airport is the largest hub of United Airlines?	[ "OHare in Chicago", "Metropolitan in Detroit", "Dallas Fort Worth", "La Guardia in New York" ]	OHare in Chicago
general	What is the meaning of soviet, as in Soviet Union?	[ "Socialistic", "Council", "Communist", "Republic" ]	Council
general	What is the full name of UTC, the company that manufactures Sikorsky helicopters?	[ "United Technologies Corporation", "United Tennessee Company", "Union of high-Technology Corporations", "Union of Texas Craft-makers" ]	United Technologies Corporation
general	WETYIAFHKLXVNM	[ "UOPSDGJCB", " which of these rows would the letter Z go?", "top", "none", "neither", "bottom" ]	top
general	Who was the first person to be crowned Czar of Russia?	[ "Nicholas III", "Alexander IV", "Ivan the Terrible", "Mikhail Romanov" ]	Ivan the Terrible
general	What was the first play Shakespeare wrote?	[ "The Tempest", "A Midsummers Night Dream", "Hamlet", "Henry VI, Part One" ]	Henry VI, Part One
general	What do Oscar Robertson (ex-NBA All-Star) and Roy Orbison (the great singer/songwriter) have in common?	[ "The same birthplace", "The same nickname", "The same birthdate", "The same wife" ]	The same nickname
general	In which country was Carlos Mencia born?	[ "Guatemala", "Ecuador", "Nicaragua", "Honduras" ]	Honduras
general	What is a bibliopole?	[ "Someone who buys books", "Someone who loves books", "Someone who hates books", "Someone who sells books" ]	Someone who sells books
general	What is the Papstiche Schweizergarde?	[ "The formal name for the Alps", "A 500 year-old brewery in Basel, Switzerland", "A garden in Switzerland dedicated to peace", "A 500 year-old organization of Swiss guards" ]	A 500 year-old organization of Swiss guards
general	The square root of a number is always smaller than that number.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	Why are Cipriano dela Valera and Casiodoro de Reina famous in the Spanish-speaking world?	[ "They are responsible for the first translation of Don Quixote into English.", "They are responsible for the most popular Spanish version of the Bible.", "They are the publishers of the top-selling Spanish-language newspapers in the USA.", "They are the top stars of Spanish-language television in the USA." ]	They are responsible for the most popular Spanish version of the Bible.
general	What is the name of the dancer described in the following lyrics?	[ " would dance for you ", " jumped so high, jumped so high", "en he lightly touched down.", "Mr. Bojangles", "Mr Butterbeans", "Mr Wiggle", "Mr. Greenjeans" ]	Mr. Bojangles
general	The following group of words (as a whole) makes up a palindrome:	[ "man. A plan. A canal. Panama.", "True", "False" ]	True
general	What musician is often referred to as The Man in Black?	[ "Seal", "Will Smith", "Johnny Cash", "Prince" ]	Johnny Cash
general	What kind of object does the term black hole refer to in physics?	[ "A collapsed star", "All of these", "A space storm", "A gap between time and space" ]	A collapsed star

general

Who is considered the Father of Modern Dentistry?

[ "Horace Wells", "Lucien Hobbs", "Norman Kingsley", "Pierre Fauchard" ]

Pierre Fauchard

general

What is Darlene Iskra famous for?

[ "She was the first female architect to design a skyscraper.", "She was the first female winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing", "She was the first woman to command a US Navy ship during a war.", "She was the first US female to demand the right to vote." ]

She was the first woman to command a US Navy ship during a war.

general

Andreas Gruenintzig was the doctor who first performed this procedure.

[ "Thyroidectomy", "Bone marrow transplant", "Lung transplant", "Angioplasty" ]

Angioplasty

general

Finish the nursery rhyme:

[ "ter Piper picked a peck of .........", "pickled pickles", "pickles", "pickled peppers", "Peppers" ]

pickled peppers

general

Who does Michael Corleone give the kiss of death in one of the most memorable scenes of the movie Godfather II?

[ "Kay Corleone", "Sonny Corleone", "Tom Hagen", "Fredo Corleone" ]

Fredo Corleone

general

According to the New Testament, which of the 12 Apostles gave Jesus a kiss, known as the kiss of betrayal?

[ "Thaddeus", "Judas", "Bartholomew", "Simon the Zealot" ]

Judas

general

This actress, best known for playing Ilsa Lund in one of the most popular romantic dramas, defined a kiss as a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

[ "Greta Garbo", "Elizabeth Taylor", "Ingrid Bergman", "Katherine Hepburn" ]

Ingrid Bergman

general

What movie soundtrack features Seals Grammy Award-winning song Kiss from a Rose?

[ "GoldenEye", "French Kiss", "Batman Forever", "Braveheart" ]

Batman Forever

general

What Shakespearean comedy inspired Cole Porters musical Kiss Me, Kate?

[ "The Taming of the Shrew", "Measure for Measure", "Twelfth Night", "Alls Well That Ends Well" ]

The Taming of the Shrew

general

What fictional character in a romantic drama were the following words addressed to: Open your eyes and look at me. No, I dont think I will kiss you. Although you need kissing badly. Thats whats wrong with you. You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how.?

[ "Ilsa Lund (Casablanca)", "Scarlett OHara (Gone with the Wind)", "Allie Hamilton (The Notebook)", "Rose DeWitt (Titanic)" ]

Scarlett OHara (Gone with the Wind)

general

Ace Frehley, one of the original members of Kiss, created the bands iconic logo, in which the letters SS look like lightning bolts. In which of these countries have Kiss used a modified version of their logo in order to avoid controversy?

[ "Australia", "Germany", "Russia", "USA" ]

Germany

general

A kunik is an intimate way of greeting that involves pressing the nose and upper lip against the skin of the other person. What group of people is this form of greeting typically associated with?

[ "Pygmies in Central Africa", "Eskimos", "Native Americans in the US", "Tasmanian Aborigines" ]

Eskimos

general

What character in the movie Casablanca was interrupted by Rick while singing, You must remember this / A kiss is still a kiss / A sigh is just a sigh ...?

[ "Ilsa", "Captain Renault", "Victor Laszlo", "Sam" ]

Sam

general

This actress and singer, who performed her first adult on-screen kiss in the 1940 movie Little Nelly Kelly, wrote a love poem containing the lines:

[ "r twas not into my ear you whispered ", "t into my heart ", "as not my lips you kissed ", "t my soul.", "Liza Minneli", "Ava Gardner", "Judy Garland", "Lauren Bacall" ]

Judy Garland

general

What was the name of the first 3-D film?

[ "The Strange Boy", "The Power of Love", "The Power of the Thing", "It Flew to Earth" ]

The Power of Love

general

Which was the first TV series regularly broadcast in color?

[ "Bonanza", "Gunsmoke", "The Flintstones", "Hawaii 5-0" ]

Bonanza

general

Nuclear fusion is the production of energy from the splitting of certain atoms.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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The nickname of this U.S. state is The Equality State. Its motto is Equal Right.

[ "Colorado", "Wyoming", "Maryland", "Vermont" ]

Wyoming

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What was the first message spelled out in a neon sign?

[ "Neon", "Eat at Joes", "The Sahara", "Enter" ]

Neon

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This persons goddaughter is Gwyneth Paltrow and he hired her for her first role, Wendy in Hook. Who is he?

[ "Robert Zemeckis", "Brian DePalma", "Steven Spielberg", "Ridley Scott" ]

Steven Spielberg

general

Edward Nigma was the name of which fictional character?

[ "Friday", "Professor Moraiarity", "The Riddler", "The Joker" ]

The Riddler

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How many miles per gallon did the 1908 Ford Model T get?

[ "10-15", "25-30", "20-25", "15-20" ]

25-30

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The members of this band included Sgt. Floyd Pepers, Janice, Zoot, Animal, and Lips.

[ "The Zoot Sims Big Band", "Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem", "The Fabulous Baker brothers", "Nylon" ]

Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem

general

At what temperature does water begin to boil on top of Mount Everest?

[ "150 degrees Fahrenheit", "212 degrees Fahrenheit", "150 degrees Centigrade", "0 degrees Kelvin" ]

150 degrees Fahrenheit

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This is the name of the computer program developed by the Hollywood division of the Los Angeles Police Department to create a database of crimes, criminals, and all related information.

[ "ROBBER-E", "BEAT/COP", "HITMAN", "BOOK-EM" ]

HITMAN

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What do Lou Gehrig, the four Beatles, Beethoven, Bach and Mr. Spock have in common?

[ "They are asteroids.", "They have stars on the New York City Walk of Fame.", "They are enshrined in the US Hall of Fame in New York City.", "They are stars." ]

They are asteroids.

general

What do you add to steel to make it stainless?

[ "Copper", "Zinc", "Bronze", "Chromium" ]

Chromium

general

This word can mean to jump straight up or a foolish and/or weak person.

[ "Zaber", "Pronk", "Clouth", "Phenalk" ]

Pronk

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This actor played Murphy Brownâs son in the Murphy Brown sitcom.

[ "Scott Bryce", "Haley Joel Osmont", "Jake Gyllendall", "Jay Thomas" ]

Haley Joel Osmont

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How did Michael Moore finance his movie âRoger and Me?â

[ "He sold hunting equipment.", "He sold over 100% of the film to investors", "He ran bingo games.", "He managed a Walmart in Flint, Michigan." ]

He ran bingo games.

general

U.S. antitrust lawyers took Microsoft to court claiming that the company tried to use its monopolistic power to destroy this computer language.

[ "JAVA", "LINUS", "LOTUS", "COBOL" ]

JAVA

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Which singer led The Nude Tour?

[ "Issac Hayes", "Jewel", "Ashanti", "Prince" ]

Prince

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He was the first NHL player to buy his former team.

[ "Mario Lemieux", "Wayne Gretsky", "Gordie Howe", "Patrick Roy" ]

Mario Lemieux

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Which super computer lost a match to Garry Kasparov?

[ "Cycletrone-Check", "Cray-1", "Deep Blue", "Super Check" ]

Deep Blue

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What does the Arabic term, Maghrib represent?

[ "City of the believers", "Place of peace", "Prison", "Sunset prayers" ]

Sunset prayers

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Widely known as Crazy Bet, she was a famous Union spy in the American Civil War.

[ "Betty Carson", "Elizabeth Jenkins", "Elizabeth Garrison", "Elizabeth Van Lew" ]

Elizabeth Van Lew

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The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which established the United States Civil Service Commission, was drafted during the office of which President?

[ "Theodore Roosevelt", "Abraham Lincoln", "Chester A. Arthur", "Williaam Howard Taft" ]

Chester A. Arthur

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The melody of which 1951 pop song was written by a politician who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

[ "All in the Game", "Lets Fall in Love", "Rock Around the Clock", "I Cant Help Falling in Love With You" ]

All in the Game

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The famous Japanese cherry trees were planted in Washington, D.C., around the Tidal Basin at the request of which US First Lady?

[ "Betty Ford", "Anna Eleanor Roosevelt", "Helen Taft", "Lou Henry Hoover" ]

Helen Taft

general

What does the Latin proverb, Dum spiro, spero, mean in English?

[ "Do to others the same as you do to yourself.", "I know that I dont know anything.", "Dont look a gift horse in the mouth.", "While I breath, I hope" ]

While I breath, I hope

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You are given a bag with 10 marbles, four red marbles and six blue marbles. You select one at random. What is the probability that the marble you select is either blue or green?

[ "6 out of ten", "0", "4 out of ten", "2 out of ten" ]

6 out of ten

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This French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher, author of the Lettres provinciales, stated the following: There are truths on this side of the Pyranees, which are falsehoods on the other.

[ "Blaise Pascal", "Democritus", "Francis Mayron", "Rene Descartes" ]

Blaise Pascal

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This Irish playwright, novelist and poet wrote the following line in his famous play Waiting for Godot: We are all born mad. Some remain so.

[ "Samuel Beckett", "Thomas Hardy", "Marcel Proust", "Bernard Shaw" ]

Samuel Beckett

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The standing long jump and the standing high jump were once Olympic sports.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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This soul singer and songwriter, often called Silky Smooth because of his rich baritone, is famous for his hits Rainy Night in Georgia, Fools Rush In, This Time of the Year.

[ "Jackie Wilson", "David Ruffin", "Brook Benton", "Sam Cook" ]

Brook Benton

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This city, known also as Anvil City, is situated in Northwest Alaska.

[ "Stockton", "Palmer", "Barrow", "Nome" ]

Nome

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Easter Island, an island in the south Pacific Ocean, is a territory of which country?

[ "The United States", "Peru", "Ecuador", "Chile" ]

Chile

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The Walden Pond, made famous by writer, naturalist, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau, is located in which US state?

[ "Alaska", "Washington", "North Carolina", "Massachusetts" ]

Massachusetts

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The dialectic of this philosopher is most often characterized as a three-step process of thesis, antithesis, synthesis. According to his concept, a thesis would cause the creation of its antithesis and this would eventually result in a synthesis.

[ "Marx", "Nietzsche", "Kant", "Hegel" ]

Hegel

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In Freuds psychoanalytic theory, the defense mechanism in which anxiety-producing or unacceptable emotions are replaced by their direct opposites is defined by which term?

[ "Hysteria", "Positivism", "Reaction formation", "Transference" ]

Reaction formation

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Bloomsday is a secular holiday, which commemorates the life of Irish writer James Joyce and the fictitious events in his novel Ulysses. Bloomsday is celebrated annually, on what date?

[ "October 19", "December 24", "June 16", "July 3" ]

June 16

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What does the Latin phrase ceteris paribus mean?

[ "All other things being equal", "Let the seller beware", "Let the buyer beware", "The case can not stand" ]

All other things being equal

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This medical term refers to a disease-causing protein agent that contains no genetic material.

[ "Prion", "Lemma", "Papule", "Alper" ]

Prion

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This Russian city, founded by Grand Duke George II of Russia in 1221, was called Gorky from 1932 to 1990.

[ "Nizhny Novgorod", "Okastock", "Vladivostock", "St. Okasburgh" ]

Nizhny Novgorod

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What song by The Beatles, recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, contains the lyrics:

[ "hind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout ", "e pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray?", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Help!", "Penny Lane", "A Hard Days Night" ]

Penny Lane

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Which animal is the record holder for the largest male genital organ-to-body length ratio in nature?

[ "Starfish", "Horse", "Slug", "Elephant" ]

Slug

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The purpose of the striped fur of most tigers species is camouflage.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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The California state flag originally featured a wolf.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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A day on Venus is equal to how many Earth days?

[ "23", "119", "243", "306" ]

243

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A fly flies slower when the sun is behind the clouds.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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Is it true that starfish can see with the help of the two eyes at the end of each leg?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

No

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Which great composer wrote Wellingtons Victory , which included cannons, drums, and a lot of brass?

[ "Mendelssohn", "Beethoven", "Schumann", "Schubert" ]

Beethoven

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Which was the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain its freedom?

[ "Ghana", "Somalia", "Malawi", "Gabon" ]

Ghana

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In which US state is the Bicycle Museum of America located?

[ "Ohio", "Indiana", "Massachusetts", "North Carolina" ]

Ohio

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Which statement is untrue about Luxembourg?

[ "Its original wealth came from the iron mines in the region.", "It is a duchy.", "Its capital, Esch-sur-Alzette, is not its largest city.", "It is often grouped with the Benelux group of European nations." ]

Its capital, Esch-sur-Alzette, is not its largest city.

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Which of these famous Russian politicians was also famed as a literary critic?

[ "Khrushchev", "Trotsky", "Lenin", "Stalin" ]

Trotsky

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Queen Elizabeth II was coronated Queen in 1953. Whom did she directly succeed?

[ "George VI", "Edward VIII", "George V", "Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon" ]

George VI

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Who is considered the first American to be killed in the Cold War?

[ "Alan Funt", "Allen Dulles", "William Donovan", "John Birch" ]

John Birch

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In 1078, a battle between two rulers was averted because of a chess game.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Elmer Valo, a Major League Baseball player and coach, is one of the few American major leaguers born in this country.

[ "Germany", "The Czech Republic", "Surinam", "Serbia" ]

The Czech Republic

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Which of the following political figures was the first to fight a war as President of the United States?

[ "James Monroe", "Thomas Jefferson", "Andrew Jackson", "George Washington" ]

Thomas Jefferson

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Which was the first racehorse to run the Kentucky Derby in less than 2 minutes?

[ "Secretariat", "Cigar", "Man OWar", "Seabiscuit" ]

Secretariat

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Which English king had wives called Catherine, Anne, Jane, Anne, Catherine and Catherine, in that order?

[ "Henry the Seventh", "William the Fifth", "Charles the Fourth", "Henry the Eighth" ]

Henry the Eighth

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What was the name of the robot in the 1986 comedy sci-fi film Short Circuit and its 1988 sequel Short Circuit 2?

[ "Johnny 5", "C-3PO", "Apollo 440", "Sentinel 7" ]

Johnny 5

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This novella by H.P. Lovecraft was published in 1936 and is about a hybrid race of human/ fish/ frog people who inhabit a small town in Massachusetts.

[ "Something Wicked This Way Comes", "The Deep Ones", "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", "The Gods of Pegana" ]

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

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There is no cure for this disease that is characterized by the death of muscle cells and tissue. Diagnosis is often based on the results of a muscle biopsy.

[ "Scoliosis", "Multiple sclerosis", "Cerebral palsy", "Muscular dystrophy" ]

Muscular dystrophy

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Twilight Zone is a term used by the United States Air Force to describe the border between day and night on a planetary body.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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This song about a paralyzed war veteran whose wife cheats on him was written by Mel Tillis and performed by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition in 1969. It has also been recorded by CAKE, The Killers, Waylon Jennings, Roger Miller and Wolfsheim.

[ "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf", "Ruby, Dont Take Your Love to Town", "Reuben James", "Never There" ]

Ruby, Dont Take Your Love to Town

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How many colonies formed United States of America in 1776?

[ "51", "50", "13", "7" ]

13

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What is the correct formal name of the country known as the UK?

[ "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", "Great Britain", "United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland", "Union of Kingdoms of England and Scotland" ]

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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This English city is home to a top European soccer team, which contains the word United in its name and is nicknamed The Red Devils.

[ "Glasgow", "Liverpool", "Manchester", "London" ]

Manchester

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What is the full name of the Benetton fashion brand?

[ "United Benetton Designers", "United Colors of Benetton", "Benetton Fashion Union", "Benetton Union" ]

United Colors of Benetton

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What city is the capital of the European Union?

[ "Brussels", "Strasbourg", "Luxembourg", "The EU has no official capital." ]

The EU has no official capital.

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What city is the capital of the United Arab Emirates?

[ "Al Riyadh", "Dauha", "Abu Dhabi", "Dubai" ]

Abu Dhabi

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What airport is the largest hub of United Airlines?

[ "OHare in Chicago", "Metropolitan in Detroit", "Dallas Fort Worth", "La Guardia in New York" ]

OHare in Chicago

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What is the meaning of soviet, as in Soviet Union?

[ "Socialistic", "Council", "Communist", "Republic" ]

Council

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What is the full name of UTC, the company that manufactures Sikorsky helicopters?

[ "United Technologies Corporation", "United Tennessee Company", "Union of high-Technology Corporations", "Union of Texas Craft-makers" ]

United Technologies Corporation

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WETYIAFHKLXVNM

[ "UOPSDGJCB", " which of these rows would the letter Z go?", "top", "none", "neither", "bottom" ]

top

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Who was the first person to be crowned Czar of Russia?

[ "Nicholas III", "Alexander IV", "Ivan the Terrible", "Mikhail Romanov" ]

Ivan the Terrible

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What was the first play Shakespeare wrote?

[ "The Tempest", "A Midsummers Night Dream", "Hamlet", "Henry VI, Part One" ]

Henry VI, Part One

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What do Oscar Robertson (ex-NBA All-Star) and Roy Orbison (the great singer/songwriter) have in common?

[ "The same birthplace", "The same nickname", "The same birthdate", "The same wife" ]

The same nickname

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In which country was Carlos Mencia born?

[ "Guatemala", "Ecuador", "Nicaragua", "Honduras" ]

Honduras

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What is a bibliopole?

[ "Someone who buys books", "Someone who loves books", "Someone who hates books", "Someone who sells books" ]

Someone who sells books

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What is the Papstiche Schweizergarde?

[ "The formal name for the Alps", "A 500 year-old brewery in Basel, Switzerland", "A garden in Switzerland dedicated to peace", "A 500 year-old organization of Swiss guards" ]

A 500 year-old organization of Swiss guards

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The square root of a number is always smaller than that number.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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Why are Cipriano dela Valera and Casiodoro de Reina famous in the Spanish-speaking world?

[ "They are responsible for the first translation of Don Quixote into English.", "They are responsible for the most popular Spanish version of the Bible.", "They are the publishers of the top-selling Spanish-language newspapers in the USA.", "They are the top stars of Spanish-language television in the USA." ]

They are responsible for the most popular Spanish version of the Bible.

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What is the name of the dancer described in the following lyrics?

[ " would dance for you ", " jumped so high, jumped so high", "en he lightly touched down.", "Mr. Bojangles", "Mr Butterbeans", "Mr Wiggle", "Mr. Greenjeans" ]

Mr. Bojangles

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The following group of words (as a whole) makes up a palindrome:

[ "man. A plan. A canal. Panama.", "True", "False" ]

True

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What musician is often referred to as The Man in Black?

[ "Seal", "Will Smith", "Johnny Cash", "Prince" ]

Johnny Cash

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What kind of object does the term black hole refer to in physics?

[ "A collapsed star", "All of these", "A space storm", "A gap between time and space" ]

A collapsed star