The goal of opentriviadb is to provide an R interface to the Open Trivia Database. You can access and download samples of the questions available and make them available from within
R.
You can install the development version from GitHub with:
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("condwanaland/opentriviadb")To download questions, simply call get_questions()
library(opentriviadb)
dat <- get_questions(number = 10)
dat
#> category type difficulty
#> 1 General Knowledge boolean easy
#> 2 Entertainment: Music multiple hard
#> 3 General Knowledge boolean medium
#> 4 Entertainment: Video Games multiple hard
#> 5 Entertainment: Japanese Anime & Manga boolean easy
#> 6 General Knowledge multiple hard
#> 7 Science: Computers boolean medium
#> 8 Mythology boolean medium
#> 9 Entertainment: Video Games multiple medium
#> 10 History multiple medium
#> question
#> 1 The Great Wall of China is visible from the moon.
#> 2 How many members are there in the idol group "µ's"?
#> 3 An eggplant is a vegetable.
#> 4 When was Steam first released?
#> 5 In Kill La Kill, the weapon of the main protagonist is a katana.
#> 6 What is the romanized Korean word for "heart"?
#> 7 MacOS is based on Linux.
#> 8 In Greek mythology, Hera is the goddess of harvest.
#> 9 Who voices the infamous Citadel Station A.I known as S.H.O.D.A.N, in the System Shock games?
#> 10 Which Nazi General was known as the "Desert Fox"?
#> correct_answer
#> 1 False
#> 2 9
#> 3 False
#> 4 2003
#> 5 False
#> 6 Simjang
#> 7 False
#> 8 False
#> 9 Terri Brosius
#> 10 Erwin Rommel
#> possible_answers
#> 1 True/False
#> 2 9; 48; 6; 3
#> 3 True/False
#> 4 2003; 2004; 2011; 2007
#> 5 True/False
#> 6 Simjang; Aejeong; Jeongsin; Segseu
#> 7 True/False
#> 8 True/False
#> 9 Terri Brosius; Jennifer Hale; Jenn Taylor; Lori Alan
#> 10 Erwin Rommel; Gerd von Rundstadt; Wilhelm Keitel; Heinz GuderianYou can control the category, difficulty, and type (multiple choice/boolean) of the returned questions
dat <- get_questions(10, category = "Sports", difficulty = "easy", type = "multiple")
dat
#> category type difficulty
#> 1 Sports multiple easy
#> 2 Sports multiple easy
#> 3 Sports multiple easy
#> 4 Sports multiple easy
#> 5 Sports multiple easy
#> 6 Sports multiple easy
#> 7 Sports multiple easy
#> 8 Sports multiple easy
#> 9 Sports multiple easy
#> 10 Sports multiple easy
#> question
#> 1 Which team won the 2015-16 English Premier League?
#> 2 Which driver has been the Formula 1 world champion for a record 7 times?
#> 3 Which team won 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil?
#> 4 In Baseball, how many times does the ball have to be pitched outside of the strike zone before the batter is walked?
#> 5 What team won the 2016 MLS Cup?
#> 6 Which boxer was banned for taking a bite out of Evander Holyfield's ear in 1997?
#> 7 What is the most common type of pitch thrown by pitchers in baseball?
#> 8 Who won the premier league title in the 2015-2016 season following a fairy tale run?
#> 9 Who won the UEFA Champions League in 2017?
#> 10 In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, what was the final score in the match Brazil - Germany?
#> possible_answers
#> 1 Leicester City; Liverpool; Cheslea; Manchester United
#> 2 Michael Schumacher; Ayrton Senna; Fernando Alonso; Jim Clark
#> 3 Germany; Argentina; Brazil; Netherlands
#> 4 4; 1; 2; 3
#> 5 Seattle Sounders; Colorado Rapids; Toronto FC; Montreal Impact
#> 6 Mike Tyson; Roy Jones Jr.; Evander Holyfield; Lennox Lewis
#> 7 Fastball; Slowball; Screwball; Palmball
#> 8 Leicester City; Tottenham Hotspur; Watford; Stoke City
#> 9 Real Madrid C.F.; Atletico Madrid; AS Monaco FC; Juventus F.C.
#> 10 1-7; 1-5; 1-6; 2-6
#> correct_answer
#> 1 Leicester City
#> 2 Michael Schumacher
#> 3 Germany
#> 4 4
#> 5 Seattle Sounders
#> 6 Mike Tyson
#> 7 Fastball
#> 8 Leicester City
#> 9 Real Madrid C.F.
#> 10 1-7To view all available categories, opentriviadb provides a dataset categories, which provides all available categories.
data("categories")
categories
#> id categories
#> 1 9 General Knowledge
#> 2 10 Entertainment: Books
#> 3 11 Entertainment: Film
#> 4 12 Entertainment: Music
#> 5 13 Entertainment: Musicals & Theatres
#> 6 14 Entertainment: Television
#> 7 15 Entertainment: Video Games
#> 8 16 Entertainment: Board Games
#> 9 17 Science & Nature
#> 10 18 Science: Computers
#> 11 19 Science: Mathematics
#> 12 20 Mythology
#> 13 21 Sports
#> 14 22 Geography
#> 15 23 History
#> 16 24 Politics
#> 17 25 Art
#> 18 26 Celebrities
#> 19 27 Animals
#> 20 28 Vehicles
#> 21 29 Entertainment: Comics
#> 22 30 Science: Gadgets
#> 23 31 Entertainment: Japanese Anime & Manga
#> 24 32 Entertainment: Cartoon & Animations