Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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Which southern African country was once called Rhodesia? | Zimbabwe | 80%
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The Tsushima Strait lies between the Korean peninsula and which other country? | Japan | 73%
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In which country did the term “bushranger” originate in the 19th century? | Australia | 69%
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Beijing’s Forbidden City was built during the rule of which Chinese dynasty? | Ming | 61%
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Who is the youngest person ever to be elected French president? | Emmanuel Macron | 52%
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Who was US president immediately before Richard Nixon? | Lyndon Baines Johnson | 52%
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The capital of which Commonwealth country is named after the the “Iron Duke” who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo and later served as British prime minister? | New Zealand | 44%
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What is the stage name of the first musician ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature? | Bob Dylan | 42%
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Which island famous for its fortified wine is dubbed the Pearl of the Atlantic? | Madeira | 38%
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Which classical composer’s surname is an anagram of “large”? | Sir Edward Elgar | 36%
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What is the word for 144 or a dozen dozen? | gross | 33%
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Who wrote the children’s book “Just So Stories”? | Rudyard Kipling | 30%
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Who was Sir Laurence Olivier’s co-star in the 1957 film “The Prince and the Showgirl”? | Marilyn Monroe | 26%
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What is the English name of the former record label translated as “La voz de su amo” in Spanish and “La voce del padrone” in Italian? | His Master's Voice (HMV) | 24%
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What is the first name of Quagmire in the TV cartoon show “Family Guy”? | Glenn | 23%
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Which internationally influential art school was founded in Weimar, Germany, in 1919 by modernist architect Walter Gropius? | The Bauhaus | 12%
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What was the former name of New York’s JFK Airport? | Idlewild | 10%
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Historically, if someone worked as a cordwainer what did they make? | shoes | 10%
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In which year is Halley’s Comet next due to appear? | 2061 | 7%
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Which septuagenarian French singer is often described (by English speakers) as “the biggest rock star you’ve never heard of”? | Johnny Hallyday | 6%
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