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%
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clue
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answer
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100
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In what city would you find the Eiffel Tower?
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Paris
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99
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What "unsinkable" ship sank in April 1912?
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RMS Titanic
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98
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Which country's flag is a white rectangle, with a red circle in the centre?
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Japan
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97
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What does an octopus spray when threatened?
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ink
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96
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In what country would you find the headquarters of Ferrari?
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Italy
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95
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What is the tallest type of land animal?
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giraffe
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94
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In which US state would you find Disney World?
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Florida
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93
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What is Mexico's currency?
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peso
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92
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Who was almost totally deaf when he wrote his ninth and final symphony?
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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91
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What usually has three leaves, but in about 1/5000 cases has four or more?
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clover
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90
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What stimulant did Coca-Cola contain before 1903?
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cocaine
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89
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What does a predator hunt?
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prey
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88
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Who orders martinis "shaken, not stirred"?
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James Bond
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87
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What is a female deer called?
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A doe
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86
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What does the U in SCUBA stand for?
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Underwater
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85
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Which boxing weight class starts with W?
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Welterweight
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84
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What type of animal appears on the Ferrari logo?
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horse
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83
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What organ is foie gras made from?
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liver
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82
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What weapon does Luke Skywalker wield?
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lightsaber
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81
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What is the name of Apple's web browser?
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Safari
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80
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What was the unflattering nickname of Queen Mary I of England?
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Bloody Mary
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79
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Who did Eva Braun marry on 29 April 1945?
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Adolf Hitler
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78
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In the Disney movie, what was the profession of the seven dwarfs?
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mining
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77
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What trilogy can be described as a quest to return unwanted jewellery?
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The Lord of the Rings
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76
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Who is the main character of "The Hunger Games" series?
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Katniss Everdeen
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75
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What stone provided the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs?
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Rosetta Stone
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74
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What is the last name of Australian actors Chris, Liam, and Luke?
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Hemsworth
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73
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A group of generic birds is called a flock. What do you call a group of crows?
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A murder
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72
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What is the world's most-visited museum?
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The Louvre
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71
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What singer had two hit songs whose titles started with "Like a"?
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Madonna
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70
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What is the most points one can score with a single dart throw?
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69
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What body part is the Norse god Odin missing?
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An eye
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68
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How many syllables does a haiku have?
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17
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67
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Who suggested a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down?
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Mary Poppins
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66
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Who was the lead actor in the "Bourne" series?
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Matt Damon
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65
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Who was the first person to see the moons of Jupiter?
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Galileo Galilei
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64
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Which element of the Periodic Table is known in Latin as argentum?
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silver
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63
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What sea do Denmark, Finland, and Estonia all border?
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Baltic Sea
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62
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What type of cloud produces thunderstorms?
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cumulonimbus
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61
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What voice range is lower than baritone?
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bass
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60
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What gentle shark is the largest species of fish?
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Whale Shark
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59
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What ancient Hindu text could be described as a sex manual?
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Kama Sutra
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58
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In what year did the United States celebrate its bicentennial?
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1976
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57
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Which sign of the zodiac is represented by a ram?
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Aries
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56
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What country traditionally produces port wine?
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Portugal
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55
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What country does a Sinophile love?
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China
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54
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What type of animal has a head, thorax, and abdomen?
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insect
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53
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Who was Alexander the Great's teacher?
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Aristotle
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52
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What US state did Ray Charles have "on his mind"?
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Georgia
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51
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Among scuba divers, what is decompression sickness commonly known as?
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The bends
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50
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Who said "Do or do not. There is no try"?
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Yoda
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49
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What is 5 factorial?
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120
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48
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What did physicist Stephen Hawking write a "brief history" of in 1988?
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time
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47
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What is the name of a volcano, a camera company, and a type of apple?
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Fuji
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46
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Who was Robin Hood's second in command?
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Little John
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45
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If a British or US army captain is promoted, what is their new rank?
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major
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44
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In what type of cell would you find an axon and dendrites?
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nerve
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43
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Who invented dynamite?
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Alfred Nobel
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42
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According to Dante, what is the worst of the seven deadly sins?
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pride
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41
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Who parodied Adolf Hitler in the movie The Great Dictator?
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Charlie Chaplin
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39
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What is another name for an abattoir?
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A slaughterhouse
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38
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What word in the English language sounds like "segway"?
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segue
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37
|
What does the harp represent on the coat of arms of King Charles III?
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Ireland
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36
|
What molecule, formula C12H22O11, is commonly used as table sugar?
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sucrose
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35
|
Who composed Ride of the Valkyries?
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Richard Wagner
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|
34
|
Who crossed the Rubicon?
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Julius Caesar
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33
|
What singer is known as "The Godfather of Soul"?
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James Brown
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32
|
What "Wild World" singer changed his name to Yusuf Islam in 1977?
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Cat Stevens
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|
31
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What part of animal is suet?
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fat
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30
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What M word refers to a decorative tower adjacent to a mosque?
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minaret
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29
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What word means either "a business tycoon" or "a bump on a skiing course"?
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Mogul
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28
|
Who is Steffi Graf's husband?
|
Andre Agassi
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|
27
|
What is a bandolier designed to hold?
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ammunition
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26
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What is sold at Lloyd's of London?
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insurance
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25
|
There are 14 eight-thousanders in the world. Among these 14,
which one is nearest to being a nine-thousander?
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Mt Everest
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24
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What world leader was born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936 in Buenos Aires?
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Pope Francis
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23
|
What is the Japanese word for freshwater eel?
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unagi
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|
22
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What director refers to his films as "joints"?
|
Spike Lee
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21
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What could Cassandra, Jeremiah, and Paul the Octopus see that most people cannot?
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the future
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20
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Who gets stoned during Hajj?
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The devil
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19
|
Among all the cities in the world with a metro population over 1 million people,
which one is last alphabetically?
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Zürich
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|
18
|
In what country would you be most likely to find a polder?
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Netherlands
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|
17
|
What is pulchritude?
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beauty
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16
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Who sculpted "The Burghers of Calais"?
|
Auguste Rodin
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|
15
|
What is the name of this typographical symbol: † (hint: a weapon)
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dagger
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14
|
Writing out numbers using Roman numerals, which number is alphabetically last?
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XXXVIII
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13
|
What is the largest Indian state by area?
|
Rajasthan
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12
|
Who released their debut album La Voix du bon Dieu, which translates to
Good Lord's Voice, in 1981?
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Celine Dion
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11
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A species of which animal, was found near Folsom Prison, California
and named Aphonopelma johnnycashi after Johnny Cash?
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tarantula
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10
|
What is a chorophobe afraid of?
|
dancing
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9
|
In which US city is the shortest race in the US Horse Racing Triple Crown,
The Preakness Stakes, held?
|
Baltimore
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8
|
The Bislett Games is an annual track and field held in which city?
|
Oslo
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7
|
Who became the first posthumous Formula One World Champion in 1971?
|
Jochen Rindt
|
|
6
|
Which Italian composed Norma, an opera based on Alexandre Soumet's play?
|
Vincenzo Bellini
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|
5
|
In the TV Series Thunderbirds, who piloted Thunderbird 4, the submarine
held aboard Thunderbird 2?
|
Gordon Tracy
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4
|
Who became the first president of India in 1950?
|
Rajendra Prasad
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3
|
Which mountain in Spain is the tallest mountain in the Pyrenees, 3404 m / 11,168 ft high?
|
Aneto
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2
|
Which driver has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans a record 9 times?
|
Tom Kristensen
|
|
1
|
Who is the patron saint of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
|
Elijah
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0
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How many steps are there on the Eiffel Tower?
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1710
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