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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is made from mostly wood, graphite, and rubber?	Pencil	82%
In what country are "bonjour", "Guten Tag", and "buongiorno" all different ways to say hello using an official language?	Switzerland	80%
What was notable about Dolly, a famous sheep born in 1996?	She was a clone	78%
What 1997 movie was, at the time, the most expensive in history – requiring a 17 million gallon water tank?	Titanic	74%
What is halite better known as, especially when you put it on your food?	Salt	73%
On what island would you find the River Shannon?	Ireland	69%
Magnus Jóhannesson is from Iceland. He has a son. What is his son's last name?	Magnusson	66%
What is known in France as petit-déjeuner, literal translation: "little lunch"?	Breakfast	60%
What car model, on its retirement in 1927, was responsible for about half of all the automobiles ever sold?	Ford Model T	55%
In what country was the winter holiday Kwanzaa first celebrated in 1966?	United States	53%
What causes things to sound higher pitched when they are moving towards us?	{Doppler} Effect	51%
What would you use a "depth charge" against?	Submarine	49%
What profession's red and white sign stands for blood and bandages - a relic from when they provided surgical services?	Barbers	39%
Name one of the two countries which are fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.	Armenia / Azerbaijan	36%
Where did aviator Richard E. Byrd visit by air in 1929 – becoming the first person to do so?	The South Pole	35%
What absurdist play could be summarized as "Godot never shows up"?	Waiting for Godot	35%
What dark red gem is the birthstone for the month of January?	Garnet	33%
What Nobel Prize winning leader stepped down in 1991 and appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial seven years later?	Mikhail Gorbachev	30%
What unit of an army is typically about 20,000 soldiers in size?	Division	24%
What fabric gets its name from the city of Nîmes, France?	Denim	23%