Statistics for General Knowledge Quiz #35

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What city is famous for its leaning tower?	Pisa	96%
What country had prisons known as gulags?	The Soviet Union	89%
What activity, invented in California around 1950, was originally called "street surfing"?	Skateboarding	85%
What is the opposite of an acid?	a Base	74%
What type of animal is the mascot of the World Wildlife Fund?	Giant panda	73%
How many syllables does a haiku have?	17	69%
What was the name of Louis XIV's residence?	Versailles	63%
In the song "Amazing Grace" what four words come after "Amazing Grace"?	How sweet the sound	58%
What country uses the Baht as its currency?	Thailand	56%
Which Shakespearean play is it bad luck to mention inside a theater?	Macbeth	54%
What is the American name for the board game known in England as "draughts"?	Checkers	50%
What two letters end 18 of the 20 most common last names in Croatia?	ić	48%
Who is the only English king to abdicate voluntarily?	Edward VIII	47%
Who is the author that created James Bond?	Ian Fleming	43%
What disease is associated with hydrophobia?	Rabies	41%
What disease was quinine used to treat?	Malaria	38%
What country was responsible for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland?	Libya	33%
What toxic chemical element is contained inside fluorescent bulbs?	Mercury	33%
What plant is linen made from?	Flax	23%
Who was Wooster's valet?	Jeeves	23%