Statistics for General Knowledge Quiz #88

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the last country in the world, alphabetically?	Zimbabwe	91%
What living species is most closely related to humans?	Chimpanzees	86%
What Greek word, meaning "I have found it", might you say after making a discovery?	Eureka	86%
What river flows through ten different European countries?	Danube	73%
What is generally considered to be the world's most expensive spice?	Saffron	65%
What is mead made from?	Honey	62%
What working-class London accent did Eliza Doolittle have in the play "Pygmalion"?	Cockney	58%
What Olympic event was revolutionized by the "Fosbury Flop"?	High Jump	58%
What movie series featured a villain named Oddjob?	James Bond	53%
What medal, abbreviated VC, is the United Kingdom's highest military decoration?	Victoria Cross	53%
What are the mashed potato, the alligator, and the watusi?	Dances	49%
What region is disputed by India, Pakistan, and China?	Kashmir	47%
What portmanteau is a combination of Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg?	Benelux	46%
What was printed on ticker tape?	{Stock} Prices	42%
Who was Jacob Marley's business partner?	Ebenezer Scrooge	41%
In Greek mythology, who was the titan that created men and gave them fire?	Prometheus	39%
Which country's websites end in .ch?	Switzerland	39%
What Italian Prime Minister had a scandal involving his "bunga bunga" parties?	Silvio Berlusconi	37%
Who was born in Hyde Park, New York in 1882 and died in Warm Springs, Georgia in 1945?	Franklin D. Roosevelt	31%
What sport does a "duffer" play poorly?	Golf	28%