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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Which American author wrote The Bell Jar and was also married to Ted Hughes until her death in 1963?	Sylvia Plath	50%
What S-word is used to describe somebody who is lying facing upwards?	Supine	47%
The year 2016 had the fewest UK Number Ones, but how many were there?	10	43%
What year did the United Kingdom join the predecessor to the European Union, the European Communities?	1973	40%
What Russian island found north of the Japanese archipelago is the largest island of Russia?	Sakhalin	39%
What road originally known as the London-South Wales Motorway connects London and Cardiff?	M4	32%
In October 2022, who became the first woman to be the Prime Minister of Italy, with the Brothers of Italy party?	Giorgia Meloni	30%
What L-word is given to the term meaning Portuguese-speaking, applying to countries such as Angola, Brazil and São Tomé and Príncipe?	Lusophone	29%
Who was nominated for 6 Lead Actress Oscars, including nominations for Edward, My Son (1949), From Here to Eternity (1953) and The King and I (1956)?	Deborah Kerr	19%
Which American artist, whose painting Untitled sold for $111m in 2017, died of a heroin overdose in 1988?	Jean-Michel Basquiat	19%
Who starred as Amélie Poulain in the 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet film Amélie?	Audrey Tautou	14%
In December 2022, who replaced Eddie Jones as the coach of the England Men's Rugby Union team?	Steve Borthwick	14%
What is the medical term for a nosebleed?	Epistaxis	12%
What is the SI unit of electric conductance?	Siemens	8%
Which explorer, born in 1651, became the first Englishman to explore what is today Australia, and the first person to circumnavigate three times?	William Dampier	7%
In Arthurian legend, what was the name of the battle where King Arthur was either killed or mortally wounded fighting Mordred?	Battle of Camlann	5%
Derived from the Italian for "nothing", what name is given to a selection of small plates commonly eaten in Venice?	Cicchetti	5%
In Roman Mythology, who was the goddess of youth?	Juventas	5%
What were the two first names of the 19th-century journalist known as Mrs Beeton, who was known for Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management?	Isabella Mary	4%
What does the abbreviation BS stand for on an Ordnance Survey map?	Boundary stone	3%