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What was the old name for the country of Belize, until it was renamed in 1973?	British Honduras	59%
Which phrase meaning complete freedom to act as one wishes comes from the French translation of "blank document"?	Carte blanche	57%
Which city in Indonesia, the capital of the province of West Java, is the country's second largest and second most populous city?	Bandung	48%
To the nearest mile, how long is the Panama Canal?	{51} miles	34%
Also known as the Stone of Destiny, what is the name of the block of red sandstone which has been used in coronations of British monarchs since it was stolen from Scotland in 1296?	Stone of {Scone}	34%
Which three letter initialism in photography refers to "film speed" and actually stands for the organisation rather than a term itself?	ISO	27%
What is the medical term for the innermost toe often referred to as the "big toe"?	Hallux	23%
Which Czechoslovakian tennis player won the Women's Singles titles in the Australian Open in 1980 and 1987, French Open in 1981 and US Open in 1985?	Hana Mandlíková	23%
In which year did the Bank of England separate from the UK Government and become an independent public organisation?	1998	18%
Which 18th-century playwright is best-known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield and the plays She Stoops to Conquer and The Good-Natur'd Man?	Oliver Goldsmith	18%
In Astronomy, what is the full name of the scatter plot showing the relationship between stars' luminosity and temperature, often abbreviated to a HR diagram	{Hertzsprung-Russell} diagram	11%
Who hosted the BBC programme Antiques Roadshow from 1981 until 2000?	Hugh Scully	11%
In Hinduism, which deity forms part of the Tridevi and is the goddess of knowledge, wisdom, and flowing water?	Saraswati	9%
Who won the first series of Big Brother UK when it was introduced in 2000?	Craig Phillips	7%
Who won the Best Director Oscar for My Fair Lady (1964) and was nominated an additional 4 times for directing, including a nomination for The Philadelphia Story (1940)?	George Cukor	7%
What name is given to the open-faced sandwich consisting of bread, a hamburger patty, French fries and cheese sauce originating in Springfield, Illinois?	{Horseshoe} sandwich	7%
In Mathematics, what name is given to the symbol for infinity denoted ∞?	Lemniscate	7%
Which 16th-century Venetian painter was commissioned to paint Il Paradiso for Doge's Palace, reputed to be the largest painting ever done upon canvas?	Tintoretto	7%
Which French cyclist is a 13-time world champion and has also won a gold medal in the Women's Road cycling event in the 1996 Olympic Games?	Jeannie Longo	5%
Cuban and Hispaniolan are the two species of which shrew-like mammals, some of only mammals that are venomous?	Solenodon	5%

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