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Question	Answer	% Correct
Pasteurized Milk	French scientist Louis Pasteur devised a system to limit microbial growth in milk	94%
The Common Sandwich	John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, invented the food to keep his fingers clean during poker	94%
Sisyphean Task	Inhospitable king Sisyphus was forced by the Greek gods to roll a boulder up a hill, but it only rolls back down every time he gets to the top	88%
Kafkaesque	Kafka was an early twentieth-century writer whose most famous stories focused on protagonists in confusing, punishing situations for seemingly no reason	82%
Draconian Laws	Lawmaker Draco of Ancient Athens proscribed the first codified laws, which often had extreme punishments for minor offences	82%
Machiavellian	Machiavelli was a former political advisor who wrote a book advising leaders to be cunning, ruthless, and feared	79%
Dom Pérignon Champagne	Dom Pérignon was a Benedictine monk who helped advance French winemaking techniques	76%
Pyrrhic Victory	Greek king Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Romans at the Battle of Asculum at such great cost, that he had to give up the bigger campaign	74%
Bubonic Plague	A “bubo” is a large bump caused by a swollen lymph node	71%
Decibel	“Bel” comes from Alexander Graham Bell’s last name, and deci- means “one tenth”	71%
Male Chauvinism	Nicolas Chauvin was a soldier who blindly and excessively loved the French First Republic	68%
Macadamia Nuts	A leading botanist in Australia, Dr. von Mueller, named the tree after his scientist friend, John Macadam	59%
Epsom Salts	Epsom Springs was a popular spa for 1600s Londoners	59%
Shrapnel	Henry Shrapnel invented the antipersonnel weapon in the late-18th century	35%
Italic Font	Printer Aldus Manutius wanted a typeface that emulated an Italian handwritten manuscript, so he gave it a slant and called it Italics	32%

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