| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Hammer-wielding Norse god | Thor | 97%
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| Bird that went extinct in the 1600s | Dodo | 90%
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| City sacked by the Vandals in 455 AD | Rome | 89%
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| Mountain range crossed by Hannibal and his elephants | Alps | 86%
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| German chancellor: ____ von Bismarck | Otto | 79%
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| Jane Austen novel Hint: a common girl's name | Emma | 78%
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| Horse-based sport that was popular among nobles in ancient Persia | Polo | 75%
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| Destination of Mormon pioneers | Utah | 72%
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| Alcoholic drink made of fermented honey | Mead | 67%
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| In traditional wedding vows, brides were asked to love, cherish, and ____ their husbands | Obey | 67%
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| Kodak's main line of business | Film | 66%
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| 1990–91 conflict: The ____ War | Gulf | 64%
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| House that fought against the Lancasters in the Wars of the Roses | York | 63%
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| George Washington grew this crop used to make rope and fabric | Hemp | 62%
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| Shelley, Wordsworth, or Dickinson, e.g. | Poet | 58%
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| Chinese dynasty 618–907; Also a powdered drink brand consumed by astronauts | Tang | 53%
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| Secure tower inside a castle's walls | Keep | 49%
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| Captain Cook was the first European to reach this island, in 1779 | Oahu | 49%
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| Decayed plant matter once used as fuel in Ireland and Scotland | Peat | 49%
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| Coleridge line: Water water everywhere / nor any ____ to drink | Drop | 47%
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| Soviet missile used by Iraq | Scud | 38%
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