| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What type of cancer kills more women than any other? | Breast cancer | 97%
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| What French execution device was named after its inventer? | Guillotine | 77%
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| What holy city did the Crusaders fail to capture despite several attempts? | Jerusalem | 74%
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| What city's tallest building is known as the "Space Needle"? | Seattle | 74%
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| What celestial object is so dense that nothing can ever escape from it? | Black hole | 72%
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| What island invented the idea of putting pineapple on pizza? | Hawaii | 70%
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| What layer of the atmosphere has a hole in it that gets larger each year? | Ozone layer | 70%
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| What cartoon bear is banned in China due to its resemblence to supreme leader Xi Jinping? | Winnie the Pooh | 69%
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| What is NOT 1 billion bytes as commonly believed, but is actually 1,073,741,824 bytes? | {Giga}byte | 68%
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| What ancient Hindu practice gets its name from the Sandscript word for "stretching"? | Yoga | 65%
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| For-profit companies have websites ending in .com. What three letter ending is reserved for non-profits? | .org | 62%
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| What stuffy, formalized version of the word "you" was dropped from the English language during the Middle Ages? | Thou | 61%
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| What empire lasted for thousands of years before it was overthrown by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés? | Aztec Empire | 59%
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| What mythical creature was invented by people in the Middle Ages who dug up huge dinosaur bones and didn't know what they were? | Dragon | 59%
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| What holiday was an obscure Christian observence until the Hallmark company promoted it in an effort to sell more greeting cards? | {Valentine}'s Day | 59%
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| What is the only U.S. state that has no law against polygamy? | Utah | 53%
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| What holiday food causes drowsiness because of its high Tryptophan content? | Turkey | 51%
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| Who defined insanity as "doing the same thing and expecting different results"? | Albert Einstein | 47%
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| What country pronounces the letter Z with a lisp because of a king in the the 1700s who had a speech impedimant? | Spain | 47%
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| What room was used by wealthy Romans to throw up their meal so they'd be able to eat even more delicious treats? | {Vomit}orium | 43%
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