| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What is the hardest material that is naturally-occurring on Earth? | Diamond | 92%
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| What caustic British chef was the host of the show "Hell's Kitchen"? | Gordon Ramsay | 85%
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| What is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature (and standard pressure)? | Mercury | 77%
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| What book was a predecessor to "The Lord of the Rings"? | The Hobbit | 70%
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| What was Voldemort's birth name? | Tom Riddle | 69%
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| With what country did Germany sign the "Pact of Steel" in 1939? | Italy | 64%
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| What is the French word for bread? | Pain | 63%
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| Which U.S. state can be spelled without using any of the letters in "mackerel"? | Ohio | 61%
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| On what island would you find the city of Palermo? | Sicily | 60%
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| What rock band has a name that is often abbreviated as GNR? | Guns N' Roses | 59%
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| Who is the Roman goddess of love and beauty? | Venus | 57%
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| Who is the leader of the Autobots? | Optimus Prime | 55%
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| What religious document does a person have to memorize to become a "hafiz"? | The Quran | 52%
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| What type of animal does the term "ursine" refer to? | Bears | 49%
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| What tree does latex usually come from? | Rubber Tree | 44%
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| What metallic element, starting with C, is used to make blue pigments? | Cobalt | 41%
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| What musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber is the longest-running production in the history of Broadway theater? | The Phantom of the Opera | 41%
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| On which peninsula was Yugoslavia located? | Balkan Peninsula | 40%
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| What "secret" society has many different orders including the Scottish Rite and the York Rite? | Freemasonry | 39%
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| The city of Calexico lies on the U.S. side of the California / Mexico border. What, appropriately, is the name of its sister city on the Mexican side of the border? | Mexicali | 20%
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