| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What does the red circle on the Japanese flag represent? | The Sun | 84%
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| What tendon connects the heel to the calf? | Achilles tendon | 83%
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| Who was the most recent U.S. President to not finish his entire term? | Richard Nixon | 69%
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| What country is known poetically as Erin? | Ireland | 68%
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| Which animal comes first alphabetically? | Aardvark | 67%
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| What country are the Galapagos Islands part of? | Ecuador | 65%
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| What was the first name of former Russian President Yeltsin? | Boris | 64%
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| In the song from "The Wizard of Oz", what two words come before "The Witch is Dead"? | Ding dong | 59%
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| What language from the TV show "Star Trek" has a couple dozen fluent speakers? | Klingon | 58%
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| Where would you find the amygdala? | In the brain | 57%
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| What is the capital of Quebec? | Quebec City | 57%
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| What actor requested a purple lightsaber for his character in "Star Wars: Episode II"? | Samuel L. Jackson | 53%
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| What singer wanted to party like it's 1999? | Prince | 43%
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| What Asian country experienced a famine in the 1990s? | North Korea | 41%
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| What subject was studied by Gauss, Fermat, and Poincaré? | Mathematics | 40%
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| What legendary animal, a cross between a serpent and a rooster, can cause death with a single glance? | Basilisk | 35%
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| What lies just north of the Sahel? | Sahara Desert | 34%
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| What is a common word that means "hirsute"? | Hairy | 28%
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| What is it called when a speculator buys nearly the entire supply of a commodity, causing prices to skyrocket? | {Corner}ing the market | 19%
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| What would you buy at an automat? | Food | 17%
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