| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What is the capital of Russia? | Moscow | 99%
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| What was World War I known as before World War II came around? | The {Great} War | 82%
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| What was the capital before that, from 1713–1918? | Saint Petersburg | 81%
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| What did Narcissus fall in love with? | His own reflection | 74%
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| What is the most populous country that is located entirely on islands? | Indonesia | 70%
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| How does a true Scotsman say yes? | Aye | 63%
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| "Is the Pope Catholic?" is an example of what type of question? | {Rhetorical} question | 63%
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| What would be the appropriate beverage to drink at a Bacchanalia? | Wine | 62%
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| Who addressed a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 saying that it was possible to build an atomic bomb? | Albert Einstein (and others) | 61%
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| What word appears in the names of the capitals of Haiti, Papua New Guinea, and four other countries? | Port | 60%
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| What language officially introduced the letter ẞ into its alphabet in 2017? | German | 58%
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| Where would you be most likely to see a "prima donna"? | At the opera | 57%
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| Who would you encounter if you had a "close encounter of the third kind"? | Aliens | 55%
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| What animal was known to ancient Greeks and Romans as a "horse tiger"? | Zebra | 53%
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| What fictional character was portrayed by George Reeves and Christopher Reeve? | Superman | 46%
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| What sport has been humorously referred to as "handegg"? | American football | 45%
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| What city is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte a suburb of? | Colombo | 37%
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| What did Shylock ask for a pound of in "The Merchant of Venice"? | Flesh | 35%
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| Whose 8th and final marriage was to a construction worker twenty years her junior, with the ceremony held at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch? | Elizabeth Taylor | 28%
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| When would someone employ the method developed by Fernand Lamaze? | Childbirth | 26%
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