| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What was the largest country in Africa until it lost its southern part in 2011? | Sudan | 87%
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| Name one of the two countries which is led by a "chancellor". | Austria / Germany | 81%
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| Which Greek letter is shaped like a horseshoe? | Omega | 81%
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| What brand of sneakers, released in 1985, have sold for as much as $20,000 for a first edition? | Air Jordan | 72%
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| According to legend, what fountain was Ponce de Leon looking for while exploring Florida? | Fountain of Youth | 71%
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| What is the term for a self-contradictory phrase such as "jumbo shrimp" or "light heavyweight"? | Oxymoron | 59%
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| What's the most populous city from which you can see Mt. Vesuvius? | Naples | 57%
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| Who, according to tradition, flew on the back of a winged animal from Mecca to Jerusalem in a single night? | Muhammad | 55%
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| What is the term for when two companies control nearly an entire market (for example: Coke and Pepsi)? | Duopoly | 50%
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| What H word refers to a large group of Mongol soldiers? | Horde | 48%
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| Which two countries were joined by the 1707 Acts of Union? | England | 47%
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| Which Alfred Hitchcock movie takes its name from a disorder often related to the inner ear? | Vertigo | 47%
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| What is the second most-valuable cryptocurrency after Bitcoin? | Ethereum | 46%
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| What did Rocky Marciano never do – unlike every other retired heavyweight champ in boxing history? | Lose a fight | 46%
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| Which two countries were joined by the 1707 Acts of Union? | Scotland | 46%
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| Complete the beginning of the Shakespeare sonnet: "Shall I compare thee to a _____ ___". | Summer's day | 43%
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| Which book of the Bible has a name which is "mathematical"? | Numbers | 41%
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| What component of blood exists to cause clotting when a wound occurs? | Platelets | 39%
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| What grassland stretches 8000 kilometers from eastern Europe to Manchuria? | Eurasian Steppe | 35%
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| What does the M stand for in MI6? | Military intelligence | 28%
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