| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What city is famous for its leaning tower? | Pisa | 96%
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| What country had prisons known as gulags? | The Soviet Union | 89%
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| What activity, invented in California around 1950, was originally called "street surfing"? | Skateboarding | 85%
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| What is the opposite of an acid? | a Base | 73%
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| What type of animal is the mascot of the World Wildlife Fund? | Giant panda | 72%
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| How many syllables does a haiku have? | 17 | 70%
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| What was the name of Louis XIV's residence? | Versailles | 62%
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| What country uses the Baht as its currency? | Thailand | 57%
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| In the song "Amazing Grace" what four words come after "Amazing Grace"? | How sweet the sound | 56%
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| Which Shakespearean play is it bad luck to mention inside a theater? | Macbeth | 52%
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| What two letters end 18 of the 20 most common last names in Croatia? | ić | 49%
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| What is the American name for the board game known in England as "draughts"? | Checkers | 48%
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| Who is the only English king to abdicate voluntarily? | Edward VIII | 44%
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| What disease is associated with hydrophobia? | Rabies | 44%
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| Who is the author that created James Bond? | Ian Fleming | 40%
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| What disease was quinine used to treat? | Malaria | 36%
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| What toxic chemical element is contained inside fluorescent bulbs? | Mercury | 31%
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| What country was responsible for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland? | Libya | 29%
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| What plant is linen made from? | Flax | 21%
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| Who was Wooster's valet? | Jeeves | 20%
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