| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What type of flag indicates surrender? | White flag | 97%
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| In what country was Adolf Hitler born? | Austria | 93%
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| What is the central religious text of Islam? | Quran | 90%
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| From what original language are the Romance languages derived? | Latin | 89%
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| Which chess piece can only move diagonally? | Bishop | 83%
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| What element is commonly found inside thermometers? | Mercury | 82%
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| In the Disney movie, what was the profession of the seven dwarfs? | Mining | 78%
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| Who famously had children with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony? | Cleopatra | 76%
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| What civilization sacrificed thousands of people every year, placing their skulls in racks known as Tzompantli? | The Aztecs | 63%
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| Who was the lead singer of Nirvana? | Kurt Cobain | 62%
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| What type of animal is also known as a sea cow? | Manatee or Dugong | 60%
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| What country invented bank accounts that had numbers, not names? | Switzerland | 56%
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| Who directed three of the four highest-grossing movies of all time? | James Cameron | 55%
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| What was the deadliest battle in the American Civil War? | Battle of Gettysburg | 51%
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| Name one of the two majority-Muslim countries that are part of NATO. | Albania / Turkey | 48%
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| What palace is famous for its hall of mirrors? | Palace of Versailles | 47%
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| Bruxism is something painful that people do in their sleep. What is it? | Grinding teeth | 46%
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| Where would you find the Sea of Tranquility? | The Moon | 44%
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| Who is the namesake of two continents? | Amerigo Vespucci | 31%
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| What book by Joseph Conrad was the inspiration for the movie "Apocalypse Now"? | Heart of Darkness | 21%
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