| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What chemical makes hot peppers hot? | Capsaicin | 40%
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| According to Thomas Edison, what is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration? | Genius | 39%
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| What type of camel has two humps? | {Bactrian} camel | 38%
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| In what country would you find the world's largest stadium, Rungrado 1st of May Stadium? | North Korea | 37%
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| What country had a golden age in the latter half of the 1600s? | Netherlands | 35%
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| Through what European city do 84% of the world's diamonds pass? | Antwerp | 34%
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| What Chinese dam, completed in 2008, generates more electricity than any other? | Three Gorges Dam | 34%
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| What fictional character was diagnosed as an alcoholic by the British Medical Journal in 2013? | James Bond | 31%
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| What is the term for a word, such as frenemy, that is created by merging two other words? | Portmanteau | 31%
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| What unit of power is approximately equal to 746 Watts? | Horsepower | 30%
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| What is the capital of Saskatchewan? | Regina | 30%
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| What type of animal has spermaceti in its head? | Sperm whale | 25%
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| Who gets stoned during Hajj? | The devil | 25%
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| What field of study is called "the dismal science"? | Economics | 20%
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| What was the name of both a fictional disabled child and a ukulele player? | Tiny Tim | 20%
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| What is the sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel? | 666 | 18%
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| Who originally recorded the song "Respect", famously covered by Aretha Franklin? | Otis Redding | 14%
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| What book does the phrase "Who is John Galt" come from? | Atlas Shrugged | 13%
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| What is Buckminster Fuller famous for designing? | Geodesic domes | 13%
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| What book featured a boy named Milo who encountered a Spelling Bee, a Mathemagician, and a Which? | The Phantom Tollbooth | 10%
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