| Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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| In the United States, it's the second Sunday in May | Mother's Day | 96%
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| The mother of your spouse | Mother-in-law | 95%
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| Kolkata nun who won the Nobel Peace Price in 1979 | Mother Teresa | 94%
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| Cinderella had an evil one | Stepmother | 93%
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| One's native language | Mother tongue | 92%
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| Cinderella had a fairy one | Godmother | 89%
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| Main circuit board of a computer | Motherboard | 89%
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| The main alien spacecraft | Mothership | 88%
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| Gaia, by another name | Mother Earth | 78%
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| "Comes to me speaking words of wisdom, let it be" | Mother Mary | 69%
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| British royal who died in 2002 | Queen Mother | 68%
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| Rich vein of precious ore | Mother lode | 64%
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| Матушка Россия | Mother Russia | 59%
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| Necessity is the … | Mother of invention | 57%
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| Went to the cupboard, to give the poor dog a bone | Mother Hubbard | 55%
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| One of Daenerys Targaryen's many nicknames | Mother of Dragons | 54%
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| Author of fairy tales and nursery rhymes | Mother Goose | 52%
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| Leader of a nunnery | Mother superior | 47%
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| Inner shell layer of some molluscs | Mother of pearl | 42%
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| Enemy of Beowulf | Grendel's mother | 26%
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