| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Musical instrument played by Sherlock Holmes | Violin | 97%
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| Roses are red, ______ are blue | Violets | 96%
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| Thackeray novel that follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Emmy Sedley | {Vanity} Fair | 90%
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| Archvillain of the "Harry Potter" series | Lord Voldemort | 88%
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| Italian city where Romeo and Juliet lived | Verona | 85%
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| Another word for poetry | Verse | 81%
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| First name of Dr. Frankenstein | Victor | 78%
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| Author of early sci-fi adventures like "Journey to the Center of the Earth" | Jules Verne | 77%
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| The mythical realm where Norse dead were brought by the above | Valhalla | 76%
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| Best-selling novel of 1966 about three women who use pills | {Valley} of the Dolls | 65%
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| Spoiled brat who visits a chocolate factory and gets dumped down a garbage chute by trained squirrels | {Veruca} Salt | 65%
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| Jeeve's profession (not actually a butler) | Valet | 63%
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| Nom de plume of "Candide" author François-Marie Arouet | Voltaire | 62%
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| Author of "Slaughterhouse Five" and "Breakfast of Champions" | Kurt Vonnegut | 61%
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| In Norse mythology, female figures who choose those who die in battle | Valkyries | 60%
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| Roman poet who wrote the "Aeneid" | Virgil | 57%
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| Children's book where a stuffed rabbit desires to become a real rabbit | {Velveteen} Rabbit, the | 53%
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| Medieval writing surface made of calfskin | Vellum | 37%
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| Collective name for the oldest Hindu scriptures | {Vedas}, the | 30%
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| What the V stands for in SVO | Verb | 18%
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