| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 2) Bucharest is the capital of this country? | Romania | 97%
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| 3) The only country in Africa beginning with 'R'? | Rwanda | 95%
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| 6) Rising in Switzerland, what is the longest river in Germany? | Rhine | 91%
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| 7) 1642 Painted 'The Night Watch', the greatest Dutch painter of his age? | Rembrandt | 86%
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| 12) One of the most famous of all Baseball players is Babe ****? | Ruth | 86%
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| 15) (Corvus corax) this bird is associated with the 'Tower of London' and a poem by E.A. Poe? | Raven | 84%
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| 18) Rhea bore twins, fathered by the war god Mars, reared by a wolf were 'Remus' and '*******'? | Romulus | 84%
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| 5) Which is the only State of USA that begins with 'R'? | Rhode Island | 83%
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| 17) Which country borders both the Ukraine and Georgia? | Russia | 78%
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| 4) 'Bolero' is one of the best known and loved music pieces by J. Maurice '*****'? | Ravel | 60%
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| 9) This Animal's name is derived from the Ancient Greek 'ris' for nose and 'keras' for animal horn? | Rhinoceros | 60%
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| 16) A woodwind instrument that has become useful in teaching children to play? | Recorder | 59%
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| 10) Because of their short, all over hair cuts, what were Cromwell's forces called? | Roundheads | 50%
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| 1) He sponsored the first attempt to found a permanent English settlement in the New World? | Raleigh | 43%
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| 8) Capital of the Caribbean country Dominica? | Roseau | 41%
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| 11) Created a new discipline 'Nuclear Physics', Nobel Prize winner 1908, 'Ernest **********? | Rutherford | 40%
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| 20) What is 'R' in the NATO phonetic alphabet ? | Romeo | 38%
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| 19) The basic monetary unit of Indonesia is the ******* ? | Rupiah | 28%
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| 14) A tropical fruit, red spiky-hair skin, white fruit inside, sweet and related to Lychee is the ? | Rambutan | 17%
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| 13) Beta Orionis is the brightest star in the Orion constellation, and is known as what? | Rigel | 14%
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