| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which language has the more native speakers: English or Spanish? | Spanish | 78%
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| Which scientist had his "Invention Factory" at Menlo Park, New Jersey? | Thomas Edison | 56%
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| Whose body was hung, drawn and quartered in 1661 even though he had died in 1658? | Oliver Cromwell | 50%
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| Which city is the setting for the US version of "The Office"? | Scranton | 44%
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| For which team was Lewis Hamilton driving when he won his first F1 World championship? | McLaren | 33%
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| In the TV series "Fawlty Towers", what name did Manuel give to his pet rat? | Basil | 28%
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| For whose coronation did Handel compose "Zadok the Priest"? | George II | 22%
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| In which Italian city did Nelson first meet Lady Hamilton? | Naples | 22%
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| What was the title of Alan Sillitoe's first novel? | Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | 17%
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| If you were having an orchidectomy, what would be removed? | Testicles | 17%
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| Which Shakespeare play was being performed when the Globe theatre burned down in 1613? | Henry VIII | 11%
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| Which Canadian authoress's first novel was "The Edible Woman" in 1969? | Margaret Attwood | 11%
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| Sung by Rita Coolidge "All Time High" was the theme song for which James Bond film? | Octopussy | 11%
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| In which movie did Woody Allen make his screen debut? | What's New Pussycat? | 11%
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| How many pairs of strings are there on a standard mandolin? | Four | 6%
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| Which textile is only genuine if hand woven in the Outer Hebrides? | Harris Tweed | 6%
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| Which two Kings met at the Battle of the Boyne? | James II & William III | 0%
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| Which TWO seas are linked by the Gota canal? | North Sea Baltic Sea | 0%
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| What was the first of Richard Wagner's operas to be performed? | The Flying Dutchman | 0%
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| What is the name of the annual horse race held in Siena? | The Palio | 0%
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