| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| A clothing accessory associated with mastery of a martial art. | Black belt | 97%
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| A gambling game using cards (don't exceed 21!) | Black jack | 97%
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| A fruit you can roam hedgerows for in autumn (mind the prickles). | Blackberry | 92%
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| An alternative name for the Bubonic plague. | Black Death | 92%
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| Someone who can heat iron and manipulates it, to create or mend many tools or objects. | Blacksmith | 92%
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| A little notepad where you can write the contact details of prospective boy/girlfriends. | Black book | 90%
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| A blood sausage containing oats (sometimes found in a cooked breakfast). | Black pudding | 77%
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| Legume staple of Latin American cooking, also a variety of soya found in Chinese cookery. | Black bean | 74%
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| A track by the Beatles: it was 'singing in the dead of night'. | Blackbird | 62%
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| 95% of these fruits that are grown in the UK go into the drink 'Ribena'. | Blackcurrant | 54%
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| A severe and unexpected stock market crash (as in 1987). | Black Monday | 54%
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| A style of comedy or film where light is made of topics that are really pretty grim. | Black humour | 36%
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| A police van for transporting prisoners. | Black Maria | 26%
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| Winston Churchill used this phrase to describe how his depression followed him around. | Black dog | 23%
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| The eldest son of Edward III. His rather impressive effigy is in Canterbury Cathedral. | Black Prince | 15%
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