| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| This “Don” is the protagonist of the greatest novel written in Spanish literature | Quixote | 94%
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| The hunchback of Notre Dame | Quasimodo | 90%
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| The increased use of this mineral in watches by Japanese competitors almost led to the end of Switzerland's watchmaking industry in the 1970s | Quartz | 82%
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| To prevent the spread of the plague Venice introduced this 40-day-isolation for ships | Quarantine | 77%
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| Arrow-bag important to English longbowmen in the Middle Ages | Quiver | 67%
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| Protestant denomination founded by George Fox | Quaker | 61%
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| Norwegian Nazi leader (Vidkun) | Quisling | 61%
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| Hundreds of these exist in the area of Tuscan town Carrara, the most famous place to extract white marble | Quarry | 58%
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| e.g. the british TV show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” | Quiz show | 53%
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| British designer credited with the invention of the miniskirt (Mary) | Quant | 43%
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| Breton city with a great history of pottery manufacturing | Quimper | 33%
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| Supervised the treasury of Ancient Rome | Quaestor | 28%
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| Younger brother of Marcus, Rome’s most famous orator, fought the Catilinarian conspiracy | Quintus Tullius Cicero | 23%
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| Paris neighborhood and centre of the 1968 student uprising (French name) | Quartier latin | 14%
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| Nickname of the French Foreign Ministry (because of its location) | Quai d'Orsay | 13%
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| Peasant leader in the 1914 Albanian revolt (Haxhi) | Qamili | 7%
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| Belgian astronomer and founder of the Brussels observatory (Adolphe) | Quetelet | 7%
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| Roman rhetorician of the 1st century (“institutio oratoria”) | Quintilian | 7%
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| German family of business tycoons who profited heavily in the Nazi era through forced labour | Quandt | 6%
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| Frankish trade centre near the English Channel (approx. 7th – 9th century) | Quentovic | 6%
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