| Question | Answer | % Correct | |
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| W | Which question word in the English language means "for what reason"? | Why | 97%
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| I | New Delhi is the capital of which country? | India | 96%
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| H | What subject deals with events in the past? | History | 95%
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| A | Which company produces iPhones? | Apple | 94%
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| C | What does Willy Wonka make in his factory? | Chocolate | 94%
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| E | What is the tallest mountain in the world, at 8848.86 meters? | Mount {Everest} | 94%
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| H | What is another word for "fifty percent"? | Half | 93%
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| T | What social media platform was renamed "X" in 2023? | 93%
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| P | What was demoted to "dwarf planet" in 2006? | Pluto | 92%
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| I | What is the largest city in Turkey? | Istanbul | 88%
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| H | Which word is often erroneously used as another name for the Netherlands, while it really only refers to parts of the country? | Holland | 85%
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| T | What physical quantity measures how hot or cold something is? | Temperature | 85%
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| I | On what peninsula are Spain and Portugal located? | Iberia | 75%
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| E | What holiday is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox? | Easter | 72%
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| L | What is the third element in the Periodic Table? | Lithium | 71%
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| F | What might a forensic scientist "lift" from a crime scene? | Fingerprint | 68%
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| A | Who is either the Roman goddess of dawn or the name of the princess in "Sleeping Beauty" | Aurora | 62%
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| SECRET QUESTION: What is the capital of Chile? | Santiago | 60%
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| O | What is the German name of Austria? | Österreich | 56%
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| A | What is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland? | Annapolis | 55%
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| C | Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can only be transformed. What is this law commonly known as? | {Conservation} of energy | 54%
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| L | When people say "120 degrees east" or "30 degrees west", what are they referring to? | Longitude | 51%
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| S | What is the British term for "daylight saving time"? | {Summer} Time | 47%
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| T | What is the primary reason for the gradual slowing of Earth's rotation? | {Tidal} friction | 20%
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