| Initial letter | Clue | Name ending in B | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Z | The capital city of Croatia | Zagreb | 83%
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| B | Another name for the Devil | Beelzebub | 72%
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| J | Bible character who dreamt about a ladder leading to heaven | Jacob | 62%
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| R | First name of tight end Gronkowski | Rob | 60%
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| S | Shortened form of first name of runner and athletics supremo Coe | Seb | 58%
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| L | Singer Lisa, noted for the song Stay used in the film Reality Bites | Loeb | 57%
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| N | Desert in south-west Africa | Namib | 55%
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| O | Russian river, the world's 7th-longest | Ob | 55%
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| C | First name of Chicago Bears quarterback Williams | Caleb | 49%
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| F | 1999 film with a boxing-related theme | Fight Club | 47%
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| M | Ancient Jordanian kingdom and city in Utah | Moab | 38%
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| T | Baseball great of the early 1900s | Ty Cobb | 34%
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| W | Surname of Southampton striker Neil | Webb | 28%
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| D | Supergiant star which is the 19th-brightest in the night sky | Deneb | 23%
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| G | First name of pioneering auto engineer Daimler | Gottlieb | 23%
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| U | Abbreviation of the name of a Sofia-based bank | UBB (United Bulgarian Bank) | 23%
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| H | Cliff Richard's spidery-sounding real name | Harry Webb | 19%
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| K | Quarterback Kevin, of the Eagles and Cardinals | Kolb | 19%
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| Q | Town in the northern outskirts of Cairo whose name is an anagram of "Quably" | Qalyub | 19%
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| I | Syrian city, a stronghold of Islamic rebels | Idlib | 17%
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| A | English cricketer of the 1980s with an animal-themed name | Allan Lamb | 13%
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| X | Indonesian heavy metal band whose name contains a word meaning "thanks" | XTAB | 9%
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| P | Radio drama and forthcoming film, set in another solar system | Planet B | 8%
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| V | Ball-shaped Pokemon character of Kanto | Voltorb | 8%
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| Y | Abbreviation of the name of a construction company specialising in metal frames | YSB (Yorkshire Steel Buildings) | 8%
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| E | Missouri politician of the late 1800s with a royal first name | Edward Robb | 4%
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