| Initial letter | Clue | Name ending in G | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Surname of an astronaut and a Green Day member | Armstrong | 87%
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| D | Stage surname of rapper Snoop | Dogg | 87%
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| I | Writer of the James Bond books | Ian Fleming | 87%
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| Y | Surname of musician Neil and quarterback Steve | Young | 82%
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| L | The state capital of Michigan | Lansing | 68%
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| B | Female tennis champ of the 1970s | Billie Jean King | 66%
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| G | Surname of World War II German air force chief Hermann | Göring | 63%
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| H | Surname of offbeat, cult German filmmaker Werner | Herzog | 63%
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| Q | Manchu-led Chinese dynasty of 1644-1912 | Qing | 63%
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| C | Scottish male name meaning "rock" in Gaelic | Craig | 58%
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| R | Berkshire town | Reading | 58%
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| N | Chinese city devastated by the Japanese in WW2 | Nanjing | 55%
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| W | The writer of Lord of the Flies | William Golding | 39%
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| Z | Half-human, half-lobster doctor from the cartoon Futurama | Zoidberg | 34%
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| J | Chinese premier Xi | Jinping | 32%
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| E | English singer of Under the Sheets | Ellie Goulding | 26%
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| X | Western province of China | Xinjiang | 24%
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| T | Rebellion in 19th century China which was one of the deadliest wars in history | Taiping | 21%
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| V | Old Brazilian airline | Varig | 21%
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| P | The capital of KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa | Pietermaritzburg | 13%
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| O | Russian city not far from the Kazakh border | Orenburg | 11%
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| S | The original capital city of the above Manchu empire | Shenyang | 11%
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| F | City in Anhui province, China | Fuyang | 8%
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| K | City in southern China | Kaifeng | 8%
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| M | City in eastern Java | Malang | 5%
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| U | German who was a multiple marathon winner | Utta Pippig | 3%
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