| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
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| The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter | π | 95%
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| The pole vault world record in metres | As of July 2024. | 6.24 | 87%
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| An even number which was discovered several centuries ago in India | 0 | 79%
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| The distance in miles from Earth to the moon | The shape of the orbit means it varies by 25,000 miles. Also, it's getting an inch further away every year. | 238,855 | 77%
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| The Planck constant | This relates the energy of light to its frequency. | 6.62607015×10^−34 | 77%
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| The circumference of the Earth in miles | At the equator. | 24,901 | 74%
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| The world population in 1 AD | Some estimates are significantly higher. | 170 million | 64%
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| The distance in light years to the furthest-away galaxy that we have found | That's 76 sextillion miles. | 13.1 billion | 56%
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| The mass of the Earth in kilograms | Approximately. There is a fair bit of uncertainty in this measurement. | 6 septillion | 56%
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| The smallest number expressible as the sum of two different cubes in two different ways | 9 and 10 cubed, and 12 and 1 cubed. | 1729 | 46%
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| The total number of times Quizmaster's quizzes have been taken | As of July 2024. | 413 million | 41%
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| The thickness of the Earth's crust in miles, at its thinnest point | 3 | 33%
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| Number of bones we "lose" from birth to adulthood due to some fusing together | Approximately. We have close to 300 when we are born. | 90 | 33%
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| Number of red-billed queleas (a bird) | Number increases in the breeding season. It is the commonest wild bird in the world. | 1 billion | 26%
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| The approximate value of the Hubble constant | This defines the speed in km/s of a galaxy 1 megaparsec away. Astronomers do not know the exact value, which could range from 69 to 74. | 72 | 18%
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