| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| B – if you go after Jaws, you’re gonna need a bigger ____ | Boat | 93%
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| X – when female is XX, male is __ | XY | 90%
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| K – war that started in June 1950 and never officially ended | Korean War | 88%
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| U – electromagnetic radiation that causes suntan and sunburn | Ultraviolet | 88%
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| C – reformed the calendar to include leap years and was assassinated by about 60 men but was not born by C-section | Julius Caesar | 86%
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| A – the most frequently appearing conjunction in country names | And | 82%
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| R – to fall in large quantities, or what Adele set fire to | Rain | 82%
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| G – Coolio’s awarded hit “______’s Paradise” | Gangsta | 80%
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| I – Person of ______, an American science fiction crime drama TV series | Interest | 80%
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| J – principal author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, who died exactly 50 years later and was one of the two U.S. presidents who died that day | Thomas Jefferson | 79%
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| W – Dorothy, ruby slippers, Yellow Brick Road | The Wizard of Oz | 78%
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| L – “Rosebud”, “The horror … the horror!” (famous ____ words) | Last | 76%
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| Y – first name of Gagarin who flew successfully in 1961 and less successfully in 1968 | Yuri | 76%
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| P – city near the Orly airport, or the killer of Achilles | Paris | 75%
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| T – EGOT winners have all four: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and ___ | Tony | 75%
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| O – software system used primarily for email; the logo includes a blue envelope | Outlook | 71%
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| H – a specific layer of soil or strata, or the line that appears to separate the Earth from the sky | Horizon | 69%
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| V – diversity, or entertainment made up of many acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic and acrobatics | Variety | 69%
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| Q – the national capital closest to the equator | Quito | 65%
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| E – eleven in German, or Elrond in The Hobbit | Elf | 63%
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| M – “Joe Cool” with four Super Bowl titles, or “The Treasure State” | Montana | 59%
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| S – country that has over 220,000 islands (four times more than Canada) | Sweden | 55%
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| D – a professional ice hockey club based in Moscow, or a bicycle lighting component | Dynamo | 36%
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| F – to be attracted to, or the imagination | Fancy | 34%
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| N – Norwegian author Jo, known for his crime novels featuring Inspector Harry Hole | Nesbø | 18%
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| Z – The Book Thief author Markus | Zusak | 10%
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