| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| V – Mary in the Bible, or extra ______ olive oil | Virgin | 95%
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| S – Sesame ______, an American educational children's television series | Street | 94%
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| D – Disney film from 1941 (and 2019), where the main character’s real name is Jumbo Jr. | Dumbo | 93%
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| E – Code of Hammurabi “___ for an ___”, or what the giant whom Odysseus met in a cave had only one in the first place | Eye | 93%
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| B – an elastic cord tied to your ankles in _____ jumping | Bungee | 92%
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| J – the island with the largest population, or a programming language | Java | 89%
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| K – Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz movie ______ and Day, or what has been done to a Dame or Sir | Knight | 89%
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| T – to touch your finger on a surface repeatedly, or a British term for faucet | Tap | 89%
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| A – follows here, precedes noon | After | 87%
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| I – I in CSI | Investigation | 86%
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| Y – the world’s oldest national park | Yellowstone | 86%
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| G – the long-term heating of Earth’s climate system due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning | Global warming | 83%
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| P – U.S. band Linkin ____ (“One Step Closer”, “What I’ve Done”) | Park | 83%
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| C – an association of members joining together for some common purpose, or a suit of playing cards | Club | 81%
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| R – country whose capital is Kigali | Rwanda | 81%
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| W – sources of water, or H. G. who wrote The War of the Worlds | Wells | 81%
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| N – Alfred who patented an explosive and profitable invention in 1867 | Nobel | 80%
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| M – a strongly scented herb, or near-perfect (condition) | Mint | 78%
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| H – Ishirō who directed Godzilla, or a car | Honda | 73%
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| F – 0.0001894 miles, or 0.0003048 km | Foot | 71%
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| Q – a wharf, like Singapore’s Boat ____ | Quay | 56%
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| O – archipelago in Scotland whose indigenous inhabitants are called Orcadians | Orkney | 46%
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| L – American sprinter and long jumper who topped the world rankings in the 100 m, 200 m and long jump events frequently in the 80s | Carl Lewis | 43%
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| U – a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia and abused by the Chinese government | Uyghurs | 38%
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| Z – band Babylon ___ with hit “Spaceman” | Zoo | 34%
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| X – a Vietnamese currency no longer in use; the word comes from French “sous” meaning penny | Xu | 22%
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