| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| B – “I'm a ______ girl, in the ______ world; Life in plastic, it’s fantastic” | Barbie | 88%
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| M – what James Bond is ordering when he says, “Shaken, not stirred” | Martini | 88%
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| U – sea ______, a marine echinoderm, “oursin” in French | Urchin | 86%
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| E – Killing ___ (TV series about a bored MI5 security officer), or the night before | Eve | 85%
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| J – first name of actor Foxx (Ray, supervillain Electro) | Jamie | 85%
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| F – what you shouldn’t do to it if it ain’t broke, or a Greek beer | Fix | 84%
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| S – “Ol’ Blue Eyes” Frank (From Here to Eternity, “New York, New York”) | Sinatra | 84%
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| T – a device found in 9% of American homes in 1950 and 98% of American homes in 1978 | Television | 82%
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| O – J. Robert, Father of the Atomic Bomb (“How can I save my little boy from ___________'s deadly toy?”) | Oppenheimer | 75%
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| H – country where the army ousted President Manuel Zelaya and sent him into exile in 2009 | Honduras | 69%
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| N – to observe, or advance announcement of termination of employment | Notice | 67%
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| R – a train that is out of control, or 2010 hit by Kanye West | Runaway | 66%
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| I – between microwaves and (visible) light | Infrared | 63%
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| A – to give warning to (e.g. in bridge if your partner’s call has a special meaning) | Alert | 60%
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| Y – Millennium bug or, more generally, year 2000 | Y2K | 59%
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| W – first name of Simpson for whom King Edward VIII abdicated, or ______ and Futuna Islands | Wallis | 57%
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| V – trumpet-shaped horn that produces a loud buzzing sound and is a symbol of South African football | Vuvuzela | 54%
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| G – Lord of the Flies author William | Golding | 45%
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| P – state where the de facto administrative capital is Ramallah | Palestine | 45%
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| Q – a preliminary stage of a competition, or a team or person who has won it | Qualifier | 44%
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| D – Benito Mussolini’s “title” | il Duce | 42%
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| K – rock band from Las Vegas with hits “Somebody Told Me” and “My Own Soul’s Warning” | The Killers | 40%
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| Z – lively, energetic, or fast-moving | Zappy | 37%
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| C – on the west coast of Africa, the capital city between Bissau and Freetown | Conakry | 30%
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| L – capital city furthest away from Canberra | Lisbon | 30%
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| X – the study of alien biology (in science fiction) | Xenology | 29%
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