| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| O – a distinctive smell | Odour | 89%
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| P – animated marionette in Carlo Collodi’s children’s book from 1883; his father is a poor woodcarver named Geppetto | Pinocchio | 89%
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| C – Faith Hill’s album from 2002, or what you shouldn't do over spilt milk | Cry | 88%
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| H – a day declared free from work, or jazz singer Billie | Holiday | 88%
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| E – spreadsheet developed by Microsoft | Excel | 86%
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| N – word that originally appeared in Dr. Seuss’s If I Ran the Zoo (1950) and now means an intellectual but often introverted person, a geek | Nerd | 86%
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| A – Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 epic psychological war film __________ Now | Apocalypse | 85%
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| B – a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape from it | Black hole | 84%
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| F – __________ 451, dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury | Fahrenheit | 80%
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| U – unvarying, or an outfit that serves to identify members of a group | Uniform | 79%
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| I – first name of Swedish actress Bergman (1915–1982) | Ingrid | 75%
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| D – what was built on the Amstel River around 1270 and gave name to a capital | Dam | 72%
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| T – 223 minus 187 | Thirty-six | 72%
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| R – type of establishment for which Michelin created a guide to increase driving | Restaurant | 71%
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| L – flattened structure of a plant where photosynthesis happens | Leaf | 70%
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| Q – the flag carrier of Australia and its largest airline | Qantas | 70%
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| Y – a short, sharp cry you may make if you’re in pain or a puppy | Yelp | 66%
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| V – an island in British Columbia; the largest island by area and the most populous along the west coasts of the Americas | Vancouver Island | 63%
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| G – the smallest country by area on the African continent | The Gambia | 61%
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| W – precedes basin, follows brain | Wash | 60%
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| K – victim of a certain crime, or Robert Louis Stevenson’s book where one character was Ransome | Kidnapped | 46%
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| J – animated TV series American Dragon: ____ Long about a boy whose family is part dragon, or boxer LaMotta | Jake | 41%
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| S – pioneers, or The ________ of Catan (the previous name of multiplayer board game Catan) | Settlers | 35%
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| M – country whose capital is Majuro | Marshall Islands | 33%
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| Z – the largest town and capital of the Swiss canton of ___ | Zug | 11%
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| X – in Italian, saxophone player is saxofonista and xylophone player is ___________ | Xilofonista | 9%
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