| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| B – Alexander Graham ____ | Bell | 98%
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| H – to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account | Hack | 93%
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| N – a highly addictive alkaloid with toxicity similar to that of cyanide; is found in tobacco | Nicotine | 92%
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| F – Will Smith was the _____ _____ of Bel Air | Fresh Prince | 88%
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| Y – Japanese multimedia artist, songwriter and peace activist Ono, Lennon’s widow | Yoko | 87%
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| I – ______ Out, animated film about five personified emotions | Inside | 85%
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| O – first name of English general and statesman Cromwell | Oliver | 85%
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| U – first name of Thurman who played Mia in Pulp Fiction | Uma | 85%
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| Q – in many sports, the round in which only eight competitors remain | Quarter-final | 83%
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| E – American _______, multinational corporation founded in 1850 and specialized in payment card services | Express | 82%
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| W – West ____, political drama TV series set primarily in the White House | Wing | 76%
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| C – the act of matching a bet in poker, or what the Wild does in Jack London’s book | Call | 75%
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| K – sport you may be unknowingly learning when doing “wax on, wax off” all day | Karate | 74%
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| T – not phone or laptop, but a pill | Tablet | 74%
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| V – the longest river in Europe | Volga | 73%
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| G – country of origin of Perry Rhodan, the all-time most successful science fiction book series | Germany | 71%
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| P – the southernmost capital in North America | Panama City | 65%
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| R – R.E.M. song “All The Way to ____ (You're Gonna Be a Star)”; a city in Nevada | Reno | 65%
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| S – a hole formed by solution and collapse in a limestone area (“sänka” in Swedish) | Sinkhole | 65%
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| J – first name of Brahms, German composer and pianist of the Romantic period | Johannes | 56%
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| D – to win, or “défaire” in French | Defeat | 54%
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| M – the largest city on Salsette Island, India’s most populous island | Mumbai | 53%
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| A – first name of French philosopher and author Camus who wrote The Stranger and The Plague | Albert | 49%
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| L – capital and largest city of Togo | Lomé | 40%
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| Z – the act of setting rules for the use of land and the types of structures that can be built on it | Zoning | 35%
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| X – an unofficial prefix to units or, backwards, a synonym for appendix | Xenna | 2%
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