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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What is the most common eye colour in the world?	Brown	98%
What sport is Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy associated with?	Golf	85%
Viridian, Chartreuse and Xanadu are all shades of which colour?	Green	74%
Who is Kate Middleton married to?	Prince William	73%
Where is Usain Bolt from?	Jamaica	72%
Sarajevo is the capital city of what country?	Bosnia and Herzegovina	71%
What does the A in CIA stand for?	Agency	66%
What is the capital of Northern Ireland?	Belfast	66%
What country won the 1998 FIFA World Cup?	France	64%
Where are the 2024 Summer Olympics set to take place?	Paris	63%
What is the name of the pigment that makes leaves appear green?	Chlorophyll	62%
Babe Ruth is known for playing which sport?	Baseball	61%
How many cubic centimetres are in 1 cubic decimetre?	1000	59%
Sheldon Cooper is the main character of what american sitcom?	The Big Bang Theory	58%
Who was the founder of the Mongol Empire?	Genghis Khan	57%
Who played Rose in the 1997 film 'Titanic'?	Kate Winslet	55%
In what sport would you hear the words 'Scrum' and 'Try'?	Rugby	55%
Miranda, Puck and Ariel are all moons of which planet?	Uranus	54%
Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?	Moses	53%
Who was Plato's teacher?	Socrates	52%
The ancient empire of Mesopotamia roughly corresponds to what modern day country?	Iraq	50%
What year was the Great Fire of London?	1666	49%
What is sound intensity measured in?	Decibels	49%
What is a Gherkin?	A Pickle	47%
What is 321 in roman numerals?	CCCXXI	47%
What is the art of stuffing animals for preservation?	Taxidermy	47%
Who created the detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple?	Agatha Christie	46%
What country is known as the Heart of South America?	Paraguay	46%
Who was the second female prime minister of the United Kingdom?	Theresa May	43%
Which driver has been Formula 1 World champion a record 7 times?	Michael Schumacher	40%
What city did Storm Katrina devastate in 2005?	New Orleans	40%
What does a Geiger Counter measure?	Radiation	38%
What country is Baffin Island part of?	Canada	37%
What do you call the metabolic process that converts sugar to alcohol?	Fermentation	37%
Where would you find the Serengeti National Park?	Tanzania	36%
In what organ would you find the fovea, sclera and vitreous humor?	The Eye	36%
Who was on the cover of the first ever issue of playboy?	Marilyn Monroe	35%
In which sea is the Gulf of Venice?	Adriatic Sea	34%
Cheyenne is the capital of which US state?	Wyoming	33%
Which country flag has a picture of an AK-47 on it?	Mozambique	32%
Which spice is obtained from the stigmas of the crocus?	Saffron	32%
What is the largest of the Canary Islands?	Tenerife	32%
A Puggle is a cross between a pug and what other breed of dog?	Beagle	31%
Who is the author of "The Handmaid's Tale"?	Margaret Atwood	30%
Who invented the character Peter Rabbit?	Beatrix Potter	29%
In the Harry Potter Franchise, what did Madame Sprout teach?	Herbology	29%
What does the C stand for in GCSE?	Certificate	26%
In which country was the Rubik's cube invented?	Hungary	26%
Who was the fifth wife of Henry VIII?	Katherine Howard	25%
What is the world's smallest flightless bird?	Kiwi	25%
Winnipeg is the capital of which canadian province?	Manitoba	25%
Who is considered the founding father of economics?	Adam Smith	24%
Who directed the horror films 'Us' and 'Get Out'?	Jordan Peele	24%
What singer is best known for his song Grace Kelly?	Mika	24%
In DNA, what base does Thymine pair with?	Adenine	22%
What is the second largest city in Norway?	Bergen	21%
In Shakespeare's play Macbeth, who killed Macbeth?	Macduff	20%
Who carried out the second circumnavigation of the world?	Francis Drake	19%
In Peter Pan, what is Captain Hook's first name?	James	18%
In what book did Hannibal Lecter make his first appearance?	Red Dragon	18%
'Mute', 'Trumpeter' and 'Whooper' are all types of what bird?	Swan	18%
Who hosted 'The Weakest Link' from 2000 to 2012?	Anne Robinson	17%
In what english county would you find the town of Yeovil?	Somerset	16%
What is "natation"?	Swimming	16%
What element has the chemical symbol Sb?	Antimony	15%
What island was discovered on the 5th April 1722?	Easter Island	15%
What is Madonna's surname?	Ciccone	14%
What is the strongest type of intermolecular force?	Hydrogen Bond	14%
In what TV show would you find corrupt police officers such as Lindsay Denton, Tony Gates and Roz Huntley?	Line of Duty	14%
In what year did the Eritrean-Ethiopian War end?	2000	13%
What is often referred to as the 'Backbone of England'?	Pennines	12%
What is the name of Barbie's sister who was introduced in 1964?	Skipper	12%
Which singer allegedly choked to death on a ham sandwich in 1974?	Cass Elliot	11%
Who shot and killed John Lennon in 1980?	Mark Chapman	11%
What does là-bas translate as? (French -> English)	Over there	11%
What year was marmite invented?	1902	9%
In what song would you hear the words "Pop, Six, Squish, Uh-Uh, Cicero, Lipschitz"?	Cell Block Tango	8%
Who wrote 'Fawlty Towers' alongside John Cleese?	Connie Booth	8%
Who is the primary villain of the 1990 film 'Misery'?	Annie Wilkes	7%
Who won Eurovision in 2003?	Sertab Erener	7%
What year was Rembrandt born?	1606	6%
Donna Murphy voiced which disney villain?	Mother Gothel	6%
What is Bono's real name?	Paul Hewson	6%
Dionaea muscipula is the scientific name for what plant?	Venus Flytrap	6%
What actress was married to both Mel Ferrer and Andrea Dotti?	Audrey Hepburn	5%
What is the world's largest species of monkey?	Mandrill	5%
Which city stands on the River Isar?	Munich	5%
DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunil Khan are the main characters of what TV show?	Unforgotten	4%
In ancient Egypt, who was pharaoh during the Armana period?	Akhenaten	3%
Who was the first victim of Jack the Ripper?	Mary Ann Nichols	3%
What do you call the brighest star in Orion?	Rigel	3%
In 'Doctor Sleep', who is the leader of The True Knot?	Rose the Hat	3%
What do you call a baby partridge?	A Cheeper	2%
In what musical would you find the characters Connie Wong and Paul San Marco?	A Chorus Line	2%
Alyx Weiss is a well known youtuber. What is her youtube channel called?	Ayydubs	2%
What is the traditional name of Bhutan?	Druk Yul	2%
What gift did ancient persians exchange at New Year?	Eggs	2%
In which online game would you find items such as World Locks, Diamond Locks and Da Vinci Wings?	Growtopia	2%
What is the largest city in Morocco?	Kenitra	1%
What was the name of the swiss physicist who accidentally invented the smoke detector?	Walter Jaeger	0%

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