| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What is the busiest airport which serves London? | Heathrow | 83%
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| In which ocean is Madagascar located? | Indian | 83%
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| What is the capital city of Ethiopia? | Addis Ababa | 78%
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| Who was England's enemy during the Hundred Years War? | France | 78%
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| What is the official language of Pakistan? | Urdu | 78%
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| What does KFC stand for? | Kentucky Fried Chicken | 70%
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| Which tennis tournament is played at Roland Garros? | French Open | 65%
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| How many EU member states are there? | 27 | 61%
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| How many legs does an arachnid have? | 8 | 61%
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| Which US president signed the Emancipation Proclamation? | Abraham Lincoln | 61%
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| What is the smallest country in the world by area? | Vatican City | 61%
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| Which Soviet was the first man in space? | Yuri Gagarin | 61%
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| What is the closest planet to the Sun? | Mercury | 57%
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| Who is the lead singer of the Rolling Stones? | Mick Jagger | 57%
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| In which year did the French Revolution begin? | 1789 | 52%
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| Which Greek was Alexander the Great's mentor? | Aristotle | 52%
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| What is the national dish of Scotland? | Haggis | 52%
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| What musical instrument was invented by Adolphe Sax? | Saxophone | 52%
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| In which body part are the metacarpal bones located? | Hand | 48%
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| In which country did Mahatma Gandhi begin his activism before moving to India? | South Africa | 48%
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| Which space shuttle exploded in 1986? | Challenger | 43%
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| In which country is Disney's Mulan set? | China | 43%
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| Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand? | Gavrilo Princip | 43%
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| What is the main river which runs through Seoul? | Han | 43%
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| Which country did the UK contest the Cod Wars against? | Iceland | 43%
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| Which Beatles member formed the band the Wings? | Paul McCartney | 43%
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| Which English king commissioned the Domesday Book? | William I | 43%
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| What type of meat is cottage pie made from? | Beef | 39%
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| What disease does an oncologist treat? | Cancer | 39%
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| What does forte mean in music? | Loud | 35%
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| Who wrote and directed Pulp Fiction? | Quentin Tarantino | 35%
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| Which film won a joint record 11 Oscars in 1998? | Titanic | 35%
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| For how many years was Queen Victoria on the throne? | 63 | 30%
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| What is the name of Jay-Z and Beyonce's first child? | Blue Ivy | 30%
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| Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe? | Ferdinand Magellan | 30%
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| What is the SI unit for pressure? | Pascal | 30%
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| Which tech company makes the PlayStations? | Sony | 30%
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| Which physicist wrote A Brief History of Time? | Stephen Hawking | 30%
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| Which modern day country was the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus located? | Turkey | 30%
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| How many Chronicles of Narnia books are there? | 7 | 26%
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| At which racecourse does the Grand National take place? | Aintree | 26%
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| What is the national animal of Canada? | Beaver | 26%
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| Who is the only musician to have won the Nobel prize for literature? | Bob Dylan | 26%
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| Which 1939 film is the highest grossing of all time when adjusted for inflation? | Gone with the Wind | 26%
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| What is Voldemort's real name in the Harry Potter series? | Tom Riddle | 26%
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| In which county is Stonehenge located? | Wiltshire | 26%
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| Which Saudi Arabian football club does Cristiano Ronaldo play for? | Al Nassr | 22%
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| What is the national dish of the UK? | Chicken tikka masala | 22%
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| What is Jupiter's largest moon? | Ganymede | 22%
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| Which Bond actor made his only appearance as the character in On Her Majesty's Secret Service? | George Lazenby | 22%
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| Which NFL team plays home games at Lambeau Field? | Green Bay Packers | 22%
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| Which Scottish manager won the most Premier League titles? | Sir Alex Ferguson | 22%
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| On what continent are Chinchillas located? | South America | 22%
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| In which year was Back to the Future released? | 1985 | 17%
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| Which playwright wrote The Crucible? | Arthur Miller | 17%
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| Which UK act won the Eurovision song contest in 1981? | Bucks Fizz | 17%
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| What is mycology the study of? | Fungi | 17%
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| In which organ would you find the Bowman's capsule? | Kidney | 17%
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| Who drew The Vitruvian Man? | Leonardo da Vinci | 17%
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| Which country did artist Frida Kahlo come from? | Mexico | 17%
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| Who played Theodore Roosevelt in Night at the Museum? | Robin Williams | 17%
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| How many Call of Duty games have been released? | 22 | 13%
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| Who is the presenter of The Chase? | Bradley Walsh | 13%
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| Who painted The Scream? | Edvard Munch | 13%
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| Who does Jane Eyre marry in Jane Eyre? | Edward Rochester | 13%
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| What is the name of the city in Grand Theft Auto V? | Los Santos | 13%
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| Who wrote In Search of Lost Time? | Marcel Proust | 13%
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| What is the 118th element in the periodic table? | Oganesson | 13%
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| Who wrote The Jungle Book? | Rudyard Kipling | 13%
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| Who was the principal of Springfield Elementary in The Simpsons? | Seymour Skinner | 13%
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| Which 1972 film opens with the line 'I believe in America'? | The Godfather | 13%
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| Which English football club did the first Ballon D'Or winner Stanley Matthews play for? | Blackpool | 9%
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| Which English city is Banksy from? | Bristol | 9%
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| What was title of the first James Bond book? | Casino Royale | 9%
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| Who was the Greek goddess of fertility? | Demeter | 9%
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| Who proposed the scientific method? | Francis Bacon | 9%
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| What was the name of Ebenezer Scrooge's dead business partner? | Jacob Marley | 9%
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| Which 20th century Hungarian-American mathematician made important contributions to maths, physics, computer science, economics and engineering? | John von Neumann | 9%
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| Who wrote the book The Godfather? | Mario Puzo | 9%
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| What was Crocodile Dundee's real first name in the 1986 film? | Mick | 9%
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| Who was bowled out in the 'ball of the century'- a leg break bowled by Shane Warne? | Mike Gatting | 9%
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| Which Aria by Giacomo Puccini was famously sung at the opening ceremony of the Italia 90 FIFA World Cup? | Nessun dorma | 9%
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| Who wrote The Prince? | Niccolo Machiavelli | 9%
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| Which Roman class was above the Plebeians? | Patricians | 9%
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| Who played General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett in Blackadder Goes Forth? | Stephen Fry | 9%
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| Which manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team became so famous for his use of data that he was the subject of a book and a film starring Brad Pitt? | Billy Beane | 4%
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| Which cricket team is tied with the Mumbai Indians for the most IPL wins? | Chennai Super Kings | 4%
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| Which Czech football club's away kit was all that Half Man Half Biscuit wanted for Christmas in their 1989 song? | Dukla Prague | 4%
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| Which FIFA videogame was Martin Tyler's last appearance as the commentator? | FIFA 20 | 4%
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| Who retired as the presenter of Soccer Saturday at the end of the 22/23 season? | Jeff Stelling | 4%
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| In The Aeneid, which character warns that the Trojan Horse is a trick? | Laocoön | 4%
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| What was the first LEGO videogame released? | LEGO Island | 4%
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| Which woman is sat on Jesus' right in The Last Supper? | Mary Magdalene | 4%
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| On which day of the week did the Andrew Marr Show used to air? | Sunday | 4%
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| What was George Lucas' first film? | THX 1138 | 4%
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| In which county was Ed Sheeran born? | West Yorkshire | 4%
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| Which German chess player won the most world championships? | Emanuel Lasker | 0%
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| Who was the father of psychophysics? | Gustav Theodor Fechner | 0%
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| Which Greek philosopher was the father of metaphysics? | Parmenides | 0%
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| Who was the first winner of the Nobel prize for literature? | Sully Prudhomme | 0%
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