| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| How many Lord of the Rings books are there? | 3 | 88%
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| Who wrote The Shining, It and the short story which became The Shawshank Redemption? | Stephen King | 82%
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| What group of instruments do the flute, oboe and bassoon belong to? | Woodwind | 76%
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| How many James Bond films did Pierce Brosnan star in? | 4 | 65%
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| Who painted American Gothic? | Grant Wood | 65%
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| Which element of the periodic table has the symbol S? | Sulphur | 65%
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| Who wrote Pride and Prejudice? | Jane Austen | 59%
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| Who is the presenter of Pointless? | Alexander Armstrong | 47%
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| Who wrote Thus Spoke Zarathustra? | Friedrich Nietzsche | 41%
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| What is the capital city of Malaysia? | Kuala Lumpur | 41%
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| Who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films? | Rupert Grint | 41%
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| Who played the ninth doctor in Doctor Who? | Christopher Eccleston | 35%
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| What is the currency of Hungary? | Forint | 35%
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| Which of Henry VIII's advisors wrote Utopia? | Thomas More | 35%
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| Who was the Roman goddess of beauty? | Venus | 35%
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| What peninsula is Turkey located on? | Anatolia | 29%
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| Who scored a hat-trick in England's 4-2 win over Germany in the 1966 FIFA World Cup final? | Geoff Hurst | 29%
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| Which planet has 2 moons called Phobos and Deimos? | Mars | 29%
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| What is pathology the study of? | Disease | 24%
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| Which MLS team does Lionel Messi currently play for? | Inter Miami | 24%
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| Who voiced Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story films? | Tim Allen | 24%
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| Which comic book character was friends with Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and Snowy? | Tintin | 24%
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| Which sweetener in Diet Coke has been alleged to cause cancer? | Aspartame | 18%
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| Which English football team plays home games at Carrow Road? | Norwich City | 18%
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| Who was the first black actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor? | Sidney Poitier | 18%
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| Who is the queen of the fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream? | Titania | 18%
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| What is the maximum break in snooker? | 147 | 12%
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| In which year did the United States declare independence? | 1776 | 12%
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| In which Italian city is the oldest university in the world located? | Bologna | 12%
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| Which empire was ruled by Cyrus the Great? | Persia | 12%
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| Which country do bagels come from? | Poland | 12%
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| Who played Marcus Aurelius in the 2000 film Gladiator? | Richard Harris | 12%
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| Which The Hundred team plays home games at the Aegeas Bowl? | Southern Brave | 12%
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| Which European nation hosted the 1958 FIFA World Cup? | Sweden | 12%
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| In which year was the Church of England disestablished? | 1920 | 6%
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| According to Judaism, how many seeds are in a pomegranate? | 613 | 6%
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| At which venue does the Cazoo World Darts Championship take place annually? | Alexandra Palace | 6%
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| What was the name of the exchange rate system proposed by John Maynard Keynes which was used until 1971? | Bretton Woods System | 6%
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| Who directed The Passion of Joan of Arc? | Carl Theodor Dreyer | 6%
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| Which Greek scholar is considered the father of geography? | Eratosthenes | 6%
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| What was Stanley Kubrick's first film? | Fear and Desire | 6%
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| Which Maghrebi traveller was famous for writing the Rihlah? | Ibn Battuta | 6%
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| Who is considered to be the father of utilitarianism? | Jeremy Bentham | 6%
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| Which group of herbivorous, four-legged dinosaurs were by far the largest? | Sauropods | 6%
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| What did the abbreviation S.P.Q.R stand for? | Senatus populusque Romanus | 6%
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| Who played Marcellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction? | Ving Rhames | 6%
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| Which American businessman tried to prevent Citizen Kane from being released, as he believed it was based on his own life? | William Randolph Hearst | 6%
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| Which Scottish mathematician invented logarithms? | John Napier | 0%
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| Which Sri Lankan cricketer has the most test wickets in history? | Muttiah Muralitharan | 0%
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| What is the largest constituency in England? | Penrith and The Border | 0%
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