| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| When did the dinosaurs die out? | They didn't! Birds alive today are Theropod dinosaurs | 53%
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| What is the largest type of cat? | Liger (Lion-tiger hybrid) | 47%
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| The Mariana Web was named after the Mariana Trench, which was named after the Mariana Islands, which were named after Queen Mariana of Austria, who was queen of which country? | Spain | 42%
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| Which country has a Tsar? | Bulgaria (Tsar Simeon II was deposed but is still alive) | 37%
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| What is the Malay word for water? | Air | 32%
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| What is the largest animal in the world? | Blue-Fin whale hybrid | 26%
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| Who was the first Queen of England? | Empress Matilda (never crowned but reigned for 7 years) | 26%
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| What is the only machine that can be considered 100% efficient? | A heater | 21%
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| What is the hardest known substance? | Boron Nitride (can be momentarily harder than diamond depending on angle of stress) | 21%
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| Which two countries share the same highest points at 1,324m? | Fiji | 21%
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| What is the largest carnivore in the world? | Southern Elephant Seal (largest animal in the order Carnivora) | 21%
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| What is the world's largest man-made pyramid? | The Great Pyramid of Cholula (nearly double the volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza) | 21%
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| What is the deepest point on the earth's surface not underwater? | Bentley Subglacial Trench, Antarctica | 16%
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| What is the world's tallest waterfall? | Denmark Strait cataract (3.5 times taller than Angel Falls) | 16%
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| Finland | 16%
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| Who was the first American president? | John Hanson (first President of the Continental Congress, the first national government of the USA) | 16%
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| What is the tallest mountain? | Rheasilvia (Mound on the asteroid Vesta, 22 km high) | 16%
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| What is the largest thing in the solar system? | The Heliosphere | 16%
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