Progressively Harder and Higher-Scoring Knowledge - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
What is the capital of both the United Kingdom and England? London
100%
What playwright wrote "Romeo and Juliet"? William Shakespeare
98%
What reptile is commonly mistaken for a crocodile? Alligator
97%
What flying device can be referred to as a "chopper"? Helicopter
94%
In what Islamic holy city can the Kaaba be found? Mecca
89%
What coding language shares its name with a family of snakes? Python
73%
In the Marvel film franchise, who plays the Norse god Thor? Chris Hemsworth
72%
What is the name of Edvard Munch's most famous painting? The Scream
71%
The Disney movie Frozen was loosely based off "The Snow Queen" by which Danish author? Hans Christian Andersen
62%
Which actress has won the most Oscars? Meryl Streep
54%
What river runs through Kyiv? Dnieper
50%
What unit of speed is equal to about 1.151 miles per hour? Knot
44%
In what European country are video game companies Supercell and Rovio based? Finland
43%
The Chicago Tribune erroneously claimed that Thomas E. Dewey defeated which U.S. President? Harry S. Truman
40%
After presenting his findings to the Catholic Church, Galileo was given what 15-letter punishment? Excommunication
39%
What state university's mascot is the Crimson Tide? Alabama
38%
What food is Nathan's most famous for? Hot Dogs
34%
What is the most common collective term for a group of owls? Parliament
32%
At 92 feet below sea level, which Asian capital has the lowest elevation in the world? Baku
27%
In poetry, what metrical foot is constituted by one unstressed and one stressed syllable? Iamb
27%
What American Founding Father famously shouted "Give me liberty, or give me death!"? Patrick Henry
25%
What is the largest city in Cameroon? Douala
21%
The New York Jets supposedly "saved" the Super Bowl by defeating what no-longer-existing Baltimore team in Super Bowl III? Colts
18%
What does the D stand for in LDPE and HDPE? Density
18%
The six types of quarks in particle physics are up, down, top, bottom, charm, and what other type? Strange
18%
The two events in a biathlon are cross-country skiing and what? Rifle Shooting
17%
What hypothetical theory for the end of the universe is the opposite of the Big Bang? Big Crunch
14%
What tiny exclave of Angola provides most of the country's oil? Cabinda
14%
What is the first number that contains a C when spelled out? Octillion
13%
What word can be synonymous with "catastrophe" but comes from the Ancient Greek word for "revelation"? Apocalypse
12%
Which geographic era in Earth's history was the first and the longest by far? Precambrian
9%
What is the capital of the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia? Hohhot
8%
What does an ophidiophobe fear? Snakes
7%
Rubies and sapphires are both varieties of what mineral? Corundum
6%
On the sitcom The Simpsons, who voices Homer Simpson? Dan Castellaneta
6%
What process that starts with D does a protein undergo when exposed to unnatural temperature or pH? Denaturization
6%
What movie starring Clark Gable was the first to win all of the "Big Five" Academy Awards? It Happened One Night
6%
What is the middle portion of the small intestine called? Jejunum
6%
What type of fermented shark is the national dish of Iceland? Hakarl
5%
What chemist is often credited with founding the field of stoichiometry? Antoine Lavoisier
4%
What northern city hosted the fencing events during the 1952 Summer Olympics? Espoo
4%
What is the Polish variant of the name John? Janek
4%
Hibernation is sleeping for long periods during the winter. What is it called during the summer? Aestivation
2%
Alpha Centauri is the closest star to The Sun. What star is second closest? Barnard's Star
2%
The two animals that appear on Croatia's coat of arms are a goat and what smaller animal? Marten
2%
What is the full name of the pesticide DDT? Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
1%
The model who portrayed Mona Lisa had what actual last name? Gherardini
1%
Abraham Lincoln was shot watching the play Our American Cousin, which was written by what playwright? Tom Taylor
1%
What Surgeon General, in 1964, was the first person to suggest that smoking could be bad for your lungs? Luther Terry
0%
What type of Ancient Roman wind chime would often be decorated with phallic designs? Tintinnabulum
0%
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