| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| M ÷ IV | The Roman numerals M and IV are equivalent to the Arabic numbers 1000 and 4, respectively. 1000 ÷ 4 | 250 | 77%
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| 15 1/78 + 14 77/78 | (15 + 1/78) + (14 + 77/78) (15 + 14) + (1/78 + 77/78) 29 + (1/78 + 77/78) 29 + 1 | 30 | 74%
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| One gross * 2 | One gross = 144 units 144 * 2 | 288 | 69%
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| √86 * √86 | √86 * √86 = √7396 √7396 = 86 | 86 | 69%
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| Number of Canadian provinces that border the U.S. state of Idaho | Wikipedia | 1 | 63%
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| Face value of a “Z” tile in Scrabble | Hasbro | 10 | 63%
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| General purpose emergency services telephone number used in much of Europe and in some countries in Africa and Asia | Wikipedia | 112 | 60%
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| Number of sovereign states that share a land border with Armenia | Wikipedia | 4 | 60%
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| Number found in the name of a vegetable juice product marketed in North America, Australia, and (until 2023) the U.K.; and in the name of a type of piston engine with the same name | Campbell’s | 8 | 49%
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| Atomic number of the element argon | Wikipedia | 18 | 40%
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| Number found in the name of the multinational conglomerate that began as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company | Wikipedia | 3 | 40%
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| Number found in the name of a line (range) of body soaps and body washes sold by Unilever in the U.S. and Canada | Amazon US | 2000 | 37%
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| Number of sides an icositetragon has | Wikipedia | 24 | 37%
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| Number of Mexican states (estados) | Wikipedia | 31 | 34%
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| Number of pennies in a British shilling prior to decimalisation | University of Nottingham | 12 | 26%
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| Number of ceremonial (geographic) counties in England, where the monarch is represented by a lord-lieutenant | Wikipedia | 48 | 26%
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| Number of minutes in the title of the 2007 thriller film starring Al Pacino and Alicia Witt | Avnet, Jon (Director). (2007). 88 minutes [Film]. TriStar Pictures; Millennium Films; Nu Image; Emmett/Furla Films; Brightlight Pictures; Family Room Entertainment; Brooklyn Films. | 88 | 26%
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| Number of storeys high in the title of a 2002-2004 British sitcom that starred Sean Lock and Benedict Wong | Bowker, Phil (Producer). (2002-2004). 15 storeys high [TV series]. BBC Choice; BBC Three; BBC Two. | 15 | 23%
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| June date on which the Church of England commemorates Barnabas the Apostle | Church of England | 11 | 14%
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| Number found in the original British title of the Agatha Christie short story collection published in the U.S. as The Tuesday Club Murders | Christie, Agatha. (1932). The thirteen problems. Collins Crime Club. | 13 | 9%
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