| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
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| According to the idiom, the number it takes to tango | The Free Dictionary: it takes two to tango | 2 | 88%
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| √49 * 7 | √49 * 7 = 7 * 7 = 49 | 49 | 88%
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| Number of decades in two centuries | The Free Dictionary: decade 200 years ÷ 10 years = 20 years | 20 | 85%
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| After digging in her backyard, Aletha found seven fossils for her collection. If she already had nine fossils, how many fossils did Aletha have after the new ones? | 9 + 7 = 16 | 16 | 77%
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| MCMXVIII + II | The Roman numerals MCMXVIII and II are equivalent to the Arabic numbers 1918 and 2, respectively. So, … 1918 + 2 = 1920 | 1920 | 69%
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| 64 29/48 + 54 19/48 | 64 29/48 + 54 19/48 = (64 + 29/48) + (54 + 19/48) = (64 + 54) + (29/48 + 19/48) = 118 + (29/48 + 19/48) = 118 + 48/48 = 118 + 1 = 119 | 119 | 65%
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| Year Queen Elizabeth II was born | Wikipedia: Elizabeth II | 1926 | 65%
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| Year Queen Elizabeth I was born | Wikipedia: Elizabeth I | 1533 | 62%
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| Number of days in October (Mensis October) in the Roman Republican calendar used until 45 BCE (when it was replaced by the Julian calendar) | Wikipedia: Roman calendar | 31 | 62%
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| Number of seasons in the year (in temperate and sub-polar regions) * Number of months in the year (using the Gregorian calendar) | Wikipedia: Season 4 * 12 = 48 | 48 | 54%
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| Number of sides a tetracontadigon has | Wikidata: tetracontadigon | 42 | 42%
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| Number preceding “Dark Thirty” in the title of the 2012 thriller film that starred Jessica Chastain and Jason Clarke | Wikipedia: Zero Dark Thirty | 0 | 38%
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| June date on which the Church of England commemorates the Birth of John the Baptist | The Church of England: Common Worship | 24 | 35%
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| Number of communities that comprise the first-level administrative divisions of Belgium | Wikipedia: Communities, regions, and language areas of Belgium | 3 | 35%
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| Number of U.S. state capitals that begin with “N” | Wikipedia: List of capitals in the United States | 1 | 27%
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| Atomic number of the element zirconium | Wikipedia: Zirconium | 40 | 27%
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| Number of English monarchs of the House of Wessex (exclude Ælfweard, whose reign is disputed, and count monarchs who were restored to the throne for a second reign only once) | Wikipedia: List of English monarchs | 10 | 19%
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| Cardinality of the protocol in the title of Frederick Forsyth’s 1984 thriller novel (made into a film starring Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan in 1987) | Wikipedia: The Fourth Protocol | 4 | 12%
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| In cents, the value of the Australian coin sometimes referred to as “shrapnel” (since 1996) | Wikipedia: Slang terms for money | 5 | 12%
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| Number of JetPunk sovereign states that share a land border with Burkina Faso | Wikipedia: Burkina Faso | 6 | 12%
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