| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
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| √100 * 102 | √100 * 102 = 10 * 100 = 1000 | 1000 | 83%
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| 224/112 * 866 | 224/112 * 866 = (224 ÷ 112) * 866 = 2 * 866 = 1732 | 1732 | 78%
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| Year the American Revolutionary War began | Wikipedia: American Revolutionary War | 1775 | 74%
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| “Fantastic” number in the title of a 2015 Marvel superhero film * half a dozen | Wikipedia: Fantastic Four (2015 film) | 24 | 74%
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| Number of JetPunk sovereign states that share a land border with Antigua and Barbuda | Wikipedia: Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 70%
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| Year the French Revolution began | Wikipedia: French Revolution | 1789 | 70%
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| Iudris sold two thingamajigs for every five whatchamacallits he sold. If he sold ten thingamajigs, how many whatchamacallits did he sell? | Set up a proportion where thingamajigs/whatchamacallits : 2/5 = 10/x Cross multiplying gives (5 * 10) = 2x, or 50 = 2x Divide both sides of the equation by 2: 50/2 = 2x/2 x = 25 whatchamacallits | 25 | 70%
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| According to the idiom, the square one must return to when forced to start over | The Free Dictionary: back to square one | 1 | 65%
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| MDCCCXLII - LV | The Roman numerals MDCCCXLII and LV are equivalent to the Arabic numbers 1842 and 55, respectively. So, … 1842 - 55 = 1787 | 1787 | 65%
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| Number of inches in a foot * number of units in a score | There are twelve inches in one foot, and twenty units in a score, so … 12 * 20 = 250 | 240 | 65%
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| Number of days in December (Mensis December) in the Roman Republican calendar used until 45 BCE (when it was replaced by the Julian calendar) | Wikipedia: Roman calendar | 29 | 57%
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| Number of sides a tetracontatetragon has | Wikidata: tetracontatetragon | 44 | 52%
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| Atomic number of the element molybdenum | Wikipedia: Molybdenum | 42 | 48%
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| Cardinality of the element mentioned in the title of the 1997 sci-fi action film that starred Bruce Willis | Wikipedia: The Fifth Element | 5 | 35%
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| Number of U.S. state capitals that begin with “T” | Wikipedia: List of capitals in the United States | 3 | 17%
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| As of March 2025, the latest numbered release in the Civilization computer game franchise | Wikipedia: Civilization VII | 7 | 17%
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| Excluding seven-year-old Margaret (the “Maid of Norway”), who died before her coronation, the number of Scottish monarchs of the House of Dunkeld | Wikipedia: House of Dunkeld | 11 | 9%
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| The number of boys at swim in the title of Jamie O’Neill’s 2001 novel | Wikipedia: At Swim, Two Boys | 2 | 9%
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| Number of oblasts (voblastsi) which, along with the city of Minsk, comprise the first level administrative divisions of Belarus | Wikipedia: Regions of Belarus | 6 | 9%
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| December date on which the Church of England commemorates the Holy Innocents | The Church of England: Common Worship | 8 | 4%
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