| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Number of weeks in a year (usually) | 52 | 94%
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| (4 x 2) + 8 | 16 | 90%
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| XCIX | 99 | 88%
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| Percentage equivalent of 5⁄20 | 25 | 86%
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| Four score and 7 | 87 | 84%
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| Pi, rounded to the nearest whole number and then squared | 9 | 80%
|
| The freezing point of water at standard atmospheric pressure in degrees Fahrenheit | 32 | 74%
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| Earliest age at which an individual may begin receiving retirement benefits (other than disability) under U.S. Social Security | 62 | 70%
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| Number of French hens in a single verse of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” | 3 | 66%
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| Largest number with a single-syllable English name | 12 | 64%
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| Number of degrees Fahrenheit considered to be room temperature | 72 | 56%
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| A 2013 Taylor Swift song | 22 | 52%
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| Number of reindeer named in “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” (a.k.a. “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”) | 8 | 52%
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| Number on the solid yellow pool ball in a traditional set | 1 | 42%
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| Atomic number of the element beryllium | 4 | 38%
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| Number of days in a mad-house in the title of Nellie Bly’s 1887 book | 10 | 26%
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| Number of letters in the longer version of the world’s longest place name | 92 | 22%
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| Number of blessings a religious Jew is expected to utter each day | 100 | 16%
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| Number of Yule Lads who leave either small gifts or rotten potatoes for children in Iceland | 13 | 16%
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| Number of stations the Israelites visited after their exodus from Egypt, according to Numbers 33 | 42 | 14%
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