| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| a person who murders an important person for political or religious reasons | assassin | 90%
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| a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States | Massachusetts | 80%
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| the capital of Estonia | Tallinn | 70%
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| a religion practiced in parts of the Caribbean (especially Haiti) and the southern US, combining elements of Roman Catholic ritual with traditional African magical and religious rites, and characterized by sorcery and spirit possession | voodoo | 70%
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| a collection of recipes and instructions for preparing food | cookbook | 60%
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| a popular wizarding beverage from the Harry Potter series that is non-alcoholic and tastes like a butterscotch-flavored drink | Butterbeer | 50%
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| have as belonging to one; own | possess | 50%
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| a long upholstered seat for more than one person, typically with a back and arms. | settee | 50%
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| not needed | unnecessary | 50%
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| a large hall used for dancing. | ballroom | 40%
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| an American brand of shaving and personal care products | Gillette | 40%
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| a grayish-brown American mammal that has a foxlike face with a black mask and a ringed tail | raccoon | 40%
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| treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way | mollycoddle | 20%
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| a feeling or experience that is simultaneously pleasurable and painful or joyful and sad | bittersweet | 10%
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| a low-growing bushy Australian eucalyptus which has several slender stems | mallee | 10%
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| lack of care and organization; excessive casualness | sloppiness | 10%
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| dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something | stubbornness | 10%
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| the quality of happening or being done quickly and without warning | suddenness | 10%
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| the quality or state of being prepared to do something; readiness | willingness | 10%
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| a means of approaching or entering a place | access | 0%
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| the former queen of the NightWings in the book series Wings of Fire, specifically in the book The Dark Secret | Battlewinner | 0%
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| lake on the border with Connecticut in south central Massachusetts | Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg | 0%
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| an instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people. | commission | 0%
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| in a way that lacks friendliness or enthusiasm | coolly | 0%
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| a North and Central American nightjar with a distinctive call | whippoorwill | 0%
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