Stats: 100 General Knowledge Questions of Varying Difficulty

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%	Hint	Answer	% Correct
98	What does the H stand for in H2O?	Hydrogen	97%
99	Better late than when?	Never	97%
96	What, primarily, do giant pandas eat?	Bamboo	96%
100	Who was the first U.S. President?	George Washington	94%
97	What type of factory do Oompa Loompas work in?	Chocolate	93%
95	What is the capital of Ireland?	Dublin	92%
91	What disease killed approximately 40% of Europe's population in 1346–1353?	Black Death	91%
84	What city are you in if you land at LAX?	Los Angeles	91%
92	What is the name of the colored part of the eye?	Iris	90%
93	Who was almost totally deaf when he wrote his ninth and final symphony?	Ludwig van Beethoven	90%
85	Who founded Facebook?	Mark Zuckerberg	90%
94	What does James Bond have a license to do?	Kill	89%
86	Who is the world record holder for the men's 100m and 200m sprints?	Usain Bolt	88%
90	What usually has three leaves, but in about 1/5000 cases has four or more?	Clover	87%
89	Until 1903, what stimulant was added to Coca-Cola?	Cocaine	86%
87	According to Greek legend, who opened the box that contained all the world's troubles?	Pandora	83%
88	What is Mario and Luigi's occupation?	Plumber	82%
78	What is the biggest island in the United States?	Hawaii	78%
80	What is Superman's achilles heel?	Kryptonite	78%
68	What is 6 + 5 * 4 + 3 * 2 + 1?	33	76%
81	Who wrote "The Lord of the Rings"?	J.R.R.Tolkien	75%
83	What company makes fragrance No. 5?	Chanel	73%
70	What is the last name of musical brothers Nick, Joe, and Kevin?	Jonas	73%
79	Although not current, what is the most well-known scale for measuring earthquake intensity?	Richter	71%
73	What country lies on Egypt's southern border?	Sudan	69%
67	Excluding external territories, what is the southernmost country on earth?	Chile	67%
82	A spoonful of sugar helps the what go down?	Medicine	67%
76	What is the name of the fictional doctor who talks to animals?	Doctor Dolittle	65%
72	What does the V stand for in ROYGBIV?	Violet	63%
71	What is deer meat called?	Venison	62%
77	What is the Soviet version of an astronaut?	Cosmonaut	59%
74	What are members of the church of Latter-Day Saints commonly known as?	Mormons	56%
75	What comes in French, Russian, and Thousand Island varieties?	Salad Dressing	56%
65	What Los Angeles street gang is rivals with the Crips?	Bloods	55%
64	Who narrated the British version of "Planet Earth"?	David Attenborough	55%
63	What layer of the earth comes between the core and the crust?	Mantle	55%
69	What is the Spanish word for bull?	Toro	55%
57	Who supposedly died at age 42 in 1977 - although some people aren't so sure?	Elvis Presley	52%
53	What is the most common surname in Korea?	Kim	50%
40	What herb, common in Mexican food, tastes like soap to people who have a certain gene?	Cilantro	47%
58	What is the name for the crime of lying under oath?	Perjury	47%
60	What river separates Texas and Mexico?	Rio Grande	47%
62	What is the literal translation of the German word "Kindergarten"?	{Children}'{s} {Garden}	46%
14	In what game can you get 50 extra points for using all of your tiles?	Scrabble	46%
66	Which country's royal family included Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly?	Monaco	45%
55	What was the deadliest battle in the American Civil War?	Battle of Gettysburg	43%
61	What was the name of the rabbit in the movie "Bambi"?	Thumper	43%
47	What body of water connects the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean?	Panama Canal	42%
56	What was the Democratic Republic of the Congo known as from 1971–1997?	Zaire	41%
46	What is the plural of quantum?	Quanta	38%
59	What was founded in 1933 with the intention of lasting 1,000 years, but in actuality only lasted 12?	Third Reich	38%
49	What is either a type of bird or a chain of islands off the coast of Africa?	Canary	36%
34	What metallic element, starting with C, is used to make blue pigments?	Cobalt	36%
38	What island was the center of Minoan civilization?	Crete	36%
44	What mostly-dead language was used to write the Hindu Vedas?	Sanskrit	36%
43	In Canada, what holiday happens on the second Monday of October?	Thanksgiving	36%
45	U2 is a band. What is a U-2?	Airplane	35%
50	What famous actor's last name means "baby goose"?	Ryan Gosling	35%
54	Who was the demon barber of Fleet Street?	Sweeney Todd	35%
35	What disease is associated with hydrophobia?	Rabies	34%
52	Who is (usually) pursued by Blinky, Inky, Pinky and Clyde?	Pac-Man	33%
48	What are Assam and Ceylon?	Types of {Tea}	32%
51	Who was Jacob Marley's business partner?	Ebenezer Scrooge	30%
39	What conquistador conquered the Aztecs?	Hernán Cortés	29%
28	What country has a population of over 150 million but has never won an Olympic medal?	Bangladesh	28%
42	What company is synonymous with ice resurfacing machines?	Zamboni	27%
41	What term refers to the last runner in a relay race?	Anchor	25%
18	In what country would you find the world's largest stadium: Rungrado 1st of May Stadium?	North Korea	22%
26	What unit is defined as exactly 149,597,870,700 meters - the approximate distance between the Earth and the Sun?	{Astronomical} Unit	21%
6	Who is the Greek goddess of agriculture?	Demeter	21%
33	What candy was given to E.T.?	Reese's Pieces	21%
36	What type of bird is featured on the Canadian $1 coin?	Common Loon	20%
22	What is the only 6 letter word that ends in mt?	Dreamt	19%
27	What company dominates the diamond industry?	De Beers	18%
32	What lip-syncing duo had the hit "Blame it on the Rain"?	Milli Vanilli	18%
24	What type of camel has two humps?	Bactrian	17%
37	What is the word for a pile of rocks that marks a hiking trail?	Cairn	15%
3	Which town did the Pied Piper rid of rats?	Hamelin	15%
23	Bituminous and anthracite are types of what?	Coal	14%
16	What dwarf planet, named after the Greek goddess of discord, is heavier than Pluto?	Eris	14%
31	What is Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner's stage name?	Sting	14%
25	What does an oenophile love?	Wine	14%
20	What sport is sometimes called the "sweet science"?	Boxing	13%
29	What is Indiana Jones's real first name?	Henry	13%
21	Who did Ringo Starr replace as drummer for The Beatles?	Pete Best	13%
30	Who wrote "The Audacity of Hope"?	Barack Obama	12%
17	What movie coined the phrase "there can be only one"?	Highlander	11%
4	What does "Nevada" mean in Spanish?	Snowy	10%
7	What does the S stand for in "TTLS HIWWYA"?	Star	10%
15	Who sculpted "The Burghers of Calais"?	Auguste Rodin	9%
13	What is pulchritude?	Beauty	9%
10	New Providence is the most populous island in which country?	Bahamas	7%
9	What field of study is called "the dismal science"?	Economics	7%
12	Who originally recorded the song "Respect", famously covered by Aretha Franklin?	Otis Redding	7%
8	What is Zeno known for creating?	Paradoxes	7%
19	What zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only?	The {White} Zone	6%
5	What is the term for a story or drawing made by several people, where each person adds to it without seeing the work of the others?	Exquisite {Corpse}	4%
1	What name is given to the phobia of the dark?	{Nycto}phobia	4%
2	What is the study of smells and olfactory processes?	{Osmo}logy	2%
11	What movie featured the quote "Once again things that could have been brought to my attention yesterday"?	The Wedding Singer	2%

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