| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear originally from? | Peru | 72%
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| The Earth is approximately how many miles away from the Sun? | 93 Million | 50%
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| Who is credited with inventing the first mass-produced helicopter? | Igor Sikorsky | 48%
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| Which of the following men does not have a chemical element named for him? | Issac Newton | 47%
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| "Nephelococcygia" is the practice of doing what? | Finding shapes in clouds | 39%
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| What letter must appear at the beginning of the registration number of all non-military aircraft in the U.S.? | N | 34%
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| Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from the name of a district of what world capital? | Baghdad | 31%
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| Which of these ships was not one of the three taken over by colonists during the Boston Tea Party? | William | 31%
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| Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term "computer bug"? | Moth | 28%
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| Who delivered the less famous two-hour speech that preceded Abraham Lincoln's two-minute Gettysburg Address? | Edward Everett | 27%
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| According to the Population Reference Bureau, what is the approximate number of people who have ever lived on earth? | 100 Billion | 23%
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| Which First Lady was a ninth-generation descendant of Pocahontas? | Edith Wilson | 23%
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| During World War II, US soldiers used the first commercial aerosol cans to hold what? | Insecticide | 23%
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| Neurologists believe that the brain's medial ventral prefrontal cortex is activated when you do what? | Get a joke | 16%
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| The song "God Bless America" was originally written for what 1918 musical? | "Yip, Yip, Yaphank" | 16%
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| The US icon Uncle Sam was based on Samuel Wilson who worked during the War of 1812 as a what? | Meat Inspector | 14%
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