| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What is the singular form of the word data? | Datum | 76%
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| The Clean Diamond Trade Act of 2003 aimed to prevent the import into the US of diamonds used to fund military conflicts. What are these diamonds referred to as? | Blood diamonds | 65%
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| What is the rarest species of bear in the world? | Giant panda | 48%
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| Finish this sentence: A man, a plan, a canal, ___. | Panama | 45%
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| Which is the least populated American state capital? | Montpelier | 29%
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| What official SI unit is equal to the metric tonne? | Megagram | 16%
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| Correctly spell the full name of the disease polio. | Poliomyelitis | 12%
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| What music group was most searched for on Google in 2001... and didn't even make the top 10 in 2002? | The Beatles | 12%
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| What is the number 256 in base 17? | F1 | 9%
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| In which text editor does the command "u" undo the previous operation? | Vim | 8%
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| Who led the Charge of the Light Brigade? | Lord Cardigan | 4%
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| In what year was the first world championship of the above held? | 1950 | 3%
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| At which site in Tanzania were 17 thousand-year-old homonid fossils famously found in 1913? | Olduvai Gorge | 2%
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| What country was the last to adopt the Gregorian Calendar? | Saudi Arabia | 2%
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| Who holds the Guinness World Record for "Fastest marathon dressed as an elf (male)"? | Ashley Payne | 0%
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