| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| ___ Fawkes, arguably the most famous of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators | Guy | 100%
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| Edgar Allan ___, gothic author of 'The Raven' | Poe | 96%
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| Rosa Parks spearheaded a famous boycott of this mode of public transport | Bus | 93%
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| ___ Truss, shortest-serving British Prime Minister | Liz | 89%
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| ___ of the Covenant, lost vessel said to hold the tablets on which the Ten Commandments were carved | Ark | 82%
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| "The ___ is cast", quote often attributed to Julius Caesar as he crossed the Rubicon | Die | 79%
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| Fast food franchise founded by Harland Sanders in 1952 (inits.) | KFC | 79%
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| Sebastian ___, retired athlete and politician who headed the successful London 2012 Olympic bid | Coe | 75%
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| Little ___, codename of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima | Boy | 71%
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| ___ Jones, US stock market index | Dow | 71%
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| Headwear worn by barristers | Wig | 71%
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| Rachel Carson wrote about the dangers of this pesticide in her book 'Silent Spring' (inits.) | DDT | 68%
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| Notable American gun lobby (inits.) | NRA | 68%
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| The ___ Wars, series of confrontations between the UK and Iceland over fishing rights in the North Atlantic | Cod | 61%
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| ___ Bondi, attorney-general during Donald Trump's second administration | Pam | 61%
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| ___ Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin | Eli | 57%
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| Younger brother of George W. Bush who unsuccessfully ran for the Republican Party nomination in 2016 | Jeb | 57%
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| According to Oscar Wilde, "sarcasm is the lowest form of ___" | Wit | 57%
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| ___ Calloway, American jazz band leader whose signature song was 'Minnie the Moocher' | Cab | 54%
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| United Nations agency responsible for co-ordinating responses to disease epidemics (inits.) | WHO | 46%
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| Precursor to the European Union (inits.) | EEC | 39%
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| ___ Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa during the Second World War | Jan | 39%
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| This everyday mechanism, patented by Swedish engineer Gideon Sundbäck in 1917, was originally known as a 'clasp locker' | Zip | 39%
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| Angela Merkel's political party (inits.) | CDU | 32%
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| ___ Tyler, leader of the English Peasant's Revolt | Wat | 32%
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| ___ Battuta, 14th century Moroccan scholar known for his thirty-year expedition across North Africa, Asia and Southern Europe | Ibn | 25%
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| Global financial institution and "lender of last resort" founded in 1944 during the Bretton Woods Conference (inits.) | IMF | 25%
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| ___ War, early-twentieth century conflict between Spain and Morocco's Berber tribes | Rif | 7%
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