| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Marsh fever is a variant of which insect-borne disease? | Malaria | 76%
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| What flavour is Cointreau? | Orange | 69%
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| Kippers are made from which fish? | Herring | 45%
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| Which seafood is served in spaghetti alle vongole? | Clams | 34%
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| Outside the United States, which country has the largest number of active US military personnel? | Japan | 31%
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| Which singer had an early hit with a comic song called 'The Laughing Gnome'? | David Bowie | 28%
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| Raphael Ravenscroft performed the iconic sax solo on which 1978 pop song? | Baker Street | 24%
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| Where would you find the Resolute Desk? | The Oval Office | 24%
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| During the late 1950s, which prominent Nazi scientist presented several educational TV programmes on space exploration produced by Disney? | Werner von Braun | 24%
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| Which recurring character in the James Bond movies has been variously portrayed by Jack Lord, David Hedison and Jeffrey Wright? | Felix Leiter | 17%
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| Which language is generally recognised as being the world's oldest written language? | Sumerian | 17%
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| The Cenobites are the supernatural antagonists in which horror movie franchise? | Hellraiser | 14%
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| Since 1990, which country has been continuously ruled by the SWAPO party? | Namibia | 14%
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| Which US President had a pet snake named Emily Spinach? | Theodore Roosevelt | 14%
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| In darts, what is the lowest score which cannot be achieved in a single throw? | 23 | 10%
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| The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is an Islamist rebel group based in which country? | Philippines | 10%
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| Eccentric philosopher Jeremy Bentham kept what household item as a pet? | A teapot | 7%
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| With symptoms including bone softening and kidney failure, Itai-itai disease results from poisoning by which chemical element? | Cadmium | 7%
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| The 1997 hit 'Flagpole Sitta' by Harvey Danger was used as the theme song for which UK sitcom? | Peep Show | 7%
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| In 2014, entomologists named a newly discovered parasitic wasp of the genus Aleiodes after which famous singer? | Shakira | 3%
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