| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Created by Tom Clancy, Captain Marko Ramius is the commander of which Soviet nuclear submarine? | Red October | 67%
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| Which country uses the car registration code 'ROK'? | South Korea | 56%
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| Which French President famously asked "How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese"? | Charles de Gaulle | 50%
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| Members of the 'Intellectual Fight Club' take part in boxing and which other event? | Chess | 50%
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| What distinctive item of clothing was worn by: German WWII officer Claus von Stauffenberg; journalist Marie Colvin; Israeli politician Moshe Dayan; and rapper Slick Rick? | Eyepatch | 44%
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| Which variety of brown sugar takes its name from the region of modern-day Guyana where it was heavily cultivated as part of the slave trade? | Demerara | 39%
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| Ossicles are projected horn-like bone structures found on the skulls of which mammal? | Giraffes | 39%
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| The early draft of bestseller 'Fifty Shades of Grey' was originally written as erotic fan fiction for which book/film series? | Twilight | 39%
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| Commonly worn in equestrian events, which style of tight-fitting trousers takes its name from a city in Rajasthan, India? | Jodphurs | 28%
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| Erethism, also known as 'mad hatter's disease', is a neurological illness caused by what substance? | Mercury | 28%
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| The strategy board game Reversi is alternatively named after which Shakespearean character? | Othello | 28%
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| Irish-American cook Mary Mallon became notorious in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries as an asymptomatic carrier of which disease? | Typhoid | 28%
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| Which period of US history was known as 'the noble experiment'? | Prohibition | 22%
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| Which notable conspiracy theorist claimed in 2017 that the Pentagon was putting chemicals in the water supply which had turned all the frogs in the United States gay? | Alex Jones | 17%
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| Microsoft's virtual assistant 'Cortana' was named after a synthetic intelligence character in which video game series? | Halo | 17%
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| Which instrument is typically used to tune the ensemble in a standard orchestra? | Oboe | 17%
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| Pule cheese - a delicacy in Serbia - is made using the milk of goats and which other animal? | Donkeys | 11%
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| Released in May 2024, "Radical Optimism' was the third studio album by which singer? | Dua Lipa | 11%
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| Which popular social media platform has as its icon a cartoon alien named Snoo? | 11%
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| First introduced by the Hanna-Barbera animation studio in 1969, by what name might you better know the character Norville Rogers? | Shaggy | 11%
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