| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| In Stephen King's novel '11/22/63', the protagonist Jake Epping travels in time to attempt to prevent the assassination of which historical figure? | John F. Kennedy | 60%
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| Which disease was historically known as 'hydrophobia'? | Rabies | 50%
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| First appearing in a 1912 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, by what name is Lord Greystoke better known? | Tarzan | 50%
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| Which former country's communist regime was overthrown during the largely peaceful Velvet Revolution? | Czechoslovakia | 47%
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| The sheep cloned by Keith Campbell and Ian Wilmut at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute in 1996 was named after which American singer? | Dolly Parton | 43%
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| In 1982, three-time Russian Olympic gold-medallist Vladimir Smirnov was accidentally killed by his West German opponent in which combat sport? | Fencing | 43%
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| By what name is the digitus minimus manus better known? | Pinkie | 43%
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| Which 1964 Stanley Kubrick movie is subtitled 'How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'? | Dr Strangelove | 40%
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| Born in 1933 and dying in 1945, Terry played which character in 'The Wizard of Oz'? | Toto | 40%
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| The best-selling true crime novel of all time is Vincent Bugliosi's 'Helter Skelter', which tells the story of which notorious serial killer? | Charles Manson | 33%
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| Lynchburg, Tennessee is the home of which spirit manufacturer? | Jack Daniel's | 30%
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| Which current world leader once starred in a sitcom entitled 'Servant of the People', in which he played a fictional president of his country? | Volodymyr Zelensky | 30%
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| In 2017, the Chinese government banned the image of Disney’s version of which fictional character, after a series of internet memes noted his resemblance to Xi Jinping? | Winnie the Pooh | 27%
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| What is Hannibal Lecter's profession? | Psychiatrist | 20%
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| What is a yuzu? | A citrus fruit | 13%
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| Olga, Irina and Maria are the eponymous 'Three Sisters' in a play by which Russian playwright? | Anton Chekhov | 13%
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| At 3,222m, Afriski is Africa's highest ski resort. In which country can Afriski be found? | Lesotho | 10%
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| Which Pacific nation was formerly known as 'Pleasant Island'? | Nauru | 10%
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| In July 2008, a man in South Wales called the police to report a mysterious bright UFO hovering above his house? What did this UFO turn out to be? | The moon | 10%
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| On 8th December 2020, William Shakespeare became the first man in the world to receive what? | A COVID vaccine | 7%
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