| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| How old was Diana Spencer when she married Prince Charles in 1981? | 20 | 83%
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| What is the name of the river that runs through Rome? | Tiber | 63%
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| What American state is Plymouth Rock located in? | Massachusetts | 53%
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| In which year did Boris Becker win his first Wimbledon title? | 1985 | 52%
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| Which basketball player starred in the 2015 Amy Schumer film Trainwreck? | LeBron James | 38%
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| The military operations 'Chromite', 'Big Switch' and 'Ripper' were all part of which conflict? | {Korean} War | 33%
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| What was William III, who reigned from 1689-1702 with his cousin Mary II, widely known as? | William of Orange | 33%
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| Who founded the First Persian (Achaemenid) Empire in 550 B.C? | Cyrus the Great | 23%
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| What was the first coloured film to win the Best Picture Oscar? | Gone with the Wind | 21%
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| What incident in 1964 led to the US engaging more directly in the Vietnam War? | Gulf of Tonkin | 18%
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| What did the country of Malawi used to be known as? | Nyasaland | 17%
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| The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD) is written and published by which company? | Merriam-Webster | 14%
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| Who had UK Number 1's with 'Unchained Melody/White Cliffs of Dover', 'I Believe/Up on the Roof' and 'What Becomes of the Broken Hearted'? | Robson and Jerome | 10%
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| What is the surname of the title character in the Mad Max franchise? | Rockatansky | 6%
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| The American band 'Kings of Leon' is made up of three brothers and a cousin all with what surname? | Followill | 5%
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| What is the name of the national dish of El Salvador that is a thick, stuffed corn tortilla traditionally served with salsa and coleslaw? | Pupusa | 5%
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| What is added to a screwdriver to make it a Harvey Wallbanger? | Galliano | 4%
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| Plants of which family are often characterised by square stems? | Mint | 2%
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| In 1993, who became the first woman to win the Turner Prize? | Rachel Whiteread | 2%
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| Who was the French mathematician that correctly predicted the existence of Neptune before it was observed? | Urbain Le Verrier | 2%
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