| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Which desert is found between Nevada and California? | Mojave | 55%
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| What is the largest and most populous island of the Philippines? | Luzon | 47%
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| Who is the lead singer of Blur? | Damon Albarn | 37%
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| The 2018 Climate Change Conference was held in which Polish city? | Katowice | 24%
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| What is the Speed of Sound (in air) to the nearest metre per second? | 343 | 18%
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| In which year did Sirimavo Bandaranaike become the first female prime minister of a country? | 1960 | 17%
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| Who was the captain of the RMS Titanic when it sank in April 1912? | Edward Smith | 17%
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| What is the capital city of the channel island Jersey? | Saint Helier | 16%
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| What is the name of the pub in Emmerdale? | The Woolpack | 14%
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| What did Joseph John Thomson famously discover in 1897? | Electron | 13%
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| Who defeated the Houston Astros in the 2019 World Series of Baseball? | Washington Nationals | 12%
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| Who discovered Pluto in 1930? | Clyde Tombaugh | 6%
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| Which Carry On film was the last (31st) film to be released? | Carry On Columbus (1992) | 5%
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| Which building in St Petersburg is the tallest in Europe, standing at 462 metres? | Lakhta Center | 5%
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| When asked to justify why the Earth rotates round the Sun, Galileo Galilei said what phrase, roughly translating to 'And yet it moves'? | E pur si muove | 4%
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| John Williams has won 5 Oscars for Best Original Score, but for which film did he win his first in 1972? | The Fiddler on the Roof (1971) | 2%
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| What is the name of a scientific name in which the same word is used for both genus and species e.g. Gulo gulo (Wolverine)? | Tautonym | 2%
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| Which jockey rode Red Rum in 1973 and 1974 to Grand National victory? | Brian Fletcher | 1%
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| What was the full birth name of the woman who married Grover Cleveland when she was 21 to become the youngest wife of a sitting president? | Frances Folsom | 1%
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| Which MLB stadium is the largest, with a capacity of just over 56,000? | Oakland Coliseum | 1%
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