| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| In which year was the supersonic airliner Concorde retired? | 2003 | 65%
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| What name coming from a Latin word meaning "curling lock of hair" is a genus of wispy clouds that form at high altitudes? | Cirrus | 49%
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| In Greek Mythology, what was the name of the place for heroes in the afterlife? | {Elysian} Fields | 44%
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| What is the biggest city in Ecuador by population? | Guayaquil | 38%
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| What is the name of the family that has ruled the Principality of Monaco since 1297? | Grimaldi | 32%
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| Which Afghan-American author wrote The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns? | Khaled Hosseini | 30%
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| Which street in London is the heart of the Bangladeshi community and even has Bengali street signs below the English ones? | Brick Lane | 19%
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| Which word meaning existing or being everywhere at the same time is derived from the Latin for "everywhere"? | Ubiquitous | 19%
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| Who won the Best Lead Actress Oscar for Terms of Endearment (1983) and has been nominating in the acting category a further 4 times? | Shirley MacLaine | 17%
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| Which woman, who won the 2021 Women's PGA Championship in Golf, is the daughter of Petr, the man who won the 1998 Men's Australian Open in Tennis? | Nelly Korda | 16%
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| What is the name of the sport played in the Basque County that requires a glove called a chistera? | Basque {pelota} | 13%
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| Which singer had 3 UK Number One albums in the 1990s with "Waking Up the Neighbours", "So Far So Good" and "18 Til I Die"? | Bryan Adams | 13%
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| An annual award in Mathematics is awarded by the King of Norway and is named after which Norwegian mathematician? | Niels Henrik Abel | 8%
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| Which Brazilian composer is the namesake of an airport in Rio de Janeiro? | Antônio Carlos Jobim | 7%
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| Who has been the Director of the FBI since 2017? | Christopher A. Wray | 7%
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| Who was the leader of the Labour party from 1955 until his death in 1963? | Hugh Gaitskell | 5%
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| Which song by Booker T. & the M.G.'s is the theme tune for BBC Televisions cricket coverage? | Soul Limbo | 2%
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| Thought to be the oldest cheese in Scotland, what is the name of the Scottish cream cheese that is rolled in oats? | Caboc | 1%
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| What does it say on the inscription of the Georges Cross, which is also found on the flag of Malta? | For Gallantry | 1%
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| Which Australian actor is best-known for playing the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)? | Robert Helpmann | 1%
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