| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What name given to leather that has not yet been tanned or treated, was also a Western TV show starring Clint Eastwood? | Rawhide | 50%
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| A skyscraper is widely accepted to be any building taller than what height? | {150} metres | 48%
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| The husband of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, died in December of which year? | 1861 | 34%
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| Which South African golfer won 9 Men's Major Championships dating from 1959 to 1978? | Gary Player | 27%
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| Which province of South Africa contains the country's largest city, Johannesburg? | Gauteng | 25%
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| What was the name of the 1st Duke of Wellington, best known for defeating Napoleon in 1815? | Arthur Wellesley | 23%
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| Which Swede served as UN Secretary-General from 1953 until his death in a plane crash in 1961? | Dag Hammarskjöld | 21%
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| Malawi and Zambia both use which currency unit? | Kwacha | 19%
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| Which singer was Carrie Fisher married to from 1983-1984? | Paul Simon | 18%
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| Named after a Japanese doctor and commonly affecting young children, what is the name of the condition of inflammation of the blood vessels? | {Kawasaki} disease | 16%
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| What is the name of the racecourse in Australia where the prestigious Melbourne Cup is held? | Flemington | 10%
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| What was the name of the chemist who invented Coca-Cola in the late 19th century? | John Stith Pemberton | 9%
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| What is the name of the world in which World of Warcraft takes place? | Azeroth | 7%
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| Starting with the Northernmost county and moving South, list the 4 English counties that border Wales? | Cheshire Shropshire Herefordshire Gloucestershire | 7%
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| Who had 2 UK Number Ones in 1995 with "Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)" and "Boom Boom Boom"? | Outhere Brothers | 6%
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| In 1941, Ginger Rogers won Oscar for Best Actress for her role in which film? | Kitty Foyle (1940) | 4%
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| Adapted into the 2004 film of the same name, who wrote the children's book The Polar Express? | Chris Van Allsburg | 3%
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| Which British chemist won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for using X-ray crystallography to discover the structure of molecules such as insulin and penicillin? | Dorothy Hodgkin | 3%
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| In Egyptian Mythology, who was the god of craftsmen and architecture and the father of Imhotep? | Ptah | 3%
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| What cocktail is made up of applejack, grenadine, and lemon/lime juice? | Jack Rose | 2%
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