| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which Chinese tile-based game is made up of 144 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols? | Mahjong | 76%
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| Benny Goodman, the American musician known as the "King of Swing" was famous for playing which instrument? | Clarinet | 47%
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| What was the surname of the Haitian Presidents François and Jean-Claude, known as Papa-Doc and Baby-Doc respectively? | Duvalier | 47%
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| In the 12th Century, which Muslim resisted the Third Crusade, earning the crusaders' respect? | Saladin | 47%
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| Which Liverpudlian band had three UK Number Ones in 1963 with "How Do You Do It?", "I Like It" and "You'll Never Walk Alone"? | Gerry and the Pacemakers | 31%
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| Who is the lead singer of the Norwegian band A-ha? | Morten Harket | 17%
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| Which Greek island is the largest of the Ionian islands? | Kefalonia | 14%
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| Who won the Best Leading Actress Oscar for starring as the titular role in the Best Picture winner Mrs Miniver(1942)? | Greer Garson | 11%
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| How many "surahs" (chapters) are in the Quran? | 114 | 10%
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| Which team has won the most (14) Rugby Union Premierships, with their most recent for the 2021/22 season? | Leicester Tigers | 10%
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| Which Russian-American nuclear physicist is the name sake of the chemical element with atomic number 118, and is responsible for the discovery of several other superheavy chemical elements? | Yuri Oganessian | 10%
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| Which Argentine tennis player won the French Open in 2004? | Gaston Gaudio | 9%
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| What is the name of the park in Edinburgh where the ancient volcano Arthur's Seat is found? | {Holyrood} Park | 6%
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| In which year did Æthelred the Unready first become King of the English? | 978 | 5%
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| Which citrus fruit commonly found in Southern Africa, is widely-believed to get elephants "drunk" when they eat the fermented fruits? | Marula | 5%
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| Which Danish sculptor's most famous work is the bronze statue of The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen? | Edvard Eriksen | 4%
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| Who hosted the British game show Ask the Family for 16 seasons from 1967 to 1984? | Robert Robinson | 4%
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| Which American was mainly known for his series of paintings Dogs Playing Poker? | Cassius Marcellus Coolidge | 3%
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| Which Sri-Lankan writer won the 2022 Booker Prize for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida? | Shehan Karunatilaka | 1%
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| Who was the architect of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin? | Carl Gotthard Langhans | 0%
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