| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which American author wrote The Bell Jar and was also married to Ted Hughes until her death in 1963? | Sylvia Plath | 48%
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| What Russian island found north of the Japanese archipelago is the largest island of Russia? | Sakhalin | 45%
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| What year did the United Kingdom join the predecessor to the European Union, the European Communities? | 1973 | 43%
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| The year 2016 had the fewest UK Number Ones, but how many were there? | 10 | 39%
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| What S-word is used to describe somebody who is lying facing upwards? | Supine | 37%
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| In October 2022, who became the first woman to be the Prime Minister of Italy, with the Brothers of Italy party? | Giorgia Meloni | 34%
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| What L-word is given to the term meaning Portuguese-speaking, applying to countries such as Angola, Brazil and São Tomé and Príncipe? | Lusophone | 33%
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| What road originally known as the London-South Wales Motorway connects London and Cardiff? | M4 | 30%
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| Which American artist, whose painting Untitled sold for $111m in 2017, died of a heroin overdose in 1988? | Jean-Michel Basquiat | 23%
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| Who was nominated for 6 Lead Actress Oscars, including nominations for Edward, My Son (1949), From Here to Eternity (1953) and The King and I (1956)? | Deborah Kerr | 16%
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| Who starred as Amélie Poulain in the 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet film Amélie? | Audrey Tautou | 13%
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| What is the medical term for a nosebleed? | Epistaxis | 13%
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| In December 2022, who replaced Eddie Jones as the coach of the England Men's Rugby Union team? | Steve Borthwick | 12%
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| What is the SI unit of electric conductance? | Siemens | 9%
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| Which explorer, born in 1651, became the first Englishman to explore what is today Australia, and the first person to circumnavigate three times? | William Dampier | 5%
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| In Roman Mythology, who was the goddess of youth? | Juventas | 4%
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| Derived from the Latin for "small quantities", what name is given to a selection of small plates commonly eaten in Venice? | Cicchetti | 3%
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| In Arthurian legend, what was the name of the battle where King Arthur was either killed or mortally wounded fighting Mordred? | Battle of {Camlann} | 2%
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| What were the two first names of the 19th-century journalist known as Mrs Beeton, who was known for Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management? | Isabella Mary | 2%
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| What does the abbreviation BS stand for on an Ordnance Survey map? | Boundary stone | 1%
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