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Extremely Hard General Knowledge #73 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 191 times
- The average score is 3 of 20
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| Which phrase meaning complete freedom to act as one wishes comes from the French translation of "blank document"? | Carte blanche | 58%
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| What was the old name for the country of Belize, until it was renamed in 1973? | British Honduras | 48%
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| Which city in Indonesia, the capital of the province of West Java, is the country's second largest and second most populous city? | Bandung | 35%
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| To the nearest mile, how long is the Panama Canal? | {51} miles | 28%
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| Also known as the Stone of Destiny, what is the name of the block of red sandstone which has been used in coronations of British monarchs since it was stolen from Scotland in 1296? | Stone of {Scone} | 27%
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| What is the medical term for the innermost toe often referred to as the "big toe"? | Hallux | 19%
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| Which three letter initialism in photography refers to "film speed" and actually stands for the organisation rather than a term itself? | ISO | 19%
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| Which Czechoslovakian tennis player won the Women's Singles titles in the Australian Open in 1980 and 1987, French Open in 1981 and US Open in 1985? | Hana Mandlíková | 16%
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| In which year did the Bank of England separate from the UK Government and become an independent public organisation? | 1998 | 11%
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| In Astronomy, what is the full name of the scatter plot showing the relationship between stars' luminosity and temperature, often abbreviated to a HR diagram | {Hertzsprung-Russell} diagram | 11%
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| Which 16th-century Venetian painter was commissioned to paint Il Paradiso for Doge's Palace, reputed to be the largest painting ever done upon canvas? | Tintoretto | 9%
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| Who won the Best Director Oscar for My Fair Lady (1964) and was nominated an additional 4 times for directing, including a nomination for The Philadelphia Story (1940)? | George Cukor | 7%
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| In Hinduism, which deity forms part of the Tridevi and is the goddess of knowledge, wisdom, and flowing water? | Saraswati | 7%
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| In Mathematics, what name is given to the symbol for infinity denoted ∞? | Lemniscate | 6%
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| Which 18th-century playwright is best-known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield and the plays She Stoops to Conquer and The Good-Natur'd Man? | Oliver Goldsmith | 6%
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| Who hosted the BBC programme Antiques Roadshow from 1981 until 2000? | Hugh Scully | 5%
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| Who won the first series of Big Brother UK when it was introduced in 2000? | Craig Phillips | 4%
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| What name is given to the open-faced sandwich consisting of bread, a hamburger patty, French fries and cheese sauce originating in Springfield, Illinois? | {Horseshoe} sandwich | 2%
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| Which French cyclist is a 13-time world champion and has also won a gold medal in the Women's Road cycling event in the 1996 Olympic Games? | Jeannie Longo | 2%
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| Cuban and Hispaniolan are the two species of which shrew-like mammals, some of only mammals that are venomous? | Solenodon | 2%
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