| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which desert, located in northern Chile, is the driest nonpolar desert in the world? | {Atacama} Desert | 58%
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| How long is each stump in cricket? | {28} inches | 46%
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| Which is the second largest city in Finland by population? | Tampere | 34%
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| In Greek Mythology, who was married to Eurydice and known as the greatest musician of all time? | Orpheus | 32%
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| In phonetics, what name is given to a consonantal sound produced by the abrupt obstruction of airflow in the throat such as t, k, and b? | Plosive | 28%
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| Who became the Chancellor of Germany in May 2025, representing the CDU? | Friedrich Merz | 26%
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| In which year did the first episode of Coronation Street air, with an episode written by creator Tony Warren? | 1960 | 24%
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| Which band, which had 2 UK Number Twos in 1979 with "Cool for Cats" and "Up the Junction", was Jools Holland a member of? | Squeeze | 22%
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| Which Chinese animated film series consists of two films, the second being the highest grossing animated film of all time, about a heroic figure destined to either save or destroy the world? | Ne Zha | 17%
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| Which Dutch philosopher's works include On Free Will and The Praise of Folly? | Erasmus | 13%
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| In 1970, who became BBC Radio 1's first female presenter, and was the longest-serving broadcaster in the station's history? | Annie Nightingale | 11%
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| Which element on the periodic table, with an atomic number 72, has a name derived from the Latin name for Copenhagen, where it was discovered? | Hafnium | 10%
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| Which comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan involves a love triangle between Josephine, Ralph, and Sir Joseph? | H.M.S. Pinafore | 6%
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| Who won the 2025 Snooker World Championship, becoming the first Chinese man to win the tournament | Zhao Xintong | 5%
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| Who has "Gone to Sea", in the name of an 18th century North East English folk song, theorized to be based on a County Durham MP around at the time? | Bobby Shaftoe | 4%
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| Who won consecutive Best Supporting Actor Oscars for roles in All the President's Men (1976) and Julia (1977)? | Jason Robards | 4%
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| Which cheese, sometimes informally described as a "mild feta", is named after a town in Mexico? | Cotija | 3%
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| Which English novelist wrote Orbital, which follows astronauts on a space station, and won the 2024 Booker Prize? | Samantha Harvey | 3%
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| Who was the first black woman to serve as a Cabinet minister and first black woman to lead a university in the United Kingdom? | Valorie Amos | 3%
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| SSL is the cryptographic protocol which allowed secure communication over the Internet until replaced by TLS in 1999, what does the initialism SSL stand for? | Secure Sockets Layer | 1%
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