| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Who was President of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1980? | Josip Broz Tito | 74%
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| Which U.S. city has the "Mariners" MLB team, "Kraken" NHL team, and the "Seahawks" NFL team? | Seattle | 74%
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| In which year did Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest? | 1953 | 65%
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| Which city in Russia is the world's largest city north of the Arctic Circle? | Murmansk | 57%
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| What is the name of the stretch of water that separates the Indonesian island of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula? | Strait of {Malacca} | 52%
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| If the nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body with respect to its primary body is called the perigee, what name is given to the furthest point? | Apogee | 48%
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| Which French novelist is known for literary realism, his works include Madame Bouvary and Sentimental Education? | Gustave Flaubert | 39%
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| Which French painter's works included La Blanchisseuse, La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, and At the Moulin Rouge? | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | 39%
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| In the Zone, Circus, and Femme Fatale are all albums released by which singer? | Britney Spears | 35%
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| In Greek Mythology, what is the name of the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods? | Ichor | 35%
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| Who hosted Wheel of Fortune from 1981 to 2024, during which he broke the record for longest-serving career as a game show host for the same show? | Pat Sajak | 17%
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| Who won all 6 Gold medals in men's cross-country skiing events at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, giving him the most (11) Gold medals in Winter Olympics history? | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | 13%
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| What name is given to the family of carnivoran mammals which includes badgers, otters, and wolverines? | Mustelids | 13%
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| Who won Oscars for Best Lead Actress for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) and Best Supporting Actress for Airport (1970), she was also the first woman to win the EGOT? | Helen Hayes | 9%
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| Who starred in the titular role in Robocop and Robocop 2? | Peter Weller | 9%
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| The parsec is a unit of length approximately equal to how many light-years (2 d.p)? | {3}.{26} light-years | 4%
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| What cocktail is made up of brandy, triple sec, and lemon juice? | Sidecar | 4%
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| Which form of government is defined by administrative power being held by military chiefs? | {Strato}cracy | 4%
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| Which Scottish chemists' work in isolating noble gases, led to the discovery of the element's krypton, neon, and xenon? | William Ramsay | 4%
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| Which Latin phrase, commonly used in law, translates to "by proxy" and is used when a person signs a letter on behalf of another? | Per procurationem | 0%
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