| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| A US state and a country in the Caucasus. | Georgia | 100%
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| A colour. | Green | 86%
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| Large or very big, | Gigantic | 79%
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| A ____ piano. | Grand | 71%
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| When you first meet someone, you would ______ them. | Greet | 71%
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| To smile. | Grin | 71%
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| A state of matter with no fixed shape or volume, expanding to fill its container, and also refers to fuel (like methane) for heating/power, an anaesthetic, or even slang for petrol (in the US/NZ) or excessive talk. | Gas | 64%
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| Fish have these. | Gil | 64%
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| Christians believe in | God | 64%
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| A bird, migrants for the winter. | Goose | 64%
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| The BFG in the 1982 novel by Roald Dahl is a ____, | Giant | 57%
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| Very nice. | Good | 57%
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| Huge country, northern hemisphere, Trump wants to take it, population 57,000. | Greenland | 57%
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| Something that is disgusting. | Gross | 57%
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| If you are blind, you may require a _____ dog. | Guide | 57%
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| St ______, an early Christian martyr, born in Cappadocia in Anatolia, who is venerated as a saint. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the Roman army. | George | 50%
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| ____ theory began to be developed in the 19th century, revolutionizing the way we understand illness. | Germ | 50%
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| You might give this to someone on their birthday. | Gift | 50%
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| Called aurum in Latin | Gold | 50%
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| Country in southern Europe. | Greece | 50%
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| An avocado-based dip, spread, or salad first developed in Mexico. Made with avocados, onion, tomatoes, cilantro, jalapeno pepper, lime juice, garlic, and salt. | Guacamole | 50%
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| Bratwurst, wall came down in the 1990s, Hitler, car industry. | Germany | 43%
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| To laugh. | Giggle | 43%
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| Moving in a smooth, continuous motion. | Glide | 43%
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| Dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening. | Gloomy | 43%
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| Slowly over a period of time or a distance | Gradually | 43%
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| It is said if you eat or consume too much, you are ______. | Greedy | 43%
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| The floor outside. | Ground | 43%
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| ______ bypass (Roux-en-Y) is a weight-loss surgery that makes your stomach smaller and reroutes your small intestine, reducing food intake and calorie/nutrient absorption, leading to significant weight loss and improvement in obesity-related conditions like type 2 diabetes, often done via keyhole surgery for quicker recovery. | Gastric | 36%
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| Maryam Mirzakhani, Albert Einstein, Andrey Kolmogorov and Grigori Perelman may all be described as this. | Genius | 36%
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| Many different cultures believe in these beings, they are called prizrak in Russian, yūrei in Japanese, phi in Laotian, multo in Tagalog (Philippines), fantôme in French, fantasma in Spanish, geist in German, dybbuk in Yiddish, guǐ in Mandarin and shabah in Arabic. | Ghost | 36%
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| A 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott, starting Russel Crowe. | Gladiator | 36%
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| Wallace and _______, a British claymation comedy franchise created by Nick Park and produced by Aardman Animations | Gromit | 36%
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| Country in Latin America, population over 18 million, you'd find pre-Columbian Maya civilization pyramids here. | Guatemala | 36%
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| A military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. He fought against Mexican soldiers and civilians and the United States military and settlers over the course of more than 30 years, from the 1850s to 1886. He was captured in 1886 and died in 1909 in his seventies. | Geronimo | 29%
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| ____ monster, a species of venomous lizard native to the Southwestern United States and the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is a heavy, slow-moving reptile, up to 56 centimetres long, and it is the only venomous lizard native to the United States. | Gila | 29%
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| Happiness, joy. | Glee | 29%
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| Give out steady light without flame. | Glow | 29%
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| Street children may huff this to get high | Glue | 29%
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| If you attend a fancy do, you might wear a _____. | Gown | 29%
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| A situation that is unpleasant, serious and gloomy might be described as _____. | Grim | 29%
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| A JR Tolkien character in Lord of the Rings, he was once a Stoor Hobbit of the River-folk who lived near the Gladden Fields and called Sméagol, corrupted by the One Ring, he was later called _____ after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat" | Gollum | 21%
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| A folkloric mischievous creature that causes malfunctions in aircraft or other machinery. | Gremlin | 21%
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| A food you might eat in a victorian work house. | Gruel | 21%
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| A sudden strong gust of wind. | Gust | 21%
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| ____ Stacy, the love interest of Spider Man. | Gwen | 21%
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| A military campaign in WWI from February 1915 to January 1916. The aim was to for the allies to seize the Dardanelles Strait from the Ottoman Empire, aiming to knock Turkey out of the war and supply Russia. It was a disaster for the allied forces. | Gallipoli | 14%
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| Sheep-goat hybrid. | Geep | 14%
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| To be very old. | Geriatric | 14%
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| For a seed, spore, or bulb to begin to grow and sprout into a new organism. | Germinate | 14%
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| In Japanese cuisine you might eat some picked ____ at the end of a meal to cleanse your palate. | Ginger | 14%
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| A popular female name with Welsh/Latin roots meaning "princess," "ruler," or "small sword". | Gladys | 14%
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| "Mein ____" is a common German phrase meaning "My God" or "Oh my God," used to express surprise, shock, excitement, or dismay. | Gott | 14%
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| To grow. | Grew | 14%
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| Roma & Sinti people can also be described as _____. | Gypsies | 14%
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| A former President of a North African country, he was bayoneted to death in 2011. | Gaddafi | 7%
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| You might put this on a cut. | Germolene | 7%
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| Mikhael Leonidovich ________, a Russian-French mathematician known for his work in geometry, analysis and group theory. He is a permanent member of Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in France and a professor of mathematics at New York University. | Gromov | 7%
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| If you are an honest person, people may describe you as _____. | Genuine | 0%
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| ________'s room is a 1956 novel by James Baldwin. The book concerns the events in the life of David, an American man living in Paris and his feelings and frustrations with his relationships with other men, particularly an Italian bartender named Giovanni whom he meets at a Parisian gay bar. | Giavanni | 0%
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| Humans have been making this for over 5,000 years, with the earliest evidence pointing to Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Syria around 3500-4000 BCE for beads and decorative items. | Glass | 0%
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| To briefly look at. | Glean | 0%
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| Unpleasant, hard to look at. | Gruesome | 0%
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