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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What famous person did Gavrilo Princip assassinate?	Franz Ferdinand	85%
What event did the above assassination instigate?	World War One	85%
According to Greek mythology, Prometheus angered Zeus by stealing which item and giving it to humans?	fire	82%
The name of which hero’s alter ego came from combining the names of the Scottish king Robert the Bruce and the American revolutionary “Mad” Anthony Wayne?	Batman	79%
Home to the most millionaires in the U.S., which state instituted a tax on income over $1 million that is used to fund mental health services?	California	79%
Which country is named for a Venezuelan freedom fighter who liberated it from Spain?	Bolivia	76%
The person who assassinated Abraham Lincoln	John Wilkes Booth	76%
Smallest country by both land and population - with a population of only about 500 and an area of only 120 acres.	Vatican City	76%
Many health officials recommend pregnant women and children avoid eating bigeye tuna due to its high content of which element?	mercury	73%
Although it is composed of more than 7,000 islands, half of which country’s population lives on its largest island, Luzon?	Philippines	70%
The largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.	Crete	67%
In which US state, home to the largest Amish population in the U.S., does the Department of Transportation publish a Horse and Buggy Driver’s Manual?	Pennsylvania	67%
Eventually spreading to the U.S., the Cosa Nostra is a criminal organization that rose to power in the early 1800s on which island?	Sicily	67%
What did Matthew Webb become the first person to swim across, in 1875?	English Channel	64%
The Egyptian god who was the god of the dead, mummification, and the afterlife, and is often depicted as a jackal or a man with a jackal head.	Anubis	61%
Today, the existing communist states in the world are in China, Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea (DPRK) and ____	Laos	61%
In 1969 Walter Cronkite broadcast for 27 out of 30 consecutive hours covering which event?	moon landing	61%
In what country might you find the Pictish people in the early Middle ages?	Scotland	61%
Home to NATO headquarters and the Council of the European Union, which city is often called “the capital of Europe”?	Brussels	58%
Opposing Hollywood’s treatment of Native Americans, which actor sent activist Sacheen Littlefeather to reject the Oscar for best actor in 1973?	Marlon Brando	58%
With the largest wingspan among existing birds, which animal can glide for several hundred miles without a single wing flap?	albatross	55%
Also called scaly anteaters because of their preferred diet, these animals are the most trafficked mammal in the world—with demand primarily in Asia and in growing amounts in Africa—for their meat and scales.	pangolin	55%
Who was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for helping end the Russo-Japanese War and a Congressional Medal of Honor for fighting in the Spanish-American War?	Theodore Roosevelt	55%
The Egyptian Goddess known for her magic, healing, and role as a protector of women and children, and was also the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. Often depicted with wings.	Isis	52%
An anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, the _____ rebellion.	boxer	48%
In 1993 the International Astronomical Union approved the naming of asteroids for John Cleese, Eric Idle, and the other four members of which comedy troupe?	Monty Python	48%
The metals of antiquity are the seven metals which humans had identified and found use for in prehistoric times in Africa, Europe and throughout Asia and were the several metals known to humanity before the 13th century. They are; gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, mercury and ____.	tin	48%
The three countries with the largest areas of tropical rainforest are Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and _______	Indonesia	45%
On which musical instrument does the player force wind through a tube known as a blowstick?	bagpipes	42%
Which animal’s incisors have iron enamel, making them stronger than those of many other rodents?	beaver	42%
Officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, is a self-proclaimed jihadist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali.	Boko Haram	42%
The top three countries with the most oil reserves are Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, and ______	Canada	39%
In a single year (1819), which poet composed six of his famous odes, including “Ode to a Nightingale” and “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?	John Keats	33%
The flag of which country is known in its homeland as “A Auriverde,” meaning “the golden-green”?	Brazil	27%
The title of which TV show is based on a reference book first published in 1858 and it today on its 42nd edition?	Grey's Anatomy	27%
On the U.S. one-dollar bill, an eagle represents war and peace by holding an olive branch in its right talon and what in its left?	arrows	21%
In what country would you find the Chin people?	Myanmar	18%
Originally developed in the 1960s by the British company Hawker Siddeley, the first fighter jet capable of vertical liftoff and landing was named for which bird?	harrier	15%
A traditional men’s top in western Africa, which garment became a popular fashion choice among members of the Black Power movement in the 1960s?	dashiki	12%
Which word is derived from the name of a mythic Greek king whose afterlife punishment is to be forever near food and drink he cannot reach?	tantalizing	12%
The Egyptian Goddess, she was revered as a protector of the home, fertility, and good health. Often depicted with the head of a cat and the body of a woman.	bastet	9%

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