| Letter | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Country which the United States has been in conflict with since February 2026 | Iran | 100%
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| Q | Monarch who died on September 8, 2022 at age 96 | Queen Elizabeth II | 100%
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| T | Group which took over Afghanistan in 2021 | Taliban | 100%
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| U | Country which has been fighting Russian invasion since 2022 | Ukraine | 100%
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| V | Oil-rich nation whose leader was captured in a US military operation on January 3, 2026 | Venezuela | 100%
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| X | What Twitter was renamed to in 2023 | X | 100%
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| A | Platforms such as ChatGPT, Grok and Sora specialize in this kind of technology | Artificial Intelligence | 93%
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| B | City where the 2022 Winter Olympics took place | Beijing | 93%
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| H | Palestinian group which has been in conflict with Israel since 2023 | Hamas | 93%
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| N | Organization behind the Artemis II lunar mission in 2026 | NASA | 93%
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| J | American financer and sex trafficker who used his island as a base, which saw the naming of hundreds of associated high-profile figures following his death in prison in 2019 | Jeffrey Epstein | 86%
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| K | Basketball legend killed alongside his daughter and several others in a 2020 helicopter crash | Kobe Bryant | 86%
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| R | 1985 Kate Bush song which saw a resurgence following its inclusion in the fourth season of Stranger Things | Running Up That Hill | 86%
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| W | Star Trek star who became the oldest person to go to space in 2021 at 90 years of age | William Shatner | 86%
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| S | Hit South Korean survival thriller where hundreds of people compete in deadly children’s games for money | Squid Game | 79%
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| C | Major right wing media personality assassinated on September 10, 2025 | Charlie Kirk | 71%
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| F | Opioid responsible for over 70% of US overdose deaths, with fatalities peaking between 2021 and 2022 | Fentanyl | 71%
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| G | Black man murdered by police in Minneapolis, MN on May 25, 2020, sparking protests across the United States | George Floyd | 71%
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| M | Chris Pratt starred as this classic video game character in 2023 and reprised his role for a sequel in 2026 | Mario | 71%
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| P | Company who created one of the first Covid-19 vaccines | Pfizer | 71%
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| Z | Communication platform which became a household name during the Covid pandemic | Zoom | 71%
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| L | 2021 Marvel television series starring Tom Hiddleston returning in his most iconic role | Loki | 64%
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| O | Diabetes medication which began being used by many off label for weight loss | Ozempic | 64%
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| D | Music artist who released Illusion and Houdini in 2024 | Dua Lipa | 57%
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| E | 2022 hit which saw the return of Ke Huy Quan to the big screen | Everything Everywhere All At Once | 43%
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| Y | Hit family sitcom which ended with the death of the family patriarch in 2024 | Young Sheldon | 14%
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