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General Knowledge Trivia for Masochists #2 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 496 times
- The average score is 16 of 100
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| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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| Miscellaneous | What implement connects the car company Maserati, the country Barbados, the Greek God Poseidon and the Hindu god Shiva? | Trident | 71%
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| STEM | In a 1949 BBC Radio Broadcast, Fred Hoyle, attempting to make fun of scientists who thought the universe had a definitive beginning, coined what term? | The Big Bang | 69%
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| Sports & Games | Football (soccer) teams in Bucharest, Kyiv, Zagreb and Houston are all named after what electrical generator? | Dynamo | 60%
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| Food & Drink | What fast food staple is used by "The Economist" to compare purchasing power between different countries? | Big Mac | 58%
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| Arts & Lit | In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the exiled pig named "Snowball" is a representation of what historical figure who was assassinated in 1940? | Leon Trotsky | 52%
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| STEM | What was the planetary name and number designation of the super heavy lift rocket developed by NASA and used for the Apollo missions? | Saturn V | 51%
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| Geography & Language | The island Mahé, with a population of 77,000 contains 86% of the population of what country? | Seychelles | 47%
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| History | What international organization was founded in Cairo in 1945 with original members that included Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, and North Yemen? It currently has 22 member nations including Mauritania, Bahrain, Somalia and Qatar. | Arab League | 42%
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| Movies & TV | What actor is best known for his portrayal of drug lord and restaurant owner Gus Fring in the TV series Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Call Saul? | Giancarlo Esposito | 40%
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| Miscellaneous | What is the YouTube name of Cincinnati-born Darren Watkins who is known for many IRL streams where he showcases worldwide cultures to international audiences? | IShowSpeed | 39%
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| Movies & TV | What is the name of the hippopotamus-like white trolls that have spawned mulitple films and TV series and also three theme parks, one in Finland and two in Japan? | Moomins | 39%
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| World Culture | Nowruz, which marks the beginning of the Hijri calendar, has its origins in what religion founded in the mid 6th century BCE? | Zoroastrianism | 38%
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| Arts & Lit | Gertrude and Claudius is a novel by John Updike that draws on the sources that Shakespeare used to write what play? | Hamlet | 36%
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| Arts & Lit | Cartoonist Al Jaffee is most known for his "fold in"s a staple of what humor magazine that published its first edition in 1956? | MAD | 36%
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| Food & Drink | What Latin American uncooked parsley based sauce is commonly used as a condiment for grilled meat. The name may derive from a Spanish word for "hubbub" and despite some folk etymologies has nothing to do with "Jimmy". | Chimichurri | 33%
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| Geography & Language | What colorful nickname is given to the discontinuous corridor of urbanization that stretches from northern Italy, through the Ruhr valley and into Southern England? | Blue Banana | 31%
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| Sports & Games | What is the highest possible break a snooker player can achieve in a single uninterrupted visit, assuming no fouls or referee errors? (note: a number is required) | 147 | 24%
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| History | What event began in Guangdong province in October 1934 and ended in Yan'an in October 1935 with only about 8% of participants surviving? | Long March | 24%
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| Movies & TV | The 1948 European film released in English as "Bicycle Thieves" is set in what city which is also the title "Open City" in a 1945 war drama? (Note, please include the city and country names) | Rome, Italy | 24%
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| Music | The first commercial synthesizer was invented in 1964 by whom? It gained prominence with the 1968 bestselling album "Switched-on Bach" | Robert Moog | 23%
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| Movies & TV | Which 2011 Adam Sandler comedy made Razzie history by sweeping all 10 categories from Worst Picture to Worst Ensemble? | Jack and Jill | 22%
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| Music | What Swiss town located on the shoreline of Lake Geneva hosts an internationally renowned Jazz Festival? The Deep Purple hit "Smoke on the Water" was inspired by a fire that occurred at this city's casino. | Montreux | 22%
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| Food & Drink | What Japanese phrase literally means “I leave it up to you” and refers to a dining style where you let the chef decide what you eat? | Omakase | 22%
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| Arts & Lit | In what manga series is the telepathic girl Anya the only person who knows both that her adopted father Loid Forger is a secret agent and his partner Yor Briar is an assassin? | Spy x Family | 22%
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| Arts & Lit | Rebecca Yarros, Tamora Pierce and Sarah J. Maas are some of the most successful contemporary authors in what portmanteau genre? | Romantasy | 21%
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| Geography & Language | What is the name of the 19th century US secretary of state who gives his name to a large peninsula that borders the Norton Sound and the Chukchi sea and is separated from the Chukotka peninsula by the Bering Strait? | William Seward | 20%
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| STEM | What term describes a long-term biological relationship where one species benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed? | Commensalism | 19%
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| Miscellaneous | Which Russian oil giant, named after the western Siberian cities of Langepas, Uray, and Kogalym, is the nation’s largest privately owned company by revenue? | Lukoil | 19%
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| Music | What was the professional name of rapper Kirsnick Khari Bal, who was the youngest member of the hip hop group Migos along with his uncle Quavo and close friend Offset? He was fatally shot in Houston in 2022. | Takeoff | 19%
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| Sports & Games | What Fijian overtook Tiger Woods to become the #1 ranked golfer in 1998? | Vijay Singh | 19%
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| Geography & Language | What city, sometimes called the "silver city" because of the sparkling quality of its locally-mined granite buildings, is named for its location, the mouth of the river Dee? | Aberdeen | 18%
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| Food & Drink | Which genetically engineered variety of rice is made to produce β‑carotene in its grains to help fight vitamin A deficiency, especially in populations that rely heavily on rice? | Golden rice | 18%
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| Geography & Language | What is the name for the flat semi-arid region that spans Western Australia and South Australia? It is the world's largest single exposure of limestone bedrock, and as per its name, has (almost) no trees. | Nullarbor Plain | 18%
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| Sports & Games | What hockey legend lends his name to the "hat trick" of recording a goal, an assist, and a fight all in the same game? | Gordie Howe | 17%
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| Miscellaneous | What term used to describe the effect of combinations of discriminations or privilege was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989? | Intersectionality | 17%
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| Arts & Lit | What 1999 Tracy Chevalier novel was made into a 2003 movie where Scarlett Johansson stars as Griet, a servant in the house of Johannes Vermeer? | Girl with a Pearl Earring | 16%
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| World Culture | What spiritual diagram, literally meaning “circle” in Sanskrit, is used in Hinduism and Buddhism as a representation of the entire cosmos while guiding meditation through concentric geometric patterns? | Mandala | 16%
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| Sports & Games | What figure skating jump, which takes off from a back outside edge with toe-pick assist and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot, is considered the second-most difficult jump after the Axel? | Lutz | 15%
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| Music | What double album by Led Zeppelin features the hit song "Kashmir" and is recognizable for its die-cut album cover depicting the façade of a New York City tenement building? | Physical Graffiti | 15%
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| World Culture | What Gaelic festival observed on November 1 marks the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter and is considered to be the origin of modern Halloween customs? | Samhain | 15%
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| History | What is the name of the 4th-century Latin translation of the Bible largely completed by St. Jerome and later adopted as the standard text of the Roman Catholic Church? | Vulgate | 14%
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| World Culture | What is the final university-entrance qualification in Germany, conferred upon students who pass their final exams, which is comparable to the A-levels or the International Baccalaureate? | Abitur | 13%
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| Miscellaneous | What two nine letter words, one a common typographical symbol, the other a word first recorded in 2014 meaning to take up too much room, are anagrams of each other? | Ampersand, Manspread | 13%
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| STEM | What double-talk disease results from a lack of Thiamine (Vitamin B1)? | Beriberi | 13%
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| STEM | What is the eponymous name given to the photosynthetic carbon reduction cycle that converts carbon dioxide and other compounds into glucose? | Calvin Cycle | 13%
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| History | What Maoist terrorist organization led by former philosophy professor Abimael Guzmán launched a violent insurgency in the 1980s and 1990s aiming to replace the Peruvian state with a “New Democracy”? | Shining Path | 13%
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| Miscellaneous | What economic concept formulated by David Ricardo states that countries benefit from trade by specializing in the production of goods for which they have a lower relative opportunity cost than their trading partners? | Comparative advantage | 12%
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| Sports & Games | Which Cuban athlete holds the world high‑jump record of 2.45 m and won Olympic gold in 1992? | Javier Sotomayor | 11%
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| Food & Drink | What company, founded by Ando Momofuko, produced the world's first marketed brand of instant noodles? | Nissin Foods | 11%
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| Music | What country music standard, the signature song of Lynn Anderson, features the line "I beg your pardon, I never promised you a ___ ___"? | Rose Garden | 11%
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| World Culture | What Jewish festival begins five days after Yom Kippur and is known as the "festival of booths" due to the makeshift structures that are built specifically for the holiday? | Sukkot | 11%
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| STEM | The "Wu Experiment" named after Chinese-American Chien-Shiung Wu proved that what is not conserved in the weak interaction? | Parity | 10%
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| History | What Frankish civil law code, compiled around AD 500 by King Clovis, explicitly excludes women from inheriting the throne, a principle that later became the basis for royal succession in numerous kingdoms? | Salic law | 10%
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| Food & Drink | What sweet cherry variety is named for the Chinese-American who worked as an orchard foreman for horticulturist Seth Lewelling? | Bing cherry | 9%
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| Movies & TV | Who is the American actress, singer, and musician known for playing Tracy McConnell (The Mother) in the final season of How I Met Your Mother? | Cristin Milioti | 9%
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| Geography & Language | What term is used for traditional Chinese characters used to write the Korean language? These characters were the primary Korean writing system before the development of Hangul, but nowadays are only used to distinguish between homophones when context is insufficient. | Hanja | 9%
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| Movies & TV | What group of incompetent policemen known for their frantic chases and slapstick humor were featured in a series of silent film comedies produced by Mack Sennett? | Keystone Cops | 9%
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| History | The United States invasion of Panama in December 1989, which had the primary goal of removing dictator Manuel Noriega from power, is known by what military codename? | Operation Just Cause | 9%
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| Miscellaneous | A wide swing felt skirt that displays an appliquéd design is typically named after what animal, after one of the most popular designs? The skirt was one of the first teenage fashion trends because of its design to facilitate dancing. | Poodle Skirt | 9%
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| History | What is the WWII-era nickname given by Allied troops to a group of English-speaking female Japanese radio broadcasters who aired propaganda programs, the most famous being Iva Toguri D'Aquino? | Tokyo Rose | 9%
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| Geography & Language | What term describes a diacritic mark that is similar to the bottom half of a circle and appears above letters in various scripts such as cyrillic (Й), Romanian (ă) and Esperanto (ŭ) | Breve | 8%
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| Movies & TV | What VH1 reality dating show (2006–2008) starring the title member of Public Enemy sees female contestants competing for his affection by receiving gold clocks? | Flavor of Love | 8%
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| Geography & Language | What name was given to the breakaway state that existed in the southern part of modern-day DRC from 1960-1963 under Moïse Tshombe? | Katanga | 8%
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| History | The city of Palembang served for many years as the capital of what empire, which existed from approximately 670-1025? | Srivijaya | 8%
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| Music | What Baroque form of music is a form of concerto that includes multiple soloists? The form was popular with Arcangelo Corelli who coined the name. | Concerto Grosso | 6%
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| Movies & TV | What 1970 drama film features Jack Nicholson as a former classical pianist turned oil‑rig worker who returns home when he learns his father is gravely ill? | Five Easy Pieces | 6%
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| Arts & Lit | What Cabaret music hall features in a Manet painting that depicts an unamused female bartender in conversation with a man, who is only visible in a mirror reflection? | Folies-Bergère | 6%
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| Food & Drink | What is the sweet rum-based cocktail, served in its namesake glass, that originated in the 1940s at the Pat O'Brien's bar in New Orleans? It usually features light rum, dark rum and passion fruit juice or syrup. | Hurricane | 6%
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| World Culture | Which Hindu deity, known as the King of the Devas and god of weather, is known for defeating the asura Vritra and for wielding the divine weapon known as the Vajra (thunderbolt)? | Indra | 6%
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| Miscellaneous | What German philosopher of the Frankfurt School is credited with developing the idea of “communicative rationality” in his works such as "The Theory of Communicative Action"? | Jürgen Habermas | 6%
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| STEM | What colloquial term is used to describe an atmospheric river that extends northeast of Hawaii to the Pacific coast of North America? | Pineapple Express | 6%
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| Sports & Games | What open-road race, first run in 1927 and later revived as a classic car rally from Brescia to Rome and back, contributed to making brands like Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, and Mercedes-Benz famous? | Mille Miglia | 5%
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| World Culture | What religion, founded in the 1970s by Frenchman Claude Vorilhon claims that an extraterrestrial species known as "Elohim" created humanity with advanced technology | Raëlism | 5%
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| Movies & TV | What 1969 Soviet avant-garde film directed by Sergei Parajanov uses a series symbolic visual poems and tableaux vivants to present a poetic biography of 18th-century Armenian poet Sayat-Nova? | The Color of Pomegranates | 5%
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| Food & Drink | What dessert which dates to the Mughal empire and currently popular at weddings is made from vermicelli, rose syrup, sweet basil seeds and milk? | Falooda | 4%
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| Geography & Language | The city of Arequipa lies at the foothills of what dormant volcano? Because of the size of the nearby population, the volcano is one of the most dangerous in the world and could cause massive loss of life if it should erupt again. | Misti | 4%
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| World Culture | What word, Inuit for polar bear is the name of a mythical deity of the hunt? | Nanook | 4%
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| Music | What American rock band from Los Angeles, best known for their song "California" which became the theme song for the TV series The O.C., featured future actor Jason Schwartzman as their drummer until 2003? | Phantom Planet | 4%
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| Music | What Finnish symphonic metal band with songs "Paid in Full" and "Don't Say a Word" has a name that evokes their far nothern origin? | Sonata Arctica | 4%
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| World Culture | What parish church in the City of London is most famous for its bells, within the sound of which a person must be born to be considered a true Cockney? | St Mary-le-Bow | 4%
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| Sports & Games | What light gun peripheral shaped like a bazooka was created by Nintendo for the SNES and uses an infrared receiver placed on top of the television to aim and fire at the screen? | Super Scope | 4%
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| Food & Drink | With a name from the Nahuatl, what is the smooth flat griddle typically used in Mexico and others part of Latin America to cook tortillas and arepas, toast spices and nuts, and sear meat? | Comal | 3%
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| Movies & TV | What annual award ceremony honors excellence in Hindi cinema (Bollywood) and features the iconic "Black Lady" statuette? | Filmfare Awards | 3%
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| Sports & Games | What athlete holds the record for most olympic gold medals by a female gymnast with 9 which she won between 1956 and 1964? | Larisa Latynina | 3%
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| Miscellaneous | What figure of speech, from Greek for "simplicity", is a form of understatement or irony where a point is emphasized by stating a negative to affirm a positive? One example could be "this is not a stupid question." | Litotes | 3%
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| History | Meaning "crushing" and associated with the rise of the Zulu Kingdom, which 19th‑century upheaval in southern Africa sparked massive wars, migrations, and the rise of kingdoms such as the Ndebele and Swazi? | Mfecane | 3%
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| STEM | What term is used for the conical skin-covered bony structures seen on the heads of male okapi and giraffes? | Ossicones | 3%
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| STEM | In contrast to "declarative memory" what type of implicit memory aids in tasks without conscious awareness of previous experiences? | Procedural | 3%
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| Arts & Lit | In a 2022 award winning Sri Lankan novel what is the title time period that the ghost of Maali Almeida has to resolve all the loose threads created by his death? | Seven Moons | 3%
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| Geography & Language | What was the common two word name of the 28-meter tall natural limestone arch in Malta's Dwejra Bay that collapsed into the Mediterranean Sea due to stormy weather in March of 2017? | Azure Window | 2%
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| Music | Which Swedish dramatic soprano, famed for her powerhouse voice in Wagner and Strauss roles, was also known for her humor? She once joked that the secret to singing Isolde was “comfortable shoes”. | Birgit Nilsson | 2%
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| Arts & Lit | What feminist artist/author produced the iconic 1967 work "The Flag is Bleeding," a series of quilts that melded African-American culture with Tibetan thankgas, and the 1991 Caldecott winning book, "Tar Beach" | Faith Ringgold | 2%
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| History | What name is given to the realms, republics and kingdoms during the Vedic period on the Indian subcontinent? | Janapada | 2%
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| STEM | What Hungarian chemist won the 2023 Nobel prize with Drew Weissman for mRNA protein replacement therapy? | Katalin Kariko | 2%
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| Food & Drink | What is the name of the popular Belgian sandwich that consists of a half-baguette filled with fried meat (like sausage or steak), fries, and a generous amount of sauce? | Mitraillette | 2%
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| World Culture | What four letter Mayan title, the name of the 20th day of the Mayan calendar, can be used synonymously with lord or leader? | Ajaw | 1%
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| Arts & Lit | "Le Feu" (translated as Under Fire) was a novel by what French author that drew on his experiences in WW1? Published in 1916, Le Feu was one of the first novels to be written about the war. | Henri Barbusse | 1%
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| Sports & Games | What is the name of the annual men’s ten-pin bowling competition between teams from Europe and the USA, often called “bowling’s Ryder Cup”? | Weber Cup | 1%
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| Miscellaneous | The chairs found in a palace in Florence with a "flame stitch" pattern give their name to what embroidery pattern of upright flat stitches? | Bargello | 0%
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| Music | Who was the first African-American to appear on the Grand Ole Opry most known for his harmonica playing? | DeFord Bailey | 0%
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