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category	question	Answer	% Correct
Food & Drink	What very expensive spice is made from the dried stigmas and styles of the Crocus Sativus flower?	Saffron	87%
Sports & Games	Since 2018, Ju Wenjun has been the women's world champion of what? In a 2026 tournament, Vaishali Rameshbabu won the right to challenge her.	Chess	78%
Sports & Games	Phil Taylor won 8 consecutive championships between 1995 and 2002 in what competitive pastime? The current #1 ranked world player in this pastime, as of May 2026, is Luke Littler.	Darts	74%
Sports & Games	In a 2026 NBA game between the Heat and the Wizards, Bam Adebayo scored 83 points total, 36 of which were from what type of shot?	Free Throw	74%
World Culture	An event in where the extraterrestrial leader Xenu brought billions of people to Earth (then known as Teegeeack) is one of the beliefs of what religion?	Scientology	74%
Sports & Games	The term "Pikermi" is sometimes used for a distance event because the town of Pikermi is located roughly halfway between Athens and what other location?	Marathon	70%
Geography & Language	The Northwest Angle includes the northernmost part of the "lower 48". In what U.S. state can you find this pene-exclave?	Minnesota	70%
Food & Drink	What celebrity chef is known as "The Naked Chef" after his BBC Two series focusing on his home cooking?	Jamie Oliver	61%
Movies & TV	The first names of the two twin characters played by Michael B. Jordan in the movie Sinners, when combined, form what synonym for "chimney"?	Smokestack	61%
Music	A piece from Orpheus in the Underworld called The Galop Infernal was later adapted by the Moulin Rouge and the Folies Bergère as their music for what high kicking dance?	Can-Can	57%
STEM	What bird with two extant species is the only bird with two-toed feet?	Ostrich	52%
Geography & Language	The British overseas territories of Akotiri and Dhekelia are located on what island?	Cyprus	48%
STEM	What geologic period, named after an English county, started 420 MYA and saw the first life spread across the land of the Earth?	Devonian	48%
STEM	Studies of the motions of Mars led what scientist to publish Astronomia Nova in 1609?	Johannes Kepler	48%
Geography & Language	The gulf of Tomini and the gulf of Boni are large bodies of water adjacent to what Indonesian island?	Sulawesi	48%
Geography & Language	Isla Grande, and Hornos Island (on which you'll find Cape Horn) are two islands in what archipelago?	Tierra del Fuego	48%
World Culture	Eight sets of puzzles, released on 4chan between 2012 and 2014 by "3301," was named after what hemipteran?	Cicada	43%
World Culture	Merengue, and Bachata are genres of music that originated in the 20th century in what country?	Dominican Republic	43%
Music	What charity song, written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for a famine in Ethiopia, topped the charts in UK, NZ, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands?	Do They Know It's Christmas	43%
Food & Drink	"Tutti Frutti", "bubble gum", and "cream soda" are some of the terms used to describe the complex flavor of what Scottish carbonated drink?	Irn-bru	43%
History	Between 1969 and 1971 the Indians of all Tribes took over what island and offered to sell it back to the US government for a total of $5.64 in reciprocal behavior to how tribes were removed from their ancestral lands?	Alcatraz	39%
STEM	The Bayer process followed by the Hall-Héroult processes provide a method for processing aluminum metal from what ore?	Bauxite	39%
Movies & TV	An award introduced in 2026 and won by Cassandra Kulukundis for One Battle After Another is officially called the Academy Award for Achievement in what?	Casting	39%
Miscellaneous	Associated with Søren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche, what philosophical school explores the angst (among other feelings) of the struggle to act authentically in the face of the world's absurdity?	Existentialism	39%
Food & Drink	What lobster dish in which the lobster meat is cooked in a red wine sauce, and then stuffed back in the shell and browned, shares its name with the month in which the Reign of Terror ended?	(lobster) Thermidor	39%
Arts & Lit	What artist who made extensive use of "Readymades" sometimes went by the pseudonym Rrose Selavy?	Marcel Duchamp	39%
Miscellaneous	The largest creator-owned internet streaming platform shares its name with what very large object that can be divided into the classes "dark", "reflection," or "emission"?	Nebula	39%
World Culture	What flower: is the national flower of Ukraine; appears in many Native American myths; was worshipped by the Incas; and names a 2014 student protest movement in Taiwan?	Sunflower	39%
Food & Drink	The Qing dynasty palace guardian Ding Baozhen is the possible origin of what spicy chicken dish?	Kung Pao Chicken	35%
History	What uprising lasted from 1952 to 1960 and is also known as the "Kenya Emergency"?	Mau Mau rebellion	35%
History	What city in Normandy fell to the English in 1419 and was the site of Joan of Arc's immolation in 1431?	Rouen	35%
Music	"Pop", "Six", "Squish", "Uh-uh", "Cicero" and "Lipschitz" are six words associated with six killers in what musical number? (Note: name the song, not the musical)	Cell Block Tango	30%
Miscellaneous	What famed Russian theatre practitioner is known for his namesake system to train actors that included the "Method of Physical Action"?	Konstantin Stanislavski	30%
History	Who was designated to inherit the Austrian throne in the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713? Despite the edict, there was a succession war.	Maria Theresa	30%
Movies & TV	In what Weimar era German horror film does the title hypnotist use his somnambulist Cesare to commit murders?	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari	30%
Arts & Lit	In Arthurian legend, a magical woman known as Vivian or Nimue who entraps Merlin (and in some versions cruelly kills him) is more known by what nickname?	Lady of the Lake	26%
Sports & Games	Francis, Bill, Zoey and Louis are the four survivors that fight off boomers, hunters, smokers, tanks and witches in what horror survival game?	Left 4 Dead	26%
History	Initiated sometime near the beginning of the 13th century, the secretive oral law code known as the Yassa was the de facto law of what empire?	Mongol Empire	26%
Music	Oversized papier-mâché masks and black and white polka-dotted costumes are worn by what experimental Quebecois duo?	Angine de Poitrine	22%
STEM	In programming, a data type that uses 8 bits for the exponent and 23 for the significand is often called a "float." What is the most common name for the data type that uses 11 bits for the exponent and 52 for the significand?	double (precision)	22%
Miscellaneous	Provide the last name of any of the members of the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour" besides Dan Whitney aka Larry the Cable Guy.	Foxworthy, White, Engwall	22%
Movies & TV	"I Stand Alone" (1998), "Climax" (2018), and "Vortex" (2022) are works by what Argentine filmmaker? (full name required)	Gaspar Noé	22%
Arts & Lit	With a title that disparages advanced education, a set of 50 short essays by Robert Fulghum published in 1986 is: "All I Really Need to Know I Learned" where?	In Kindergarten	22%
World Culture	What is the name of chief deity of Babylon who ascended to kingship by slaying the demon serpent Tiamat?	Marduk	22%
Food & Drink	What colloquial term is used for deactivated yeast often in the form of yellow flakes that is used as a condiment in vegan or vegetarian cooking?	Nooch (Nutritional Yeast)	22%
Arts & Lit	What As You Like it character's name is shared by a transgender character who titles a 1928 novel, as well as an individual who is "innamorato" in a 15th c. Italian work and "furioso" in a more famous 16th c. sequel?	Orlando	22%
Music	Rihanna's breakout song, a 2005 hit off of her album "Music of the Sun," has what title that is a Bajan Creole phrase that roughly means, "encore"?	Pon de Replay	22%
Miscellaneous	"Songs for Littles" was the original title of a YouTube series by a woman with the last name Accurso. What is her first name, found in the current title of the series?	Rachel	22%
Arts & Lit	Who wrote "Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice" about her surviving sex-trafficking at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein?	Virginia Giuffre	22%
Music	The "Freshman Class," an annual list that has included Nipsey Hussle, Travis Scott, 21 Savage, XXXTentacion and many others, is released by what magazine?	XXL	22%
Geography & Language	What separatist region of Anglophone speaker in western Cameroon is named after the bay at the mouth of the Wouri river?	Ambazonia	17%
Music	What song, included twice in UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list, having been submitted by both North and South Korea, is also the title of BTS's 2026 comeback album?	Arirang	17%
Movies & TV	When the definite article is dropped from a 1965 Agnes Varda film about a love triangle, it becomes the family name of a 19th century painter known for "The Horse Fair" and "Ploughing at Nivernais." What is that word/name?	Bonheur	17%
World Culture	Which muse, who Ovid called the Chief of all Muses, is usually depicted with a writing tablet, presumably to help out with your epic poetry?	Calliope	17%
Food & Drink	A mince of mushrooms, onions and herbs, sautéed and reduced to a paste and commonly used in Beef Wellington is named what, after the French commune in which it originated?	Duxelles	17%
Movies & TV	Based on a webcomic by Alice Oseman, what British romantic comedy TV series focuses mainly on the relationship betwee Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring at the Truham Grammar School?	Heartstopper	17%
World Culture	Aimé Césaire, Abdoulaye Sadji, and Léopold Sédar Senghor where progenitors of what francophone African diaspora movement in the eary 20th century?	Négritude	17%
STEM	In 1994, what applied mathematics professor at MIT proposed a quantum algorithm for factoring prime numbers?	Peter Shor	17%
Movies & TV	Harrison Ford plays a senior therapist in what Apple TV+ comedy series that stars Jason Segel as Jimmy Laird, a therapist who is grieving the recent loss of his wife?	Shrinking	17%
History	What seasonal name is given to the period of Chinese history between 770 and 481 BCE that produced the works of Confucius and Lao Tzu?	Spring and Autumn period	17%
Music	Before and After: Artist who "Love[s] This Bar" who was inducted into the Country Hall of Fame hours before he died in 2024 and the artist who thinks "You Look Good In [his] Shirt" who was married to Nicole Kidman. (Before and After means there are two answers needed where the last name of the first person is the first name of the second person)	Toby Keith Urban	17%
History	What president of Mexico, born to a poor Zapotec family, was forced to flee to Monterrey when the French invaded during the second Franco-Mexican war?	Benito Juárez	13%
Miscellaneous	What former Roman consul wrote "On the Consolation of Philosophy" while imprisoned by Theodoric and awaiting his execution?	Boethius	13%
STEM	What name is given to the small pouch in the peritoneum that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine?	Cecum	13%
Sports & Games	Located at Aintree, what is the name of the handicap steeplechase, run since 1839, that includes 30 fences over two laps?	Grand National	13%
Arts & Lit	What theological work by Emanuel Swedenborg has an English title that was parodied by William Blake who appended "The Marriage of" in front of it?	Heaven and Hell	13%
STEM	The discovery that the muscles in frogs' legs twitch with electrical sparks was a key early finding of bioelectricity by what 18th c. Italian?	Luigi Galvani	13%
Geography & Language	Home of the capital Nassau, what is the most populated island in the Bahamas, holding roughly 75% of the country's population?	New Providence	13%
World Culture	Fond rememberance of East German items like Trabant cars and Leckermäulchen are often referred by what portmanteau word?	Ostalgie	13%
STEM	Named by Swiss hydrologist François-Alphonse Forel, what word describes a standing wave in an enclosed body of water, such as a lake or a swimming pool?	Seiche	13%
Sports & Games	What is the last name of Canadian ice hockey brothers Jordan, Malcolm and P.K.?	Subban	13%
STEM	Rigil Kentaurus, Toliman, and a third star make up what?	Alpha Centauri	9%
Movies & TV	"A Better Tomorrow" paired director John Woo with what versatile star who won the Hong Kong Award for best Actor for the performance? (full name required)	Chow Yun-Fat	9%
History	An Ottoman practice of forcibly recruiting children from their Christian subjects and raising them in Islam to become bureaucrats and soldiers was called what Turkish word meaning "child levy"?	Devshirme	9%
Arts & Lit	"Propped," depicting a naked woman on a pedestal is one of the works of what British artist who is known for her nudes of unconventional female subjects?	Jenny Saville	9%
World Culture	What is the name given to the sovereign state advocated for by Sikh separatists? The name derives from a tradition established in 1699 that is seen as formative in Sikh history.	Khalistan	9%
Geography & Language	Named for a city south of Baghdad, what style of Arabic script is the oldest calligraphic form of Arabic, and can be seen on the flag of Iran?	Kufic script	9%
Sports & Games	What sports festival, founded in the 6th c. BCE, was held in Delphi in honor of Apollo, and named after a monster he slew?	Pythian Games	9%
Music	What London based orchestra was founded in a namesake church in 1959 by Neville Marriner?	Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF)	4%
Miscellaneous	Luciano, Carlo, Gilberto and Giuliana were the first names of the four siblings who started what Italian fashion brand in Ponzano Veneto in 1965?	Benetton Group	4%
Arts & Lit	Amoeba-like building forms are a feature of what architecture movement that includes structures like Guggenheim Bilbao, The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle and the London City Hall?	Blobitecture	4%
Movies & TV	In what anime does Lelouch Lamperouge become the masked vigilante Zero and lead a rebellion against the Holy Britannian Empire?	Code Geass	4%
Sports & Games	What is the name of the 1996 Spiel des Jahres winner where players fight as members of the nobility to control Renaissance era Spain?	El Grande	4%
Arts & Lit	What is the nickname of Qays ibn al-Mulawwah, who goes insane after his lover, Layla, marries another man in a 7th c. poem?	Majnun	4%
Movies & TV	Based off of an Alan Duff novel, what 1994 film deals with the issues that the Maori Heke family has with poverty and various other social ills?	Once Were Warriors	4%
History	For her care for the poverty stricken of her city, Isabel Flores de Oliva who lived from 1586 to 1617 is better known by what moniker? She was the first canonized person born in the Americas.	Rose of Lima	4%
Food & Drink	Larger than masago but smaller than ikura, what term is used for red-orange flying fish roe in Japanese cuisine?	Tobiko	4%
Geography & Language	What University has its main campus in Mona, Jamaica with satellite campuses in Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Antigua and Barbuda?	University of the West Indies (UWI)	4%
Food & Drink	A fritter made from black eyed peas that is popular among the Yoruba is similar to a cowpea fritter popular in Brazil especially in the city of Salvador having been brought over by enslaved Africans. What is either the Yoruba or Portuguese name for this bean cake?	Akara, acarajé	0%
Sports & Games	Combining Japanese and American words, what is the name of the popular and deadly surf reef break located off of Ehukai beach in O'ahu?	Banzai Pipeline	0%
Miscellaneous	Vitol, Trafigura, and Glencore, 3 of the 50 largest companies by revenue, are typically listed under what industry?	Commodities Trading	0%
Miscellaneous	What polyamory term is the joy that one gets when their intimate partner is enjoying a relationship with another individual?	Compersion	0%
Food & Drink	What repetitive name is given to an Indonesian vegetable salad that includes eggs, tofu, lontong and a peanut sauce dressing?	Gado-gado	0%
Miscellaneous	Popular in Latin America what light men's shirt is distinguished by two columns of sewn pleats on the front and back?	Guayabera	0%
History	Founded in 1892, what revolutional organization of the Philippines was devoted to overthrowing Spanish rule, and was organized after the deportation of nationalist author José Rizal? Please give the shortened form, which is the Tagalog word for "association."	Katipunan	0%
Geography & Language	What mountain range separates the Tibetan plateau from the Tarim Basin?	Kunlun	0%
Music	The pennywhistle and a skiffle-like rhythm are promenant in what form of southern African street music?	Kwela	0%
World Culture	What term is used for a traditional Tibetan Buddhist painting, often depicting a mandala or a Buddhist deity, that is usually painted on cloth, but can also be made with Appliqué?	Thangka	0%
Arts & Lit	What word starts the title of the first book in a series by Australian James Marsden which recounts Ellie Linton fighting with other teenagers against an occupying power?	Tomorrow	0%
Geography & Language	What Lombardy valley bordering Switzerland includes the communes of Sondrio, Bormio and Tirano? Control over this section of the Spanish Road was a key theatre of conflict during the 30 Years' War.	Valtelline	0%

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