| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What country first landed men on the moon? | United States | 59%
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| What country was known as Ceylon until 1972? | Sri Lanka | 53%
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| How was Marie Antoinette executed? | Guillotine | 52%
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| What animal decoy was used to invade Troy? | Horse | 52%
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| What is the capital of Bhutan? | Thimphu | 50%
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| What does the Spanish word ""toro"" mean in English? | Bull | 48%
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| Who painted the Mona Lisa? | Da Vinci | 48%
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| What planet is closest to the sun? | Mercury | 48%
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| Who spends Christmas with Charlie Brown and fought the Red Baron? | Snoopy | 48%
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| Which of these cities sits on the Danube River? | Budapest | 46%
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| What was Australia originally founded as? | Penal Colony | 46%
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| What is the tallest mountain in the world? | Everest | 45%
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| Who created Star Wars? | George Lucas | 45%
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| Who starred in Top Gun and Cocktail? | Tom Cruise | 45%
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| Where are Kano, Abuja, and Lagos? | Nigeria | 44%
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| What is a more common term for the dermis? | Skin | 44%
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| Who led Britain during World War II? | Churchill | 43%
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| Who played Aquaman in 2018? | Jason Mamoa | 43%
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| What is the largest species of bear? | Polar Bear | 43%
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| Whose theorem can calculate the length of a hypotenuse? | Pythagoras | 43%
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| What metal was traditionally in incandescent bulbs? | Tungsten | 43%
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| Which of these cities had a blockade, an airlift, and a wall? | Berlin | 42%
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| Who was assassinated in 1914? | Franz Ferdinand | 42%
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| Who was the couple in the film Titanic? | Jack and Rose | 42%
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| Which of these is NOT a citrus fruit? | Mango | 42%
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| Who is the shady lawyer in Breaking Bad? | Saul | 42%
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| Where is the CN Tower? | Toronto | 42%
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| Which of these animals hibernate over winter? | Bear | 41%
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| Which of these insects lays eggs in human flesh? | Botfly | 41%
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| What flag has a globe on it? | Brazil | 41%
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| Who wrote Macbeth in 1623? | Shakespeare | 41%
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| What is an official language of Curacao? | Dutch | 40%
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| What mythological creature had snakes for hair? | Medusa | 40%
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| Who directed Batman Begins? | Christopher Nolan | 39%
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| What character was invented by Ian Fleming? | James Bond | 39%
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| What song was about Eminem having an obsessive fan? | Stan | 39%
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| Where would a person most likely perform a pirouette? | Ballet | 38%
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| What animal can be bactrian? | Camel | 38%
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| Which of these is a major Greek city? | Thessaloniki | 38%
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| Who held the 100-metre dash record in 2010? | Usain Bolt | 38%
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| What country launched the first satellite into space? | USSR | 38%
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| What country does pho (a noodle soup) come from? | Vietnam | 38%
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| Which of these cities is on a Great Lake? | Chicago | 37%
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| What is mass divided by volume? | Density | 37%
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| Who invented the practical lightbulb? | Edison | 37%
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| Which of these places is in the Korean Demilitarized Zone? | Panmunjom | 37%
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| How many stars are on the flag of China? | Five | 36%
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| Which scientist worked with radioactive materials? | Marie Curie | 36%
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| What part of a person's face can be aquiline? | Nose | 36%
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| What band released the album Pet Sounds in 1966? | The Beach Boys | 36%
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| What boardgame was made into a movie in 2012? | Battleship | 35%
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| What sport does the Bundesliga play? | Football | 35%
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| What is the lightest element? | Hydrogen | 34%
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| What Japanese city is famous for beef? | Kobe | 34%
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| What country was united with Poland from 1569-1795? | Lithuania | 34%
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| What is the financial centre of India? | Mumbai | 34%
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| In what film did Johnny Depp voice a lizard? | Rango | 34%
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| What country hosted the first FIFA World Cup? | Uruguay | 34%
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| What does penicillin kill? | Bacteria | 33%
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| Who did Henry Morton Stanley find in Tanzania in 1871? | Dr Livingstone | 33%
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| Who has a test that determines if a computer is self aware? | Turing | 33%
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| In which decade was Queen Elizabeth II coronated? | 1950s | 32%
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| Who starred in The Princess Diaries? | Anne Hathaway | 32%
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| Which of these is a Hindu greeting? | Namaste | 32%
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| In what show does Eleven battle a demogorgon? | Stranger Things | 32%
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| What did Don Quixote imagine to be giants? | Windmills | 32%
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| What does the word carmine mean? | Deep Red | 31%
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| According to legend, who laid out oxhide to found Carthage? | Dido | 31%
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| What is the largest Japanese island? | Honshu | 31%
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| Which of these cities is not Russian? | Novi Sad | 31%
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| Who first reached the South Pole? | Roald Amundsen | 31%
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| What city has a National Football League team named after a goldrush? | San Francisco | 31%
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| What is the process of ice turning directly to vapor? | Sublimation | 31%
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| Of what Cold War country was Josip Tito the Prime Minister? | Yugoslavia | 31%
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| Whose mission is it to catch em all? | Ash Ketchum | 30%
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| Where did American Revolutionaries chuck tea in the ocean? | Boston | 30%
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| Which of these is a major city in New Zealand? | Christchurch | 30%
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| Who had a hit song called Hound Dog? | Elvis | 30%
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| In e pluribus unum, what does pluribus mean? | Many | 30%
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| Who starred as Cool Hand Luke? | Paul Newman | 30%
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| What type of food is a pimento? | Pepper | 30%
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| What word refers to things that are monkey-like? | Simian | 30%
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| Where is Uluru? | Australia | 29%
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| What is the largest rodent? | Capybara | 29%
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| What musical uses the term jellicle? | Cats | 29%
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| Where was there a missile crisis in 1962? | Cuba | 29%
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| What is typically added to wine to make sangria? | Fruit | 29%
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| What country took over Korea in 1910? | Japan | 29%
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| Where is Tangier? | Morocco | 29%
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| Who was the drummer for The Beatles? | Ringo Starr | 29%
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| Where was the Boxer Rebellion? | China | 28%
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| What material is Swarovsky famous for? | Crystal | 27%
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| What does the French word lune mean in English? | Moon | 27%
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| Which of these lines up with a deadly sin? | Overeating | 27%
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| What boardgame was made into a movie in 1985? | Clue | 26%
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| What sport is commonly associated with tendonitis in the elbow? | Tennis | 26%
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| What region did Portugal hand over to China in 1999? | Macau | 25%
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| What document was written in 1215? | Magna Carta | 25%
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| What Star Wars character was eaten by a Sarlacc? | Boba Fett | 24%
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| In which of these countries is Buddhism the primary religion? | Cambodia | 24%
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| What does the H in IHOP stand for? | House | 24%
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| What actor died in a 1955 car crash? | James Dean | 24%
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| What red-head calls Bugs Bunny a varmint? | Yosemite Sam | 24%
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| Whose nemesis is Dr Evil? | Austin Powers | 23%
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| What city lies across the river from Brazzaville? | Kinshasa | 23%
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| What is an unterseeboot? | Submarine | 22%
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| What type of animal is a skink? | Reptile | 21%
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| What does a madrigal do? | Sing | 21%
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| Who play Rick in the film Casablanca? | Humphrey Bogart | 20%
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| What is the skullcap worn by men of the Jewish faith? | Yarmulke | 20%
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| What drink did American astronauts famously drink in space? | Tang | 19%
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| Who beat Gollum at riddles to win the one ring? | Bilbo | 18%
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| What composer is made to be the villain in the film Mozart? | Salieri | 18%
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| In GPS, what does G stand for? | Global | 17%
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| What is a microplane used for? | Zesting limes | 16%
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| What word describes a svengali? | Manipulative | 15%
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| Whose theme song is ""Here I Come to Save the Day""? | Mighty Mouse | 15%
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| Which colour does not appear in the rainbow? | Purple | 15%
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| What was the divine food of the Greek gods? | Ambrosia | 14%
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| Where is the patella? | Knee | 14%
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| What disease is caused by the chicken pox virus? | Shingles | 14%
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| Where was Nestle founded? | Switzerland | 14%
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| Which of these words best describes Sir Lancelot? | Valiant | 14%
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| Who won the Battle of the Alamo? | Mexico | 13%
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| What company released the Walkman? | Sony | 12%
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| What is the common name for a regular tetrahedron? | Square | 12%
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| What movie claims that life finds a way? | Jurassic Park | 11%
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| Where was Pierre Auguste Renoir born? | Limoges | 11%
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| Who had a hit song called APT? | Bruno Mars | 7%
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