| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4th | What does the Spanish word "ocho" mean? | Eight | 89%
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| May 5th | Which nation's flag has the most stars? | United States | 64%
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| May 8th | Which part of the face can be anagrammed into a unit of measurement? | Chin | 59%
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| May 4th | Which organ was Prometheus condemned to have an eagle peck at for all eternity? | His liver | 59%
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| May 5th | In what part of the body would you find your sternum? | Chest | 57%
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| May 9th | Which city is known as "Sin City"? | Las Vegas | 55%
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| May 23rd | Which number does the solid yellow ball have in pocket billiards? | 1 | 52%
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| May 16th | Name a country which has territory in the Gobi desert. | China | Mongolia | 52%
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| May 14th | Which city has the airport code LAX? | Los Angeles | 52%
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| May 11th | Which famous beer festival originated in Munich? | Oktoberfest | 52%
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| May 5th | Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, also known as Le Corbusier, once proposed a plan to bulldoze much of which European city? | Paris | 52%
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| May 12th | What is Dwayne Johnson's most common nickname? | The Rock | 52%
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| May 6th | Which singer released the 1973 song "Piano Man"? | Billy Joel | 50%
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| May 6th | Which country did India surpass to become the world's most populous in 2023? | China | 50%
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| May 4th | What is the biggest city in Tuscany? | Florence | 50%
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| May 11th | What alcoholic drink is made from fermented honey? | Mead | 50%
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| May 12th | Which Italian city is home to a famously crooked landmark? | Pisa | 50%
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| May 7th | Who is Prince George's father? | Prince William | 50%
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| May 7th | Ned Flanders is a character on which sitcom? | The Simpsons | 50%
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| May 13th | According to legend, garlic can be used to keep away what type of unwanted creature? | Vampires | 50%
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| May 6th | What is Indiana Jones' weapon of choice? | Whip | 50%
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| May 10th | Which country has the most Portuguese speakers? | Brazil | 48%
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| May 6th | Which popular comic strip character is known for adoring lasagna? | Garfield | 48%
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| May 5th | What is the English translation of the Latin word "Aurum"? | Gold | 48%
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| May 5th | Which animal typically has its height measured in hands? | Horses | 48%
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| May 11th | Whose assassination lead to Lyndon B. Johnson's ascent to the presidency? | John F. Kennedy | 48%
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| May 11th | Which animal's young is called a Joey? | Kangaroo | 48%
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| May 16th | Which color appears on the most national flags? | Red | 48%
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| May 19th | What color is Ed Sheeran's hair? | Red | 48%
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| May 11th | Give another common name for the cougar. | Catamount | Panther | Puma | Mountain Lion | 45%
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| May 14th | Which city's metro system is referred to as "the Tube"? | London | 45%
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| May 14th | In which city did Karl Marx die? | London | 45%
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| May 9th | What vessel contained the genie in Aladdin? | Magic lamp | 45%
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| May 5th | Name an Asian country whose flag has a green background. | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Saudi Arabia | Turkmenistan | 43%
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| May 15th | Name a European country, other than Russia, which was part of the Soviet Union. | Estonia | Latvia | Lithuania | Moldova | Ukraine | 43%
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| May 16th | Towards which city are Muslims supposed to pray? | Mecca | 43%
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| May 15th | Where is the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police? | {Scotland} Yard | 43%
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| May 8th | Which social media platform has a ghost for its logo? | Snapchat | 43%
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| May 7th | Which superpower allows its user to move objects with their mind? | Telekinesis | 43%
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| May 5th | Freddy Krueger is the villian of which classic horror movie? | A Nightmare on Elm Street | 41%
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| May 17th | Which creature from Greek mythology had snakes for hair? | Gorgons | 41%
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| May 20th | Finish the quote: To be or not to be, that is the ______. | Question | 41%
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| May 18th | Australia is known for its wide variety of incredibly venomous _____. | Snakes | Spiders | 41%
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| May 14th | Which author wrote The Shining, IT, and Misery? | Stephen King | 41%
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| May 21st | Which nations citizens are known for having a "stiff upper lip"? | United Kingdom | 41%
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| May 21st | What is the square root of 81? | 9 | 39%
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| May 9th | What class of animals do spiders, scorpions, and ticks belong to? | Arachnids | 39%
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| May 11th | Xièxiè means "thank you" in which language? | Chinese | 39%
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| May 4th | Vantablack, released in 2014, claims to be the worlds _____ material. | Darkest | 39%
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| May 9th | Which country uses the Shekel as its currency? | Israel | 39%
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| May 12th | The Great Sphinx is famously missing which body part? | Its nose | 39%
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| May 22nd | Which body of water in the British Isles is supposedly home to a monster? | Loch Ness | 39%
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| May 24th | Which painter is often credited with pioneering Cubism? | Pablo Picasso | 39%
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| May 20th | Which genre of music was Bob Marley known for playing? | Reggae | 39%
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| May 19th | Which river flows through London? | River Thames | 39%
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| May 26th | Whose most famous painting is of melting clocks? | Salvador Dalí | 39%
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| May 10th | Which elite military unit assassinated Osama Bin Laden in 2011? | SEAL Team Six | 39%
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| May 18th | Which statue did France give to the United States to celebrate its centennial? | The Statue of Liberty | 39%
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| May 22nd | What type of meat is not offered by McDonald's in India due to the dietary restrictions of many Hindus? | Beef | Pork | 36%
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| May 24th | Ottawa is the capital of which country? | Canada | 36%
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| May 26th | The beaver is the national animal of which country? | Canada | 36%
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| May 17th | What unit of time is equal to two weeks? | Fortnight | 36%
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| May 13th | What word is used to refer to animals without backbones? | Invertebrate | 36%
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| May 7th | Which movie character faces off against the criminal organization SPECTRE? | James Bond | 36%
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| May 5th | Which singer released the 2014 song "All About That Bass"? | Meghan Trainor | 36%
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| May 13th | Name a member of One Direction | Niall Horan | Zayn Malik | Liam Payne | Harry Styles | Louis Tomlinson | 36%
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| May 10th | Which type of bird comes in emperor, blue, and rockhopper variants? | Penguin | 36%
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| May 18th | What did J. Robert Oppenheimer develop for the U.S. Military during World War Two? | The atomic bomb | 36%
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| May 13th | The Himalayan mountains are home to which hairy cryptid? | Yeti | 36%
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| May 21st | What is the highest point value awarded to a single tile in Scrabble? | 10 | 34%
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| May 8th | The city of Mobile is located in which US state? | Alabama | 34%
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| May 20th | Name a state, other than Louisiana, that was part of the Louisiana Purchase. | Arkansas | Colorado | Iowa | Kansas | others... | 34%
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| May 7th | Opals are the national gemstone of which country? | Australia | 34%
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| May 28th | Alice Springs is close to the geographical center of which country? | Australia | 34%
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| May 15th | Name a country that has territory on the island of Borneo. | Brunei | Indonesia | Malaysia | 34%
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| May 23rd | In which U.S. state would you find the city of Orlando? | Florida | 34%
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| May 16th | According to this president, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 34%
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| May 17th | Which country was the attacker during the London Blitz? | Germany | 34%
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| May 16th | The name Wendy was made popular by which children's book? | Peter Pan | 34%
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| May 18th | In which country would you find Lake Baikal? | Russia | 34%
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| May 21st | What does an avocado have just one of, while most fruits have several? | Seed | 34%
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| May 7th | What does the German word "Unterseeboot" mean? | Submarine | 34%
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| May 10th | On what day of the year was Julius Caesar assassinated? | The Ides of March | 34%
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| May 14th | What does the German word "drei" mean? | Three | 34%
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| May 5th | What type of bread roll, now a popular breakfast food, originated in Jewish communities in Poland? | Bagels | 32%
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| May 21st | What type of fish was Nemo? | Clownfish | 32%
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| May 17th | How would you describe a substance with a pH of 7? | Neutral | 32%
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| May 6th | Which American convenience store is now owned by a Japanese company, with Tokyo being the city home to the most locations? | Seven Eleven | 32%
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| May 23rd | Which girl group of the '90s consisted of Baby, Ginger, Posh, Scary, and Sporty? | The Spice Girls | 32%
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| May 23rd | How was the location of buried treasure marked on the map in Treasure Island? | With an X | 32%
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| May 18th | Which famous trade route went from China to Istanbul? | The Silk Road | 30%
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| May 4th | Who was the longest-reigning dictator in history? | Fidel Castro | 30%
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| May 12th | Which band shares its name with an organ and performs the song "Barracuda"? | Heart | 30%
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| May 15th | Which undefeated boxer was knocked out by Buster Douglas in 1990, shocking the world? | Mike Tyson | 30%
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| May 9th | In what year did the Mayan calendar enter its 13th b'ak'tun? | 2012 | 27%
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| May 13th | Which structure is the tallest in Toronto, and was at one point the tallest in the world? | CN Tower | 27%
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| May 6th | How do you say "left" in French? | Gauche | 27%
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| May 26th | What is a shape with six sides called? | Hexagon | 27%
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| May 11th | Which christmas carol begins with a list of names? | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | 27%
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| May 27th | Which continent is Guyana on? | South America | 27%
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| May 9th | Which apocalyptic film series features Skynet, an AI which takes over the world? | Terminator | 27%
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| May 8th | Which country claims around two thirds of Guyana's territory? | Venezuela | 27%
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| May 16th | Which herbicide was controversially utilized by the U.S. Military during the Vietnam War? | Agent Orange | 25%
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| May 16th | In which city was Coca-Cola invented? | Atlanta | 25%
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| May 29th | Which classic Disney movie features a deer, a rabbit, and a skunk? | Bambi | 25%
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| May 4th | Which chemicals were banned due to their impact on the ozone layer? | Chlorofluorocarbons | 25%
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| May 11th | Finish the tagline for the board game Risk: A Game of Global _______ | Domination | 25%
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| May 4th | Which painter was known for having distinctive eyebrows? | Frida Kahlo | 25%
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| May 28th | Why might one carry around a rabbit's foot? | Good luck | 25%
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| May 8th | Iraq contains most of this ancient historical region anchored by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. | Mesopotamia | 25%
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| May 24th | In which city was Gianni Versace shot and killed by an obsessed fan in 1997? | Miami | 25%
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| May 15th | Which suffix typically suggests that a chemical compound is a sugar? | -ose | 25%
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| May 18th | What type of pronoun are "mine," "hers," and "ours"? | Possessive | 25%
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| May 9th | Which explorer lead the world's first expideition to the South Pole? | Roald Amundsen | 25%
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| May 15th | Name one of the inland seas which the River Jordan flows through or into. | Sea of Galilee | Dead Sea | 25%
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| May 23rd | Which Viennese psychologist is known as the father of psychoanalysis? | Sigmund Freud | 25%
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| May 20th | What is Rome's most common nickname? | The {Eternal} City | 25%
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| May 19th | What is Carbon Dioxide called in its solid form? | Dry ice | 23%
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| May 22nd | What name does the city formerly known as Saigon go by today? | Ho Chi Minh City | 23%
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| May 13th | Name a (non-trivial) factor of XLII. | II | III | VI | VII | XIV | XXI | 23%
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| May 10th | Which psychological disorder is characterized by chronic faking of illnesses? | {Munchausen} syndrome | 23%
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| May 22nd | Which country was the first to legalize same-sex marriage? | Netherlands | 23%
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| May 28th | What is the only chess piece that each player starts with more than two of? | Pawns | 23%
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| May 4th | What is another name for an osprey? | Sea {hawk} | 23%
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| May 24th | What was constructed in 1961 and destroyed in 1989? | The Berlin Wall | 23%
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| May 21st | Which sad-sounding bridge connects the Doge's Palace to Venice's old prison? | The Bridge of {Sighs} | 23%
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| May 7th | Which instrument rocketed in popularity following the 2010 FIFA World Cup? | Vuvuzela | 23%
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| May 16th | What does the Spanish word "lobo" mean? | Wolf | 23%
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| May 27th | What is the Roman numeral MIX when written in Arabic numerals? | 1009 | 20%
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| May 19th | What used to be an official language of Israel, but was demoted in 2018? | Arabic | 20%
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| May 25th | What word, originally from Scottish, means "pretty," as used in the traditional song "My _____ Lies Over the Ocean"? | Bonnie | 20%
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| May 20th | How many bones does the average adult have? | 206 | 20%
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| May 29th | What color is the Golden Gate Bridge? | International {Orange} | 20%
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| May 25th | An accordion has many parts, including a smaller version of which instrument? | Keyboard | 20%
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| May 8th | What "alphabet" features Golf, Romeo, and Whiskey? | NATO Phonetic Alphabet | 20%
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| May 24th | What was Michael Jackson advertising when his hair caught fire in 1984? | Pepsi | 20%
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| May 26th | If a word is a palindrome, what can you do to it to have it remain the same? | Reverse it | 20%
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| May 25th | In which modern-day country did Vlad the Impaler have his palace? | Romania | 20%
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| May 12th | What word is a common synonym for "purloin"? | Steal | 20%
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| May 28th | Who directed Jurassic Park? | Steven Spielberg | 20%
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| May 14th | Which 18th century furniture designer lent his name to a pair of 20th century cartoon chipmunks? | Thomas Chippendale | 20%
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| May 19th | "The," "a," and "an" are the only examples of which part of speech in English? | Articles | 18%
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| May 8th | What common pest attacks cotton plants? | Boll weevils | 18%
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| May 28th | What is the biggest city in Morocco? | Casablanca | 18%
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| May 12th | Who was the first person to break the sound barrier? | Chuck Yeager | 18%
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| May 22nd | Which animal would be most likely to bray? | Donkey | 18%
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| May 17th | What is the biggest city in North Dakota (and also the title of a film by the Coen Brothers)? | Fargo | 18%
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| May 12th | Name one of the three words in the motto of the Olympic Games. | Faster | Higher | Stronger | 18%
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| May 30th | Who did David famously slay with a sling in 1 Samuel? | Goliath | 18%
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| May 6th | Who was the last pope before Francis to use a name that had never been used before? | John Paul I | 18%
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| May 17th | Which historical region contains Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria? | L{evant} | 18%
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| May 21st | Which greek dish is a type of eggplant casserole? | M{oussaka} | 18%
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| May 31st | Helium is the lightest element of what collection of gases? | Noble gases | 18%
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| May 14th | At which prison did Nelson Mandela serve most of his 27-year prison sentence? | Robben Island | 18%
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| May 12th | Name two languages commonly spoken on the island of Hispaniola. | Spanish | French | Haitian Creole | 18%
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| May 31st | Ra was the Egyptian god of what? | The sun | 18%
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| May 31st | Which animated film series features Woody, Buzz, and Jessie? | Toy Story | 18%
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| May 24th | What, along with English, is the official language of Pakistan? | Urdu | 18%
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| May 28th | What is it called when a word sounds the same as another word, but is spelled differently? | Homophone | 16%
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| May 19th | Which French revolutionary was assassinated while taking a bath? | Jean-Paul Marat | 16%
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| May 7th | Who starred alongside Kate Hudson in "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"? | Matthew McConaughey | 16%
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| May 20th | The palace of Versailles is known for containing a hall of what common household object? | Mirrors | 16%
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| May 25th | What is the chemical formula for ammonia? | NH3 | 16%
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| May 30th | Finish the lyric: What is love? / Baby don't hurt me / Don't hurt me / __ ____ | No more | 16%
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| May 20th | On whose show did Tom Cruise jump on a sofa while proclaiming his love for Katie Holmes? | Oprah Winfrey's | 16%
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| May 14th | Which river flows through Colombia and Venezuela and was referenced in a 1988 song by Enya? | Orinoco | 16%
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| May 30th | Who was Dodi Al-Fayed romantically involved with at the time of his death in 1997? | Princess Diana | 16%
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| May 23rd | How do you say "prize" in French? | Prix | 16%
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| May 24th | What activity were Casanova, Don Juan, and Lothario famous for? | Seducing women | 16%
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| May 27th | What mythical river gave Achilles his power? | The River Styx | 16%
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| May 6th | Which comic book character shares a name with a city in Turkey? | Batman | 14%
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| May 25th | Name one of the two languages most closely related to Hungarian. | Estonian | Finnish | 14%
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| May 30th | What "disease of kings" commonly affects the big toe? | Gout | 14%
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| May 9th | Which Egyptian deity has the head of a falcon? | Horus | 14%
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| May 26th | Which actress was the most famous victim of the Manson Family? | Sharon Tate | 14%
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| May 28th | What did the Soviet Union launch in 1957, beginning the space race? | Sputnik 1 | 14%
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| May 23rd | What commodity had a speculative bubble in the Netherlands in the 1630s? | Tulips | 14%
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| May 26th | What is fear of public spaces called? | {Agora}phobia | 11%
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| May 26th | Which scientist had a job as a patent examiner while doing his most important work? | Albert Einstein | 11%
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| May 28th | Name an event in Olympic Women's Gymnastics. | All-around | Balance beam | Floor exercise | Uneven bars | Vault | 11%
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| May 23rd | What company owns Beats by Dre? | Apple | 11%
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| May 13th | The busiest airport in the United States is in Atlanta. Which American city is home to the physically largest airport? | Denver | 11%
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| May 12th | Han Solo brags about making the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs. What does a parsec measure? | Distance | 11%
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| May 27th | What gift are Hare Krishnas known for giving out at airports? | Flowers | 11%
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| May 31st | In poker, a straight ranks immediately below what hand? | Flush | 11%
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| May 29th | What four-letter acronym might you be experiencing if you learn that your friends have gone out without you? | FOMO | 11%
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| May 17th | Which Hindu deity has the head of an elephant? | Ganesha | 11%
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| May 17th | What is the name for a box used to keep cigars from getting too moist or too dry? | Humidor | 11%
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| May 22nd | What spice-heavy seasoning is commonly used in Jamaican food? | Jerk | 11%
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| May 29th | What is the world's longest venomous snake? | King Cobra | 11%
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| May 25th | In what kind of textbook would you be most likely to find the 3-letter abbreviation Q.E.D.? | Mathematics | 11%
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| May 30th | Which celebrity had a pet chimpanzee in the 1980s? | Michael Jackson | 11%
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| May 29th | What word is used to refer to a number that has no proper divisors? | Prime | 11%
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| May 8th | Which common name comes from the Greek for "wisdom"? | Sophia | 11%
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| May 31st | What important waterway was blocked when a container ship ran aground in 2021? | Suez Canal | 11%
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| May 29th | In what year did the Spanish Civil War begin? | 1936 | 9%
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| May 4th | What "C" word is used to refer to pirates? | C{orsair} | 9%
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| May 20th | What does "orangutan" mean in Malay? | {Forest} person | 9%
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| May 17th | What was the colonial name of Taiwan? | Formosa | 9%
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| May 15th | Which branch of zoology is devoted to the study of fish? | {Ichthy}ology | 9%
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| May 23rd | Shanghai is a city in China. If I were to shanghai someone, what would I be doing? | Kidnapping | 9%
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| May 27th | What is the name of the world's oldest known tree, shared with a famously old biblical man? | Methuselah | 9%
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| May 19th | Where was Quinoa orinigally cultivated? | Peru | Bolivia | 9%
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| May 13th | Which clade of mammals includes seals, sea lions, and walruses? | {Pinn}ipeds | 9%
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| May 19th | What word is used to refer to animals that ferment their food in a special stomach before digestion? | R{uminants} | 9%
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| May 18th | What is the name of the green ghost from Ghostbusters? | Slimer | 9%
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| May 8th | Which metric prefix denotes one trillion? | Tera | 9%
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| May 29th | According to Greek myth, where did the minotaur live? | The Labyrinth | 9%
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| May 6th | Which 1798 poem features the story of a sailor killing an albatross? | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | 9%
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| May 21st | What is the word for a feature, such as the human appendix, which used to serve a purpose but no longer does? | V{estigial} | 9%
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| May 14th | Which three letters are you most likely to see on a zipper? | YKK | 9%
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| May 27th | In the U.S. Army, what rank of officer is typically in command of a brigade? | Colonel | 7%
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| May 31st | What would you call someone who makes barrels for a living? | Cooper | 7%
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| May 25th | What word is used to describe lobsters, crabs and other animals with ten feet? | Decapod | 7%
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| May 21st | Which song supposedly needed "more cowbell," according to a Saturday Night Live sketch? | Don't Fear the Reaper | 7%
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| May 25th | Which rebel group controls much of Yemen? | Houthi | 7%
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| May 27th | What does the German word "Freude" mean? | Joy | 7%
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| May 16th | The Broadway musical Rent is based on which opera by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini? | La Bohème | 7%
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| May 22nd | Which scary creature from World of Warcraft says "zug zug"? | Orc | 7%
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| May 12th | Who is the protagonist of Shakespeare's "The Tempest"? | Prospero | 7%
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| May 29th | Which gemstone is the same mineral as ruby, but a different color? | Sapphire | 7%
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| May 5th | What is another name for the sabre-toothed tiger? | {Smil}odon | 7%
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| May 31st | In which novel is a conch shell used to determine who is allowed to speak? | The Lord of the Flies | 7%
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| May 30th | What style of black sweater was Steve Jobs famous for wearing? | Turtleneck | 7%
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| May 29th | What incredibly expensive tote bag is sold by French fashion company Hermès? | Birkin bag | 5%
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| May 26th | Which cryptocurrency has a Shiba Inu for a logo? | Dogecoin | 5%
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| May 22nd | Which Australian cricket player is widely regarded as the greatest batsman of all time? | Don Bradman | 5%
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| May 24th | Which rapper is known for wearing a clock around his neck? | Flavor Flav | 5%
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| May 22nd | Which soft mineral is the main material used in making drywall? | G{ypsum} | 5%
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| May 10th | What informal word is used to refer to Filipino people? | Pinoy | 5%
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| May 30th | What is the white substance below the zest of an orange called? | Pith | 5%
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| May 7th | Which language family contains Arabic, Hebrew, and Maltese? | Simitic | 5%
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| May 30th | What Dutch cookie resembles a popular Belgian breakfast food? | S{troopwafel} | 5%
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| May 31st | Flubber, starring Robin Williams, is a remake of which 1961 classic? | The Absent-Minded Professor | 5%
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| May 10th | Darth Vader: I am ___ing the deal. Pray I do not ___ it any further. | Alter | 2%
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| May 20th | What was the name of the ship that Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed on his Antarctic expeditions? | E{ndurance} | 2%
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| May 14th | Continue the sequence: Point, Line, Plane, ____ | Space | 2%
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| May 30th | Who was the first woman to go into space? | Valentina Tereshkova | 2%
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| May 31st | Which model was married to Paul McCartney from 2002-2008? | Heather Mills | 0%
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