| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaican sprinter Bolt | Usain | 91%
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| Israel's second-largest city | Tel Aviv | 78%
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| One lacking pigmentation | Albino | 75%
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| Official language of Pakistan | Urdu | 75%
|
| Mythical city of gold | Eldorado | 56%
|
| Writer of words to popular songs | Lyricist | 56%
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| Hero of Sir Walter Scott novel | Ivanhoe | 53%
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| City in the English Midlands | Nottingham | 50%
|
| Unit of electrical current | Ampere | 47%
|
| Universal language | Esperanto | 47%
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| Mineral accretion on cave floors | Stalagmite | 44%
|
| Mountains in northeastern Italy | Dolomites | 41%
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| Fur favoured by royalty | Ermine | 41%
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| Narrator of Moby Dick | Ishmael | 41%
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| Bond villain with deadly bowler | Oddjob | 38%
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| Mythical king of Thebes | Oedipus | 31%
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| Slow to understand | Obtuse | 28%
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| Heavy form of rain | Torrential | 28%
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| City of the dead | Necropolis | 25%
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| Tendency of a convict to reoffend | Recidivism | 25%
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| Le Carré's spy | Smiley | 25%
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| Appalachian stringed instrument | Dulcimer | 22%
|
| Part of a Canadian province | Labrador | 22%
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| A pronunciation mark under the letter C | Cedilla | 19%
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| Chance occurrence to one's benefit | Serendipity | 19%
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| Cretaceous carnivore | Tyrannosaur | 6%
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| Invertebrate animal with segmented body | Anthropod | 3%
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| Insolent language or treatment | Contumely | 3%
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| Casual indifference | Insousiance | 3%
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| Repressive, controlling government | Orwellian | 3%
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