| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Island of Sappho | Lesbos | 80%
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| Brazilian musical genre | Bossa Nova | 70%
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| Shelley's fictional doctor | Frankenstein | 70%
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| God of strength and heroes | Hercules | 70%
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| Greek shipping magnate | Onassis | 60%
|
| Sustained, enthusiastic applause | Ovation | 60%
|
| He rolls a boulder uphill for eternity | Sisyphus | 60%
|
| Romanian tennis star Nastase | Ilie | 50%
|
| Shell of charged particles around Earth | Ionosphere | 50%
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| Lover of Othello | Desdemona | 40%
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| Mozart's nocturnal serenade | Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | 40%
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| Junior commissioned officer | Lieutenant | 40%
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| Monotheistic Punjabi religion | Sikhism | 40%
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| Diametrically opposite points on globe | Antipodes | 30%
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| Secessionist Nigerian state | Biafra | 30%
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| One of the order Lepidoptera | Butterfly | 30%
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| Largest family of birds | Flycatcher | 30%
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| Film classic about a pool shark | Hustler | 30%
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| Worship of a physical object | Idolatry | 30%
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| Site for British codebreakers | Bletchley | 20%
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| Loewe's lyricist and librettist | Lerner | 20%
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| Male sex hormone | Androgen | 10%
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| Samurai code of honour | Bushido | 10%
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| One of Franklin's ships lost in Arctic | Erebus | 10%
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| Bend down in deference | Genuflect | 10%
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| Follower of the Agha Khan | Ismaili | 10%
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| U.K. builder of Triumphs and Rovers | Leyland | 10%
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| Behaved liked a geek | Nerded | 10%
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| Fear of clustered holes or bumps | Trypophobia | 10%
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| Pre-settlement insurance payment | Deductible | 0%
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