| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Kate Heusser (2000): Which monarch was known as "the wisest fool in Christendom"? | James I | 89%
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| Davyth Fear (2019): Which of these people was born the same year as Queen Elizabeth II? | Marilyn Monroe | 78%
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| Peter Lee (2000): Which county cricket side is based at Chester-Le-Street? | Durham | 67%
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| John Randall (2000): Oberon is the satellite of which planet? | Uranus | 67%
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| Steve Devlin (2001): In 1912, former US President Theodore Roosevelt was a candidate for which political party? | Bull Moose | 56%
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| Mike Pomfrey (2001): Tomas Masaryk was the first president of which country? | Czechoslovakia | 56%
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| Charles Ingram (2001) (No coughing allowed): A number one followed by one hundred zeros is known by what name? | Googol | 56%
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| Judith Keppel (2000): Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine? | Henry II | 56%
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| Pat Gibson (2004): Which of these is not one of the American Triple Crown horse races? | Arlington Million | 44%
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| Donald Fear (2020): In 1718, which pirate died in battle off the coast of what is now North Carolina? | Blackbeard | 44%
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| Peter Spyrides (2001): What was the profession of the composer Borodin? | Chemist | 44%
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| Andrew Townsley (2020): In the history of motor sport, which of these iconic races was held first? | Isle of Man TT | 44%
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| David Edwards (2001): If you planted the seeds of 'Quercus robur', what would grow? | Trees | 44%
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| Robert Brydges (2001): Which scientific unit is names after an Italian nobleman? | Volt | 44%
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| John Robinson (2019): Which of these UK prime ministers never served as foreign secretary? | Winston Churchill | 44%
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| Ingram Wilcox (2006): Which boxer was famous for striking the gong in the introduction to J. Arthur Rank films? | Bombardier Billy Wells | 33%
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| Laurence and Jackie Llewellyn-Bowen (2006) (Revised Question): Who was the first man to travel into space twice? | Gus Grissom | 33%
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| Roger Walker (2002): Which of these is a butterfly, not a moth? | Speckled Wood | 22%
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