| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| If someone acts in a threatening way, but is relatively harmless, then what's worse than their bite? | Their bark | 95%
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| Which fairytale character rides on a broomstick? | Witch | 95%
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| Which word ending with -nx stands for a medium-sized wild cat? | Lynx | 85%
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| Which word ending with -nx stands for a mythological creature? | Sphinx | 60%
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| Who freed a German town from a rat infestation with his magic flute? | The Pied Piper | 55%
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| Which word ending with -nx stands for a pert, flirtatious or impudent young woman? | Minx | 50%
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| This quiz is based on a song from which musical? | Cats | 45%
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| Which animal turns into a Jewish scholar upon removal of a consonant? | Rabbit | 45%
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| A proud or conceited person is the ____ of the walk. | Cock | 40%
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| In which Mozart opera does the queen of the night sing a spectacular aria? | The Magic Flute | 35%
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| Which animal is called κῠ́ων (kuon) in ancient Greek, from which indirectly the word cynical is derived? | Dog | 20%
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| Which Italian composer wrote a duet for two cats? | Gioachino Rossini | 20%
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| A Latin Christian method of excommunication is called "Bell, book and ______" | Candle | 15%
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| Who made a fortune through the sale of his cat to a rat-infested country? | Dick Whittington | 10%
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| "When I fall on my head, I land on my feet" is what kind of figure of speech? | Oxymoron | 10%
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