| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Sponges do this well | absorb | 89%
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| Biggest country in North America | Canada | 88%
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| Describes a verb | adverb | 69%
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| Comforting chocolate drink | cocoa | 67%
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| Fear of being enclosed in a small space | claustrophobia | 57%
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| Sea that includes the Gulf of Finland and the Gulf of Riga | Baltic | 52%
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| Regional organisation of countries in and around North Africa, Horn of Africa and Arabia. "The _____ League" | Arab | 46%
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| Programming language that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014; this word also means 'not fancy,' or 'pH less than 7' | BASIC | 43%
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| Hebrew name. One of these folks married Jezebel, and one chased a whale. | Ahab | 42%
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| Slang for getting really angry; "go _______" | ballistic | 41%
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| Penultimate pharoah of Egypt who tried to maintain Egypt's independence from Rome; celebrated in film and theatre from Shakespeare to the Academy Awards. | Cleopatra | 35%
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| Stout bodied-insect, known for loud droney singing. Adults of some species only emerge every 13 or 17 years. | cicada | 34%
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| Speak or perform without previous preparation; improvise verbally | ad-lib | 30%
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| Economic grouping of Brazil, Russia, India and China | BRIC | 27%
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| A cuter name for garbanzo beans | chickpea | 23%
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| If you've seen a total solar eclipse you've seen one of these! | corona | 23%
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| A kind of acid | butyric or boric | 19%
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| Relating to bibliography, e.g. __________ records | bibliographic | 18%
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| Improvised shelter | bivouac | 18%
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| First reported sighting of this cryptid was in Puerto Rico in 1995; translates to "goat-sucker". | chupacabra | 16%
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| Keep your cool; "to have great ______" | aplomb | 10%
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| Jihadist fundamentalist group operating in Somalia/Yemen; claimed responsibility for the Westgate mall attack in Nairobi | Al-Shabaab | 6%
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| Lowest ecological region of a body of water; i.e. the _______ zone | benthic | 5%
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| The exact opposite of a snob | anti-snob | 1%
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