| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| In which month of the year 1912 did RMS Titanic sink after colliding with an iceberg? | April | 71%
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| Which vessels carry oxygenated blood away from the heart? | Arteries | 67%
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| In which year did the International Astronomical Union downgrade the status of Pluto from planet to ‘dwarf planet’? | 2006 | 65%
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| In a game of Scrabble, assuming no letters are placed on double or triple letter/word tiles, how much would the word ‘panther’ score? | 12 (or 62 if the player uses all 7 tiles in their hand) | 60%
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| In a standard UK Monopoly game, the green set consists of Bond Street, Regent Street and which other? | Oxford Street | 51%
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| How many dots are there on five dice? | 105 | 49%
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| How many German states (or Bundesländer) are there? | 16 | 48%
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| In which year did women achieve equal voting rights to men in the UK? | 1928 | 44%
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| A mandrake is a type of what? | Plant | 39%
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| As of 2016, how many Olympic medals has Michael Phelps won? | 28 | 37%
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| 'The Get Weird Tour' is the 5th highest grossing tour (of all time) by which girlband? | Little Mix | 36%
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| In which year was the Battle of Hastings? Please give the answer in Roman numerals. | MLXVI (1066) | 28%
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| The surname of which Cluedo (UK version) suspect comes first alphabetically? | Reverend Green | 27%
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| On which date in 2016 did the UK hold its EU membership referendum? | Thursday 23rd June 2016 | 13%
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| Worcester, Lowell, New Bedford and Brockton are all cities in which American state? | Massachusetts | 10%
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| Who was the first famous non-royal to appear on a UK postage stamp? | William Shakespeare | 10%
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| Which river flows through Settle, Clitheroe and Preston? | Ribble | 7%
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| Who won Strictly Come Dancing 2016? | Ore Oduba & Joanne Clifton | 3%
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| What is the name of the stretch of water which separates the Orkney Islands from mainland Scotland? | Pentland Firth | 2%
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| In the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, who was the host country and what country won the competition? | Sweden and Ukraine | 2%
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