| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What does the ‘A’ in DNA stand for? | Acid | 79%
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| Besides zinc, which metal do you need to make a battery with a lemon? | Copper | 62%
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| Which form of energy is associated with an object's motion? | Kinetic | 60%
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| Which dish consists of two halves of an English muffin, each topped with Canadian bacon, a poached egg and hollandaise sauce? | Eggs Benedict | 57%
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| Which historical empire achieved its peak power and prosperity under Suleiman the Magnificent? | The Ottoman Empire | 57%
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| In which city did the first commercial movie screening take place in 1895? | Paris | 50%
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| What is the longest-running American scripted primetime television series? | The Simpsons | 50%
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| In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Germany famously knocked out hosts Brazil in the semi-finals. What was the final score? | 7:1 | 45%
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| The Danube flows into which body of water? | The Black Sea | 45%
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| To which branch of the Indo-European language family do Welsh, Irish and Breton belong? | Celtic | 43%
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| Which impressionist artist sculpted ‘The Thinker’? | Auguste Rodin | 42%
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| Which stylish clothing item is Mary Quant often credited with inventing in the 1960s? | The miniskirt | 41%
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| Which 1960s rock group consisted of Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton? | Cream | 36%
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| Where did Jersey cows originate? | Jersey | 34%
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| What is the number Phi (approximately 1.618) also known as? | The Golden Ratio | 21%
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| What does a Bluetooth device use instead of wires or cables to connect with a smartphone or computer? | Radio waves | 17%
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| In Norse mythology, which monstrous wolf is one of the three children of Loki? | Fenrir | 12%
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| What is the term for the philosophical study of the nature, origin and limits of human knowledge? | Epistemology | 9%
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| Which Nigerian writer wrote ‘Americanah’ and ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’? | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 2%
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| Harry Hong, Jonas Neubauer and Joseph Saelee are former world champions of which game? | Tetris | 2%
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