| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| "Wh- question" word that does not start with "wh-" | how | 86%
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| Language also known as Cymraeg | Welsh | 82%
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| Expression from Swahili: Hakuna... | matata | 78%
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| Past participle of "swim" | swum | 74%
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| Not a vowel | consonant | 72%
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| Animal whose name means "forest person" in Malay | orangutan | 66%
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| Nickname for Americans, typically New Englanders | Yankee | 66%
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| Part of speech that typically modifies a verb or an adjective | adverb | 64%
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| Plural of "oasis" | oases | 64%
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| Native American language of about 170,000 speakers | Navajo | 62%
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| What people reputedly built in Babylon | tower | 62%
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| A direct comparison as a figure of speech (e.g. "Time is a thief.") | metaphor | 60%
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| Italian for "Good day." | buongiorno | 58%
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| Fantasy languages invented by J.R.R.Tolkien | Elvish | 56%
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| A -berry that is not a berry | raspberry | 50%
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| The words "you are" in Shakespearian English | thou art | 50%
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| The ancient art of persuasion | rhetoric | 42%
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| Word that is spelled the same but has a different meaning (e.g. may x May) | homograph | 30%
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| The relationship of the word "animal" to "dog", "shark" and "eagle" | hypernym | 8%
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