New General Knowledge #1 - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
What Irish novelist and poet is best known for Ulysses (1922)? James Joyce
66%
What Nobel Prize hasn't been awarded 19 years since its creation, more times than any other Nobel Prize? Nobel Peace Prize
64%
What is the country whose only border is with South Africa? Lesotho
62%
What is the name of the anthropomorphic white Japanese Bobtail cat-inspired character with a red bow? Hello Kitty
48%
How do you call a male singer with a voice intermediate between tenor and bass? Baritone
42%
Who is the Romanian gymnast who became the first in Olympic history to be awarded the perfect score of 10.0 at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal? Nadia Comăneci
30%
What is another name for the chemical element Tungsten? Wolfram
26%
Who was the scientist and Augustinian abbot of St. Thomas' Abbey in Brno that is considered the founder of the modern science of genetics? Gregor Mendel
24%
What is the prefix with the meaning “round about, around,” found in Latin loanwords? Circum-
18%
What animal is a medium-sized, burrowing, anteater nocturnal mammal native to Africa and the only living species of the order Tubulidentata? Aardvark
14%
Who was the first female filmmaker to receive the Palme d'Or for her acclaimed film The Piano (1993)? Jane Campion
14%
What territorial overseas collectivity of France is situated near Newfoundland? Saint Pierre and Miquelon
14%
What is the NBA team that plays its home games at the United Center? Chicago Bulls
12%
Who is the Sabine-derived goddess of flowers and of the season of spring in Roman mythology? Flora
10%
Who was the South African singer and civil rights activist, nicknamed Mama Africa, best known for the song Pata Pata? Miriam Makeba
8%
What is the country that the Alaouite dynasty has been ruling since 1667? Morocco
6%
Who is the eleventh managing director of the IMF - International Monetary Fund (5 July 2011 - Present)? Christine Lagarde
4%
What country has the city of Putrajaya as its federal administrative centre? Malaysia
4%
What was was the largest Asian war in the 20th century? Second Sino-Japanese War
4%
Who is recognized to be the first known woman mathematician in history and credited with writing three major treatises on geometry, algebra and astronomy? Hypatia of Alexandria
2%
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