Question | Answer | % Correct |
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What country hacked into U.S. election computers in 2016? | Russia | 86%
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What Australian coral site has shrunk by 90% and is scheduled to disappear entirely by 2030 due to "bleaching"? | Great Barrier Reef | 85%
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What female scientist won a Noble Prize for her work on radiation while her husband stayed home and raised the children? | Marie Curie | 85%
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What tasty desert did Marie Antoinette tell people to eat if they had no bread? | Cake | 84%
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Who wrote the songs "Hound Dog" and "Blue Suede Shoes"? | Elvis Presley | 79%
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In what Massachusetts town were witches burned at the stake in the late 16th century? | Salem | 78%
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What was banned by the U.S. Surpreme Court in 2022? | Abortion | 69%
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What country's tallest mountain was formerly known as Ayer's Rock but is now called Uhuru? | Australia | 68%
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According to the Bible, which angel was cast out of heaven for the sin of pride? | Lucifer | 68%
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What ancient Indian "text" consists entirely of sex position drawings? | The Karma Sutra | 68%
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What three letter word do bullfighters say when they dodge a bull? | Olé | 67%
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Which U.S. state was, for seven years, an independent country known as "The Bear Republic"? | California | 66%
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Who killed herself with a poisonous asp? | Cleopatra | 61%
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What trivia board game released its original "Genius Edition" in 1937? | Trivial Pursuit | 56%
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What European capital is named for the person who shot Achilles in the heel? | Paris | 53%
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What food product gets its name because it is aged in Balsam wood barrels? | Balsamic vinegar | 49%
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What was the name of Mahatma Gandhi's daughter who served as Prime Minister of India? | {Indira} Gandhi | 47%
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What traditional holiday do people in Africa celebrate instead of Christmas? | Kwanzaa | 45%
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What Nebraska-born investor became one of the world's richest people despite being, in his own words, "a bit of a dunce"? | Warren Buffet | 36%
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What study showed that beginners think they know more than experts? | Dunning-{Kruger} | 29%
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