Question | Answer | % Correct |
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Who lived at Camelot? | King Arthur | 78%
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What is the first name Bea short for? | Beatrice | 76%
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Which major city in Japan has a name which starts with O? | Osaka | 75%
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What major war was fought in the years 1950–1953? | Korean War | 71%
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What was the former name of Istanbul? | Constantinople | 70%
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Who supposedly said "let them eat cake"? | Marie Antoinette | 67%
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A cube is 5 meters on each edge. What is its surface area? | 150 square meters | 65%
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Which Greek god has a son named Triton? | Poseidon | 62%
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What river has six shallow areas known as "cataracts"? | Nile River | 57%
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What was supposedly invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, and originally traded for less than 1 cent? | Bitcoin | 54%
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What do the letters P.S. stand for at the end of a letter? | Postscript | 54%
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In what country did the sauna originate? | Finland | 53%
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What U.S. state is geographically closest to Africa? | Maine | 48%
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Who starred as Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy? | Elijah Wood | 39%
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Who composed "Ride of the Valkyries"? | Richard Wagner | 34%
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He was born with the name Steven Demetre Georgio, and now goes by Yusuf Islam. What other name was he known by? | Cat Stevens | 30%
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What animal is the "most dangerous game"? | Humans | 30%
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And what was it called before that? | Byzantium | 28%
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In 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for the death of what famous writer? | Salman Rushdie | 27%
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What is the capital of Saskatchewan? | Regina | 19%
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