| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What are the two most populous cities on the Nile river? | Cairo | 89%
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| What is the Spanish word for water? | Agua | 85%
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| What is it considered bad luck to walk underneath? | Ladder | 78%
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| What actor has a name that's something like Bandersnatch Cummerbund? | Benedict Cumberbatch | 75%
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| What legendary creature of Norse mythology resembles a giant squid? | Kraken | 74%
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| In 1493 Pope Alexander VI divided the New World, giving half of it to Spain. Which country received the other half? | Portugal | 71%
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| What pseudoscience tries to explain human events by the movements of the planets and constellations? | Astrology | 67%
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| In what part of the body would you find a hammer, anvil, and stirrup? | Ear | 67%
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| What conqueror killed or displaced up to 90% of the population of Persia in the 1200s? | Genghis Khan | 61%
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| What well-known movie was inspired by the real-life Von Trapp family? | The Sound of Music | 60%
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| What is the world's largest Arabic language news network? | Al Jazeera | 58%
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| What country has de-facto control over most of the disputed territory Western Sahara? | Morocco | 58%
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| What movie series featured a messy poltergeist named Slimer? | Ghostbusters | 57%
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| What neutral country was invaded by Germany in 1914 and again in 1940? | Belgium | 50%
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| What monarch was known as the "Sun King"? | Louis XIV | 46%
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| What type of printers use "toner"? | Laser printers | 42%
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| What is the name for a plant that lives longer than an annual or biennial? | Perennial | 39%
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| What car part has largely been made obsolete by fuel injection? | Carburetor | 30%
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| What are the two most populous cities on the Nile river? | Khartoum | 30%
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| What type of corporal punishment is used in Singapore? | Caning | 29%
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