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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the capital of Germany?	Berlin	96%
Who was the first president of the United States?	George Washington	96%
Which word finishes the Lord's Prayer?	Amen	95%
What is the Spanish word for "friend"?	amigo/a	95%
Which leaf can you find on Canada's flag?	a maple	91%
Britons call it film, Americans call it?	movie	88%
What's the airport code of Los Angeles?	LAX	87%
Who sang Billie Jean and Thriller?	Michael Jackson	87%
Name a U.S. state that starts with K	Kansas or Kentucky	84%
Which war was the "War to end all wars"?	World War I	84%
In which year did WWII start?	1939	83%
What's the most popular soda in the U.S.?	Coca-Cola	82%
Who is famous for E = mc2 ?	Albert Einstein	81%
What is the biggest Canadian city?	Toronto	81%
Name the three Simpsons children	Bart	80%
Which nation hosted the first Olympic Games of modern history?	Greece	80%
Which film's protagonists are Marty McFly and Doc Brown?	Back to the Future	79%
If a French invites you to eat Escargots, what will you eat?	Snail	79%
Which nations have controlled Texas?	United States	79%
Which two micronations are surrounded by Italy?	Vatican City	78%
What's the predominant religion in India?	Hinduism	77%
Who is also known as Bruce Wayne?	Batman	76%
From which language comes the word "Renaissance"?	French	76%
Which element has the symbol Au?	Gold	76%
How is the smallest finger on your hand called?	Pinky	76%
Which nations have controlled Texas?	Mexico	75%
What does "YOLO" mean?	You only live once	75%
What country is bordered by Norway, Sweden and Russia?	Finland	74%
Name the three Simpsons children	Lisa	73%
Who painted the Sistine Chapel?	Michelangelo	73%
Who was the founder of Islam?	Mohammed	73%
And who led India to independence?	Mohandas Gandhi	72%
Mark Zuckerberg co-founded ... ?	Facebook	71%
Chicago is situated on Lake ...	Michigan	70%
Who plays Rachel Green in Friends?	Jennifer Aniston	69%
Which company does he lead?	Amazon	68%
Shintoism is the predominant religion in ... ?	Japan	68%
What is the plural form of "ox"?	Oxen	68%
What is Korea's biggest company?	Samsung	68%
Norse seafarers	Vikings	68%
How many cervical vertebrae does a giraffe have?	7	67%
Where is it illegal to mispronounce Arkansas?	in Arkansas itself	67%
Which nations have controlled Texas?	Spain	67%
What's its capital?	Barcelona	66%
How is the baby of a kangaroo called?	Joey	66%
Name the three Simpsons children	Maggie	66%
Are you able to name the four Major North American leagues?	National Basketball Association	66%
What is the only non-earthly animal represented in the Chinese zodiac?	Dragon	65%
Which nations have controlled Texas?	France	65%
Wrote the Communist Manifesto	Karl Marx	65%
Who's missing? Lennon, McCartney, Starr	Harrison	64%
Who is currently the richest person on this planet?	Jeff Bezos	64%
Are you able to name the four Major North American leagues?	National Football League	64%
Which two micronations are surrounded by Italy?	San Marino	64%
Which country is India's teardrop?	Sri Lanka	64%
How the universe started	Big Bang	63%
The above is situated in which province?	Ontario	63%
How many syllables form a haiku?	17	62%
Who was the Greek god of the Sea?	Poseidon	60%
What's the meaning of POTUS?	President of the United States	60%
Which two nations can be found on New Guinea?	Papua New Guinea	59%
Which Spanish region can be found in northeastern Spain?	Catalonia	58%
Are you able to name the four assassinated US presidents?	John F. Kennedy	58%
Are you able to name the four assassinated US presidents?	Abraham Lincoln	57%
And how the opposite?	the stern	57%
Are you able to name the four Major North American leagues?	National Hockey League	56%
Who was the Roman god of the Sea?	Neptune	56%
Largest flightless bird	Ostrich	56%
Shakespeare play that plays in Denmark	Hamlet	55%
Who was the leader of North Vietnam 1945-1969?	Ho Chi Minh	54%
WWII Quote 2: " We shall fight on the _______ "	Beaches	53%
Residence of Elvis Presley	Graceland	53%
What was Michael Jackson's famous dance move?	the moonwalk	53%
Many students in the U.S. visit places like ^ during Easter vacation. How do they call it?	Spring Break	52%
What's the top football league in Germany?	Bundesliga	50%
What is the biggest city that has the word "Town" in his name?	Cape Town	50%
Which two nations can be found on New Guinea?	Indonesia	50%
Who was the first emperor of Rome?	Augustus (Octavian)	49%
What's the largest island in the Caribbean?	Cuba	49%
How is the foremost part of a ship called?	the bow	49%
How many bridges can you use to cross the mighty Amazon River?	0 (zero)	48%
Which animal is alphabetically the first?	Aardvark	48%
WWII Quote 1: " A date which will live in ______ "	Infamy	48%
Ace, Slice, Hawk-Eye, Flushing Meadows. What sport could it be?	Tennis	48%
Who plays Forrest Gump?	Tom Hanks	48%
What is the national animal of Scotland?	Unicorn	48%
In which 'sport' is Garry Kasparov a grandmaster?	Chess	47%
Are you able to name the four Major North American leagues?	Major League Baseball	47%
Intermediate state after physical death, decides about going to heaven or hell	Purgatory	47%
On which extremely famous ship died John Jacob Astor and Jack Dawson?	RMS Titanic	47%
How do Americans call crocodiles from Florida?	Alligator	45%
And how in Germany?	Autobahn	45%
What does it mean? (literally)	Rebirth	45%
Which pivotal event happened in England in 1066?	Battle of Hastings	44%
How was Zimbabwe called before its independence?	Rhodesia	44%
In which state would you find Mt. Rushmore?	South Dakota	44%
What's the top-level domain of Austria?	.at	42%
Scottish lake that contains a monster	Loch Ness	42%
What is the capitalist counterpart to the Warsaw Pact?	NATO	42%
Which country uses a non-quadrilateral flag?	Nepal	42%
What is the official language of the USA?	none	42%
Vancouver is located in which province?	British Columbia	41%
Germans call it Dackel and they're sometimes nicknamed Wiener Dog. What animal is it?	Dachshund	41%
Which country has the largest stadium in the world?	North Korea	41%
What does Hershey and Lindt produce?	Chocolate	40%
Which national capital is closest to the South Pole?	Wellington	39%
The U.S. Constitution starts with which three words?	We the People	39%
Cancún is located on which peninsula?	Yucatán	39%
Nelson Mandela was fighting against this segregation system	Apartheid	38%
And which nuclear accident happened in the same year?	Chernobyl	38%
Intergovernmental organization of former members of the British Empire	Commonwealth of Nations	38%
Which sports drink was named for a Florida sports team?	Gatorade	38%
Name for the indigenous people of New Zealand	Maori	38%
Who has the most subscribers on YouTube?	PewDiePie	38%
People to climb Mt. Everest for the first time	Edmund Hillary	37%
Colloquial expression for Australia because it's "below" many other countries	The Land Down Under	37%
Where does the Russian government meet?	Kremlin	36%
What is the longest river in France?	Loire	34%
How do Japanese call Japan?	Nihon / Nippon	34%
What number was worn by Wayne Gretzky?	the 99	33%
Which nations have controlled Texas?	Republic of Texas	32%
Who sang Highway to Hell?	AC/DC	31%
Independent senator from Vermont, rival of Hillary Clinton	Bernie Sanders	31%
Wrote the Communist Manifesto	Friedrich Engels	31%
And finally, what's the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything?	42	30%
Rihanna is the most famous person from ... ?	Barbados	30%
Who wrote Frankenstein?	Mary Shelley	30%
In English, the expression "exampli gratia" is often used. What does it mean?	For example (e.g.)	29%
Which "guy" planned a Gunpowder Plot?	Guy Fawkes	29%
The three main types of rock	Igneous	29%
How is the highway system in the U.S. called?	Interstate	29%
Which space shuttle exploded in 1986?	Challenger	28%
Almost every language uses the word "ananas", except for English. How do they call it?	Pineapple	28%
What did the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution repeal?	Prohibition on alcohol	28%
Biggest island of French Polynesia	Tahiti	28%
Golda Meir was Prime Minister of which country?	Israel	27%
Name the doubly landlocked countries	Liechtenstein	27%
Who is the current Prime Minister of India?	Narendra Modi	27%
What is the capital of New South Wales?	Sydney	27%
The three main types of rock	Sedimentary	26%
In which country can you find the longest railway tunnel?	Switzerland	26%
People to climb Mt. Everest for the first time	Tenzing Norgay	26%
How are the French high-speed trains called?	TGV	26%
Which two bones form the forearm?	Ulna	26%
Which space probe is the farthest human-made object from Earth?	Voyager 1	26%
Main artery in the human body	Aorta	25%
The Congo was formerly a colony of ... ?	Belgium	25%
Which singer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016?	Bob Dylan	25%
Are you able to name the four assassinated US presidents?	James A. Garfield	25%
Vast regions of Eastern Russia	Siberia	24%
Which animal represents freedom in the Christian belief?	Dove	23%
Traditional New Zealand war dance, famous since the Rugby games of the All Blacks	Haka	23%
Who said: "it is better to be feared than loved"?	Niccolò Machiavelli	23%
Which French physician is known for his worrying prophecies?	Nostradamus	23%
Are you able to name the four assassinated US presidents?	William McKinley	23%
Which city hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics?	Los Angeles	22%
Which two bones form the forearm?	Radius	22%
Which "mania" led to the first economic bubble?	Tulipmania	22%
Name the doubly landlocked countries	Uzbekistan	22%
What type of household device is Dyson mainly producing?	Vacuum cleaner	22%
Westernmost city in Russia	Kaliningrad	21%
Which French painter died in French Polynesia?	Paul Gauguin	21%
What does BMW mean?	Bayerische Motorenwerke	20%
What word can mean a bird or a lifting machine?	Crane	20%
Which city did the Medici rule?	Florence	20%
The three main types of rock	Metamorphic	20%
Americans call it Native Americans, Canadians call it ...	First Nations	19%
Smallest independent island nation	Nauru	19%
Sparsely populated region shared by Argentina and Chile, contains deserts	Patagonia	18%
What does "Nevada" mean in Spanish?	snowy	18%
Ali vs. Frazier, October 1975	Thrilla in Manila	18%
What is Canada's oldest national park?	Banff	16%
Which nations have controlled Texas?	Confederate States of America	16%
In Andean countries, Cuy is a popular food. What is Cuy ?	Guinea pig	16%
Who was the FBI director 2013-2017?	James Comey	16%
Paris is to Seine as Warsaw is to ...	Vistula	16%
What is the most watched video on YouTube?	Despacito	15%
What is the national anthem of France?	La Marseillaise	15%
What's the Italian name for Mt. Blanc?	Monte Bianco	15%
What do Trappist monks famously make?	Beer	14%
Which Indian city was formerly known as Madras?	Chennai	14%
The only country to be named after a woman	Saint Lucia	14%
Roman name for modern-day Scotland	Caledonia	13%
The bridge of this Bosnian city was bombed in 1993, now a tourist attraction	Mostar	13%
Which Pacific island will have an independence referendum in 2018?	New Caledonia	13%
Who is called the father of New France? (there's a NY lake named for him)	Samuel Champlain	13%
If you visit a Cubs homegame, which stadium are you visiting?	Wrigley Field	13%
When can you celebrate Australia Day?	26 January	12%
And how the Japanese ones?	Shinkansen	12%
The short break in the Panamericana where you can't drive from North to South America	Darién Gap	11%
What is the most-visited national park in the United States?	Great Smoky Mountains	11%
And who directed the film?	Robert Zemeckis	11%
Swedish botanist, "father of modern taxonomy"	Carl Linnaeus	9%
The untouchables in India's caste system	Dalits	9%
What are Axel Heiberg, Ellef Ringnes and Prince of Wales?	Islands	9%
In ice hockey, how do you call the situation if you have one man more on the ice?	Power Play	9%
What is the largest settlement on Tristan da Cunha?	Edinburgh of the Seven Seas	7%
Which Copenhagen restaurant is the "Best Restaurant in the World"?	Noma	7%
The abbreviation S.P.Q.R. stands for?	Senatus populusque romanus	7%
Which volcano can be seen from Mexico City (the higher one)?	Popocatépetl	3%