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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What company was Steve Jobs CEO of?	Apple	95%
What is the common name for god in Islam?	Allah	92%
What is the crime of deliberately setting fire to a property?	Arson	92%
Who was the first man on the moon?	Neil Armstrong	92%
Who famously found the lamp of the Genie?	Aladdin	91%
What is the Hawaiian word for "Hello"?	Aloha	91%
What band sings the song "Dancing Queen"?	ABBA	90%
Whose weak spot was their heel?	Achilles	90%
What U.S territory was purchased from Russia?	Alaska	90%
What nut is also famous as a kind of milk?	Almond	89%
What is "App" short for?	Application	89%
What is the name of the main character in Disney's "The Little Mermaid"?	Ariel	89%
Who pulled the sword from the stone?	King {Arthur}	89%
What boxer famously stated "I am the greatest"	Muhammad Ali	87%
What word describes an angle under 90 degrees?	Acute	86%
What genetic condition results in the lack of pigment in hair, eyes, and skin	Albinism	86%
What is something with a pH of less than seven called?	Acid	84%
What is the largest country in Africa by area?	Algeria	84%
What is the second longest river in the world?	{Amazon} River	84%
What prison is located on an island off San Francisco?	Alcatraz	83%
What South American snake is one of the largest in the world?	Green {Anaconda}	83%
What is the first U.S state alphabetically?	Alabama	82%
What is the fear of Spiders called?	Arachnophobia	82%
What zodiac sign is a ram?	Aries	82%
What is a book of maps called?	Atlas	82%
What was the name of South Africa's system of segregation?	Apartheid	81%
Name a country beginning with, but not ending with A.	Afghanistan/Azerbaijan	80%
What is the opposite of digital?	Analog	79%
What mountain ranges covers most of South America's Pacific coast?	Andes	79%
Who opposes the Protagonist?	Antagonist	79%
What was the largest Nazi concentration camp?	Auschwitz	79%
What road became famous because of a Beatles Album?	{Abbey} Road	78%
What is the word for a person who is equally skilled with both hands?	Ambidextrous	78%
Who is called the "Father of Western Philosophy" along with Plato?	Aristotle	78%
Snake is to reptile as frog is to what?	Amphibian	77%
What island is an independent country with Barbuda?	Antigua	77%
What was the largest empire in Central America in the year 1500?	Aztec	77%
What does the "A" in ADHD stand for?	Attention	76%
What was Ronald Reagan's job before he was President?	Actor	75%
The book "One Thousand and One Nights" is often referred to as what?	{Arabian} Nights	75%
What famous Macedonian conquered most of the Middle East?	Alexander the Great	74%
What musical is about a red-headed orphan in New York City?	Annie	74%
What is the largest artery in the human body?	Aorta	74%
What is the name of Germany's highway system?	Autobahn	74%
What was Dumbledore's first name?	Albus	73%
What is the most infamous prison in the Harry Potter series?	Azkaban	73%
Who is the author of "Pride and Prejudice"?	Jane Austen	72%
What name can be put with "Fitch" to make the name of a clothing store?	Abercrombie	71%
What was Mozart's middle name?	Amadeus	71%
What country is named after the Latin word for silver?	Argentina	71%
What language of South Africa has many similarities to Dutch?	Afrikaans	70%
What are the northern lights also known as?	Aurora Borealis	70%
Which George Orwell novel features characters such as Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer?	Animal Farm	69%
What branch of Mathematics is called "the study of mathematical symbols"?	Algebra	68%
What animal can roll up into a ball when threatened?	Armadillo	68%
What comes between tenor and soprano?	Alto	67%
What was Franz Ferdinand's title?	Archduke	67%
Who was the first Roman emperor?	Augustus	66%
What is Darth Vader's real name?	Anakin	64%
What is the name for an absence of government?	Anarchy	64%
What is the southernmost line of latitude known as?	{Antarctic} Circle	64%
What is the name of this symbol? *	Asterisk	64%
Who was the second president of the United States?	John Adams	64%
Who was Cleopatra married to?	Mark Antony	64%
Who is the founder of Judaism?	Abraham	63%
What band sang the songs "Dream on" and "Walk this Way"	Aerosmith	63%
What is used in medicine to make a patient unconscious for surgery?	Anesthesia	63%
What group of minerals, often found in insulation, can cause lung cancer?	Asbestos	63%
What is the first animal alphabetically?	Aardvark	62%
What is the third largest city in Scotland?	Aberdeen	62%
What Canadian Province is home to Banff National Park?	Alberta	62%
Who was the mission which first landed men on the moon?	Apollo 11	62%
Who narrated the British version of the show "Planet Earth"?	David Attenborough	61%
Who was the wife of King Louis XVI?	Marie Antoinette	61%
What hormone is released in the human body in times of stress?	Adrenaline	60%
What song's lyrics include "Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry"	American Pie	60%
Who is the greek goddess of beauty?	Aphrodite	60%
What unit measures electric current?	Ampere	59%
What is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way?	Andromeda	59%
What is Indiana Jones's profession?	Archeologist	59%
Who is the father of the Finch family in "To Kill a Mockingbird"?	Atticus	59%
What body of water separates Italy from Albania?	{Adriatic} Sea	58%
What is the measure of your elevation above or below sea level?	Altitude	58%
What is the capital of Ethiopia?	Addis Ababa	57%
What literary device involves the repetition of a certain sound at the beginning of words?	Alliteration	57%
In what city is the busiest airport in the world?	Atlanta	57%
What aquatic plant lacks stems, leaves, roots, and can be found across the world?	Algae	56%
What animal was domesticated in South America around 2400 BCE?	Alpaca	55%
What company produced the game "Pong"?	Atari	55%
What is the main ingredient in Guacamole?	Avacado	55%
What geographic term is a ring-shaped island or island chain composed of coral?	Atoll	54%
What Italian company, famous for producing luxury shoes, clothes, watches, etc., is named after it's CEO?	Armani	53%
What does AWD stand for when referring to cars?	All-Wheel Drive	52%
What is the peak or vertex of a cone or pyramid known as?	Apex	52%
What is the name for a person who greatly admires British culture?	Anglophile	50%
What is the largest city in New Mexico?	Albuquerque	49%
What is the Spanish word for yellow?	Amarillo	48%
Who wrote "The Tortoise and the Hare"?	Aesop	47%
What is the world's largest Arabic news network?	Al Jazeera	47%
What element's atomic number is 13?	Aluminum	45%
What is the major psychiatric hospital in Gotham City?	Arkham Asylum	45%
What lies in the region between Mars and Jupiter?	Asteroid Belt	45%
What group of islands lies directly west of Portugal?	Azores	45%
Where did Noah's Ark supposedly land?	Mount {Ararat}	45%
What is a major ingredient in Caesar dressing?	Anchovies	44%
What comic strip followed a group of teens who go to Riverdale High School?	Archie	44%
Where was Davie Crockett's last stand?	Alamo	43%
What is the basic unit of a protein?	Amino Acid	43%
Fill in the blank: Hammer, Stirrup, and ______	Anvil	43%
What famous Parisian monument was finished in 1836?	Arc de Triomphe	43%
What movie tells the tale of oil drillers on a mission to stop an asteroid from hitting Earth?	Armageddon	43%
Who was one of the writers of "Good Will Hunting"	Ben Affleck	43%
What Nintendo game sees the main character living in a town of anthropomorphic animals?	Animal Crossing	41%
What body of water in central Asia was once the fourth largest lake in the world?	{Aral} Sea	41%
What organ lies at the end of the human large intestine?	Appendix	40%
Where is the United States's largest military cemetery?	Arlington	40%
The words "A" "An" and "The" exclusively make up what part of speech?	Article	40%
In what city is the Taj Mahal?	Agra	39%
In what do clownfish usually live?	Anemone	39%
Bounce-out, draw-length, and fishtailing are all terms used in what sport?	Archery	39%
Where do the Norse Gods live?	Asgard	39%
On what hill is the Parthenon?	Acropolis	38%
What is the largest temple complex in the world?	Angkor Wat	38%
What is the driest desert in South America?	{Atacama} Desert	38%
Who is the current prince of Monaco?	Albert II	37%
What American tennis player has won eight grand slam titles?	Andre Agassi	36%
Turkey is the number 1 producer of what fruit?	Apricot	36%
Who played Maria von Trapp in the film "The Sound of Music"?	Julie Andrews	36%
What French city was once home to the pope?	Avignon	34%
What was the holiday "Veterans Day" formerly known as?	{Armistice} Day	31%
What famous fortress is located in Granada, Spain?	Alhambra	30%
What forested region did Germany pass through to get to France in the World Wars?	Ardennes	30%
What empire was the predecessor to Babylon?	Assyria	29%
What is Colorado's hockey team called?	Colorado {Avalanche}	29%
According to Marvel, what are Wolverine's bones filled with?	Adamantium	28%
What are the tiny air sacks in the lung where gases are exchanged called?	Alveoli	28%
What is a total lack of heat known as?	Absolute Zero	27%
What peninsula is most of Turkey located on?	Anatolia	27%
What was Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria known as?	Anschluss	25%
What is a certain form of a gene called?	Allele	23%
What is the closest star to earth other than the sun?	Alpha Centauri	23%
What is the science of sound known as?	Acoustics	22%
Who was Richard Nixon's vice president?	Spiro Agnew	22%
What kingdom did Ferdinand II rule over?	Aragon	20%
What unit of measurement is defined as the distance between the sun and earth?	Astronomical Unit	20%
What island chain is located between Myanmar and India?	{Andaman} Islands	19%
What is the only National Park in Maine?	Acadia	17%
What is the name for a point on the opposite side of the world from a place?	Antipode	15%
Who was the producer of the TV show "Lost"?	J. J. Abrams	13%
What is a lack of oxygen to a certain tissue known as?	Anemia	8%