Question | Answer | % Correct | |
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Zealand | New Zealand was formerly a colony of what country? | United Kingdom | 88%
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Zealand | Zeeland is a province of what country? | Netherlands | 83%
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Foot | How many feet are in a yard? | 3 | 65%
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Nassau | Nassau is the capital of what country? | Bahamas | 65%
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Zealand | Zealand is an island in what country? | Denmark | 58%
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Nassau | The House of Orange-Nassau is the royal house of what country? | Netherlands | 58%
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Foot | What kind of doctor specializes in treating conditions of the foot? | podiatrist | 57%
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Labyrinth | In Greek mythology, Theseus killed what monster inside the Labyrinth? | Minotaur | 53%
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Foot | How many feet are in a line of iambic pentameter? | 5 | 50%
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Foot | The foot of a squid is divided into how many appendages? | 10 | 43%
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Labyrinth | Some kinds of fish have a organ called a labyrinth which allows them to do what? | breathe air | 43%
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Mill | A grist mill produces what product? | flour | 41%
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Cebu | Cebu is an island in what country, where the Cebuano language is spoken? | Philippines | 41%
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Palm | What are the leaves of a palm tree called? | fronds | 40%
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Van | Lake Van is the largest lake in what Middle Eastern country? | Turkey | 37%
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Nome | What famous sled dog race ends in Nome, Alaska? | Iditarod | 35%
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Palm | The practice of palm reading is called what? | palmistry or chiromancy | 31%
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Van | What is the world's best-selling van, produced from 1950 to the present? | Volkswagen Transporter | 29%
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Zealand | Sealand is a self-proclaimed sovereign micronation located on a World War II fort in the ocean, off the coast of what country? | United Kingdom | 27%
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Mill | How many mills equal a U.S. dollar? | 1000 | 23%
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Cebu | The cebu or zebu is a South Asian variety of what animal? | cattle | 23%
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Mill | In 1837, the Analytical Engine, the first general-purpose computer, was designed but never built. Entirely mechanical instead of electronic, it had a component called the mill which performed arithmetic operations, like the CPU of a modern computer. Who designed it? | Charles Babbage | 21%
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Nassau | Those are both named after the original Nassau, a town in what country? | Germany | 21%
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Nome | What ancient civilization was divided into districts called nomes, each ruled by a nomarch? | Egypt | 20%
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Mill | A miller is a kind of what insect? | moth | 7%
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