Letter | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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AA | Group for drink addicts | Alcoholics Anonymous | 88%
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OO | Liquid fat obtained from olives | Olive oil | 76%
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CC | US TV channel, funny | Comedy Central | 60%
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RR | Posh British car manufacturer | Rolls Royce | 56%
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BB | Orwellian despot | Big Brother | 52%
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JJ | 'Ulysses' novelist | James Joyce | 52%
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WW | Scottish freedom fighter, 'Braveheart' protagonist | William Wallace | 52%
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II | Clandestine migrant | Illegal immigrant | 48%
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TT | Twin island state of the Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | 48%
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EE | Great Britain's only Winter Olympic ski-jumper | Eddie the Eagle | 44%
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ZZ | Double-o | Zero zero | 40%
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PP | Reproductive health charity in the US | Planned Parenthood | 32%
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DD | Stereo and audio compression company | Dolby Digital | 28%
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UU | Northern Irish institute of higher education | University of Ulster | 28%
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XX | Musical instrument as a Christmas present | Xmas Xylophone | 24%
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GG | Unit of mass of the order of magnitude 10^9 | Gigagram | 20%
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LL | Harry Potter: Daughter of Xenophilius and Pandora | Luna Lovegood | 20%
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MM | UK postgrad. degree in playing instruments | Master of Music | 20%
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HH | 50s automobile starring in the film 'Cars' | Hudson Hornet | 16%
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FF | Unit of capacitance of the order of magnitude 10^(-15) | Femtofarad | 12%
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YY | Elements named after Ytterby, Sweden | Yttrium and Ytterbium | 12%
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KK | 'Common' spelling system of Cornish | Kernewek Kemmyn | 8%
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NN | To signify an unknown person (Latin term) | Nomen nescio | 4%
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Pseudoscience which blends quantum physics and philosophy | Quantum quackery | 4%
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SS | Nazi 'protection squadron' | Schutzstaffel | 4%
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VV | Province of Calabria, Italy | Vibo Valentia | 4%
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