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Hint	Answer	% Correct
In which year was the supersonic airliner Concorde retired?	2003	66%
What name coming from a Latin word meaning "curling lock of hair" is a genus of wispy clouds that form at high altitudes?	Cirrus	54%
In Greek Mythology, what was the name of the place for heroes in the afterlife?	{Elysian} Fields	48%
What is the biggest city in Ecuador by population?	Guayaquil	37%
What is the name of the family that has ruled the Principality of Monaco since 1297?	Grimaldi	32%
Which Afghan-American author wrote The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns?	Khaled Hosseini	29%
Which street in London is the heart of the Bangladeshi community and even has Bengali street signs below the English ones?	Brick Lane	21%
Which word meaning existing or being everywhere at the same time is derived from the Latin for "everywhere"?	Ubiquitous	19%
Who won the Best Lead Actress Oscar for Terms of Endearment (1983) and has been nominating in the acting category a further 4 times?	Shirley MacLaine	18%
Which woman, who won the 2021 Women's PGA Championship in Golf, is the daughter of Petr, the man who won the 1998 Men's Australian Open in Tennis?	Nelly Korda	16%
What is the name of the sport played in the Basque County that requires a glove called a chistera?	Basque {pelota}	13%
Which singer had 3 UK Number One albums in the 1990s with "Waking Up the Neighbours", "So Far So Good" and "18 Til I Die"?	Bryan Adams	12%
Who has been the Director of the FBI since 2017?	Christopher A. Wray	8%
Who was the leader of the Labour party from 1955 until his death in 1963?	Hugh Gaitskell	8%
An annual award in Mathematics is awarded by the King of Norway and is named after which Norwegian mathematician?	Niels Henrik Abel	8%
Which Brazilian composer is the namesake of an airport in Rio de Janeiro?	Antônio Carlos Jobim	7%
Thought to be the oldest cheese in Scotland, what is the name of the Scottish cream cheese that is rolled in oats?	Caboc	3%
What does it say on the inscription of the Georges Cross, which is also found on the flag of Malta?	For Gallantry	3%
Which Australian actor is best-known for playing the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)?	Robert Helpmann	3%
Which song by Booker T. & the M.G.'s is the theme tun for BBC Televisions cricket coverage?	Soul Limbo	3%