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Name a UN member state whose listed English name starts with A.
Use the United Nations member-state list checked in November 2026. Enter a country name.
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Name a UN member state whose listed English name starts with S.
Use the United Nations member-state list checked in November 2026. Enter a country name.
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Name a UN member state in South America.
The region follows UN M49. Territories that are not UN member states do not count.
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Name an African country on the UN list of landlocked developing countries.
Use the UN LLDC list checked in November 2026, restricted to countries in Africa.
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Name a UN member state in the M49 region Central America.
Use the UN statistical definition, which includes Mexico. Enter one country.
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Name a country in the UN M49 region Western Europe.
Use the M49 statistical grouping, not a broader political or everyday definition.
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Name one of the original thirteen US states.
Enter the modern state name. The Constitution's initial allocation of representatives lists the thirteen.
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Name a US state with a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean.
Count ocean coastline, not just an inland tidal river. Exclude Gulf-only coasts; Florida counts.
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Name one of Canada's ten provinces.
Provinces only: Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories are territories.
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Name a country that is a contracting party to the Alpine Convention.
Enter one of the eight countries. The European Union is also a party but is not a country.
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Name a chemical element with a one-letter symbol.
Enter its English name or its one-letter symbol, as shown in the checked periodic table.
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Name a group 18 chemical element.
Use the modern periodic table. Oganesson counts by its group position, regardless of its predicted properties.
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Name an element with atomic number 1 through 10.
The endpoints are included. English element names or checked symbols are accepted.
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Name one of the seven SI base units.
Enter the English unit name, not a symbol or a measured quantity. Metre and meter both count.
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Name one of the Solar System's eight planets.
Use the current eight-planet classification. Dwarf planets and moons do not count.
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Name an IAU constellation whose official Latin name starts with C.
Use the standard 88-constellation list. Enter the Latin name, not a translated nickname.
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Name an alkali-metal element.
Use group 1 of the periodic table, excluding hydrogen.
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Name an SI prefix for a power of ten greater than one.
Use the recognized prefix list checked in 2026. Enter the full prefix name, not its symbol.
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Name a primary color in either RGB or CMY.
Combine the RGB additive and CMY subtractive models. Use a full English color name.
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Name a general polygon name for a side count from three through ten.
Use the general name for each side count, not a specific shape such as a square or rectangle.
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Name an IUCN Red List category.
Use the nine categories in version 3.1, including Data Deficient and Not Evaluated. Names or checked abbreviations count.
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Name one of the eight carpal bones in a human wrist.
Name a bone type in one standard adult wrist, not a forearm bone.
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Name a living penguin genus.
Use the six extant genera in the checked classification. Enter the genus, not a species name.
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Name a living bear species.
Use the eight extant Ursidae species. Common English names are accepted.
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Name a living sea-turtle species.
Use the seven extant marine turtle species. Common English names count.
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Name a main taxonomic rank from kingdom down to species.
Use the standard seven main ranks. Do not include domain or intermediate ranks such as subclass.
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Name an essential amino acid for healthy adults.
Use the standard nine dietary essential amino acids, excluding conditionally essential ones.
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Name a US national park with land in California.
Count units designated National Park, including parks that cross state boundaries. Use the list checked in 2026.
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Name one of the six types of synovial joint.
Use the structural classification in the checked anatomy text. A movement such as flexion is not a joint type.
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Name a muscle that moves one human eyeball.
The standard set has four rectus and two oblique muscles. The eyelid-lifting muscle is excluded.
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Name one of Jane Austen's six completed major novels.
Include the two published after her death. Exclude unfinished fiction and juvenilia.
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Name one of the seven Chronicles of Narnia novels.
Enter an English book title. Publication order and story chronology do not change the accepted set.
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Name one of the original seven Harry Potter novels.
English titles count with or without 'Harry Potter and'. The first book's UK and US names both count.
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Name a Shakespeare play in Folger's Comedies group.
Use the genre grouping on the checked Folger Shakespeare Library works page; its Romances group is separate.
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Name a cultural site first inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1978.
Use the eight cultural sites in the first inscription year. Natural sites are excluded.
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Name a natural-note letter in English music notation.
Enter one of the seven letters A–G. Do not enter a sharp, flat, or solfège syllable.
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Name a number of a completed Beethoven symphony.
Enter a number from his nine completed numbered symphonies. Numbers and 'Symphony No.' forms count.
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Name a Nobel Literature laureate from 1901 through 1910.
Include both endpoint years. Enter a person's name; the 1904 prize had two laureates.
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Name one of the nine Greek Muses.
Use the conventional classical nine-Muse group. Checked English transliterations count.
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Name a film in the nine-episode Star Wars Skywalker saga.
Enter its subtitle or full film title. Episodes I–IX count; standalone films and TV series do not.
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Name a type of standard chess piece.
Use the six piece types in ordinary chess, counting pawns as pieces for this question.
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Name a Summer Olympics host city for editions 2000 through 2024.
Use the principal host city of each Summer edition. Tokyo 2020 was held in 2021 but counts as the 2020 edition.
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Name a country that had won the men's FIFA World Cup by the end of 2022.
Historical cutoff: include the 2022 tournament, ignore later results. England counts as its own football team.
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Name an event in the standard outdoor men's decathlon.
Specify a distance where needed. 'Hurdles' alone is accepted for the decathlon's 110-metre hurdles.
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Name an event in the standard outdoor women's heptathlon.
Use the seven-event outdoor format, not the men's indoor heptathlon.
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Name one of baseball's nine defensive positions.
Use a standard position name or its conventional fielding number. Designated hitter is excluded.
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Name a ball color in a standard snooker game.
Count all distinct colors: the red balls, six other object-ball colors, and white cue ball.
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Name a distance used in a men's individual pool-swimming event at Paris 2024.
Enter metres, not a relay total or an open-water distance. Use the actual 2024 program.
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Name a team in the inaugural 1946–47 BAA season.
Use the team names from that season. The NBA recognizes BAA seasons in its history.
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Name a pip count that can appear on one end of a double-six domino.
Enter one number. A blank end counts as zero; do not total both ends.
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Name one of the first eight US presidents.
Enter a person's name. Distinguish John Adams from John Quincy Adams.
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Name an Apollo astronaut who walked on the Moon.
The twelve moonwalkers from Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17. Merely orbiting the Moon does not count.
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Name an Apollo mission that landed people on the Moon.
Enter the mission number or 'Apollo' plus the number. Successful crewed landings only.
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Name one of the conventional Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Use the traditional ancient list, not modern 'new wonders' lists. A standard short name counts.
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Name a founding member of the United Nations in 1945.
Use the UN's 51 founding-member list. Historical member entities count; modern successors are aliases only where explicitly listed.
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Name a country that signed the 1957 Treaties of Rome.
Use the six founding states. Germany includes the Federal Republic of Germany at the time.
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Name a founding member of NATO in 1949.
Use the twelve states that signed the original North Atlantic Treaty.
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Name one of NASA's six complete Space Shuttle orbiters.
Include Enterprise, the atmospheric test orbiter. Mockups such as Pathfinder do not count.
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Name a person who received a Nobel Prize in 1901.
Use the first year's individual laureates across the five original prize categories.
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Name one of NASA's original Mercury Seven astronauts.
Use the seven selected in 1959. Checked nicknames and unambiguous surnames count.