46% knows the answer to this question: "In 2012, Queen Elizabeth shook the hand of Martin McGuinness. Why would this have been unthinkable until recently? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What country's unstable Fourth Republic had more than 20 governments from 1946 until Charles de Gaulle returned to politics and replaced it with the Fifth Republic?"

88% knows the answer to this question: "As you might guess from the title, where is the Jean Renoir romance Partie de Campagne set? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What is the first name of boxing's Dempsey?"

93% knows the answer to this question: "During WWII, a destroyer named the O'Bannon found itself too close to a Japanese sub to use its weaponry. Instead, they threw what tubers, which the sub mistook for grenades? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Operating on and off since Roman times, what road wound from Iran to the Caspian Sea to Samarkand to Tun-huang in northwest China?"

39% knows the answer to this question: "The largest Protestant church in Dublin is, ironically, named for what iconic Irish Catholic saint? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "It may be in your ears and in your eyes, but what city nearly renamed Penny Lane, because of its connection to the slave trade?"

78% knows the answer to this question: "A pragmatic socialist, Bob Hawke was reelected prime minister of Australia when the right was divided by the Joh for Canberra campaign, which rallied behind Joh Bjelke-Petersen, the right-wing premier of what state? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "In 1938, to slow down the marauding Japanese, what country blew up the levees on the Yellow River to flood thousands of square miles in Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu, drowning some 800,000 of their own people in the process?"

37% knows the answer to this question: "When Egypt lent the remains of Ramses II to France, the mummy was issued a passport. What was listed as his occupation? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "The Arabs call this place Wadi al Muluk. We know it for all the pharaohs secretly buried there. Where?"

30% knows the answer to this question: "From 1928-94, what country flew a flag known as the Oranje-Blanje-Blou, for the Afrikaner words for the main colors on it? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Konrad Adenauer and Willy Brandt were mayors before taking charge as chancellors of what country?"

88% knows the answer to this question: "Whose failed strategy for the Battle of Big Horn mostly involved kidnapping Indian woman and children, whom he'd use as human shields? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "The Secret Service was powerless when what wildlife attacked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she left a Malawi airport in 2012?"

40% knows the answer to this question: "When I was 25, I had already become a general and dumped Desiree Cleary for an older woman named Josephine de Beauharnais. Who am I? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Which of these is not one of an octopus's defense mechanisms?"

40% knows the answer to this question: "About two-thirds of the African slaves brought to the New World ended up on plantations to satisfy European demand for glucose (C6O6H12). Which of these products is glucose? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Simon Fraser called it New Caledonia, George Vancouver called it New Hanover and the Americans called it Oregon. What did Queen Victoria name it?"

77% knows the answer to this question: "Seven muscles make up the calf, which is anchored to the heel bone by the tendon calcaneus, better known by what name? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "People listening to portable devices will often store their music in what format?"

35% knows the answer to this question: "The movie Three Men and a Baby was adapted from Trois Hommes et un Couffin, which had been a hit in what country? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Able to close its nostrils and ears while walking along river bottoms, what is the only cloven-hoofed mammal with four equally sized toes?"