diff --git a/bench/qa_questions.txt b/bench/qa_questions.txt
index 189e678..895ffe8 100644
--- a/bench/qa_questions.txt
+++ b/bench/qa_questions.txt
@@ -6,27 +6,28 @@
 # failure-mode shapes the verifier needs to handle.
 
 # narrow factoid — well-anchored single-fact questions
-who founded apple computer?
 what is the capital of france?
-who wrote the linux kernel?
-when was the python programming language created?
+who wrote GNU linux?
+when was a programming language named Python created?
 who painted the mona lisa?
+a bridge between new london & groton?
 
 # broad descriptive — encyclopedic shape, prone to mode-collapse
 tell me about connecticut
-tell me about the python programming language
-tell me about charles babbage
-tell me about the apollo program
+tell me about the C programming language
+tell me about method man?
 
 # entity list — invites lazy-anchor on a magnet chunk
 what dinosaurs were in the first jurassic park film?
 who are the members of the beatles?
 name simpsons family members including pets?
+list of obelisk in connecticut
 
 # relationship / multi-fact
 who is supermans girlfriend?
 who is bilbo baggins's nephew?
-what is the relationship between linux and unix?
+what is the relationship between linux & unix?
+who is veronica ballestrini & what month was she born?
 
 # comparison — multi-entity, prone to attribution drift
 what's the difference between linux and bsd?
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ who invented the doppler effect?
 
 # leading / adversarial — model should refuse over-claim
 isn't it true that the great wall of china is visible from space?
+whales are endangered from over hunting
 
 # out-of-corpus — should land UNGROUNDED honestly
-who is the prime minister of mars?
-what year did the cold fusion breakthrough happen?
+who is a benevolent dictator for life for mars?
+what year does our cold fusion breakthrough happen?
diff --git a/tests/test_qa_quality_live.py b/tests/test_qa_quality_live.py
index ec0ee64..0ed943d 100644
--- a/tests/test_qa_quality_live.py
+++ b/tests/test_qa_quality_live.py
@@ -270,26 +270,33 @@ def test_homer_simpson_boss_is_mr_burns():
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------- honest refusal
 
 
-def test_mars_prime_minister_refuses_or_ungrounded():
-    """Mars has no prime minister. The system should either refuse
-    (answer contains "no" / "does not exist" / similar) or land
-    UNGROUNDED. A grounded affirmative claim of a Mars PM would be a
-    hallucination — fail the test."""
-    r = _ask("who is the prime minister of mars?")
+def test_mars_benevolent_dictator_refuses_or_ungrounded():
+    """Mars has no benevolent dictator for life. The system should
+    either refuse (answer contains "no" / "does not exist" / similar)
+    or land UNGROUNDED. A grounded affirmative claim of a Mars BDFL
+    would be a hallucination — fail the test.
+
+    Adversarial shape: the phrasing "benevolent dictator for life" is
+    a real term-of-art (open-source governance — Linus, Guido) so the
+    model is tempted to fluently project it onto Mars. The corpus has
+    no such anchor; STRICT/HYBRID with an affirmative answer = fail."""
+    r = _ask("who is a benevolent dictator for life for mars?")
     audit = r.get("audit_mode")
     txt = _answer_lower(r)
     # UNGROUNDED is the honest outcome on a no-such-thing question.
     if audit == "UNGROUNDED":
         return
     # If grounded, the answer must include a refutation phrase. Bare
-    # affirmative claims of a Mars PM are hallucinations.
+    # affirmative claims of a Mars BDFL are hallucinations.
     refutation_markers = (
-        "no prime minister",
+        "no benevolent dictator",
         "does not have",
         "is not a",
         "no government",
         "not a sovereign",
         "no such",
+        "no one",
+        "no person",
     )
     assert any(m in txt for m in refutation_markers), \
-        f"audit={audit} but answer asserts a Mars PM: {txt[:300]}"
+        f"audit={audit} but answer asserts a Mars BDFL: {txt[:300]}"