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What first name did nearly 25% of British women have in the year 1800?
Mary
What is the name of the Islamic month of fasting?
Ramadan
What city does Batman protect?
Gotham City
What was tested at Bikini Atoll in the 1940s and 1950s?
Atomic bombs
What is the official language of San Marino?
Italian
What band has a bassist named Flea?
Red Hot Chili
Peppers
What is the name of the ship that transported the first English Pilgrims to
Massachusetts in 1620?
Mayflower
What type of Christianity is the most common in Russia?
Russian Orthodox
Who was the brother of Zeus and Hades?
Poseidon
Who captured Constantinople in 1453?
Ottoman Empire
Which Australian state is nearest to the Great Barrier Reef?
Queensland
What does the R stand for in the computing term RAM?
Random
What South American city is overlooked by the Christ the Redeemer statue?
Rio de Janeiro
What Formula One legend was paralyzed in a ski accident in 2013?
Michael Schumacher
What type of vehicle is an M1 Abrams?
Tank
What is the best-selling Czech automaker?
Škoda
The Sahara is not the world's largest desert. What is?
Antarctica
What were the last words of Julius Caesar, according to Shakespeare?
Et tu, Brute?
Then fall Caesar!
Where does an arboreal creature typically live?
In a tree
What famous artist had the initials PP?
Pablo Picasso
bart1645
+1
Level 71
Sep 21, 2016
The question about the desert is misleading at best. There should a distinction between Subtropical and Non-Polar Deserts.
adventurek
+21
Level 57
Oct 4, 2016
A desert isn't defined by its sand and the Gobi Desert is primarily, if not entirely, temperate but you wouldn't think twice about calling it a desert. I think the question is fine as is.
ferdy86
+7
Level 76
Oct 4, 2016
Yes. The criteria for a desert is about how barren it is and the lack of precipitation; not the amount of sand. The question is fine.
pattage23
+5
Level 81
Oct 4, 2016
I agree - question is fine. I tried a few sandy deserts first, but did come up with the answer eventually. More challenging clues are good, IMHO.
OfTheMountain
+8
Level 63
Oct 4, 2016
The giveaway is that the Sahara is "second" meaning they are counting things which aren't usually considered deserts, aka Antarctica. Sahara is traditionally the largest desert.
ctleng76
+1
Level 65
Nov 30, 2023
I too have a problem with the desert clue, but my argument is a bit different. The problem with the desert comment, is that Antarctica may be a desert in the scientific sense, but it isn't a named desert. If comparing the Sahara to something, it is logical to look at named recognized deserts. Antarctica is a continent that just happens to also have desert conditions. I know I am arguing semantics here, but the comparison to the Sahara isn't really apples to apples. This is bordering on being a trick question in my opinion.
Elan
+1
Level 65
Oct 4, 2016
For the Bikini Atoll question, I tried bombs, nukes, nuclear weapons, nuclear warfare, and many other variations of the same idea. Instead of adding more type-ins, I recommend that you rewrite the question to get a more specific answer.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Oct 4, 2016
Nuclear weapons and nukes will work now
Zefyrinus
+2
Level 71
Oct 4, 2016
Oh you meant a painter by artist!
roleybob
+9
Level 75
Jun 10, 2019
You thought the question was asking for the name of an interior decorator?
Nyneve922
+5
Level 41
Oct 4, 2016
What? "Et tu, Brute?" obviously doesn't mean "Now fall, Caesar!" It means "You [betrayed me] too, Brute?"
rocamorar
+7
Level 78
Oct 5, 2016
In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, his last words are actually this complete sentence: "Et tu Brute? Then fall Caesar!". The second part means Caesar understands that his death is unavoidable if even Brutus has betrayed him.
Susie222
+3
Level 59
Oct 5, 2016
"Et tu, Brute" literally means "And you, Brutus?"
lightbulb75
+2
Level 18
Oct 19, 2016
No it means -"you too,brute(brutus)?"
Bdubz
+16
Level 43
Jun 9, 2019
Susie is right, et means and. Don't correct someone if you don't know what you're talking about.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 68
Oct 29, 2020
It actually means "you too, Brutus, will end like this". It's not a lamentation, it's a threat.
kitsims
+4
Level 82
May 22, 2023
That entirely depends on the interpretation. The line could be read that way, sure. But it would be a choice on the part of the actor/director.
RobNobody
+4
Level 76
Nov 30, 2023
But it's written as a question, not a statement.
Ferbin
+1
Level 76
Dec 27, 2023
Bingo. Interpretation is one thing, but the "threat" comment is just flat out making the text say what it clearly does not.
carolynlouisecolbert
+2
Level 48
Oct 24, 2016
Strange to see the NATO alphabet say Alfa instead of Alpha, but I guess both are correct.
Player45
+5
Level 59
Jun 9, 2019
Technically Picasso's initials should be PDJFPJNMRSSTRP...
GlassMonkeyCode
+3
Level 67
Nov 30, 2023
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
Fianchetto
+13
Level 73
May 21, 2023
Can you accept Mehmed II for the Ottoman one? That's what I thought with the 'who'.
Yanni47
+5
Level 77
May 21, 2023
I also thought more of a people rather than an entire empire. when asking who conquered China in the Middle Ages, you'd say "the Mongols" rather than "the Mongol Empire". So just the Ottomans should be the answer, if they were indeed a people.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
May 22, 2023
Mehmed will work now.
Zefyrinus
+5
Level 71
Jul 28, 2023
I think the question should begin with "what" instead of "who". I tried a bunch of sultans, including "Mehmet" but didn't get it.
timshorts
+3
Level 55
Nov 30, 2023
It's a bit sad that the top correct answer is for the batman question.
FatSpartanJediLlama
+2
Level 67
Nov 30, 2023
Oh well
Pearl2270
+2
Level 79
Jan 9, 2024
Why? Most people living in 2023 have heard of Batman and even seen at least one movie or read a comic. The fact that he lives in Gotham is common knowledge.

Why is it sad that people know something current more than things that happened decades or hundreds of years ago? Those things are virtually irrelevant to their lives. Batman, on the other hand, is probably a movie they've seen in the last few years.

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