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General Knowledge Quiz #105

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What country is 2,600 miles long, but less than 220 miles in width?
Chile
What food is sometimes called the French version of a pancake?
Crêpe
Australia has two national animals. One is the kangaroo. What's the other one?
Emu
Whose three sons were named Japheth, Ham, and Shem?
Noah
What city has been called "The Paris of the Pampas"?
Buenos Aires
What nation's flag depicts the yin-yang symbol?
South Korea / Mongolia
Most people have 23 pairs of these. Women and men share 22. What are they?
Chromosomes
In what modern day country did the Anglo-Boer war take place?
South Africa
What is the typical method of execution in Saudi Arabia?
Beheading
What popular TV show had a spin-off called "Torchwood"?
Doctor Who
What is the last name of musical brothers Nick, Joe, and Kevin?
Jonas
What item was once sold on the streets by children yelling "Extra! Extra!"?
Newspapers
Which team has won the most titles in the German Bundesliga?
Bayern Munich
What country gets nearly 75% of its electricity from nuclear power?
France
What was the profession of W. B. Yeats?
Poet
Which Stephen King book is about a rabid Saint Bernard?
Cujo
In the phrase "filthy lucre", what is lucre?
Money
What is either a type of tree or an expensive ski resort in Colorado?
Aspen
In which U.S. state is Ben & Jerry's headquartered?
Vermont
Terra revolves around Sol. What revolves around Terra?
Luna
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Level 76
Aug 27, 2014
You could also answer Ben & Jerry's with London and Rotterdam - I loved hearing their little-guy-beats-the-big-guys story at their ice cream factory in rural Vermont, but felt bummed when I heard they'd sold out to Unilevers, which sort of spoiled the story. Mind you, the "US State" prompt points us in one direction!
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Level 57
Oct 8, 2014
Doesn't the yin-yang symbol need to have the 2 dots inside the halves to actually be a yin yang? If it does, South Korea does not have them. I also thought it had to be in the same direction (split vertically rather than horizontally), and had to be black & white. The colour part I can see not mattering a lot, but I did think it had to meet specific criteria to actually be a yin-yang. I don't think the flag really meets any.
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Level 57
Oct 8, 2014
I looked it up, and it seems that colour and orientation don't matter, but every yin-yang symbol does have the dots. "One could not exist without the other, for each contains the essence of the other" It's the part about containing the other, which is where the opposite colour dots are important.
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Level 66
Feb 24, 2017
Taegukgi is the symbol on the Korean flag
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Level 58
Oct 8, 2014
Maybe I'm wrong, but doesn't the Mongolia flag have a yin-yang symbol on it as well?
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Level 77
Oct 8, 2014
I'd say that looks even more ying-yang than the South Korean flag.
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Level ∞
Oct 8, 2014
Mongolia will work now
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Level 44
Oct 8, 2014
'Stone to death' is another possible answer for the Saudi Arabia question.
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Level ∞
Oct 8, 2014
Stoning only happens for certain crimes. Most executions are by beheading.
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Level 59
May 5, 2021
I said guillotine, could that be an acceptable answer?
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Level 70
Feb 12, 2022
The guillotine is an apparatus used for beheading. Saudi Arabia doesn't use a guillotine. They use a sword.
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Level 50
Oct 8, 2014
Lol, thank you Dumb & Dumber for helping me remember Aspen.
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Level 55
Oct 12, 2016
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Level 45
Oct 5, 2016
Would you accept decapitation for beheading?
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Level ∞
Feb 6, 2017
Decapitation would have worked.
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Level 71
Feb 12, 2018
There's always one.
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Level 67
Jan 1, 2019
There can be only one...
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Level 58
Dec 4, 2016
Buenos Aires is not as easy to spell as one might think...
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Level 29
Mar 20, 2017
Aren't koalas native to Australia too?
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Level 59
Mar 20, 2017
They are, but they haven't be selected to be the National Animal of Australia.
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Level 82
Mar 20, 2017
they lack the proper koalafications
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Level 77
Mar 20, 2017
Best reply ever!! Thanks for a great laugh, kalbahamut!
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Level 61
Mar 28, 2017
It was worth reading through the comments just for that.
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Level 71
Feb 12, 2018
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Level 25
Mar 20, 2017
ha. ha.
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Level 66
Mar 20, 2017
Y'ever been to the Ben & Jerry's factory? It's fantastic.
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Level 61
Mar 15, 2020
I was disappointed. A short tour that funnels visitors to the gift shop just like any money making venture.
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Level 60
Jun 8, 2019
shouldn't it be "tierra" ?

if it's in Italian then it should be terra / sole / luna.

if it's in Spanish, it should be tierra / sol / luna.

but currently it seems like it's just incoherent

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Level ∞
Jan 25, 2020
It's Latin.
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Level 20
Mar 22, 2021
that was a really fun question tbh i loved that one - I only got 10 but that one made me feel good about myself!!
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Level 83
Dec 21, 2022
Maybe "lua" should also be accepted, as "terra" and "sol" are also names for "earth" and "sun" in Portuguese.
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Level 64
Mar 15, 2020
It's Latin
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Level 89
Mar 16, 2020
It's Lati
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Level 74
Nov 28, 2021
n
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Level 65
Jul 7, 2023
It's Latin
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Level 67
Sep 15, 2019
I knew that it had be some famous prophet if their kids had those types of names lol.
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Level 78
Mar 16, 2020
For the "lucre" question I tried profit, benefit, earnings, gains... I think all of them should be accepted, since this is the strict meaning of the Latin word "lucrum".
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Level 44
Dec 20, 2020
yes please
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Level 43
May 12, 2020
Emu! I was guessing box jellyfish.
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Level 52
Oct 14, 2020
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
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Level 28
May 12, 2021
snark snarkkkk
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Level 81
Aug 31, 2023
Ha! Suddenly that House of Pain lyric “Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” makes so much more sense now.

I am definitely a fool for not noticing until this very moment. Fun quiz!

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Level 55
Mar 25, 2024
i remember kids selling newspapers. I never heard them shouting Extra Extra!

They'd shout the names of the papers