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General Knowledge Quiz #106

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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First submittedSeptember 5, 2014
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What movie featured a talking candelabra named Lumière?
Beauty and the Beast
What building is the traditional site of royal British weddings?
Westminster Abbey
What type of snake is known for spitting?
Cobra
Which Greek god could supposedly be reached by the Oracle of Delphi?
Apollo
What is the first name of the Princess of Wales?
Catherine
What is the name of Mickey Mouse's pet dog?
Pluto
What is depicted on the the flag of Canada?
Maple Leaf
Who once attended a tea party with a hatter and a hare?
Alice
What was the name of the dog in the children's book series "Dick and Jane"?
Spot
What traditional dish is made with sheep organs and oatmeal,
encased in an animal stomach?
Haggis
What bird says "coin coin", according to the French?
Duck
Where would you find a nave or an apse?
in a Church
What French oceanographer conducted research aboard his ship, the Calypso?
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
What country is on the exact opposite end of the globe from Beijing, China?
Argentina
What type of eyewear is associated with the old rich people - and also Mr. Peanut?
Monocle
On what Indonesian island would you find the city of Denpasar?
Bali
What can be served in a schooner, stein, or boot?
Beer
What island chain includes the islands of Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, and La Palma?
Canary Islands
In what city were travelers first asked to "mind the gap"?
London
In what building did Quasimodo live?
Notre Dame de Paris
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Level 72
Sep 19, 2014
I got the feeling that thanks to the Scottish voting more people now know what haggis is. On a different note: can you please accept "Canaries" for "Canary Islands"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands
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Level ∞
Sep 19, 2014
Canaries will work now.
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Level 11
Aug 23, 2018
You excellent man
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Level 81
Mar 22, 2020
How about Canarias?
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Level 86
Oct 2, 2014
So, "coin coin" is the least guessed answer. Maybe it would be easier if poeple heard how we pronounce "oin" in French ;). Oh, and Cousteau's first name was Jacques-Yves, we use some compound first names in French, so in his case Yves is not a middle name.
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Level 84
Oct 22, 2014
I had to sound out the "coin coin" for the answer. Only way I could have gotten it right.
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Level 75
Oct 22, 2014
At first I was saying it as in English and I came up with pig. Then I realized I should use the French pronunciation and it was obvious.
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Level 54
Apr 3, 2017
in English its just Jacques, and this quiz is in English...
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Level 76
Aug 25, 2020
Wow, that's some really bad reasoning there. The fact that the name is sometimes abbreviated to Jacques doesn't mean that's how it's said "in english". In fact, if you want to be accurate, in english Jacques would be Jacob or James, as those are the (unnecessary) english translations. But that goes to show that, even if you're talking in english, you can perfectly use names in other languages, so your purist gatekeeping is unnecessary.
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Level 52
Jul 5, 2021
cwã cwã?
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Level 72
Oct 22, 2014
Wow, I've had 5 blind guesses, a personal record.
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Level 70
Oct 22, 2014
Technically you can serve anything in a boot, stein or schooner.
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Level 74
Mar 4, 2018
Sure, and a nave or an apse can be found "on Earth." And, "the color red" is depicted on the flag of Canada."
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Level 61
Mar 22, 2020
nerd
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Level 83
Oct 22, 2014
Got 100% with 2 seconds remaining thanks to about 5 total guesses.
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Level 89
Oct 22, 2014
Please accept "beer" in addition to maple leaf for objects on Canada's flag.
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Level 44
Apr 3, 2017
there isn't any beer on a Canadian flag
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Level 56
Apr 3, 2017
Are you drunk?
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Level 11
Aug 23, 2018
Yes
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Level 34
Feb 10, 2015
Impressed people missed cousteau.
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Level 51
Apr 10, 2015
For some reason I was thinking it was Couseau rather than Cousteau and I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. *shaking my head at myself*
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Level 77
Apr 5, 2016
I tried both "Costeau" and "Custeau", didn't occur to me to combine the 2 vowels.
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Level 58
Dec 10, 2016
Maybe you were thinking of Inspector Clouseau.
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Level 50
Apr 5, 2016
Alright, just to be really annoying and picky, but there is also a Westminster Cathedral so Westminster on its own shouldn't really be accepted as the answer.
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Level 67
Apr 5, 2016
agreed, there is a Westminster Cathedral, Abbey and Palace. Only Westminster Abbey should be accepted.
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Level 70
Apr 2, 2019
You left out "pedantic" and "unnecessary" but you did nail the "really" so you'll get partial credit for that
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Level 65
Oct 13, 2022
Complicating things, quite a lot of royal weddings have been at St Paul's Cathedral too, which is in the City of London, not in the City of Westminster...
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Level 75
Feb 27, 2024
Two points: Westminster Cathedral is Roman Catholic, so no chance of the British royals getting married there; only one royal wedding (that of Charles and Diana) has been held in St Paul's.
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Level 84
Sep 14, 2016
Well if that description doesn't make you want to just run out and get yourself some haggis, I don't know what will. :-P
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Level 65
Apr 3, 2017
Haggis is awesome.
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Level 76
Apr 3, 2017
Indeed it is.
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Level 68
Oct 13, 2020
It's delicious!
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Level 88
Apr 3, 2017
You mind the gap in Hong Kong as well
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Level 82
Apr 3, 2017
it says "first"
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Level 55
Aug 17, 2020
And in Delhi. And probably anywhere there's a metro system.
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Level 82
Apr 3, 2017
Please correct the answer to Jacques-Yves Cousteau. French compound names aren't divisible like in some other languages.
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Level 82
Apr 3, 2017
OK I now checked in Wikipedia and it says "commonly known in English as Jacques Cousteau", so maybe it's actually correct for the purposes of this quiz, but it's really weird.
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Level 54
Apr 3, 2017
This quiz is in English. In the English language it is just Jacques
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Level 46
Apr 4, 2017
@kerrishh, names DO change depending on language; or else, you would be talking about Cristoforo Colombo, instead of Christopher Columbus
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Level ∞
Jan 25, 2020
I did change it to Jacques-Yves for the sake of accuracy, but yes, he is commonly known in English as simply Jacques Costeau. Who knows why.
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Level 64
Sep 3, 2021
It's because English speakers are too lazy
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Level 66
May 5, 2023
Can we still accept Jacques Costeau though as a type-in? It’s only reasonable.
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Level ∞
May 6, 2023
Yves was never required. In fact, on JetPunk, you can save time by typing only last names, which in this case is Cousteau. I've added the misspelling of Costeau as an accepted type-in now.
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Level 89
Apr 3, 2017
You'd think that with the new Beauty and the Beast movie out, the percentage for that question would be higher, but I guess not.
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Level 77
Aug 5, 2019
Personally I was happy to be among the minority able to answer Geographic questions like what's opposite China on the globe, where is Denpasar and name the Spanish island chain, and not too sad to be among the 14% who didn't know the answer to a question about a childrens' film.
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Level 89
Mar 22, 2020
You know, a question like that would probably be a good idea for a quiz.

Darn it! I just checked "antipodes" in the search box. Some other people beat me to it. Happens all the time.

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Level 68
Apr 4, 2017
I was pleased to correctly guess the opposite of Beijing :-)
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Level 50
Feb 22, 2020
Could you please accept stripe for the Canadian flag
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Level 82
Mar 22, 2020
I thought it was a marijuana leaf
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Level 31
Sep 13, 2020
it would be nice if the canary islands question accepted canarias as an answer. i forgot that they had an english name for a second.
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Level 75
Feb 28, 2021
r/iamverysmart
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Level 37
Mar 1, 2021
I spent way too long typing Buenos Aires and every city nearby, because I didn't read the question properly...
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Level 46
Feb 9, 2022
Am I missing something? The exact opposite of Beijing, China is somewhere in the oceans. I guessed it right, but it was a guess where Chile, Brazil, etc. would have equally qualified.

Roughly, Beijing is located 39N, 116E, i.e. the exact opposite is 39S, 116W which is nearer Chile than Argentina.

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Level 79
Sep 28, 2022
When looking for the opposite side of the earth, you flip the latitude from north to south (or vice versa) but you subtract the longitude of the first location from 180 degrees to get the longitude of the opposite location. The opposite of 116E is 64W, not 116W.