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General Knowledge Quiz #110

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What city is the executive capital of the European Union?
Brussels
What comes next after Alfa, Bravo, and Charlie?
Delta
What bird was first sighted in 1598 and was driven to extinction by 1670?
Dodo
What movie featured a clique called the "Plastics" who always wore pink on Wednesday?
Mean Girls
What is the name of the good witch in "The Wizard of Oz"?
Glinda
How many is four score and seven?
87
What type of volcanic stone is commonly used during pedicures?
Pumice
What country defeated Brazil 7-1 in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup?
Germany
What is the biggest type of penguin?
Emperor Penguin
What style of music comes in Chicago, Delta, and Texas varieties?
The Blues
In what city did Mother Teresa do her charity work?
Kolkata
What real life "war" was Dr. Seuss's "The Butter Battle Book" a commentary on?
Cold War
What is the most populous island in French Polynesia?
Tahiti
Who was Pinocchio's conscience?
Jiminy Cricket
What Canadian singer began to date her manager when she was 19 and he was 45?
Celine Dion
If a person is "guapo" in Spanish, what are they in English?
Handsome
What sport does the term "en garde!" come from?
Fencing
What type of animation was used to make "Gumby" and "Wallace & Gromit"?
Claymation
What country is attempting to construct a city which will consist of a 170 kilometer long
"line" home to 9 million people?
Saudi Arabia
What animal is the closest relative of the bonobo?
Chimpanzee
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Level 49
Dec 31, 2014
Glenda should work!
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Level 82
Dec 31, 2014
Glenda isn't close enough for the good witch's name? Got stumped on that one.
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Level 55
Dec 31, 2014
When thinking of Glinda or Glen, we must always remember Ed Wood and add "... or Glenda".
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Level ∞
Apr 18, 2017
Glenda will work now
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Level 47
Nov 29, 2021
Why? Her name was Glinda, like Linda with a G. My grandmother was always very adamant about this. Don't cave to public harrassment! LOL!
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Level 21
Jan 1, 2015
Can we accept jimmy cricket for jiminy cricket please!!
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Level 83
Oct 8, 2015
What about stop-frame for the animation technique?
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Level ∞
Apr 18, 2017
Stop motion would have worked
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Level 83
May 19, 2018
"Stop frame" and "stop motion" are not the same type-in.
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Level 84
Nov 24, 2016
I tried many variations on Good Witch of the South. I had no recollection of her real name being used, so her title had seemed to be her name.
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Level 58
Dec 24, 2016
Glinda is the Good Witch of the North.
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Level 83
Feb 10, 2020
Glinda was originally the good witch of the south, who sent Dorothy home at the end of the book. The good witch of the north met Dorothy when she arrived in Oz. The movie conflated the two characters.
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Level 79
Feb 28, 2024
Only in the movie. In the book she is of the South.
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Level 76
Feb 28, 2024
In the original book, the Good Witch of the North is not given a name, while the Good Witch of the South was indeed called Glinda. The 1939 movie combined the two characters into Glinda, the Good Witch of the North.
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Level 65
May 22, 2017
I'm staggered that so few people know how much a 'score' is.
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Level 67
May 22, 2017
Precisely, could you tell me what is a "score"?
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Level 61
May 22, 2017
20 years.
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Level 84
Feb 9, 2020
Well, a score is 20 of *anything*. Lincoln's Gettysberg address of course referenced years, but it's not exclusively for years.
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Level 92
Feb 10, 2020
Knowing score is necessary to score a score on this quiz.
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Level 65
Jul 7, 2023
Well, I am sure that the people who grew up using that term did not know what the internet was either.
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Level 94
May 22, 2017
can you make "bruxelles" work as in all other geography-related quizzes on this site?
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Level ∞
Feb 9, 2020
Yes.
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Level 30
Apr 5, 2020
Same for "Brussel", because that's how Flemish Belgians (the majority of Belgians) call it :)
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Level 73
Jul 28, 2022
That's asking for trouble, due to the left over 'S'
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Level ∞
Feb 28, 2024
Yes, we are gradually getting rid of type-ins that complete early.
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Level 69
May 22, 2017
Mrkenny, a score is 20
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Level 47
May 22, 2017
Quizmaster where do you get these general knowledge quiz questions from? Just curious
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Level 60
May 22, 2017
I believe the examination to be a General in the US Army.
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Level 79
Apr 6, 2020
what?
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Level ∞
Feb 9, 2020
I usually come up with late night at night while browsing Wikipedia.
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Level 2
May 23, 2017
Come now, every European knows that The de facto capital of the EU is Berlin ;)
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Level 32
May 24, 2017
5/20 I think that's the worst I ever got in my 3-year experience with jetpunk...
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Level 71
Nov 1, 2017
If you like a challenging General Knowledge quiz try one of my 29 GK quizzes here is No.27 here it is
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Level 69
Jan 25, 2018
Everybody should read "The Butter Battle Book"! It's definitely much, much different than the average rhyming Dr. Seuss picture book, while still being, ya know, a rhyming Dr. Seuss picture book.
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Level 87
Feb 10, 2020
Guapo also translates as cute
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Level 36
Mar 17, 2020
On Google Translate, the first definition is "handsome." "Cute" isn't even on the list of other possible translations.
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Level 62
Jun 24, 2021
Neither English nor Spanish is my mother tongue, but I'd translate "guapo" as "pretty". That one didn't work either.
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Level 80
Feb 28, 2024
"Guapo" is masculine, so "pretty", which is almost exclusively feminine in English, doesn't work well.
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Level 84
Mar 2, 2024
"Lindo" ("Pretty" or "Dear") can be used with masculine nouns, although it's normally with places.

"Paisaje" ("Landscape"), "Pueblo" ("Town"), or any masculine sounding place (that is, ending with "-o"), like in the expression "México Lindo y Querido" ("Beloved Dear Mexico")

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Level 84
Mar 2, 2024
"Pretty" is "Lindo(a)"
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Level 84
Mar 2, 2024
"Cute" is "Tierno(a)"
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Level 70
Apr 21, 2020
I tried cricket for the 'en garde' sport because I was sure it was a sport that I didn't know anything about and I got the Pinocchio answer.
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Level 73
Apr 22, 2020
It's funny, in Colombia the word "guapo" can also mean brave or fearless.
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Level 75
Feb 28, 2024
I didn't know about Celine Dion and her manager, but after looking it up it actually seems like a pretty touching and romantic story.