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General Knowledge Quiz #143

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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First submittedFebruary 8, 2016
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Answer
What is the northernmost country where tigers can be found in the wild?
Russia
How many Spartans fought at the Battle of Thermopylae?
300
What is the capital of Tunisia?
Tunis
What does the A stand for in NATO?
Atlantic
What are the three countries of the world whose names start with "South"?
South Africa
South Korea
South Sudan
What is the largest landlocked U.S. state?
Montana
What comes next in this sequence: Microwave, Infrared, Visible Light, …
Ultraviolet
What shark species has the highest number of recorded attacks on humans?
Great White
Name one of the two Olympic gymnastics events that are performed by
both men and women.
Vault |
Floor Exercise
What musical instrument is like a flute, but smaller?
Piccolo
What actor delivered the lines "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse" and
"I coulda been a contender"?
Marlon Brando
What movie character famously said "wax on, wax off"?
Mr. Miyagi
Complete the song lyric: I am the very model of a modern major _______.
General
What machine is Samuel Morse credited with inventing?
Telegraph
Lava comes in two types: Pahoehoe and Aa. What language did these words come from?
Hawaiian
What German sportswear company has a mountain lion as its logo?
Puma
What movie starring Frank Sinatra was later remade starring George Clooney?
Ocean's 11
What feature of Jupiter is a storm that has lasted for centuries and has a
bigger diameter than planet Earth?
Great Red Spot
Quizmaster
+11
Level ∞
Feb 18, 2021
Regarding the shark question.

You may have heard that sharks rarely attack humans, and generally only by mistake.

You might have also heard that shipwreck victims are pursued and eaten by sharks. How to reconcile these two facts...

The truth is that shark attacks near the shore are very rare. But one type of shark, the Oceanic whitetip, has been known to be very aggressive to humans, killing and eating shipwreck survivors. Fortunately, the Oceanic whitetip prefers deepwater, offshore areas, so they rarely come into contact with humans.

So while Great Whites have been responsible for the most recorded shark attacks, it's likely that Oceanic whitetips have killed far greater numbers.

Dontneedone
+5
Level 78
Feb 8, 2016
For the south question, can we just type the second word? I think south would be implied through the question.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 8, 2016
Okay
charlesbrown
+1
Level 50
Apr 3, 2016
"White" should be acceptable for the shark
flibbertigibbet
+1
Level 58
Apr 3, 2016
I don't know who Mr Miyagi is, but wasn't 'wax on, wax off' also famously said by Metatron in Dogma?
Jacktheguy
+3
Level 89
Apr 3, 2016
Yes, but the most famous version comes from the Karate Kid.
DeusCaritasEst
+3
Level 55
Apr 3, 2016
SO many questions on here are about that movie. I really need to see it so I'm not grasping for answers every time. (I mean, I know the obvious quotes, but this website tests more than your knowledge of obvious quotes!)
RobNobody
+7
Level 77
Jan 2, 2018
Yes, but he was quoting Mr. Miyagi from "The Karate Kid."
geographyisthebestsubject
+3
Level 61
Apr 3, 2016
I am surprised that only 43 percent of people got the Great Red Spot question right. You should probably also accept GRS for that question because that is a common abbreviation. Good Quiz!
mehe
+3
Level 44
Dec 21, 2020
I tried red dot, red stain, never added 'great'
Freestatebear
+4
Level 85
Feb 19, 2021
"Red Spot" (without the 'great' is accepted).
BowlZ
+1
Level 79
May 25, 2021
it is not
TheCrusher
+1
Level 72
May 26, 2021
It is. Just worked for me!
Marc92
+6
Level 50
May 24, 2021
I always knew it as the red Eye
Pearl2270
+3
Level 79
May 26, 2021
Yep, me too. I always learned it as the "Eye of Jupiter". I think that answer should be accepted.
Nachtschicht
+1
Level 58
May 25, 2021
Beeing not a native english speaker, I didn't know how it is commonly called in english. I tried "red eye", which is an translation of what is common in german, also "red dot", big red dot/eye", "great red dot/eye"...

If you don't know the proper term, there are so many answers that seem to be likely...

bigo80
+2
Level 41
May 26, 2021
I tried spot, dot, eye, big dot, big spot... And then just gave up.
Strabo
+1
Level 67
Apr 3, 2016
Should accept anticyclonic storm for Jupiter. The big red spot is a nickname.
RobNobody
+10
Level 77
Jan 2, 2018
But "anticyclonic storm" is simply a type of storm that can happen on Earth as well, it doesn't refer to this storm specifically. Its official name is in fact the Great Red Spot, or GRS for short.
howard38
+4
Level 61
May 24, 2021
Oh, please.
ahertzy
+3
Level 77
Apr 3, 2016
seems like a quiz more geared towards older people . . . enjoyed it though
kariannepizza
+1
Level 51
Apr 3, 2016
I think white shark should be accepted as well...
emwcee
+1
Level 45
Apr 7, 2016
I think you should accept Polynesian in addition to Hawaiian
cornflakesfu
+6
Level 86
Jul 19, 2018
Polynesian is a language family, not a language.
oweifdhskxn
+1
Level 34
Jul 1, 2018
...siberia for tigers...
cornflakesfu
+9
Level 86
Jul 19, 2018
. . . northernmost country . . .
JackintheBox
+4
Level 79
Nov 27, 2019
Not a country, mate.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Nov 27, 2019
Knowing that 'libre' means 'free', I typed 'freestyle', but then just stopped there..
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 89
Nov 27, 2019
If you're going to Google that General song like I did, don't.
TravelingMama
+6
Level 73
Feb 18, 2021
Why not? It's from a wonderful play. Even my six year old likes that song.
Tim000w
+2
Level 70
May 24, 2021
I got it from Hamilton. Never realized it was a reference to an older song.
idontkn1
+5
Level 90
Nov 27, 2019
Amazing what properly reading a questions does... Spent way too much time thinking of another German athletic clothing company that had mountain on its logo after I trying Adidas since their newer logo is in 3 stripe mountain shape. After 2 minutes ruminating on the question I reread it and magically lion appeared in the clue. Weird how that extra word changed the answer and shifted it from one brother to the other.
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
May 24, 2021
Haha, exact same for me. Thought maybe those three slanted stripes for Adidas were possibly a mountain range.
NV1
+2
Level 51
Feb 18, 2021
2,860 questions in the series in total!
Dblingah
+1
Level 77
Feb 19, 2021
Is the eye of Jupiter not also a name for the GRS? I could be mistaken, but I feel like I always think of it by that name.
Yanni47
+1
Level 77
Feb 19, 2021
Funny place for an eye though. And I've never heard Jupiter being referred to as cyclops. ;)
Pearl2270
+1
Level 79
May 26, 2021
Thought I was the only one! Yeah, I most definitely learned that the spot was called the "Eye" of Jupiter. I eventually remembered that it was also called the GRS, but I know for a fact that I learned it as the "Eye" and have heard it referred to as that many times in my life. I think that answer should be accepted.
NaethanC
+1
Level 27
Feb 19, 2021
Could you please allow 'telegram' for 'telegraph' because I tried telegram and was stumped.
DaveM
+4
Level 74
Feb 19, 2021
Telegram is a good guess but it's not a machine
1ProximaCentauri
+1
Level 55
Feb 19, 2021
Also regarding the Shark Question.

Bull Sharks are probably the subject of many Shark Attacks that are blamed on Great Whites.

Sizor124
+1
Level 66
Feb 19, 2021
"I coulda been a contender" was from raging bull and delivered by De Niro, not Brando.
prs17
+8
Level 75
Feb 19, 2021
It's from On the Waterfront
camus
+2
Level 78
Feb 24, 2021
De Niro even mentions that Brando said it in On the Waterfront right in the scene.
GregoryIX
+2
Level 68
Mar 4, 2021
De Niro also says, "I'll make him an offer he don't refuse" in Godfather 2, so it's not the best question.
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Mar 4, 2021
That's funny. So in both cases Robert De Niro was reprising a line made famous by Marlon Brando. What are the odds? We'll accept De Niro for that question.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
May 24, 2021
I think I remember reading that tiger sharks attack humans much more often than great whites... but that great white attacks were more often lethal... too lazy to look it up right now but at first I thought the "recorded" caveat might have had something to do with that.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 79
May 24, 2021
Good quiz QM. I've never come across the types of lava question before.
Nachtschicht
+1
Level 58
May 25, 2021
The second word for lava is also a word in german... well, sort of...

It describes something similar to lava, not really hot, but you wouldn't like to touch it either... :D

FacterLiger0804
+1
Level 40
May 24, 2021
45% got the Great Red Spot?

.....

hoW

jmellor13
+4
Level 67
May 24, 2021
Are you asking how so many or so few got it? It's a pretty well-known feature of the planets.
kevlarkev
+2
Level 62
May 24, 2021
It wasn't a Kardashian question
Pearl2270
+1
Level 79
May 26, 2021
I eventually got it, but I had always heard it called the "eye" of Jupiter more than the great red spot. I couldn't have pulled that out of thin air so I'm guessing some others learned it as the "eye of Jupiter" too.
blizzrd33
+2
Level 79
Nov 21, 2022
At least it wasn't a Harry Potter question.
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