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General Knowledge Quiz #165

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What is the name of the theory that the Earth revolves around the sun?
Heliocentrism
What country once awarded the "Iron Cross" medal?
Germany
What capital city in the Middle East did not have a single foreign embassy until 2018?
Jerusalem
What am I asking for if I order "jugo de naranja" at a Mexican restaurant?
Orange Juice
What insect’s "chirps" can be used to estimate the air temperature,
according to Dolbear's law?
Cricket
Americans call them "potato chips". What do British people call them?
Crisps
What country became independent in 1867, 1931, or 1982,
depending on your perspective?
Canada
Who said "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's"?
Jesus
Name one of the double-reed instruments that is typically used in a
modern symphony orchestra.
Bassoon | Oboe |
English Horn
What movie begins with a battle on the ice world of Hoth?
The Empire Strikes Back
What white wine grape is planted in more wine regions than any other?
Chardonnay
What was the profession of Gregor Mendel, Dom Pérignon, and Bede?
Monk
What movie, starring Charlton Heston, featured chariot racing?
Ben-Hur
What part of Cyrano de Bergerac’s body was larger than normal?
His Nose
What non-independent "Stan" is located in parts of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey?
Kurdistan
What is the last name of father/son actors Donald and Kiefer?
Sutherland
What type of animal has been known to prey on people in Australia and Zimbabwe?
Crocodile
Besides France, what is the most common country of birth for French residents?
Algeria
What has been called the world's fastest sport, due to shuttlecocks
being smashed at over 400 km/h?
Badminton
Who owned a cat named Crookshanks?
Hermione Granger
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Level 76
Mar 23, 2017
Jeepers, I'm the first taker. I better enjoy the 5 points for 15/20 while it lasts.
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Level 59
Mar 24, 2017
:-)
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Level 62
Mar 24, 2017
If anybody else is interested in the Canada question, I looked it up:

1867 - British North America Act, Canada becomes a self-governing entity in the British Empire instead of a colony governed by Britain

1931 - Statute of Westminster. Gave legislative independence to self-governing entities of the British Empire

1982 - Constitution Act. Full Canadian sovereignty

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Level 62
Mar 24, 2017
All the formatting disappeared when I submitted the post so it's harder to read now...
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Level 75
Jun 13, 2017
*br*

makes the text start on a new line if you replace the first * with < and the second * with >

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Level 68
Oct 30, 2020
Thanks!
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Level 20
Mar 24, 2017
this was hard
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Level 63
Mar 27, 2017
400 km/h? Crazy.
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Level 73
Mar 31, 2017
It is called "zumo de naranja" in Spain. "jugo de naranja" is used in Latin America, not Spain.
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Level 76
Sep 4, 2019
Yep. With "jugo" you get weird looks and maybe a correction.
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Level ∞
Sep 4, 2019
Changed the question to say "Mexican" restaurant instead of "Spanish".
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Level 90
Apr 10, 2017
The crocodile question is a little vague. Don't mosquitoes prey on people in both? Even if you mean prey only as kill, then humans probably prey a lot more on people in both places.
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Level 84
Apr 10, 2017
I didn't find the question vague at all. I understood exactly what the quiz was asking. I'm just too stoopid to have remembered "crocodile". (still kicking myself)
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Level 77
Jul 20, 2021
I tried magpie, though I'm not sure they have those in Zimbabwe.
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Level 84
Oct 25, 2021
I was certain the answer was Thylarctos plummetus.
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Level 87
Nov 3, 2022
I didn't know about Zimbabwean drop bears, but I tried it anyway.
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Level 62
Apr 10, 2017
Was a bit disappointed that the answer to "Who said: Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's"?" wasn't just "Caesar".
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Level 68
Apr 10, 2017
Wasn't Caesar dead before Jesus was born ?
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Level 78
Apr 10, 2017
Julius Caesar adopted Octavian as his son, and Octavian used the name (Octavian Caesar Augustus). Then Octavian adopted Tiberius, his wife's son by a previous marriage, who also used the surname (Tiberius Caesar). This was the Caesar ruling in Jesus' time.

With time, the surname became more and more linked with the post, and later emperors were known as "the Caesar" even when they were not related to the Caesar family.

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Level 77
May 5, 2017
And if I am not mistaken, the term Czar is derived from the name Ceaser.
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Level 82
Jul 2, 2017
Yes, and Kaiser also.
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Level 63
Jan 1, 2021
the jerusalem one isn't valid anymore
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Level ∞
Jan 1, 2021
Updated
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Level 95
Jul 18, 2021
The answer for the star wars clue is missing an S at the end of "Strikes". You have to type it in wrong to get the answer correct.
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Level ∞
Jul 19, 2021
Fixed, sorry about that.
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Level 47
Aug 31, 2021
I thought Tel Aviv was the capital of Israel?
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Level 82
Oct 6, 2021
Nope. Tel Aviv was the temporary administrative capital of the new state of Israel from when independence was declared in May of 1948, but following the war and invasion initiated the next day by the Arab League, Israel was able to gain control over the Western part of Jerusalem where the capital was moved in December of 1949. All of the embassies stayed in Tel Aviv to avoid angering the Muslim countries who were sore about losing the war they started (some map makers do the same), but the official, de facto, and du jure capital has been Jerusalem for over 70 years now.

In 1967 during another war with its neighbors Israel extended its territorial control over East Jerusalem and the West Bank and has controlled the whole city ever since then. Government buildings like the Knesset are still located in West Jerusalem, though.

In 2018 Donald Trump decided to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem at great expense and for no real gain.

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Level 70
Sep 11, 2021
Feel like friar should be interchangeable with monk in this day and age.
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Level 59
Oct 25, 2021
They were all monks at the time that they lived. There was a difference between a monk and a friar. And friars didn't exist until a few centuries after Bede.
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Level 72
Oct 25, 2021
So, is it being pedantic to say that Empire Strikes Back does not "begin" with a battle on the ice world of Hoth. The battle doesn't even start until more than 20 minutes into the film. It's a pretty slow build to that battle. While I and most people who have seen the movie know what the answer is supposed to be, the question is actually inaccurate.
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Level 67
Oct 25, 2021
Yes, it's very pedantic. The movie starts on Hoth. The first major plot event is the battle. And frankly, "Hoth" only connotes one answer any way you come at it.
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Level 71
Oct 25, 2021
Undone by bloody Harry Potter yet again
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Level 50
Oct 25, 2021
Alright Draco
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Level 64
Dec 27, 2023
In North America, they're fries and chips. In the UK, they're chips and crisps. Here in Australia, they're chips and chips. You'd think it'd lead to constant confusion, and you'd be absolutely right.

Sometimes people disambiguate by calling crisps "potato chips", which doesn't help since they're both made of potato. At least "hot chips" clearly means fries, since crisps are only served hot in specific cases like nachos.