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General Knowledge Quiz #168

Answer these random trivia questions.
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What are the two most populous cities that border the Great Lakes?
Chicago
Toronto
What fruit is similar to a plantain?
Banana
What Biblical character is most like Hercules?
Samson
What is the common name of the body part where the humerus
meets the radius and the ulna?
Elbow
What country has the highest number of HIV-positive people?
South Africa
Besides the U.S., what country had the most Italian immigrants between 1850-1950?
Argentina
Complete the phrase: ashes to ashes, ____ to ____
Dust
What is the term for an area of space that has absolutely nothing inside it?
Vacuum
What word is a homophone of locks?
Lox or Lochs
What country is sometimes called "Chinese Taipei"?
Taiwan
What e-reading device is manufactured by Amazon?
Amazon Kindle
What element was discovered by Marie Curie and named after her birth country?
Polonium
What type of tea, flavored with citrus, is named after an English lord?
Earl Grey
What South Pacific island was discovered by Europeans on Sunday, April 5, 1722?
Easter Island
What object is being used by a person who is "tickling the ivories"?
Piano
What island was divided by Hadrian's Wall?
Great Britain
What is the opposite of dusk?
Dawn
What spherical object is made by Dunlop, Penn, Wilson, and Prince?
Tennis Balls
What are the two most important Jewish holidays? (Name either)
Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur
sillie
+20
Level 77
Apr 24, 2017
Oh so you don't tickle your ivories with a toothbrush. I'd have liked that.
Ferbin
+1
Level 76
Mar 25, 2022
I thought the exact same thing.
buck1017
+2
Level 77
Apr 24, 2017
My American is showing...I had a tough time coming up with the second Great Lakes city. Also, I love the last question. I try all the time to explain to non-Jewish people that Hanukkah isn't one of the important holidays. People just assume that because it's around the same time as Christmas that it must be really important. It's not.
Djilas
+2
Level 82
Apr 25, 2017
I thought Passover was more important, probably also because of association with another Christian holiday.
MayaB
+3
Level 73
Apr 29, 2017
I tried exactly these two holidays... Apparently I have to do some research.
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
Nov 15, 2021
Passover isn't as important as Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur (the "high holy days"), but it's still significant. Chanukah is actually a minor holiday that just gets extra attention because of its proximity to Christmas.
cshtthomas
+1
Level 59
Apr 24, 2017
Locks... logs?
Malbaby
+4
Level 71
Apr 25, 2017
like cocks and cogs?........ no mate.
Djilas
+2
Level 82
Apr 25, 2017
"What is the most common type of element in human bones?"

I didn't get this at all at first. Not sure if my

English is problematic or the question is awkwardly phrased. Why "type of element" instead of element? I was thinking alkaline earth metals ...

Arp2600
+2
Level 86
Apr 26, 2017
It's confusing indeed. Calcium is an element, not a "type of element"...
stone222
+3
Level 48
Sep 19, 2018
where was this question? did QM sub it?
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Apr 25, 2017
Good GK quiz as always, if you like a puzzle-quiz try 'The Challenge' ... ... http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/120558/the-challenge
kotors
+5
Level 75
May 8, 2017
didn't know about the argentina-italy connection.
cornflakesfu
+2
Level 86
Oct 12, 2018
Same. Never would have guessed that one.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 68
Oct 28, 2020
It helps to follow rugby. Half the Italian national team is born in Argentina!
WelshWizard
+1
Level 83
Nov 15, 2021
Haha, rugby is exactly how I got it too. Some of the Argentinian players also have Italian heritage, e.g. Contepomi an obvious example.
LeonBird
+1
Level 49
Nov 15, 2021
i thought of manu ginobili
sjj93gg
+1
Level 45
Nov 19, 2021
So many Argentinian soccer and rugby players with Italian names (Messi for starters)
GEPelan
+1
Level 36
May 29, 2017
I had Yom Kipur with one p but it didn't register, or did you have to give both?
leontodon
+1
Level 64
Dec 27, 2023
It's a perfectly reasonable transliteration. But in English texts, the spelling of "Yom Kippur" has become strongly standardised: I can't find any other transliterations with significant usage. So IMHO it makes sense to only accept this spelling.
ander217
+3
Level 75
May 29, 2017
I tried baseball, basketball, volleyball, ball, rubber ball...duh. (To be pedantic, shouldn't object be plural or the answer be singular?)
SpencerGT
+5
Level 67
Nov 15, 2021
Pedantry is the purpose of this website.
bmjs98
+4
Level 54
May 29, 2017
Tries "funk to funky" first for the ashes to ashes question
musicguy
+1
Level 65
Feb 9, 2020
I'm really disappointed this didn't work. I'm still sad about Bowie.
Findlay
+3
Level 82
Apr 10, 2018
Fun fact: there are more Argentines of Italian descent than Spanish descent. You can see it in names. Take the two most famous living Argentines - Lionel Messi and the Pope whose surname was Bergoglio. Those aren't Spanish names.
QuizWol
+5
Level 59
Apr 26, 2018
Only if non Scots pronounce them of course. Loch and lock do not sound the same if properly spoken.
mads123
+1
Level 44
Feb 12, 2019
Could mouths be accepted Irish lake
hodga58
+1
Level 65
Apr 4, 2020
Hadrian's Wall lies entirely in England and has never formed any part of the England Scotland border.
wallicimo
+1
Level 66
Feb 1, 2021
the only border in the uk is between it and ireland, and hadrian's wall is in england
EcceHomo
+3
Level 79
Jul 7, 2021
England isn't an island, so the answer must be the name of the island. Right?
KiltedNinja
+1
Level 54
Nov 17, 2020
Hannukah isn't an important Jewish holiday?
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Nov 15, 2021
Nope.
Jonty84
+1
Level 47
Aug 31, 2021
Why does nearly every single one of these quizzes have a jewish related question?
acct4this
+4
Level 51
Nov 16, 2021
Juice controls the media
Jango
+3
Level 64
Sep 9, 2021
Lochs is not a homophone of locks, unless you mispronounce it.
Gurminator
+1
Level 67
Oct 25, 2021
It was obvious that the answer you wanted for the biblical character most like Hercules was going to be Sampson. But it can easily be argued that the more correct answer is Jesus.

SEE, for example: https://www.deviantart.com/lisa-im-laerm/art/Jesus-Vs-Hercules-531770880

Geografen
+2
Level 67
Nov 15, 2021
The most important jewish holiday is shabbath.
Margles
+2
Level 27
Nov 15, 2021
Absolutely right! Shabbat is the most important.
amongthejumpers
+1
Level 45
Nov 17, 2021
Maybe I'm ignorant here, but is there a reason why England isn't accepted but Great Britain is?
stromae
+2
Level 70
Nov 17, 2021
england isn't an island
selah13
+1
Level 44
Nov 21, 2021
Because the name of the island is Great Britain, not England.
Marvo7
+1
Level 60
Nov 19, 2021
The Scottish 'loch' or Irish 'Lough' is not a homophone of 'lock'. The 'ch' or 'gh' is a gutteral, as when you clear your throat.
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