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General Knowledge Quiz #68

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What is a female deer called?
a Doe
What measurement is half the diameter of a circle?
Radius
Who is Austin Power's nemesis?
Dr. Evil
What ingredient gives pesto its green color?
Basil
Who invented the lightning rod?
Benjamin Franklin
What beverage did the British Navy stop giving out with rations in 1970?
Rum
What country was formerly called the Dutch East Indies?
Indonesia
What are Hatha, Bikram, and Iyengar?
Types of Yoga
In addition to New York, London and Paris, what city is considered a "fashion capital"?
Milan
Who was the voice of Woody in "Toy Story"?
Tom Hanks
What port city was connected to Manchester by the world's first inter-city railway?
Liverpool
In what modern-day country did the Battle of Gallipoli take place?
Turkey
What is the world's southernmost national capital?
Wellington
What singer was called "The Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes"?
Frank Sinatra
What event was the song "Waka Waka" written for?
2010 FIFA World Cup
In what country would you find the cities of Espoo, Tampere, and Vantaa?
Finland
What is Hinduism's holiest river?
Ganges
Who ate porridge that was too hot, too cold, and just right?
Goldilocks
Which chess piece is usually represented by a horse's head and neck?
Knight
What are the next four letters following OTTFFSSENT?
ETTF
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Level 72
Mar 28, 2013
I grew up making pesto with parsley. Found out that basil is 'standard' a couple years ago, so I got this right.
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Level 75
Jul 23, 2015
Basil's the correct answer but my favorite pesto is made with garlic scapes. I can't wait for my hardneck garlic plants to send up their curled scapes in spring. It is really good roasted on salmon or chicken breasts.
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Level 77
Sep 13, 2015
Sounds interesting. Garlic scapes are pretty, but quite wooden.
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Level 75
Sep 27, 2015
I cut them when they first curl and they are still tender then. Occasionally one of the smaller ones is fibrous, but I mix the pesto in the food processor which takes care of that. They are also good stir-fried and pickled.
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Level 74
May 2, 2019
Agreed. If your scapes are wooden, cut them earlier, or buy them at the grocery store. So delicious! I add them to stir fry. Also great for pickling.
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Level 77
Apr 30, 2019
Another great type of pesto is made from spring ramps. YUM.
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Level 9
Mar 28, 2013
Thank you mom for obsessing over Bikram yoga....

I would've never gotten that question if she hadn't lol

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Level 33
Mar 28, 2013
Waka Waka? Are you sure it wasn't written for the return of Fozzie Bear. heehee
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Level 17
Apr 1, 2013
Thats what i thought!
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Level 79
Jun 28, 2019
I remember the song from the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Level 72
Mar 27, 2021
Having just Googled it, I can honestly say I have never heard that before, and I think I watched every game in that WC. It mustn't have made it across the pond, or else the British radio/tv stations rightly rumbled it as dreadful and didn’t play it.
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Level 28
Oct 24, 2023
no it definitely made over here- it was everywhere
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Level 66
May 18, 2021
No they definitely played it over here. I remeber it vividly...
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Level 56
Aug 14, 2022
@Algernon you sure you watched the same World Cup as us? Waka waka was so iconic even for non-football fans
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Level 62
Feb 4, 2022
I tried "The Muppet Movie" and then gave up because I had no clue.
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Level 71
Dec 11, 2023
I really thought it had to do with Fozzie Bear, or maybe Pac-Man.
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Level 17
Apr 1, 2013
Dr. Evil. How very basic and to the point.
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Level 43
Jun 28, 2019
It's a satirical movie making fun of superhero/villain movies
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Level 76
Jun 3, 2020
It's more a spoof of the James Bond franchise than of superhero films. Supervillans - well, I suppose they can appear in any type of movie setting.
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Level 48
Jun 22, 2014
Why is all the rum gone???
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Level 68
Oct 11, 2020
It's probably just not rationed anymore ,-). After all, as Churchill said, the traditions of the Royal Navy are "rum, sodomy, and the lash", and the British are always oh so proud of their traditions!
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Level 35
Sep 30, 2015
southernmost capital...happy to accept Wellington, but is the Falkland Islands counted as a state? Or is it a bit of another State? As a British Overseas Territory, it is completely self-governing, has its own currency, laws and tax system, like Gibraltar, and Bermuda, only having the Queen as their Sovereign... but Britain looks after their foreign affairs, and Falkland Islanders are British citizens... Would Port Stanley then be the furthest south... I dont know the answer, the average guy in the street would say Gibraltar and Bermuda were seperate states, only asking as I write quiz for a couple of local pubs and that has been bandied around
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Level 82
Aug 3, 2016
The Falklands are definitely not a nation, a nation-state a sovereign state or independent state by any measure. As you point out, they have a lot of the trappings of a nation, but so do Hong Kong and Macau, and they are definitively not nations. I think the places included in the 'Countries of the World' quiz on this site is a pretty comprehensive listing, and amongst those countries Wellington is indisputably the world's southernmost national capital. And besides, if we do wish to count British Overseas Territories, King Edward Point in South Georgia is more southerly than Stanley.
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Level 77
Nov 15, 2019
Gibraltar doesn't have its own currency. We use sterling.
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Level 87
Nov 12, 2022
But it’s Gibraltar Sterling, and it’s not accepted back in the UK
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Level 34
Jul 14, 2018
When your relatives (some still) live in Finland, its pretty east to know cities and towns there.
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Level 66
Jan 8, 2019
Never heard of any of them, but finland was my first guess, because i know they have a lot of words with double vowels.
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Level 79
Jun 28, 2019
I guessed it from the double a.
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Level 89
Apr 30, 2019
So for 6 years less than 1/2 got OTTFFSSENTETTF, but no one's curious what it is?
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Level 82
Apr 30, 2019
Or they can google
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Level ∞
Apr 30, 2019
I just added that question today. I gradually replace unpopular questions.
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Level 89
May 1, 2019
Ah, I thought I had vuja de from cracking it before.
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Level 71
May 2, 2019
I knew you were going to make that comment
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Level 84
May 2, 2019
I thought it was an excellent question, and somehow saw right away what it was referring to.
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Level 79
Jun 28, 2019
@someone2018 You mean déjà vu?
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Level 73
Sep 19, 2023
Might have to replace the replacement with how it's faring!
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Level 79
Jun 28, 2019
One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven etc...
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Level 79
Mar 26, 2021
Funny I wrote thsi over a year ago and now I didn't get that question :/
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Level 72
Mar 27, 2021
Thanks for explaining that one. I had no clue. You saved me a google.
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Level 79
Jun 28, 2019
Doe, a deer, a female deer...
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Level 56
Jun 28, 2019
But actually Hind would be equally acceptable I feel
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Level 79
Jun 29, 2019
Oh yeah: Hind; a female deer, especially a red deer or sika in and after the third year.
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Level 39
Mar 25, 2021
Ray, a drop of golden sun..
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Level 76
May 3, 2021
Me, a name I call myself...
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Level 60
May 30, 2021
Fa, a long, long way to run...
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Level 65
Jul 6, 2023
Sew, a needle pulling thread...
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Level 68
Oct 21, 2020
I was grateful that 'rugby' was accepted as an answer to the Waka Waka question but it probably shouldn't be - it's like accepting Netball when the answer's Basketball.

Thanks for the endless amusement this site provides though.

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Level 59
Jul 6, 2021
When I saw Waka Waka I thought they were talking about Zangalewa the Cameroonian song... not the one sampled by Shakira... oops
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Level 67
Aug 1, 2021
ETTF seemed kind of obvious
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Level 87
Nov 15, 2022
The drink ration discontinued by the Royal Navy in 1970 was not rum, but rather “grog” which was a mixture of rum and water (about 1:3) and occasionally included lime juice (hence, British sailors were called “limeys.”) The name derives from the nickname of its inventor Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon, who was known as “Old Grogram,” which itself was a reference to the grogram fabric from which his cloak was made. All details from Wikipedia
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Level 77
Dec 10, 2023
The apostrophe in the Austin Powers question is in the wrong spot.