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General Knowledge Quiz #107

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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On what island did the term "Mafia" originate?
Sicily
Capellini and pappardelle are types of what?
Pasta
Which one of the Great Lakes shares its name with a Canadian province?
Ontario
In which Dutch city would you find the International Court of Justice?
The Hague
What is the second most populous U.S. territory after Puerto Rico?
Guam
What age came after the Bronze Age?
Iron Age
What British comedian partnered with Stephen Fry before starring as Dr. House?
Hugh Laurie
Which Asian country has a name ending in H?
Bangladesh
In terms for waves, what is the opposite of crest?
Trough
What country is made up mostly of Jutland and Zealand?
Denmark
What does the German word "Danke" mean in English?
Thank You
What genre of music was played by Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters?
Blues
What did James Naismith invent in 1891?
Basketball
What is the name of the geographical line that runs through the
Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London?
Prime Meridian
What war of the 1600s pitted Cavaliers against Roundheads?
English Civil War
Who is the leader of the Decepticons (usually)?
Megatron
What is NaCl commonly known as?
Salt
What is the missing word in the French phrases "___ d'etat" and "___ de grace"?
Coup
What word can refer either to trash or a type of Chinese ship?
Junk
Who did Ringo Starr replace as drummer for The Beatles?
Pete Best
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Level 58
Nov 5, 2014
I somehow kept reading "Decepticons" as decapitations. No wonder I couldn't think of the answer.
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Level 71
Nov 5, 2014
Same here
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Level 82
Nov 5, 2014
Was on my way to acing this (even with the football question which I surprised myself by getting in a single guess), but then the Beatles question stumped me.
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Level 92
Nov 5, 2014
I inherited a copy of a record he released entitled "Best, formerly of the Beatles." On the cover, the 'formerly' is so small as not to be noticed. I hear it sold a lot of copies.
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Level 90
Nov 5, 2014
I did some searching, because I really wanted to see that album cover. It's pretty funny - it has a picture of all 5 Beatles (Stuart Sutcliffe was the other that didn't make it), with a small circle around Pete's face. Oh, and the official title is actually just "Best of the Beatles". It was released by Savage Records in 1965.
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Level 58
Jan 1, 2017
I have that album. Yep, I was duped back then, too. Best of the Beatles indeed!
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Level 82
Mar 1, 2020
I can't see the "formerly" on the cover anywhere. Is it microscopic or had someone scribbled that in on your cover after the fact?
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Level 92
Apr 2, 2020
You know, I'm not sure. I thought it was part of the cover, written just above the o in of, but I can't see it in the album images online. I'll have to look at my copy and see if it's handwritten.
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Level 37
Nov 5, 2014
Please accept Sodium Chloride for NaCl
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Level 30
Nov 5, 2014
That's what NaCl is. It's "better known" as salt. We don't say please pass the sodium chloride.
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Level 76
Mar 29, 2020
You could try that next time, though, just for fun.
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Level 75
Nov 5, 2014
In the medical field, NaCl is Sodium Chloride... I agree with Sadmin, it should be accepted
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Level 56
Apr 17, 2017
And regardless, if you know "sodium chloride," then you probably also know "NaCl," so it is equally known, not even better known.
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Level 83
Nov 5, 2014
Why don't you accept Calvin Johnson as an answer for the leader of the Decepticons?
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Level 68
Nov 5, 2014
Awesome comment
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Level 74
Nov 8, 2014
I'm a Bears fan and I still agree. Calvin Johnson is the man
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Level 50
Feb 22, 2020
Not anymore
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Level 82
Aug 14, 2016
Poor Pete Best. Myself and the vast majority of people taking this quiz couldn't remember him.
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Level 58
Jan 1, 2017
I remembered him, but then I've been a Beatle fan since 1964 and have read an s-load of articles and books about them.
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Level 84
Apr 17, 2017
Only 1/3 know the Prime Meridian? Wow.
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Level 59
Apr 19, 2018
I typed greenwich meridian and got it.
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Level 66
Jan 6, 2019
I know what it is, just not what specefic name it had, tried meantime and timeline... really couldnt think of anything else
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Level 65
Mar 29, 2020
Cos most of us were just typing meridian?
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Level 43
Apr 17, 2017
I was thinking raison d'tat. Don't know if it still means anything as raison de grace
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Level 37
Apr 17, 2017
Were you thinking of raison d'etre perhaps? (reason for being)
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Level 70
Apr 17, 2017
I'm still stuck on Hugh Laurie being a comedian. Maybe he is, but I only know him from House.
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Level 89
Apr 17, 2017
Same here, I had no idea he was a comedic partner of Stephen Fry. Guess I need to catch up on some stuff.
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Level 82
Apr 18, 2017
I think his appearance in Black Adder series is even more famous, a classic of British comedy. It was super weird seeing the utterly stupid Prince Regent as House ...
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Level 51
Apr 19, 2017
Check out the series "Jeeves and Wooster". It's hysterical. And then there was Blackadder....
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Level 75
Jan 25, 2020
To see a completely different side of him see Ang Lee's version of Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. He had a minor role but he played a grumpy Regency gentleman quite well. (If I'd been married to his silly wife I would have been grumpy, too.)
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Level 92
Jan 27, 2020
It took me a long time watching House before I could see him as anything other than the bumbling henchman in 101 dalmatians (with Arthur Weasley).
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Level 72
Apr 20, 2017
I knew him originally from "Jeeves and Wooster". The first time I tried watching "House" I couldn't get Bertie Wooster out of my head, so I gave up. Later on I did watch it though. And as ColoHarpare says - the series is hysterical.
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Level 59
Jun 29, 2017
Back in the '80s, they did a comedy sketch programme called "A Bit of Fry and Laurie". That was about the same time as Blackadder, and then they did Jeeves and Wooster. Most definitely a comedic background before they both branched out into other (more serious) stuff.
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Level 66
Feb 22, 2020
I still have two seasons of "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" on DVD. Great sketch comedy. Especially John and John the tough 80's yuppy businessmen, the vox pops, and the skits with Control and Number 1.
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Level 82
Mar 1, 2020
In his role on House he often uses good comedic timing and deadpan delivery. He was also on the show Black Adder.
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Level 71
Dec 13, 2022
And Blackadder Goes Forth
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Level 77
Jan 25, 2020
I am so stupid. I come from the UK, but I did not get the prime meridian.
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Level 72
Mar 29, 2020
This is an interesting topic for those of a scientific bent: wikipedia will inform you that "Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers show that the marking strip for the prime meridian at Greenwich is not exactly at zero degrees, zero minutes, and zero seconds but at approximately 5.3 seconds of arc to the west of the meridian". So I wouldn't feel bad about not getting this answer, actually the question is not quite correct.
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Level ∞
Mar 29, 2020
Right...
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Level 75
Mar 31, 2020
I'm used to being not quite correct so I think it's okay as it is.
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Level 84
Jan 27, 2020
Couldn't think of Bangladesh - best I could come up with was Nineveh!
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Level 75
Mar 31, 2020
I was mentally going through every country and even after time was up I kept going until I reached the last possible answer and finally got it - a few minutes too late.
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Level 63
Mar 29, 2020
I so much had Bangladesh in my mind, but I was like "no that ends with š (sh)".
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Level 27
Mar 30, 2020
Please change it to 'Crest/Peak'
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Level 79
Mar 30, 2020
ARGHGH! I was THINKING of Hugh Laurie, but couldn't remember his name correctly, so I kept trying Hugh Grant! (Who is someone quite different)
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Level 60
Sep 9, 2021
Ahhhhh.

Bow I get the joke that Ringo isn't even the best drummer in The Beatles.

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Level 70
Feb 15, 2022
That's totally apocryphal. Lenon never said that.

Ringo is far more nuanced a drummer than people give him credit for. Drummers already know that though. It's also said that in all the years that Beatles recorded together, less than dozen takes needed to be stopped because of a mistake he made.

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Level 41
Sep 9, 2021
Fun fact about me: I actually learned the answer to the Pete Best question from Jeff Dunhams' world tour comedy special, "Jeff Dunham: All Over The Map."
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Level 67
Jan 25, 2022
All I could come up with for the US territory question was Washington DC.