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General Knowledge Quiz #111

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What animal is generally considered to be the holiest animal in Hinduism?
Cow
According to Shakespeare, who was told to "beware the Ides of March"?
Julius Caesar
What's the de-facto capital of Switzerland?
Bern
What constellation has a "belt" of three bright stars?
Orion
In basketball, what word means "nothing but net"?
Swish
Besides Kazakh, what is an official language of Kazakhstan?
Russian
Besides coffee, what goes into an affogato?
Ice cream
What is a book of the Bible, a girl's name, or a word that means "mercy"?
Ruth
What organization's traditions were "rum, sodomy, and the lash" – according to an apocryphal Winston Churchill quote?
The Royal Navy
What is the female version of a bar mitzvah?
Bat Mitzvah
In the Bible, Jesus raised three people from the dead. Who was the only one that had a name?
Lazarus
Double, double toil and trouble. What creature's eye do witches need for their broth?
Newt
What is the common English translation of Descartes' famous statement "Cogito Ergo Sum"?
I think, therefore
I am
What was the last name of brothers Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Zeppo, and Gummo?
Marx
Which chemical element is prominently used in laptop batteries and antidepressant medication?
Lithium
What religious group renounces modern inventions, and speaks a German dialect
known as "Pennsylvania Dutch"?
Amish
What was the British spelling of the word "jail" prior to the late 19th century?
Gaol
What series of video games takes place in the mythical land of Hyrule?
The Legend
of Zelda
In the puppet show, who is Mr. Punch's wife?
Judy
Who starred as Arnold Schwarzenegger's twin in "Twins"?
Danny DeVito
sillie
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Level 77
Dec 7, 2014
Ruthless. Nice! Now I understand that word better.
buck1017
+1
Level 77
Dec 8, 2014
AAAAhhhhhhh...cool
Somequiztaker
+4
Level 77
Jan 13, 2015
Mind = Blown
cornflakesfu
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Level 86
May 25, 2018
Whoa.
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Feb 15, 2020
Something tells me a Germanic word origin, not a poetic twist on a Biblical name.
redsplat
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Level 74
Jan 24, 2021
Ruth (רְעוּת) as a name is Hebrew. But ruth and ruthless have Germanic etymology.
NOTKimJongUn
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Level 74
Dec 11, 2014
Never heard of the puppet show
blinky
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Level 58
Jan 13, 2017
It dates from 16th century Italy. Hard to believe you've never heard of something that's been around for 500 years.
LoneStar
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Level 54
Jun 5, 2017
I've never heard of it either. Maybe it's more well known in Europe.
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Jan 6, 2019
I believe it is more a Uk thing, I ve only heard it since a few years (and only because I allways watch the english channel). We do have a puppet show that is, similar (jan klaasen) but it is not as big of a thing as it seems to be in the uk (allmost like a national cultural treasure)
ander217
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Level 75
Apr 26, 2020
I remember seeing a Punch and Judy show on American TV in the late 1950s or early '60s, but I don't remember on which show they appeared and I remember they seemed frightening to me. I agree, they weren't a big thing here. Most of what I know about them came from an episode of the British TV show, Midsomer Murder.
martay
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Level 70
Mar 1, 2022
I've only ever seen Punch and Judy as something happening more in the background of tv shows and movies set in decades and centuries past (like at a fair or a quaint old town center). Here's what they look like.
AmyD85
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Level 71
Jun 5, 2017
From an old nursery rhyme:

Punch and Judy fought for a pie.

Punch gave Judy a knock in the eye.

Says Punch to Judy, "Will you have any more?"

Says Judy to Punch, "My eye is sore."

overtired
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Level 84
Apr 18, 2019
It's not so popular anymore in the UK, given that it's basically domestic violence played for laughs :/
plattitude
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Level 91
Jan 13, 2015
Arguably, all 3 people whom Jesus raised from the dead had names, even if we don't know the other two.
Somequiztaker
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Level 77
Jan 13, 2015
I have always thought it was pronounced Swoosh
Kestrana
+3
Level 60
Jan 13, 2015
Definitely put swoosh myself
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 14, 2015
An extremely effective marketing campaign by Nike!
samiamco
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Level 69
May 23, 2016
I put swoosh, too!
ander217
+2
Level 75
Jun 5, 2017
Another swoosher here, and when that didn't work I tried whoosh. Grrrr, b-ball is my downfall.
POOCH
+3
Level 72
Apr 10, 2018
one more for swoosh. I thought swish was more of a drag thing.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Feb 9, 2020
Swoosh is the name of the Nike logo. The correct word is swish.
samiamco
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Level 69
Feb 21, 2020
Strangely, after Katy Perry’s “Swish Swish” video, I got it right away!
shplody
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Level 34
Feb 10, 2015
So much organized religion stuff :/
Malbaby
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Level 71
Apr 30, 2015
As opposed to disorganised religion stuff ?
Jacktheguy
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Level 89
Jun 6, 2017
There are 6 questions related to religion on this quiz. That's too much! Too much I tell ya!
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Jan 6, 2019
I read fluff...
jiwaburst
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Level 74
Jun 11, 2015
tried avocado for affogato, was surprised when it didn't work. Have never heard of the real answer, even though I spend more time at coffee shops then at home. learned something. cool.
redsplat
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Level 74
Jan 24, 2021
Presumably avocado didn't work since if you were to add avocado to espresso, it wouldn't work either :)
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Oct 3, 2021
According to the Internets.. it can also be cream (which I tried first), gelato, or even soft cheese...
martay
+1
Level 70
Mar 1, 2022
I jokingly tried "cat"
Westy
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Level 41
Dec 10, 2015
Lithium is usually used to treat bipolar disorder, not depression. Just sayin.......
samiamco
+2
Level 69
May 23, 2016
More to the point: lithium compounds are classified as mood stabilizers, not antidepressants.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Feb 9, 2020
Lithium is also used to treat depression. Interestingly, there's lithium in most drinking water and there's evidence to suggest places with more lithium in the water have lower rates of suicide.
samiamco
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Level 69
Feb 21, 2020
A pint of ice cream and a good night’s sleep can be used to treat depression (successfully!) too, but that doesn’t make them antidepressants. Lithium is also not an antidepressant.

There’s also the matter of using “prominently”: It’s definitely not used prominently for depression; it’s not even the recommended front-line bipolar treatment anymore (due to side effects). Altogether, pharmaceuticals only account for 4% of lithium use worldwide; it is much more often (more prominently?) used in industrial applications: ceramics and aluminum production, lubricants, air conditioners — in addition to batteries.

Might I so boldly suggest just “Which chemical element is commonly used in portable electronics batteries and medication to treat bipolar disorder?” (I suspect most people are getting the answer based on the batteries part anyway.)

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 29, 2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium

"Lithium-based drugs are useful as a mood stabilizer and antidepressant in the treatment of mental illness such as bipolar disorder."

sinihipsukka
+3
Level 73
Nov 7, 2016
Tried Mrs. Punch. :D
sumguy
+1
Level 84
Aug 17, 2021
I can't believe that isn't the right answer.
fitheach
+2
Level 59
Jun 5, 2017
Mind went blank, couldn't remember the female equivalent of a bar mitzvah - all I could come up with was bar chutzpah!
celebeth
+2
Level 70
Jun 5, 2017
Please also accept bas mitzvah, as dictionary.com says it is a variation of bat mitzvah.
HectorVortac
+1
Level 48
Jun 8, 2017
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who tried that.
FatSpartanJediLlama
+2
Level 67
Jul 16, 2017
Only 36% got Zelda! How?!?
PacoGee
+2
Level 44
Mar 7, 2018
I missed it cause I tried about 40,000 different ingredients for the coffee question and ran out of time and didnt see the question.
sumguy
+1
Level 84
Aug 17, 2021
I think if I'd had another hour or two, I might have eventually tried ice cream.
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 89
Apr 26, 2020
I guess some people don't know their games very well.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Mar 19, 2023
I got it first time because it's the most popular videogame that I've never played - I assumed it must be from it!
undeadwarrior
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Level 63
Mar 7, 2018
I think you should say: "Besides coffee AND water, what goes into an affogato?" because I hardly think that any coffee drink would work without water. Water otherwise is (and should be) a perfectly acceptable answer.
cornflakesfu
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Level 86
May 25, 2018
So, because water is an ingredient in EVERY coffee drink, you think it's a good answer to the question, "What goes in an affogato?"?
sumguy
+1
Level 84
Aug 17, 2021
Only if you add it after you've made the coffee. There is water in the gin and water in the tonic, but once they've been made, they can be used as ingredients in something else (such as gin and tonic) without mentioning the ingredients that went into making them.
OfficerDibble
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Level 80
Feb 10, 2020
The translation is really from the French, in which Descartes wrote the original. "Je pense, donc je suis". The Latin version is better known, but it's a translation too.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Feb 15, 2020
He wrote it both in Latin and in French, but indeed the French version is earlier. The Latin one is not just a mere translation though, but a different book altogether.
stubart409
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Level 67
Apr 26, 2020
The first time I came to Melbourne back in '89 I stayed in East Brunswick with some friends. Just down the road from us on Nicholson Street on the number 96 tram line, someone had graffitied 'Rum, Sodomy and the Lash' in huge letters on a green painted brick wall, so you saw it every time you caught the tram. I later learned that it is the name of a Pogues album, but only later did I learn of its connection to the British Navy.
H3mm0
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Level 35
Apr 27, 2020
Gives you an idea of this website's demographic when Mr Punch's wife is more guessed than Zelda.
sumguy
+1
Level 84
Aug 17, 2021
I've not a clue who Mr. Punch is, but you'd have to have lived a pretty sheltered life to have not encountered one of the 327 Legend of Zelda games.
dunkinggandalf2
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Level 68
Oct 13, 2020
I know the Lazarus story, but somehow, in order to remember the name, I always have to first remember the Stargate SG-1 episode "Cold Lazarus" (season 1, episode 7). Is that weird?
JakePerry
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Level 20
Mar 22, 2021
Thank you Dwight Schrute for teaching me the ways of the Pennsylvania Dutch community
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