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General Knowledge Quiz #123

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What's the opposite of a carnivore?
Herbivore
What bird organ contains stones for grinding up food?
Gizzard
Who was 6 cubits and a span tall?
Goliath
For what activity is it common to wear jodphurs?
Horse Riding
What virus can cause cervical cancer but can also be prevented with a vaccine?
HPV
What type of animals were the subject of the movie "Happy Feet"?
Penguins
What by any other name would smell as sweet?
A Rose
What fictional character has been portrayed by Eartha Kitt, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Halle Berry, and Anne Hathaway?
Catwoman
What creature's name is "draco" in Latin?
Dragon
In the name of the Islamist group ISIS, what do the first two letters stand for?
Islamic State
What word starts with gh and means graverobber?
Ghoul
What ancient Greek god devoured his children?
Cronus
In what mountain range would you find the city of Tbilisi?
South Caucasus
Who is the Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom?
Princess Peach
What world leader famously wore a dhoti (a type of loincloth)?
Mohandas Gandhi
U2 started one of their songs with the bewildering countdown: "uno, dos, tres, catorce".
What does "catorce" mean?
14
What is the name for a jury that can not come to a unanimous decision?
Hung Jury
What was the ancient Greek version of heaven?
The Elysian Fields
Who was married 8 separate times, including twice to Richard Burton?
Elizabeth Taylor
What capital city can be found in central Anatolia?
Ankara
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Level 83
Mar 7, 2015
You might need to add acceptable responses to the jodhpur question. I tried horseback riding and equestrian before trying riding.
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Level ∞
Mar 8, 2015
Horseback riding and equestrian will work now.
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Level 72
Mar 9, 2016
what about horse racing? too specific? it was just a guess anyway, so I don't know what the actual use is.
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Level 91
Feb 7, 2017
I tried horse jumping and dressage, neither works either.
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Level 43
Dec 15, 2017
Neither horse racing or "Jockeying" worked. haha
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Level 82
Sep 7, 2020
I got it with horse racing. Must have been updated.
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Level 75
Sep 15, 2021
Did no one look at the spelling of 'jodhpurs' in the question when discussing this...?
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Level 75
Jan 17, 2024
No? OK.
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Level 60
Jun 29, 2015
I failed on the GQ question, because I was too busy being annoyed that my answer, starting with the letter Q wasn't working.. Derp. G.. The G, got it.
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Level 95
Jun 29, 2015
I wouldn't call Ghandi a world leader, I call him more of an revolutionist
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Level 59
Dec 14, 2017
Yeah, but what about Gandhi...? ;-)
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Level 82
Sep 7, 2020
He led the movement toward Indian independence.
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Level 81
Dec 14, 2017
You might want to allow papilloma for the virus question!
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Level 60
Jun 13, 2021
and herpes
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Level 68
Nov 25, 2021
Definitely not herpes! Human papilloma virus is completely different. For the record, the medical abbreviations are HPV for human papilloma virus and HSV for herpes simplex virus.
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Level 71
Dec 14, 2017
You will not get 20/20 on my latest General Knowledge Quiz .......here it is
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Level 84
Jul 29, 2020
You're right. Got 15/24. :-( But good quiz!
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Level 74
Dec 15, 2017
I wouldn't say carnivore and herbivore are opposites, they're just two different things.
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Level 58
Dec 16, 2017
So...horseracing doesn't work. Or polo.
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Level ∞
Jul 29, 2020
Those will work now.
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Level 44
Dec 16, 2017
AFAIK the vaccine only works for some strains of HPV.
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Level 84
Jul 29, 2020
That U2 song is Vertigo. Also, he doesn't say "uno" (one), but "unos" (some), adding more weirdness to the counting.

But, according to Bono, there's a simple explanation for the weird count: "there may have been some alcohol involved".

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Level 85
Jul 29, 2020
At https://youtu.be/5onUXFV9Vto you can watch Bruce Springsteen's speech inducting U2 into the Rock & Roll hall of fame. The speech starts off making fun of the "14" and is entertaining from beginning to end.
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Level 89
Jul 30, 2020
More spellings should be accepted for Cronus, including Kronos.
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Level 77
Aug 7, 2020
Yeah, I usually go for that spelling first. Also, I think it would be more correct to refer to him as a titan rather than a god.
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Level 23
Sep 15, 2021
yes, this, i didn't get this one because generally for me, kronos is a titan, not a god
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Level 69
Sep 7, 2020
Agree. Wikipedia: In Greek mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos
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Level 75
Sep 7, 2020
I kept typing kronos/chronos because I've never heard him referred to as cronus
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Level 52
Jul 6, 2021
seconded - kronos was my first guess
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Level 72
Aug 24, 2020
Please accept Kronos as another spelling for Cronus (as given in the Wikipedia page as an alternate spelling)
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Level 83
Sep 7, 2020
Seconded.
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Level 54
Sep 9, 2020
Definitely, and he really was a Titan, the parents of the gods...
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Level 56
Sep 7, 2020
For the U2 question why is the word 'fourteen' not accepted ?
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Level 82
Sep 7, 2020
Met this girl at vegetarian club last, she said she knew me, but I swear I'd never met herbivore....
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Level 56
Sep 7, 2020
wasn't cronus by definition a titan, not a god?
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Level 74
Sep 7, 2020
Jodhpurs, not jodphurs
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Level 62
Sep 7, 2020
cronus was a titan. also please accept kronos.
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Level 56
Sep 7, 2020
I feel like this was already said, but Cronos was a titan, not a god
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Level 8
Sep 7, 2020
je découvre ce quizz que je qualifierai de NUL. Trop de choses qui ne marchent pas: gésiers, quatorze, champs elysees, etc.etc.

le papillomavirus n'est pas accepté non plus.

Ce quizz doit être l'oeuvre (?) d'un anglophone...

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Level 56
May 22, 2022
c'est un quizz en anglais, donc c'est normal que les réponses en francais ne marche pas ? peut être que ta page a été automatiquement traduite par une extension google traduction et que tu ne t'en n'es pas rendu·e compte
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Level 67
Sep 7, 2020
Cronus wasn't a god, he was a titan. Huge difference.
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Level 64
Sep 7, 2020
You could say.... a difference of titanic proportions...

I'll let myself out now.

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Level 67
Oct 15, 2023
I've always thought that "gods" (in a context of Greek mythology) referred to all deities (i.e. titans are not Olympians, but they are gods).
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Level 69
Sep 8, 2020
Wouldn't Kronos work for Cronus?
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Level 66
Sep 8, 2020
Could you accept Kronos as an alternate spelling for Cronus? It's listed as an alternate spelling on Wikipedia.
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Level 66
Sep 12, 2020
In Latin, 'draco' actually just referred to a snake. It wasn't until the mediaeval period that it really came to mean 'dragons' as we understand them.

I think 'snake' etc. should be accepted.

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Level 66
Sep 12, 2020
To everyone saying 'Titan, not god': The titans were gods, just older ones. They are even referred to as 'theoi' by ancient greeks.

(I'd write this as a reply, but there's like 5 comments saying the same thing)

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Level 68
Oct 16, 2020
Good thing you added "starting with gh" to the graverobber question, otherwise you'd have to accept "archaeologist" as an answer... ;-)
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Level 67
Jan 26, 2021
Please please please accept variant spellings of Kronos, Kronus, Chronus, Chronos, etc. Doesn't make sense to not. How we transliterated the Greek names isn't that good haha
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Level 76
Jul 6, 2021
Another vote for Chronos as an option please - closest transliteration of the Greek if that matters!
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Level 83
May 3, 2022
Chronos, also spelled Khronos or Chronus, is the personification of time, not the same individual as the Titan Cronus.
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Level 64
Jul 6, 2021
Jodhpurs, not jodphurs. Named after the city of Jodhpur in Rajasthan
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Level 67
Dec 29, 2021
Please add Kronos as a type in for Cronus. It's Κρόνος in the original greek, so Kronos is more accurate.
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Level 60
May 22, 2022
For some reason, I only got the first and last questions.
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Level 76
Mar 11, 2023
"For what activity is it common to wear jodphurs?"

Directing movies in the 1930s?

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Level 56
Jun 11, 2023
Please accept Kronos as a spelling
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Level 64
Jun 24, 2023
I don't think the opposite of carnivore is correct. I think the opposite of carnivore is regurgitator.
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Level 66
Aug 4, 2023
Kronos is literally the non-latinized spelling of Cronus. It’d be like accepting Hercules but not Heracles.