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General Knowledge Quiz #124

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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First submittedMarch 7, 2015
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What is the equivalent of a hurricane when it starts in the Northwest Pacific Basin?
Typhoon
What character in the "Star Wars" universe was criticized for having a Jamaican accent?
Jar Jar Binks
What unit of distance is approximately 6 trillion miles?
Light year
What musical act is abbreviated NIИ?
Nine Inch Nails
What car company is led by Elon Musk?
Tesla
In what city would you find Notting Hill?
London
What beverage was originally flavored with sassafras?
Root beer
What comes next after eins and zwei?
Drei
What place has only been visited by 12 people, all men, all born in the United States?
The Moon
What animal does the perfume ingredient ambergris come from?
Sperm whales
What is the popular name for the era of Western European history which lasted from
about 476–1000 AD?
The Dark Ages
What terrifying insect kills about 30 people per year in Japan?
Japanese Giant
Hornet
Who wrote the violin concertos "The Four Seasons"?
Antonio Vivaldi
If someone is masticating, what are they doing?
Chewing
What country was Nubia's northern neighbor?
Egypt
What is the opposite of El Niño?
La Niña
What is the name for a person who tried to turn base metals into gold?
Alchemist
What martial art was originally developed in Okinawa?
Karate
What tiny mountain nation has the highest average elevation of any country within Europe?
Andorra
What organization owned a ship called "The Rainbow Warrior"
that protested nuclear testing?
Greenpeace
Packerswin14
+20
Level 83
Mar 7, 2015
I'm sure Mothra is responsible for at least 30 deaths a year in Japan. And he's definitely an insect.
fuanacdc
+2
Level 84
Mar 11, 2015
Well done
PrinceEric
+2
Level 56
Jul 13, 2015
I'm sure the people who came up with Mothra had some experience with the gigantic Japanese hornets. They're horrifying!
nonono
+3
Level 88
Jul 13, 2015
I thought Godzilla took care of the Mothra problem.
Fee
+3
Level 51
Dec 28, 2017
That's just hearsay.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Jul 5, 2019
It made me answer moth.
vermiciousknid
+5
Level 88
Sep 21, 2020
*she
buck1017
+2
Level 77
Mar 9, 2015
I wish I had taken Spanish. I put El Nina instead of La Nina.
redsplat
+2
Level 74
Dec 8, 2015
You need to accept more variations for giant hornet. Wasp for example. Also bird bee, sparrow bee --- this is how the name is translated. Seriously. I have seen one of these in the wild. You don't want to make them angry.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Sep 17, 2017
Anything with "hornet" would have worked. But sparrow bee and other variations will work now too.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jan 8, 2019
Then you would know it isand not a waspfew at, all. I had a hornet in my garden once, not the japanese one though. But man what a huge thing, made a lot of noise aswell and was actively hunting. At first I thought there was a drone in my garden
Swanbabe
+1
Level 38
Jan 29, 2017
Did Musk found Tesla? I thought he just took it over in about 2004...
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Sep 17, 2017
He is listed as a co-founder and was involved from the beginning. But I think you're right that he wasn't really a founder. Changed the question, thanks.
Shade9099
+5
Level 67
Feb 27, 2019
When I saw masticating, I initially thought it said something else...
spongecake
+3
Level 67
Sep 21, 2020
yes, I thought so too.
PitifulExcuse
+5
Level 55
Apr 2, 2024
do you think that that might have been intentional?
IrisIris
+2
Level 60
Jun 9, 2019
my ex's friends used to nickname me jar jar binks :'(
IsleAuHaulte
+6
Level 89
Jul 5, 2019
Good God, post an audio link of your voice.
Heliopixie
+2
Level 55
Sep 21, 2020
It's my partner's nickname...... because he is particularly chatty ;)
DonTheLamplighter
+3
Level 84
Sep 21, 2020
On the whale question, I initially read it as "surgeon"...and all I could think to try was "killer". Then I re-read the question... D'oh!
JPR
+2
Level 41
Sep 21, 2020
Likewise. Blue surgeon, sperm surgeon, killer surgeon. Couldn't figure it out.
sumguy
+3
Level 84
Sep 21, 2020
It should probably read "What is the western Pacific equivalent of a hurricane?" The NOAA defines the Eastern Pacific hurricane area (under the jurisdiction of the National Hurricane Center) as everything east of 130°, and the Central Pacific hurricane area (under the jurisdiction of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center) as everything from 130° to 180°, regardless of latitude. Everything west of 180° is the Pacific typhoon area, where storms are named by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). The point is that the dividing lines are on lines of latitude, not longitude. Storms in the north Pacific can be hurricanes if they're in the EPac or CPac. The storm has to be in the Northwest Pacific to be a typhoon; the requirement is for it to be west, not north.
kevlarkev
+10
Level 62
Sep 21, 2020
Does this guy know how to party or what?
sumguy
+1
Level 84
Sep 22, 2020
We're not worthy!
AbiA
+1
Level 83
Aug 7, 2021
I think you’ve got your latitude and longitude the wrong way round
blizzrd33
+2
Level 79
Nov 21, 2022
As an Australian who encounters tropical storms from the South Pacific, they definitely need to be from the North Pacific to be called a typhoon. We call them tropical cyclones here in the South Pacific.
Kelzah
+1
Level 24
Feb 23, 2023
I wrote cyc.one too
junkenglish31
+1
Level 56
Sep 21, 2020
Thank you, Roseanne Barr!
sumguy
+2
Level 84
Sep 22, 2020
This has been Roseanne, your guide to the world of facts.
HutHutVikes
+1
Level 58
Jun 1, 2021
Sweet fungi of Mumbai!
nsg794
+2
Level 45
Sep 21, 2020
It should be northwest Pacific equivalent of a hurricane.

The Northeastern and Central Pacific also use "hurricane" like the Atlantic.

GKS
+4
Level 46
Sep 21, 2020
Wow, I can't believe I actually tried "Polizei" for 'What comes after ein and zwei?'...
llyn
+3
Level 57
Sep 22, 2020
I tried g'suffa just to see ;)
jennywren21
+1
Level 62
Sep 22, 2020
Please accept Rose Tico for number 4!
sumguy
+1
Level 84
Sep 24, 2020
For Nine Inch Nails? I don't get it.
HutHutVikes
+1
Level 58
Jun 1, 2021
I think he means the Jar Jar question
Thisisreal
+1
Level 87
Apr 17, 2024
Since chewing gum is called “mastic” in my native language, the answer was right in front of me yet I thought it must be a coincidence and got it wrong :-/
Geografen
+1
Level 67
Apr 18, 2024
I think the Rainbow warrior was a ship used at terrorism against whale hunters.
Alexquiz17
+2
Level 88
Apr 18, 2024
Terrorism? Against whalers - are you high?
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 88
Apr 18, 2024
Everyone should check out how French spies bombed the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour NZ, murdering a volunteer photographer. This happened in 1985, when Greenpeace were exposing radioactive pollution resulting from French nuclear tests in Polynesia. This led to widespread poisoning of locals, including a massive spike in childhood cancers. Despite the best efforts of local law enforcement, the guilty parties were allowed to leave NZ and never punished for their crime, as a direct result of pressure from the French government, who labelled Greenpeace a communist-supporting terrorist organisation. Naturally. I mean, it was the French who used a bomb, but it was definitely the hippies who were the terrorists…

Vive la France!

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