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General Knowledge Quiz #13

Can you answr these random trivia questions?
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First submittedJune 2, 2011
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Who is the wizard that advises King Arthur?
Merlin
Which language has these letters: Δ, Φ, Ω?
Greek
In what country would you find the source of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Turkey
What is the name of the villain in the movie "The Lion King"?
Scar
What deadly sin is also a type of animal?
Sloth
If a cat has 9 lives, how many lives do 99 cats have (in total)?
891
What is the smallest type of bird?
Bee hummingbird
What city is closest to Alcatraz island?
San Francisco
What country hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup?
Qatar
Of the three types of rock, which one is made from lava?
Igneous
What island was the center of Minoan civilization?
Crete
What day comes after Fat Tuesday?
Ash Wednesday
According the song, what gift is given on the 5th day of Christmas?
Five golden rings
What company makes the Android operating system?
Google
What martial art could be described as Brazilian dance-fighting?
Capoeira
What popular salad dressing tastes like the "secret sauce" on a Big Mac?
Thousand Island
Which real-life person was Count Dracula supposedly based on?
Vlad the Impaler
What country was formerly known as Zaire?
D. R. Congo
What common abbreviation is given to the National Socialist party?
Nazi
What singer's hits include "When I Was Your Man" and "24K Magic"?
Bruno Mars
buck1017
+31
Level 77
Apr 24, 2013
I think "A Hangover" should be an acceptable answer for "what comes after Fat Tuesday?"
RoadmanM
+2
Level 56
Dec 22, 2017
Yeah, I don't really think specific religious questions like these fit the term "general knowledge". I've never heard of it outside a classroom and this quiz. It's not a thing in most European or Asian countries.

To the people saying this is general knowledge, can you list me some sikh holidays? No? That's what I thought.

DavidCheater
+13
Level 34
Jan 6, 2018
I'm Jewish and I recognized the term.
Cooldrive
+1
Level 63
Mar 5, 2018
Did you miss it?
Algernon
+2
Level 72
May 6, 2018
Lent obviously is. " Fat Tuesday" however, is not.
Djilas
+7
Level 82
May 9, 2018
in Catholic Europe and also elsewhere it is a thing, just under different names. (The orthodox also have carnivals in some regions, but lent starts already on Monday)
nerdalert
+3
Level 85
May 23, 2022
You're free to make your own quiz.
Dimby
+1
Level 77
Sep 25, 2022
I think most people are aware of the Sikh holiday of Diwali, or at least have heard the term in passing. Questions about religious observances that hundreds of millions of people observe are fair game for general knowledge. Sounds like someone couldn’t guess Ash Wednesday and their reward was sour grapes!
Noivern
+2
Level 51
Sep 22, 2023
Diwali is a Hindu celebration.
Dimby
+1
Level 77
Oct 1, 2023
That’s true. Also Sikh and Jainism. I just thought of Sikh because there’s a large Sikh presence where I live and the Diwali celebration is a major event.
neilyoung7
+1
Level 53
Dec 6, 2022
Guru Nanak Gurpurab -American atheist
InterAlia
+1
Level 75
Feb 1, 2023
It's an English language quiz. This is fairly common knowledge in that context. Sikh holidays are not.
oranje
+2
Level 64
Feb 21, 2024
I live in Australia and this not commonknowledge.

Ash Wednesday is very obscure Christian Reference.

IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Jun 28, 2018
Regret, embarrassment, awkward farewells, credit card bills, child support, bail, round 2 are all acceptable I think.
Nuagoo
+4
Level 56
Jan 13, 2020
As should be Wednesday. Never had a Fat Tuesday followed by another day til now...
MyNameWasTaken
+1
Level 46
Mar 22, 2021
As a New Orleans resident, I can confirm that this is pretty accurate
jmellor13
+11
Level 67
Jun 27, 2013
Did anyone else get "capoeira" solely because of Bob's Burgers?
mwierenga
+2
Level 85
Jul 1, 2013
Ha! I was trying hard to remember the term from that episode but the only reason I even remotely had a chance was because of Bob's Burgers.
kchvos
+2
Level 19
Nov 10, 2016
yessssss! hahahaha, love bobs burgers. Thank god for that episode, otherwise I would've never known
WolfCam
+3
Level 66
Jan 22, 2017
Thank you Tina!
WolfCam
+1
Level 66
Jan 22, 2017
I still didn't remember it though... "sigh"
Bob12
+2
Level 36
Sep 3, 2017
That was a good episode of Bob's Burgers. But what about the movie "Only the Strong" ?
LadyIceBear
+1
Level 55
Oct 7, 2019
Heck yes
martay
+1
Level 70
Mar 6, 2021
I knew about it from "Only the Strong," a cheesy 90's action movie.
098
+13
Level 31
Jul 27, 2013
Ash Wednesday comes after Shrove Tuesday. Who on earth calls it Fat Tuesday?
Susie222
+5
Level 59
Oct 22, 2013
People from Louisiana. That's in the United States of America on the North American continent in the Northern Hemisphere on Earth.
berowdy
+6
Level 51
Nov 19, 2014
EVERYONE in america calls it fat tuesday, isnt that what mardi gras literally translates to?
Xenobiologista
+1
Level 59
Oct 15, 2020
Yes, Mardi Gras is french for Fat Tuesday. People still speak french creole in Cajun country down there.
ColoHarpare
+2
Level 50
Apr 21, 2014
If you translate "Mardi Gras", you get "Fat Tuesday".
cariad
+5
Level 42
May 31, 2015
But Shrove Tuesday sounds so much nicer!
brandybuck96
+9
Level 83
Dec 7, 2015
Pancake Day sounds nicer still.
bkemp2001
+1
Level 61
Apr 3, 2018
Where do they call it Shrove Tuesday?
Algernon
+7
Level 72
May 6, 2018
Britain
CardinalSin
+4
Level 77
Jun 8, 2018
Shrove comes from the verb to shrive meaning forgiveness. It is a time to seek forgiveness of your sin prior to the solemn fast of lent. The "fat" concept was merely using up the fat and other foods left in the pantry that you wouldn't be able to eat during lent. Take your pick which concept you find more important - but yes, you should include the word "shrove" somewhere in the question, in my view.
aloepottt
+4
Level 48
Jun 25, 2021
canada too
joeythelemur
+3
Level 84
May 13, 2022
I love it when supposedly mature and intelligent people casually denigrate an entire country of millions of people because.....why??? Who knows? Maybe someone from America hurt you? Akkenru, if you think the whole of the USA is backwards and unintelligent, that reflects more about you, man.
blizzrd33
+5
Level 79
May 19, 2022
Australia too. Never heard of Fat Tuesday before this quiz, but still guessed it had something to do with Lent.
Zupity
+3
Level 66
Sep 25, 2022
@Joey there is no denigration here, only difference. I have never heard Shrove Tuesday called anything other than Shrove Tuesday except on Jet Punk. It's one of those situations where it would be a good idea to put more than one name in the clue.
Bux72
+2
Level 29
Sep 3, 2013
"volcanic" and "pyroclastic" should be acceptable alternates for "igneous" ... volcanic being the most common term.
nerdalert
+2
Level 85
May 23, 2022
"Volcanic" and "pyroclastic" are not one of the three types of rock.
TenThousand
+1
Level 76
Sep 16, 2014
Please also accept Scoria - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoria
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Sep 3, 2017
Try my latest quiz No. 29 @.... https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/120558/mals-general-knowledge-29
Margles1
+4
Level 41
Jan 27, 2018
I was embarrassingly old before I realized that “Mardi Gras “ is a direct translation of “Fat Tuesday “.
AnnikaKim
+1
Level 62
Jun 25, 2021
And I knew that Mardi Gras is literally Fat Tuesday, but until this quiz I didn't realize that Fat Tuesday is an actual Easter/Lent term ... (*mental facepalm*)
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 68
Aug 3, 2022
Probably the other way around, Margles...
bkemp2001
+2
Level 61
Apr 3, 2018
I had no idea how to spell capoiera...I may have mangled it again.
samiamco
+2
Level 69
May 11, 2018
And I see it plagued you still! :-D
madmonte
+1
Level 72
Jun 28, 2018
First try, 100%, 2:40 left.

I only put a brag-post in because that's not normal for me to ace a quiz first try, this just happened to hit my general knowledge base really well.

ThePotatoKnight
+2
Level 32
Jun 28, 2018
Couldn't spell capoeira...
kogatora
+2
Level 93
Aug 20, 2018
couldn't stop thinking about capybaras so my mind went blank on that. add a type in?
Npredella
+1
Level 48
Nov 26, 2018
Can ashes wednesday be accepted for ash wednesday?
Yekilentian
+8
Level 60
Mar 27, 2020
Shouldn't NSDAP be accepted as an abbreviation of the national socialist party?
Kalleanon
+1
Level 66
Jun 3, 2020
Technically, yes, but it's way, way less common.
syphus590
+1
Level 28
Feb 18, 2021
and ussr?
pieceofcheese87
+6
Level 21
Sep 9, 2021
... no
PoetsCorner
+1
Level 85
Jul 30, 2023
You have GOT to be kidding!
reverendmeat
+2
Level 80
Jul 9, 2022
I tried NSDAP first, it's accepted now!
sam298
+8
Level 30
Mar 27, 2020
Who, accept for people from the US, knows what Thousand Island is? Jeez
aloepottt
+5
Level 48
Jun 25, 2021
anybody who knows a little about geography
duckwantbread
+4
Level 64
Oct 10, 2021
You can definitely get thousand island in the UK.
HyddenRizz
+2
Level 66
Jan 15, 2023
You can get it, but 99% of people will never have tried it or know what it is, I bet.
blizzrd33
+2
Level 79
May 19, 2022
I've never been offered Thousand Island Dressing before, I'm in Australia. Once I saw the answer I think I've heard of it somewhere but certainly never seen or tasted it.
Snobbroy
+1
Level 65
Sep 26, 2022
It is (at least used to be) quite popular in Scandinavia. When I grew up it was nearly impossible to get a salad without it.
syphus590
+2
Level 28
Feb 18, 2021
3:04

Scoring

You scored 6/20 = 30%

This beats or equals 15.2% of test takers

The average score is 11

Your high score is 6

FatSpartanJediLlama
+3
Level 67
Jun 13, 2021
When you guess Doha instead of Qatar because you didn't read the question properly
jackjack
+2
Level 65
Jun 28, 2021
Igneous rock is made from magma, not lava. There is a difference.
Freestatebear
+3
Level 85
May 12, 2022
Both are typically called igneous rocks. The difference is whether they are intrusive (also called plutonic) - meaning they were formed from magma, or extrusive (also called volcanic) - meaning they were formed from lava.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 79
May 18, 2022
Igneous rocks include both plutonic and volcanic sub-types. The question is incorrect because it only relates to volcanic igneous rocks, but not plutonic igneous rocks. Swapping "lava" for "magma" would fix this.
mf3
+1
Level 87
May 12, 2022
I hate it when my igneous rocks are even touched. (Recognize the film?)
blizzrd33
+1
Level 79
May 19, 2022
The three main types of rocks are igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. Of these, the only one made from lava is igneous, but the question is poor. QM, please can you fix the question about igneous rocks to replace "lava" with "magma". As mentioned above, lava is magma which is above the surface of the earth but not all igneous rocks are formed above the surface of the earth. Plutonic igneous rocks (e.g. granite) are formed beneath the surface of the earth from magma, not lava.
Jango
+1
Level 64
Jul 1, 2021
Stopped taking this quiz when I got to the question about a Big Mac. Never been in a McDeaths in my life, just picketed outside some
malachite
+9
Level 78
Jan 14, 2022
Nobody asked...
joeythelemur
+8
Level 84
May 13, 2022
I'm so sorry this happened to you. Please write to QM and tell him which items offend you so much so you never have to prematurely stop a quiz again.
reverendmeat
+3
Level 80
Jul 9, 2022
wow.
Koopa
+1
Level 77
Dec 30, 2021
Only two music questions and they're both recent--there's an opportunity to change one of them.
Lemondance
+3
Level 67
Sep 25, 2022
Are you calling The Twelve Days of Christmas a recent song? Or has the quiz changed since then?
mf3
+3
Level 87
May 12, 2022
Latest nit to pick: I believe the gift was five GOLD rings, not five golden rings.
nerdalert
+2
Level 85
May 23, 2022
It was that way originally. I've not heard it sung that way in my lifetime. It apparently had already changed to "golden" in North America by 1966. This enables there to be one syllable per musical note. The lyrics were quite fluid. A version from 1840 has "part of a juniper tree", "colley birds", "golden rings", "hares-a-running", "bears-a-baiting", and "bulls a roaring".

Among most versions, it was commonly "colly birds" until 1909.

HyddenRizz
+1
Level 66
Jan 15, 2023
Five Gold Rings has better emphasis though. It's a goddamn epic part of the song!
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
May 13, 2022
If gluttony hadn't been so greedy and taken an extra letter, it would've worked too.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
May 16, 2022
'Answer' is misspelt in the description. Also 'What country is schedule' should be changed to 'What country is scheduled'
MayaB
+2
Level 73
Sep 25, 2022
I always groan a bit in my head when I see a "Twelve days of Christmas" question. I must have heard the song hundreds of times in my life, but I've never had it in school or a language course so I've never paid attention to the lyrics. There's about 99% probability that I won't get the 100% on a quiz with such a question in it.

(For the record: this is not a complaint to the Quizmaster but more of some general musings.)

Rozzi
+1
Level 60
Sep 25, 2022
Not sure how I got 'thousand island', it filled in before I even saw the question and I certainly never typed that! Also, I know Fat Tuesday is American for Shrove Tuesday only because of jet punk - maybe Shrove Tuesday could go in brackets?
itsblaze
+2
Level 38
Oct 11, 2022
Finally got Generallisimo on this one!
EytanMelech
+3
Level 67
Nov 1, 2022
Qatar is now currently hosting the world cup. Question needs to be changed to past tense.
RITB
+4
Level 65
Jan 2, 2023
The world cup in Qatar has ended. Has to be changed to past tense.
rich75
+1
Level 53
Feb 12, 2023
^ This
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Sep 14, 2023
Pride is a group of lions, which is kind of a type of animal... Although the current answer is certainly correct.
Goggynoggler
+1
Level 55
Feb 15, 2024
Too bad the question isn't "What deadly sin is also the name of a particular grouping of animals?"
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