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General Knowledge Quiz #17

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What type of weapon does Thor carry?
Hammer
What type of tree is closely associated with the country of Lebanon?
Cedar
In the U.K., it's called Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day. What is it called in the U.S.?
Fat Tuesday
What Bible character had the longest life span - 969 years?
Methuselah
What Spanish athlete is known as "Rafa" for short?
Rafael Nadal
What alcoholic beverage is made from fermented honey?
Mead
Who is the current Prince of Wales?
Prince William
What country has the most Shia Muslims?
Iran
What is the southernmost U.S. state?
Hawaii
Alphabetically, which country comes last in South America?
Venezuela
In what country would you find Lake Baikal?
Russia
What gentle shark is the largest species of fish?
Whale Shark
What supersonic airplane was jointly developed by France and the UK?
Concorde
What vocal range comes between tenor and a bass?
Baritone
In Greek mythology, what did the primordial goddess Gaia personify?
The Earth
What is often considered to be the world's fifth ocean, after the
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic?
Southern Ocean
What suffix means "study of"?
logy
What type of word are "kayak", "sagas", and "radar" examples of?
Palindrome
What do submarines use to see above the water when submerged?
Periscope
What style of hair did Bob Marley wear?
Dreadlocks
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Level 39
Sep 3, 2013
Great example of a general knowledge quiz!! The wide range of topics made it interesting and the short time frame resulted in a situation where if you knew the answer you could get it in time but if you were struggling you were going to miss it. Good challenge!
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Level 52
Sep 7, 2013
very hard but good
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Level 9
Mar 15, 2014
for the study of things can you add iogy as an acceptable answer
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Level 35
Oct 24, 2019
why would they do that if iogy is an incorrect answer?
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Level 67
Jun 7, 2023
it just needs to contain "ogy"
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Level 83
Jul 29, 2014
You know, I've never actually heard anyone call it Fat Tuesday except when they are translating Mardi Gras.
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Level 42
Jul 26, 2018
Those three words are indeed palindromes (which I figured out), but they are also nouns. If you want palindrome to be the only acceptable answer, then you should re-word the question as noun is an acceptable for the way it's currently written.
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Level 66
Jul 26, 2018
I second that. Kayak, Radar and Sagas are all nouns.
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Level ∞
Aug 8, 2022
Q: What do Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan have in common?

A: They are both carbon-based life forms.

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Level 49
Mar 4, 2024
You just wasted a really good question.
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Level 75
Aug 10, 2022
Changing one of them to "deified" would make it a nicer clue as well though!
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Level 82
Aug 15, 2022
They're also eukaryotic organisms. That's often overlooked.
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Level 58
Jan 12, 2023
this words also all have 5 letters and all of them have 2 a
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Level 79
Mar 28, 2021
If someone can't deduce what they meant with that clue, and can't see that they were the same backward and forward, they don't deserve to get that answer right. Something tells me you are just being pedantic, though. That would be ridiculous to accept 'noun' as the answer. Come on, don't be THAT person. You and anyone else with half a brain knew what they meant by that clue!
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Level 77
Jan 5, 2022
Um... they're also all English words? Can we accept that, too? They're also spoken at times. They are also all real words! Can we accept just "real" because I feel that it's an acceptable answer!
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Level 76
Aug 8, 2018
Nice to see one of these without any Harry Potter BS. :)
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Level 60
Dec 10, 2019
Expelliarmus!
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Level 26
Feb 12, 2020
Hi gang. . .

We can add "civic" to that list of palindromes.

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Level 67
Feb 17, 2020
Fat Tuesday?
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Level 68
Aug 25, 2020
Clever question - I'm a Brit and supporter of the monarchy but I spent ages trying different ways to say 'Prince Charles'. Eejit.
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Level 55
Jan 23, 2021
stupid me typing kaleidoscope 100x times thinking i typed it wrong
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Level 46
Mar 22, 2021
As a New Orleans resident, I'm glad that it accepts Mardi Gras for Fat Tuesday. Laissez les bon temps rouler!
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Level 33
Jan 19, 2023
Totally agree!
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Level 90
Aug 9, 2022
You might consider accepting "locks" for "dreadlocks." The latter has become kind of fraught, politically, and many people who wear them prefer to drop the "dread."
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Level 81
Aug 11, 2022
I agree, and I typically see "locs" although I would certainly defer expertise on that score.
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Level 71
Aug 22, 2022
It would be "locs" rather than "locks" but I would suggest accepting both rather than just "dreads"
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Level 75
Aug 14, 2022
Doesn't the Fat Tuesday question belong in a US General Knowledge quiz?
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Level 77
Aug 18, 2022
no more than the royal succession question being in a UK General Knowledge quiz.
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Level 56
Sep 13, 2022
Sadly needs to be updated, William is first in line now and George second :|
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Level ∞
Sep 13, 2022
Updated
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Level 79
Oct 23, 2022
You could be more forgiving by adding a type-in that accepts Methuselah without the h at the end.
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Level 67
Oct 26, 2022
I second that. I rewrote his name three times before finally adding the h.
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Level 53
Oct 23, 2022
Allow "mjolnir" for thor's weapon
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Level 62
Oct 23, 2022
Can you please accept 'pine' for the Lebanese tree... cedar is a type of pine.
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Level 67
Oct 26, 2022
No, it is not. Pines are in the genus pinus; cedars are in the genus cedrus. They are both in the pinaceae family, but that is where the similarity ends.
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Level 54
Oct 26, 2022
Should Antartic Ocean work for Southern Ocean as well?
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Level 50
Dec 22, 2022
if u spell it right
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Level 38
Jan 28, 2023
they're locs, not dreads
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Level 67
May 4, 2023
Spelled it like parascope, mad
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Level 59
May 23, 2023
Could you add Locs as a type-in for dreadlocks?
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Level 49
Jun 15, 2023
i tried yoda for the longest lifespan question
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Level 62
Oct 4, 2023
Accept locs for Marley's hairstyle?