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General Knowledge Quiz #182

Answer these random trivia questions.
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What is the term for a region of space so dense that light cannot escape its gravity?
Black Hole
What is the literal English translation of the French phrase "Mardi Gras"?
Fat Tuesday
What does the Ph stand for in a PhD degree?
Philosophy
Which state surpassed New York in 2014 to become the third most populous in the U.S.?
Florida
Where would you find Tomorrowland, Adventureland, and Frontierland?
Disneyland
Name one of the two most common minerals in the Earth's crust.
Feldspar or Quartz
What is the southernmost city in the world that has a population over 1 million people?
Melbourne
What female warrior helped defend France against English invasion in the Hundred Years' War?
Joan of Arc
What are the first three words in the King James Bible?
In the beginning
What is generally taught at a madrasa?
Islamic Religion
What word is sometimes spelled "baloney"?
Bologna
What stringed instrument, starting with the letter L, was played by King David and Nero?
Lyre
What does this symbol represent: ?
Bluetooth
Who has starred in two movies alongside his father, Will Smith?
Jaden Smith
What geriatric rocker once said "I’d rather be dead than sing Satisfaction when I’m forty-five"?
Mick Jagger
What country surrounds the Sea of Marmara?
Turkey
Three major cities lie on Gulf of Finland. One is Helsinki. One is Tallinn. What is the other?
St. Petersburg
What is the term for a person who studies the weather?
Meteorologist
What is the Spanish form of the name Michael?
Miguel
What is the most populous modern city located in the ancient region of Mesopotamia?
Baghdad
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Level 77
Sep 26, 2017
In the beginning, back in 1955...
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Level 80
Sep 27, 2017
Tchaikovsky had the news!
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Level 70
Dec 20, 2019
Did anyone else try "Thanks for buying"?
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Level 86
Sep 27, 2017
I'm really surprised that Melbourne is further south than Auckland.
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Level 79
Mar 30, 2021
I had the same thought, but it's at the northern end of the North Island.
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Level 77
Sep 27, 2017
Any possibility to accept "Jayden" as spelling?
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Level ∞
Sep 27, 2017
Yes, good suggestion
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Level 66
Aug 10, 2023
How about "Jaiden"?
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Level 79
Sep 27, 2017
Magic Kingdom should be accepted for the Disney question. Within each Disney resort, one of the parks is called The Magic Kingdom and contains the areas mentioned.
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Level 74
Feb 22, 2018
Agree. Tried Magic Kingdom and Walt Disney World, before just Disney World.
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Level 76
Feb 23, 2018
Yeah, I was so confused as to why Magic Kingdom and Walt Disney World wouldn't work but Disney World/ Disneyland do.
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Level ∞
Feb 23, 2018
Those will work now
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Level 77
Nov 9, 2017
DisneyWorld also needs to be an acceptable answer as all three of these can be found there as well
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Level ∞
Nov 9, 2017
It is acceptable
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Level 62
Feb 22, 2018
Should plagioclase fledspar be an acceptable answer?
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Level 46
Feb 23, 2018
What is the second word in that rock's name?
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Level 67
Feb 22, 2018
Tomorrowland is also a huge techno music festival set near Antwerp in Belgium
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Level 67
Feb 22, 2018
while adventureland is a leisure park in France near Paris... so i was tempted to answer "Europe"
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Level ∞
Feb 23, 2018
Earth. I demand full credit!
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Level 82
Feb 22, 2018
The bluetooth symbol looked so familiar...
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Level 60
Feb 22, 2018
I was so sure the Ph stands for Philosophiae that I tried everything with Physics when it didn't work...
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Level 88
Feb 22, 2018
You need to accept "post hole" for the third one. Everyone knows phd stands for post hole digger. Heck, I have two of 'em in my shed!
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Level 89
Aug 8, 2018
Pretty high demand.
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Level 65
Jul 18, 2023
Piled High and Deep
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Level 58
Feb 22, 2018
Could you add Shrove Tuesday?
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Level 74
Feb 22, 2018
All depends whether one means literal translation or the "English" equivalent (yes, my first try was Shrove Tuesday too). Suggest ether excepting ST or making the question "literal translation"
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Level 74
Feb 22, 2018
*accepting, d'oh!
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Level ∞
Feb 23, 2018
Good suggestion @ChipOtley.
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Level 26
Feb 22, 2018
Who the Hell calls it 'Fat Tuesday'?
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Level 82
Feb 27, 2018
everyone?
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Level 83
Oct 30, 2022
Not in the UK.
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Level 59
Feb 22, 2018
I don't see any generals on the list. Unless you are counting Joan of Arc.
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Level 22
Jul 15, 2018
lol i said orlando instead of disneyland
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Level 69
Jun 26, 2019
Bluetooth symbol doesn't show up on my computer - not everyone's gonna have the newest version of unicode.
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Level 69
Sep 25, 2019
Never knew the bluetooth symbol was an empty square
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Level 80
Oct 8, 2019
Why, oh why did I decide to take this quiz on Windows..?
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Level 70
Nov 18, 2019
An empty square usually represents a symbol that can't be shown. Give me my point!
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Level 51
Apr 15, 2020
Very confused by the "baloney" question. Bologna does not even sound similar. Google search reveals that both terms seem to refer to a sausage? Must be a North American thing :-)
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Level 75
Feb 14, 2022
Yeah that one totally confused me.
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Level 68
Feb 21, 2022
Yes - I was pretty surprised when I found out that, in American English, "Tony Bologna" is a rhyming name!
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Level 40
Apr 24, 2020
The Bluetooth symbol appears as a ? on my Mac. I couldn't understand why my answer "question mark" was wrong! Now I do. :)
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Level 64
May 4, 2020
I had the same issue in Chrome on a PC.
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Level 64
May 4, 2020
OK, a few people (and I'm one) are complaining that the Bluetooth symbol isn't coming up on their browser. Must be an issue with the way the server is rendering it, as it's happening on both Mac and Windows systems. Thanks.
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Level ∞
May 6, 2020
Fixed, thanks!
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Level 72
May 31, 2021
The latin version of PhD is philosophiae doctor. Could this be accepted, too?
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Level 77
Feb 21, 2022
Anyone try bhat for Bluetooth and then keep trying every random currency from around the world? I knew I’d seen it somewhere recently, but didn’t think it was on my Spotify menu!
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Level 32
Feb 21, 2022
I only knew Tomorrowland as the music festival in Belgium! 😆
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Level 54
Feb 21, 2022
ig there is noone
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Level 71
Feb 21, 2022
I'm quite bothered that "Philosophiae" doesn't work in the PhD (philosophiae doctor) question.

Please accept it, as that's what it actually stands for!

That it works also in English is out of "luck" (... that English takes so much from Latin).

Just like R.I.P. stands for "Requiescat In Pacem" and not "Rest In Peace" (its translation) or "e.g." is "exempli gratia" and not "example given".

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Level 76
Feb 21, 2022
I'm inclined to slightly disagree with the definition of a Madrasa as a place where one "generally learns Islamic religion". "Madrasas" are the main secondary education institution in the SWANA region, and all subjects are and have been taught there, through an Islamic lens, usually (some madrasas are secular too since it simply means "school/college"). But doesn't Western education have a Christian lens or at least Christian philosophical approach too? Does that make the Holy Trinity the main curricular content of a "high school"?
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Level 76
Feb 21, 2022
below-knee?
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Level 82
Feb 21, 2022
dang it, I wrote philosopher :-(
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Level 59
Feb 21, 2022
Oxygen, silicon, aluminum, and iron are the most abundant elements in the crust as far as i know so im confused
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Level 83
Feb 22, 2022
Those are elements, as opposed to minerals
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Level 65
Jul 18, 2023
I was thinking the same thing. It pays to read the clue sometimes.
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Level 68
Feb 22, 2022
What on earth does Bologna have to do with baloney?! Only the b and l sounds are the same - otherwise it is completely different. It's like saying 'sommelier' can be written as 'similar'!
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Level 80
Mar 1, 2023
I'm from the US and even as a kid I was perturbed by how we pronounce balogna as baloney
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Level 65
Jul 18, 2023
It is English. It's not supposed to make sense.