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General Knowledge Quiz #188

Answer these random trivia questions.
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What animal lives in "lodges" that are built in rivers?
Beavers
What is the name of the winged horse from Greek mythology?
Pegasus
What came to an end on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month?
World War I
Who encountered a giant that said "fee, fi, fo, fum"?
Jack
What do people who are on the Atkins diet avoid eating?
Carbs
What actor has starred in "Jurassic Park", "Independence Day", and "Thor: Ragnarok"?
Jeff Goldblum
What empire was ruled by Moctezuma?
Aztec Empire
In what country would you find people who are known as Boers?
South Africa
What does a panacea cure?
Everything
What cute, furry creatures were featured in the movie "Return of the Jedi"?
Ewoks
What country did Eritrea gain its independence from in 1993?
Ethiopia
What mysterious formations, notorious in the 1990s, did some gullible people
think were caused by aliens?
Crop Circles
What singer performs with the "E Street Band"?
Bruce Springsteen
What type of animals were the leaders in the book "Animal Farm"?
Pigs
Who wrote "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged"?
Ayn Rand
What is like a grove or a copse, but larger?
a Forest
What is the name of the series of wars in which Europeans sought to
capture the Holy Land?
The Crusades
Whose belly shakes a like a bowl full of jelly?
Santa Claus
What do many people do to the Blarney Stone?
Kiss it
What do you add to a two-piece suit to make a three-piece suit?
a Vest
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Level 77
Sep 17, 2018
Ragnarok. - A nice spread of questions in this one.
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Level ∞
Oct 20, 2018
Fixed the spelling
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Level 85
Sep 17, 2018
"Corn circles are either hoaxes or formed by vortex movement of air." --Stephen Hawking. See also: https://www.allmusic.com/song/corn-circles-mt0000820526
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Level 66
Sep 17, 2018
your saying that corn circles is acceptable due to a song?
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Level 66
Sep 17, 2018
only missed Ayn Rand. Great Quiz.
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Level 68
Oct 30, 2020
Maybe the first time Ayn Rand's been missed by anyone!
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Level 45
Oct 19, 2018
homer simpsons belly shakes like jelly too. ;(
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Level 89
Jul 12, 2019
So do 3 people who've never been in my kitchen, but Santa has.
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Level 66
Jul 27, 2019
it doesnt require to have been in your kitchen
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Level 77
Apr 4, 2022
Could “anything” be accepted for panacea? Unless you have three stooges syndrome, you probably wouldn’t take a panacea to cure *everything*!
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Level 63
Apr 4, 2022
Very disappointed you didn’t accept Jeff um Goldblum. In no way could I get it accepted with an ‘um’ in it.

At least accept the man’s name in his native, um, language.

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Level 54
Apr 4, 2022
That was a good one lmao
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Level 45
Apr 7, 2022
His name is Jeff Goldbl-UM
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Level 65
Jul 18, 2023
Like
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Level 69
Apr 4, 2022
Can we have "wood" also accepted for "forest"? A wood is bigger than a copse or grove but smaller than a forest (consider that Winnie the pooh's wood is a hundred acres!)
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Level 75
Apr 4, 2022
Yeah when wood didn't work I assumed it couldn't be forest because that's even larger.
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Level 76
Apr 4, 2022
"Cute" is a relative term. If you've ever seen those things from close up, many of them are far from cute. Yub, yub.
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Level 82
Apr 4, 2022
you're only saying that because they're man-eating cultists who create musical instruments from the skulls of their victims.
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Level 79
Apr 5, 2022
how are wookiees not included for furry species in star wars? If you mention cute, furry animal in star wars, first thing that comes to mind is Chewbacca
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Level 61
Apr 6, 2022
Good quiz, although the clue for copse/ grove is a little misleading. I definitely wasn't thinking that big :-)
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Level 36
Nov 19, 2023
Thanks for this brilliant quiz.
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Level 68
Mar 1, 2024
Definitely one of the toughest General Knowledge quizzes so far.
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Level 75
Mar 3, 2024
Why does 'Crusades' require the final s, when 'pigs' doesn't?