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General Knowledge Quiz #194

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What sound does a cricket make?
Chirp
Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union?
Mikhail Gorbachev
What country's population fell nearly 20% between 2010 and 2018 due to a civil war?
Syria
What Greek fabulist wrote "The Tortoise and the Hare"?
Aesop
What is a sapphire with an asterism known as?
a Star Sapphire
Who became, in 2017, the first person to have a net worth in excess of $100 billion?
Jeff Bezos
What profession is shared by Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein,
and Gustavo Dudamel?
Orchestra Conductor
In the famous poem, what three words come after "She Walks in Beauty"?
Like the Night
Who often foils the plans of super villain Ernst Blofeld?
James Bond
What is the name of the stupid, slobbering dog that lives with Garfield?
Odie
It's the year 1800, and two fashionable Russian nobles are having a conversation.
What language are they most likely to be speaking?
French
What is the Spanish equivalent of the name Charles?
Carlos
What prolific German composer wrote over 1128 pieces of music and
fathered 20 children?
J. S. Bach
Which European capital has a name ending in v?
Kyiv
In poker, what beats a flush but loses to four of a kind?
Full House
What Marvel villain wants to kill half the population of the universe?
Thanos
Whose children are named George, Charlotte, and Louis?
Prince William and
Kate
In what city did Tony Bennett leave his heart?
San Francisco
What is the only country that is completely free of mosquitos?
Iceland
Who does most of Jackie Chan's stunts?
Jackie Chan
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Level 82
Dec 30, 2018
Harder than most
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Level 76
Dec 30, 2018
Also accept "conducting"?
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Level 79
Feb 13, 2022
But professions are nouns, not verbs.
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Level 76
May 16, 2022
i think you could reasonably say someone was in the teaching profession, so why not the conducting profession?
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Level 73
Jan 10, 2019
Just a personal opinion, but I don't think Odie is stupid. I find him rather endearing, but I don't think I ever met a dog that I didn't like. I even felt sorry for poor old Cujo - it wasn't his fault he was sick.
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Level 66
Jan 20, 2019
I think Odie is definitely far from intelligent, regardless of your feelings towards him.
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Level 39
Jan 20, 2019
How ironic only 50% of people answered Thanos. Their meaningless lives are now contributed to the balance of the universe as it should be.
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Level 75
Jan 20, 2019
But the 82% who don't know their poetry threw it off again.
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Level 84
Feb 12, 2022
Thanos up to 66% now, so he has some choices to make. :-)
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Level 67
Jan 21, 2019
Please accept Will and Kate for the children question
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Level 65
May 16, 2022
Seriously? You don't find it easier to just type 'William' or 'Kate' instead?
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Level 78
Jan 22, 2019
A cricket doesn't make "chirp" at all.
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Level 88
Jun 17, 2022
What sound would you say a cricket makes, then?

One of the many fascinating things I've learned from Jetpunk is how the perception of animal sounds differs from culture to culture. As someone raised in the USA, I think chirp is spot on, but I'm curious about other interpretations.

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Level 81
Jan 22, 2019
No love for Lord Byron.
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Level 83
Feb 11, 2022
think he got enough of that during his lifetime
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Level 65
Jul 19, 2023
...Or George Gordon.
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Level 59
Nov 2, 2019
See ya later, moving to Iceland!
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Level 83
Feb 11, 2022
they may not have mosquitoes, but they have a metric ton of midges
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Level 82
Mar 1, 2020
Man those royals are breeding like rabbits. Didn't know they were on #3 already.
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Level 66
Feb 12, 2022
Thank you for the Byron. I wish Gorby was accepted.
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Level 35
May 16, 2022
If the average is 11/20 then maybe, just maybe, it's not "general knowledge"
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Level 76
May 16, 2022
general here means 'over a broad range of topics, non-specific', so that doesn't preclude it from being difficult.
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Level 64
May 16, 2022
Great quiz. Could you please change the answer "Prince William and Kate" to being "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge William and Catherine" please? Kate is a nickname and not her title.
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Level 65
Mar 1, 2023
How about Wales, or Prince of Wales or Princess of Wales?
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Level 70
May 16, 2022
Instead of "Orchestra Conductor" musician, master, pianist etc should be accepted too.
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Level 71
May 16, 2022
Anyone else feel cheated by that Jackie Chan question?
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Level 72
May 20, 2022
nope
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Level 50
May 18, 2022
spent a chunk of time wondering who could be the billionaire if it wasn't "Geoff" Bezos.
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Level 52
May 18, 2022
tifosi moment with the charles/carlos question
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Level 85
Oct 23, 2022
Sad to see how few people know the Byron poem.
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Level 65
Jul 19, 2023
...Or watched "Dead Poets Society".
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Level 24
Feb 27, 2023
I put Jeffry Bezos and it was wrong
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Level 40
Mar 21, 2023
I once was at Myvàtn Lake in the north of Iceland. There were tons of mosquitos!!