General Knowledge Quiz #212

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What country is led by an ayatollah?
Iran
What medieval torture device was used to stretch its victims?
The Rack
Who said "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs"?
Karl Marx
This font has been called the most hated of all time. What is it?
Comic Sans
What type of animal was subject of the book "Black Beauty"?
Horse
What does the German word "Wunderbar" mean?
Wonderful
What billionaire has stated his intention to colonize Mars?
Elon Musk
What country was the subject of Lee Kuan Yew's book "From Third World to First"?
Singapore
What island chain off the coast of Africa did Columbus stop in on his way to the New World in 1492?
Canary Islands
What was the first name of the mother of Queen Elizabeth II, who died in 2002 at the age of 101?
Elizabeth
What is either a punctuation mark or a part of the digestive system?
Colon
What language is also known as Castilian?
Spanish
What oath was definitely NOT followed by Dr. Joseph Mengele?
Hippocratic Oath
What timeless tale of romance is about two 13-year olds who knew each other for four days when they committed suicide due to not being allowed to be together?
Romeo and Juliet
How many women competed in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?
None
What Disney animated movie, filmed in 1967, is set in India?
The Jungle Book
Somalia is east. Senegal is west. Tunisia is north. What is south?
South Africa
What plant is sauerkraut made from?
Cabbage
Which one of the Spice Girls often has red hair?
Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice
What city's name is French for "strait", as it was founded along a river which connects Lake Erie to three of the other Great Lakes?
Detroit
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Level 75
Jan 9, 2021
I was first told that that city's name was a French word very recently and I can't stop thinking about it. Totally changed my world view.
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Level 83
Jan 23, 2024
I first heard it spoken in French, which pronounces it properly still, so that's how I say it lol
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Level 84
Jan 9, 2021
I swore to myself that when I reached Level 80, I would stop spending SO much time on Jetpunk! Now that I'm here, I'm not so sure... ;-)
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Level 67
Jun 5, 2023
That was me with Level 60.
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Level 84
Jan 9, 2021
Romeo's age was never mentioned. He would have been between 13 and 21.

As for Juliet, we know her age because her father stated that, "She hath not seen the change of fourteen years." Paris replied, "Younger than she are happy mothers made."

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Level 67
Jun 5, 2023
It was always to my understanding that Romeo was about 17
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Level 83
Jan 10, 2021
I’m not sure why but the text in the comic sans question is shown to me as Times New Roman. I use a browser on mobile, is this my phone’s problem?
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Level 76
Jan 10, 2021
I, also, lack the proper font on computer.
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Level 83
Feb 17, 2024
Me too, using an iPhone.

Makes the question impossible.

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Level 76
Jan 10, 2021
I wonder where the R&J story (=concept) originates. It seems to be present in a handful of cultures, one of which is acknowledged near the Tomba di Giulietta in the city of Verona, Italy.

Does anyone know?

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Level 71
Nov 24, 2023
If I remember correctly there was an ancient Greek story called Pyramus and Thisbe.
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Level 57
Feb 10, 2021
Just a suggestion, maybe make an angry, "fierce-eyed holy man" (ABC News) Khomeini instead of a depressed one. But that Khomeini pic made me crack up!
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Level 68
Feb 11, 2021
Kept trying Torture Rack and it didnt work. Wasn't it called a torture rack also, or did I just watch too much wrestling growing up?
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Level 84
Feb 11, 2021
I'm no fan of Comic Sans, but Papyrus is the font that really drives me up a wall.
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Level 52
Feb 11, 2021
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Level 54
Mar 3, 2021
Sans? Papyrus? Is in an Undertale dicussion...? ;-)
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Level 64
Feb 11, 2021
It is accurate to say that The Jungle Book was "filmed"?
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Level 21
Feb 11, 2021
IKR that confused me.
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Level 76
Apr 16, 2021
Well, the traditional animation method did consist of filming the sequence of pictures (more a composition of the movable parts against a static background) with a regular camera.
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Level 65
Feb 11, 2021
I don't understand the South Africa one
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Level 41
Feb 11, 2021
It's asking for the southernmost country in Africa, Tunisia is northernmost, Somalia is easternmost, and so on
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Level 59
Feb 11, 2021
My stupid self was trying to figure out which country was exactly between those three points.
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Level 49
Jun 16, 2021
Exactly, seems to be phrased that way.
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Level 68
Jun 15, 2021
Stop the comic sans slander
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Level 75
Nov 6, 2022
To be grammatically correct, the R&J clue should read:

What timeless tale of romance is about two 13-year olds who HAD KNOWN each other for four days when they committed suicide due to not being allowed to be together?

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Level 75
Nov 6, 2022
And FYI, the women in the Olympics question also appears in GK Quiz #209:

https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/general-knowledge-quiz-209