Statistics for General Knowledge Quiz #225

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This quiz has been taken 19,786 times
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Question	Answer	% Correct
What was the largest country in Africa until it lost its southern part in 2011?	Sudan	88%
Name one of the two countries which is led by a "chancellor".	Austria / Germany	81%
Which Greek letter is shaped like a horseshoe?	Omega	80%
According to legend, what fountain was Ponce de Leon looking for while exploring Florida?	Fountain of Youth	71%
What brand of sneakers, released in 1985, have sold for as much as $20,000 for a first edition?	Air Jordan	70%
What is the term for a self-contradictory phrase such as "jumbo shrimp" or "light heavyweight"?	Oxymoron	60%
What's the most populous city from which you can see Mt. Vesuvius?	Naples	59%
Who, according to tradition, flew on the back of a winged animal from Mecca to Jerusalem in a single night?	Muhammad	57%
Which two countries were joined by the 1707 Acts of Union?	England	49%
What H word refers to a large group of Mongol soldiers?	Horde	49%
What is the term for when two companies control nearly an entire market (for example: Coke and Pepsi)?	Duopoly	48%
Which two countries were joined by the 1707 Acts of Union?	Scotland	48%
Which Alfred Hitchcock movie takes its name from a disorder often related to the inner ear?	Vertigo	48%
What did Rocky Marciano never do – unlike every other retired heavyweight champ in boxing history?	Lose a fight	45%
Complete the beginning of the Shakespeare sonnet: "Shall I compare thee to a _____ ___".	Summer's day	45%
Which book of the Bible has a name which is "mathematical"?	Numbers	44%
What is the second most-valuable cryptocurrency after Bitcoin?	Ethereum	43%
What component of blood exists to cause clotting when a wound occurs?	Platelets	40%
What grassland stretches 8000 kilometers from eastern Europe to Manchuria?	Eurasian Steppe	39%
What does the M stand for in MI6?	Military intelligence	28%