General Knowledge Quiz #26

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What was the only country to prohibit women from driving until it finally lifted the ban in 2017?
Saudi Arabia
Who was almost totally deaf when he wrote his ninth and final symphony?
Ludwig Van Beethoven
In accounting, what is the opposite of a credit?
Debit
What is the common name of the Aurora Borealis?
The Northern Lights
What country is known as Nippon or Nihon in its own language?
Japan
Who famously wore a dress made of meat in 2010?
Lady Gaga
Which chemical element has the shortest name, just three letters?
Tin
Who, since 2022, is the Queen Consort of the United Kingdom?
Camilla
In the Bible, what are Gabriel and Michael?
Angels
Who died of a burst appendix after being punched in the stomach in 1926?
Harry Houdini
Besides polo, what sport uses mallets?
Croquet
Who had sons named Uday and Qusay?
Saddam Hussein
What country offered Albert Einstein its presidency? (a mostly ceremonial role)
Israel
What American city was famous for grunge music?
Seattle
At Hogwarts, what house was Harry Potter a member of?
Gryffindor
What is the name of Vietnamese New Year celebration?
Tết
What movie takes place partly in the fictional African country of Wakanda?
Black Panther
What two types of fever have colors in their name?
Scarlet Fever
Yellow Fever
What philosopher's "method" involved asking questions in order to stimulate thought and draw out underlying assumptions?
Socrates
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Level 81
Jan 14, 2014
I thought this was pretty tough for one of these General Knowledge quizzes, I usually do pretty well on them.
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Level 75
Sep 25, 2018
I had just the opposite experience. I thought it was an easier one than usual and I scored 100% after I finally realized the clue was asking for the philosopher's name, not the method.
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Level 72
Sep 26, 2019
only missed Tet, I knew I'd heard it before but couldn't come up with it.
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Level 68
May 29, 2020
I knew it was a Greek philosopher, so I guessed Aristotle, then Plato, then Ptolemy, then Socrates.
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Level 64
Feb 16, 2023
same here, tried all plausible spellings of maieutics, ruling out Socrates in the process.. I think the question was ambiguous, but even I think that answer should be accepted
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Level 68
Jan 14, 2014
I'm kind of proud I didn't know Lady Gaga wore a dress of meat.
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Level 70
Sep 25, 2018
No one should take pride in being an ignoramus. Being aware of the world around you in all of its many facets is a virtue. Snobbery and elitism are ugly traits to be shirked.
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Level 84
Nov 8, 2019
And for a demonstration of actual snobbery, coupled with an abject lack of any sense of humor, just read martay's post.
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Level 60
Oct 27, 2020
While ignorance is not a great thing, neither is snubbing anyone else. They are most likely referring to how they care less about random celebrities than important historical, political, and scientific figures that have contributed to the world in amazing or terrible ways.
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Level 60
Nov 19, 2020
I'll put it this way: martay isn't shaming cranbeckh for not knowing about pop culture, just being proud of not knowing about pop culture (some people probably thought that cranbeckh thought that he/she was "above" pop culture).
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Level 71
Nov 23, 2021
Agree: snobbery and pride in ignorance is bullshit.
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Level 62
Sep 20, 2022
Can a guy be proud that he's avoided seeing two girls one cup? That's def a part of pop culture
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Level 25
Feb 14, 2023
And four big guys, one man one screwdriver, and the lawn mower meme.
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Level 58
Feb 13, 2023
Well I mostly knew that one because of Die Antwoord...
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Level 35
Jan 15, 2014
Dayum. if Albert accepted the offered, Israel would be MUCH better
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Level 82
Jan 16, 2014
How so? The Israeli president is mostly a figurehead. It's the prime minister of the Knesset who wields executive power in the country. What would Einstein have done that would have been much better than what Chaim Weizmann did?
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Level ∞
Jan 16, 2014
Not to mention that mathematical ability and leadership ability are not strongly correlated.
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Level 78
Jan 16, 2014
Einstein was one of those personalities who stood above his profession; his comments on society, history and politics had greater impact than those of many politicians. As president of Israel, Einstein wouldn't have controlled the politics of the day, but he might have been a symbol of hope and peace (even as a former advocate of the A-bomb).
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Level 82
Jan 17, 2014
exactly, QM. So I was just wondering what brilliant things he would have done differently than Weizmann. I think they also offered it to Moses Montefiore. Einstein was a pacifist, maybe it's tempting to believe or hope that he could have done something to avoid the violence that followed 1948- but by the time the state of Israel was formed it was already too late for that. The Arab League declared war the following day.
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Level 68
Jan 15, 2014
I have a feeling there have been a few people who have died from ruptured appendices after being punched in the stomach. Houdini's just the only famous one!
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Level 69
Jun 20, 2016
Actually, not only is it incredibly *rare*, it probably didn't happen to Houdini either. The punch most likely only irritated an already-beginning case of appendicitis, not caused it.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/houdini.asp

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Level 76
Aug 26, 2018
If it even did that. From what I've read, it's as likely as not that the only connection between the two was that Houdini may have ignored the pain in his abdomen until it was too late because he thought it was due to the punch.
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Level 75
Sep 25, 2018
To be pedantic, Houdini died of peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix. This was before the discovery of penicillin. My granddaughter suffered a ruptured appendix a few months ago after numerous trips to urgent care and the ER and medical testing which led only to a continuing diagnosis of a "lingering stomach virus". Only after she had excruciating abdominal pain did they do the proper test - a CT scan rather than ultrasound - which finally gave them the right answer. Had her infection not encapsulated in a grapefruit-sized abscess, and had strong antibiotics not been available she might have had the same outcome as Houdini. The point is, a ruptured appendix doesn't always mean death but without antibiotics, peritonitis usually does.
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Level 5
Jan 18, 2014
Prince Charles's first wife was Diana not Camilla.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales

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Level 82
Jan 19, 2014
Yeah it doesn't say his first wife or ex-wife, it just says his wife. He is not presently married to Diana.
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Level 25
Aug 28, 2014
as I was reading quick I misread it as first wife, but then I read it again
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Level 71
May 11, 2021
I read it correctly - still typed in Diana. Hmm .... ;)
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Level 21
Jun 2, 2014
tough
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Level 68
Jun 21, 2014
Is it bad that I had never before heard that it was illegal for women to drive in Saudi Arabia, but that was my first guess anyway?
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Level 74
Oct 24, 2014
Technically, it's not illegal for women to drive in Saudi Arabia. It's certainly banned and punishable, but it's not against the law as there is no specific law prohibiting it.
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Level 82
Feb 20, 2017
If it's banned and punished, then it is illegal. The law doesn't have to be written down.
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Level 65
Apr 1, 2015
Pall-mall should be accepted for a game with mallets, including all alternative spellings....?
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Level 71
Oct 30, 2015
Marching Band is a sport that uses mallets. I will defend my case if asked.
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Level 69
Jul 1, 2018
What do they use mallets for? Bashing hecklers? I'd definitely go to more high school football games if that were the case.
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Level 67
Sep 25, 2018
They use mallets to strike percussion instruments like xylophones and bass drums.
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Level 66
Sep 25, 2018
Marimbas, Xylophones
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Level 68
Oct 7, 2020
Is it a sport, though?
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Level 45
Aug 1, 2017
Why not have some more Percy Jackson or Heroes of Olympus questions on this site
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Level 72
Sep 26, 2019
I have no idea what those things are but feel free to make your own quiz about them
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Level 79
Oct 15, 2017
This quiz still has Saudi women not driving. Guess you could change it to "In 2017, which nation made it legal for women to drive?"
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Level ∞
Oct 16, 2017
Changed the question, thanks
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Level 45
Nov 29, 2017
Houdini did die of a burst appendix but it was NOT because of the punch. It didnt help sure, but he would have doed ecause of a burst appendix either way
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Level 76
Aug 26, 2018
Not necessarily. I mean, the punch certainly didn't cause the burst appendix, but maybe he would've paid more attention to the pain in his abdomen if he hadn't been punched there. If he'd gone to the hospital earlier, before it burst, he very well may have survived.
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Level 45
Nov 29, 2017
Watch america fact vs fiction
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Level 70
Dec 25, 2017
Well, Bedřich Smetana also (kind of) fits into the clue. I'm not sure how strict you are about what a symphony is but still.
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Level 85
Jun 26, 2018
The driving ban was lifted in 2017? Then why are there all these news stories in June 2018 acting like it just happened?
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Level 81
Jun 27, 2018
Avengers: Infinity War also partly takes place in Wakanda.
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Level 69
Jul 1, 2018
I'm just surprised and saddened that only 67% of people knew the answer to the Black Panther question, which means that even fewer have seen it!!!
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Level 82
Sep 25, 2018
Aside from Thor: The Dark World I think Black Panther is probably the one film in the MCU least worth seeing, in my subjective opinion. Avengers Age of Ultron might have been just as bad or worse, but it also is much more crucial to the plot of subsequent films. Tchalla was introduced in Captain America Civil War, so his eponymous film didn't even serve the role of introducing a major character, the technology of Wakanda is showcased in Infinity War, and nothing else that happened in the movie mattered.
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Level 51
Jan 26, 2019
I'm still trying to figure out how this clue is in a quiz from 2014....
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Level 63
Jan 30, 2019
@ ColoHarpare: Updates. ;)

@ samiamco: I haven't seen it but still knew the answer. I did see Infinity War but would've known the answer before that as well.

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Level 91
Jun 27, 2018
17/20
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Level 77
Jul 3, 2018
Why did I keep typing Socratic over and over again?
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Level 67
Jul 9, 2018
According to https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034111000256, there's also a Blue fever and a Black Water fever.
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Level 66
Sep 25, 2018
There is a Doobie Brothers song about one of these.
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Level 68
Oct 7, 2020
And Saturday Night Fever, but that's not a colour.
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Level 78
Sep 25, 2018
Uday and Qusay are Arabic for Eric and Don, Jr., I'm told.
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Level 66
Sep 25, 2018
Man I can't spell seattle
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Level 29
Sep 25, 2018
Damn, the german "Bor" is "Boron" in english. ;)
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Level 22
May 24, 2021
And I tried german Cer, which is Cerium.
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Level 63
Sep 25, 2018
for a person whose never read a single Harry Potter book or seen a single Harry Potter movie, there sure are a lot of Harry Potter questions on this site... :/
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Level 50
Sep 25, 2018
I tried so hard to remember that Vietnam battle that was on Vietnamese New Year!! And totally forgot Einstein was Jewish. And then there was Tin...
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Level 82
Sep 25, 2018
Avengers: Infinity War took place partly in Wakanda (and so did Captain America: Civil War, though barely). Black Panther took place mostly in Wakanda. I'd say of the two films, Infinity War is a better answer, but it's not accepted.
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Level 83
Sep 25, 2018
Infinity War partly took place in Wakanda.
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Level 41
Sep 25, 2018
Air Hockey uses mallets.
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Level 51
Jan 26, 2019
They may call those "mallets", but they really aren't.
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Level 72
Sep 26, 2019
I would call the paddles, not mallets
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Level 57
Sep 25, 2018
Aurora Borealis!? At this time of year! At this time of day! In this part of the country! Localized entirely within your kitchen!
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Level 72
Sep 26, 2019
- Seymour! the house is on fire!

- No Mother, it's just the northern lights

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Level 73
Sep 25, 2018
Could Blue Fever aka Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever be accepted. Also, Black Water Fever seems like it would fit the category as well.
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Level 74
Oct 6, 2018
and Gold Fever of course.
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Level 65
Sep 28, 2018
Poorly worded final clue.
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Level 50
Jan 28, 2020
It’s fine
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Level 50
Jan 28, 2020
Damn it I could only picture croquet but forgot what t was called
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Level 49
Apr 7, 2020
Lazily didn't put the S on angel, so missed that. Even went as far as typing archangel after.
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Level 50
Jan 11, 2021
Technically, the names "Gabriel" and Michael" are attached to the term "archangel," not "angel." While not understood by most, there is a significant difference between the two. Regardless, the answer "angel" is incorrect.
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Level 66
Feb 1, 2021
It's complicated, but archangels are generally seen as a subset of angels, so all archangels are angels but not all angels are archangels.
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Level 15
Mar 7, 2021
Why is the word method in quotes in the last question? The use of quotes gives an ironic tone to it.
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Level 69
Apr 22, 2021
Dengue fever should be accepted.
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Level 70
Mar 9, 2024
Ah yes, my favorite colour Dengue
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Level 42
Sep 29, 2021
ENOUGH of the Harry Potter now.
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Level 66
Dec 1, 2021
In the question: "What philosopher's method"; I was expecting the name of the method, not the name of the philosopher. I was trying to enter "maieutics" while the answer was "socrates". I am aware that "socratic method" would also be correct. I would rephrase the question to: "What philosopher had a method that..."
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Level 77
Jan 5, 2022
I never see any classic literature questions on these, just Harry Potter. How about Crime and Punishment, The Great Gatsby, Tom Sawyer, Greater Expectations... et cetera.
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Level 48
Oct 10, 2022
nerd
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Level 77
May 10, 2022
What about blackwater fever?
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Level 15
May 19, 2022
Blackwater isnt a color? Black is, yes, but Blackwater isn't.
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Level 53
Oct 2, 2022
I tried nothern lights and polar lights :')
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Level 53
Oct 2, 2022
Maybe change it to King Charles?
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Level 79
Feb 12, 2023
I got all except for the Harry Potter question (as always)
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Level 50
Feb 12, 2023
Please add blackwater fever and blue fever for the fever types with color in their name.
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Level 58
Jan 12, 2024
I feel like Jetpunk quiz makers really want me to care about Harry Potter for some reason. I just can't.
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Level 43
Feb 29, 2024
Please accept "Northen Lights" for "the northern lights". What reason is there not to?
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Level ∞
Feb 29, 2024
We do accept Northern Lights. But not Northen Lights.