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General Knowledge Quiz #32

Answer these random trivia questions.
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What was New York City known as between 1624 and 1664?
New Amsterdam
What did the Grinch try to steal?
Christmas
What Italian car company owns the most successful Formula One team of all time?
Ferrari
Who was Little Red Riding Hood's adversary?
The Big Bad Wolf
In what country did the Bay of Pigs invasion take place?
Cuba
What ancient trade route connected China to the Mediterranean?
Silk Road
In which country would you find a billabong?
Australia
Besides chocolate, what is the main flavor of Nutella?
Hazelnut
Who narrated the British version of "Planet Earth"?
David Attenborough
Whose face launched a thousand ships?
Helen's
In what U.S. state did Huckleberry Finn live?
Missouri
On what river does the city formerly known as Stalingrad lie?
Volga
A rasher is a unit of which food product?
Bacon
What holy river flows through Varanasi, India?
Ganges
Whose ex-husbands have included Bruce Willis and Ashton Kutcher?
Demi Moore
Name a country that is located entirely in the Levant?
Cyprus, Israel, Jordan,
Lebanon, or Syria
What is emmental cheese more commonly known as in the United States?
Swiss Cheese
In Norse mythology, who is the father of Thor?
Odin
What weapon does Luke Skywalker wield?
Lightsaber
What obsolete psychiatric procedure involved scraping away connections to
the prefrontal cortex?
Lobotomy
maxism
+10
level 45
Apr 15, 2014
Well, apparently it wasn't called Old York City, that's a shame
mez
+1
level 63
Aug 14, 2018
or Little York Town
Brianix
+2
level 45
Aug 10, 2014
I'm an atheist, if i type in xmas will it work?
akwildrose
+12
level 55
May 14, 2015
I do not understand what being an atheist has to do with it since "X" is simply an abbreviation for "Christ."
cariad
+3
level 45
May 31, 2015
I was told never to leave Christ out of Christmas.
ctleng76
+5
level 60
Nov 6, 2018
He wants to make sure any Christians on this site know he is an atheist so that he can draw attention to it.
someone2018
+2
level 64
Dec 3, 2018
Cue Linus and his spotlight.
tom88
+8
level 65
Feb 23, 2016
shouldn't matter, as an atheist you shouldn't be attaching any kind of magic to the word christ. therefore why shouldn't you just type the word christmas? I think it should be an acceptable spelling, but it has nothing to do with being an atheist, it's just a good short form.
Jacktheguy
+2
level 77
Nov 6, 2018
Besides, the book title isn't "How the Grinch Stole Xmas."
Giorgi94
+1
level 52
Nov 8, 2018
On the other hand, the question is not about what the book is called.
Klabnix
+1
level 32
Aug 20, 2014
darn, i just type wolf
akbadry
+1
level 40
Jul 21, 2016
lool me too...it should be accepted :P
buck1017
+3
level 73
Jul 22, 2018
Right...it wasn't the small ill-tempered wolf
roleybob
+4
level 71
Jul 27, 2018
The moderately sized, slightly vexed wolf?
rama2008
+2
level 57
Nov 6, 2018
The brobdingnagian antagonistic lupine beast
Roger77024
+1
level 59
Nov 7, 2018
I thought it was Virginia Woolf.
tbd123
+1
level 50
Dec 14, 2018
oh come on, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
JBlouw1850
+2
level 47
Nov 17, 2016
Better than me...I thought it was asking about ROBIN Hood. (double facepalm)
Punewolf
+3
level 68
Nov 14, 2015
Putting x instead of Christ is crossing out his name which I was taught was wrong
Djilas
+1
level 72
Dec 30, 2016
No.
roleybob
+5
level 71
Jul 27, 2018
He really doesn't care
kalbahamut
+1
level 75
Aug 22, 2018
What you were taught was wrong.
MarlowePI
+2
level 66
Nov 6, 2018
No, the X in "Xmas" is technically the Greek letter chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word for Χριστός ("Christos"). "Xmas" has been used as a shortened form for "Christmas" for at least 300 years, and versions of it (like "X'temmas") date back even earlier. The use of "X" as a shortened form of "Christ" goes back at least 1,000 years, in forms like "Xρ" or "Xt." Χρ has even developed into a popular Christian symbol you've probably seen before known as a labarum, or a "chi-rho," which dates back to Constantine the Great around 1700 years ago.

In short, "Xmas" comes from a very long Christian tradition. None of us wicked atheists are trying to take anything away or cross anything out.
kizzyfizzy
+2
level 47
Sep 1, 2016
Please accept filbert for hazelnut. In Oregon, where the vast majority of this crop is grown and harvested, that's what many people call them. When I left Oregon, it was strange to hear filberts referred to as hazelnuts.
MasterKenobi
+1
level 47
Nov 6, 2018
Really? I've never heard this, but I'm from the East Coast. Huh, you learn something new every day...
Ears
+1
level 57
Feb 19, 2019
Per Wikipedia (so it must be true :-): The hazelnut is the nut of the hazel and therefore includes any of the nuts deriving from species of the genus Corylus, especially the nuts of the species Corylus avellana. It also is known as cobnut or filbert nut according to species. A cob is roughly spherical to oval, about 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) long and 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) in diameter, with an outer fibrous husk surrounding a smooth shell. A filbert is more elongated, being about twice as long as its diameter.
emersonriley94
+1
level 47
Jul 18, 2017
Can you accept just 'wolf' for the Red Riding Hood question?
aliberti68
+1
level 47
Dec 9, 2017
right?
Margles1
+1
level 40
Jan 29, 2018
The wolf in Little Red Riding Hood is never called the “big bad wolf.” That is the wolf in the Three Little Pigs.
Quizmaster
+1
level ∞
Jul 22, 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Red_Riding_Hood
WanderingWalrus
+16
level 67
Jul 23, 2018
Can atheists call the Big Bad Wolf the BB Wolf?
Jacktheguy
+8
level 77
Nov 6, 2018
I was told to never leave "Big Bad" out of "Big Bad Wolf."
jmellor13
+2
level 58
Nov 6, 2018
Fantastic, both of you.
someone2018
+1
level 64
Nov 6, 2018
Are you saying Grandma looked like a BBW??
Pieterdegieter
+2
level 44
Feb 18, 2018
Could you accept Wolga for Volga? In the majority of languages it is Volga, but some pesky Germanic languages/dialects go for Wolga.
CultOfBambi
+1
level 64
Jul 23, 2018
obsolete, not obsolute
Quizmaster
+1
level ∞
Jul 23, 2018
Fixed
CurrentFuture
+2
level 58
Jul 26, 2018
As I was answering questions I glanced at Q4 and only saw Hood's Adversary. After spending at least 30 seconds entering every variation of "Sheriff of Nottingham" I could think of, I look at the question to see its about Red Riding Hood, not Robin Hood... facepalm.
jlbrill
+3
level 63
Sep 30, 2018
Can you replace 'British Version' with 'Original Version' as it implies that the British Version was not the original.
MarlowePI
+1
level 66
Nov 6, 2018
But "original" could also imply the first Planet Earth (as opposed to, say, Planet Earth II, which could be confusing since many different countries had other narrators. specifying the British version eliminates that ambiguity.
ChipOtley
+1
level 71
Nov 6, 2018
Can you accept Simon Le Bon for this one?
someone2018
+1
level 64
Dec 3, 2018
There's narration by someone other than Attenborough?
Sifhraven
+1
level 45
Dec 14, 2018
My thought exactly. I got it right, but the "British" made me pause for a few seconds and think wth is that word there. Have other countries seriously dubbed it ?!?
stubblyhead
+1
level 72
Nov 6, 2018
Luke Skywalker also uses a blaster
MasterKenobi
+1
level 47
Nov 6, 2018
And the Force--it's not always a weapon but it can be.
HPaddict
+1
level 30
Nov 6, 2018
Yeah, but usually he specifically uses a lightsaber, and if there was someone who wasn't a Star Wars nerd, like I am, but they know that Luke carried a lightsaber, then that's another answer right for them.
TWM03
+1
level 55
Nov 6, 2018
Question 16 isn't actually a question and therefore doesn't deserve a question mark?
Insaniot
+2
level 45
Nov 6, 2018
I 100% agree with this?
ARareUsername
+1
level 17
Nov 10, 2018
I applaud your nice correction TWIM03?
luxint
+2
level 57
Nov 6, 2018
What are the other Swiss Cheeses known as in the USA?
someone2018
+1
level 64
Nov 6, 2018
Gruyere is great.
luxint
+1
level 57
Nov 7, 2018
Yes I know but what is it known as Swiss Cheese II? Why cant they just say emmental?
Kevinmak
+2
level 37
Nov 7, 2018
The 'British version of Planet Earth' is the original
Sucker4aquiz
+1
level 36
Nov 25, 2018
Not only is the Planet Earth series a British production it is narrated by SIR David Attenborough, one of our national treasures! Could we please have the knight's full title as an acceptable answer.
BlackLab
+1
level 58
Feb 2, 2019
My first complaint. A rasher can also be a thin slice of ham. Nyaaah.
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