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General Knowledge Quiz #63

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What stone provided the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs?
Rosetta Stone
Who directed "Pulp Fiction" and "Kill Bill"?
Quentin Tarantino
What British model from the 1960s was "stick thin"?
Twiggy
What country was Kylie Minogue born in?
Australia
What European city is the headquarters of Prada and Versace?
Milan
In Greek mythology, what river divides Earth from the underworld?
Styx
What is a jonquil?
A type of flower
What "worm", actually a fungal infection, do wrestlers often get?
Ringworm
What type of story was Aesop known for writing?
Fables
What four letter word refers to a jail that is located aboard a ship?
Brig
What company owns the world's largest building by volume - an assembly plant in Everett, Washington?
Boeing
In what language does spasíbo mean "thank you"?
Russian
What sport did Björn Borg excel at?
Tennis
What country is the biggest source of foreign-born residents living in Mexico?
United States
What is the antonym of maximum?
Minimum
What country's capital city is Havana?
Cuba
What is the coldest city in the U.S. with a population over 200,000?
Anchorage
What does the B in BASE jumping stand for?
Building
In what part of the world would you find "clans" that wear "tartans"?
Scotland
People from Italy are called Italians. What are people from Cyprus called?
Cypriots
Carter
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Level 49
Aug 5, 2013
Boeing's been replaced by a leisure centre in China now.
TenThousand
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Level 76
Sep 30, 2014
If you take "largest" to mean largest volume, then the Boeing factory is still largest in the world.
donkeyman314
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Level 88
Oct 31, 2016
I now just think of Ser Dontos when I see the 'Jonquil' question XD
blinky
+5
Level 58
Nov 23, 2016
I don't know how many times I've missed Boeing on a quiz because I spelled it Boing...someday I'll remember.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Mar 12, 2019
Boing will work now.
angrobper14
+4
Level 84
Mar 13, 2019
As a Mexican, this cause me a good laugh: Boing is a brand of juice (and a good one, specially the grape and strawberry flavors)
mrnafe
+19
Level 82
Mar 13, 2019
Boing is clearly the noise a trampoline makes
roleybob
+5
Level 75
May 24, 2019
Or the sound that Zebedee makes
rama2008
+7
Level 67
May 26, 2019
I would not fly on anything called a "Boing"
PitifulExcuse
+1
Level 56
Mar 25, 2024
you think it would be worse than a boeing? Really?
Blaidd
+1
Level 51
May 4, 2020
Why?
dunkinggandalf2
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Level 68
Nov 8, 2023
It's a German name originally spelled Böing. The family comes from Baden-Württemberg.
stankyC
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Level 65
Feb 5, 2018
Technically "thanks" in Russian is spelled with an o, спасибо, but pronounced as an a due to Russian phonetics, so the usual transliteration would be spasibo.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 12, 2019
I like spasibo better too so I changed it to that.
tripdoc
+2
Level 86
Mar 12, 2019
Ringworm is a fungal infection, not a parasite.
kogatora
+5
Level 93
Mar 13, 2019
In what is probably the most disgusting 2 minutes I have spent here I guessed every parasite I could think of and missed it.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Mar 13, 2019
Changed the clue.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 68
Nov 8, 2023
I guess it's not called "ring" worm because wrestlers often catch it in the ring, but that would be interesting.
babseddie
+1
Level 48
Mar 13, 2019
wear tartans?
NaethanC
+1
Level 27
Apr 11, 2020
Tartan is a pattern of clothing, usually kilts or pieces of cloth worn over the shoulder.
JackintheBox
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Level 79
Mar 13, 2019
Never heard of Quentin Tarantino before
roleybob
+17
Level 75
May 24, 2019
You'd never heard of Quentin Tarantino? Then you should come out of your box sometime Jack
joez
+2
Level 72
May 24, 2019
Lesley Hornby isn't acceptable?
jmellor13
+6
Level 67
May 25, 2019
No. Nobody calls her that. We're all proud of you and happy you got the chance to show off what you know. But her name is Twiggy.
divantilya
+3
Level 37
Aug 20, 2019
No, her name is Lesley Hornby; they called her Twiggy. They may call Dwayne Johnson "the Rock", but his name is still Dwayne Johnson.
Kalleanon
+3
Level 66
Jul 28, 2021
Actually, it's not, it's Lesley Lawson.
buck1017
+1
Level 77
Feb 15, 2022
Isn't Cyprian an acceptable answer? Dictionary.com seems to think so.
dunkinggandalf2
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Level 68
Nov 8, 2023
Within the context of Jetpunk, "Cyprus" is a fictional island that bears only fleeting ressemblance to the actual real-world nation, so who knows?
MnGoblin
+2
Level 62
Sep 11, 2022
'Hulk' also works instead of 'Brig'
floccopus
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Level 51
Nov 5, 2023
acheron should probably be accepted along with styx
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Apr 11, 2024
Today I learned, the letters in "base" stand for something..
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