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General Knowledge Quiz #70

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What city is known as the "Birthplace of Democracy"?
Athens
Who is the villain in "Avengers: Infinity War"?
Thanos
What is the slowest of the four Olympic swimming strokes?
Breaststroke
What company's logo is described as a "swoosh"?
Nike
What Christmas character said "God bless us, every one!"
Tiny Tim
Who is often considered to be the archetype of a Renaissance Man?
Leonardo Da Vinci
What is either a racket sport or a vegetable?
Squash
What animal's milk is mozzarella cheese traditionally made from?
Water buffalo
Which Dr. Seuss character hears a Who?
Horton
What mythological figure inspires romantic love with his bow and arrow?
Cupid
What is the name of the fictional doctor who talks to animals?
Dr. Dolittle
What actor based his character in "Magic Mike" off of his own experience as a stripper?
Channing Tatum
Who was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom?
Margaret Thatcher
What is another name for an abattoir?
Slaughterhouse
What country is the island of Zanzibar a part of?
Tanzania
What African dictator was portrayed by Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland"?
Idi Amin
Which saint is London's largest cathedral named for?
St. Paul
What singer died in 2012 whose last name is also the name of a major American city?
Whitney Houston
In what part of the Atlantic Ocean are ships and aircraft said to have
mysteriously disappeared?
Bermuda Triangle
What angle lies between acute and obtuse angles?
Right angle
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Level 32
Apr 25, 2013
I kept putting Hispaniola for Cuba. I feel dumb.
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Level 61
Apr 25, 2013
i miss breaststroke because i put a space between breast and stroke. ugh
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Level 28
Apr 25, 2013
I put breast and it was accepted.
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Level 89
Oct 21, 2021
I thought you meant the cheese question.
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Level ∞
Apr 27, 2013
Spaces and punctuation never matter on JetPunk so you must have been spelling something incorrectly.
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Level 56
Oct 25, 2015
I thought "swoosh" sounded like water or waves and tried "Pepsi".
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Level 70
Oct 25, 2015
I just put tim, and when that didn't work i put "little timothy" hahaha
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Level 74
Oct 25, 2015
Meatworks or freezerworks should work. I have never heard one actually called a slaughterhouse, must be an American thing.
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Level 70
Oct 26, 2015
Just because you don't know it or haven't heard it does not automatically make it an American thing. Sheesh!
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Level 72
Mar 16, 2016
Ya that one is WAY more than just an american thing
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Level 60
Jul 13, 2019
Kept typing in variations of 'Meatworks' as that is the only alternative commonly used for abbatoir around here. (Aus).
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Level 39
Dec 17, 2019
Never heard of either. I have only heard of the word slaughterhouse. I'm not even American lol.
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Level 28
Oct 24, 2023
slaughterhouse and abattoir are the only terms used in the uk
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Level 95
Jul 24, 2016
There's a new female prime minister in the UK
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Level ∞
Jul 25, 2016
Changed only to first
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Level ∞
Jul 25, 2016
p.s. Wow, level 76!
+4
Level ∞
May 1, 2019
Three years later. Wow, level 84!
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Level 79
Jun 25, 2019
Level 85 now!
+1
Level 67
Dec 24, 2019
Now level 86
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Level 67
May 26, 2020
Now 87
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Level 64
Apr 15, 2021
90
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Level 59
Aug 9, 2023
94
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Level 50
Feb 1, 2024
95
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Level 48
Jul 6, 2017
"What Christmas character said "God bless us, every one!"", Jesus should be accepted as an answer as well (jk)
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Level 68
Oct 11, 2020
"Me, but another part of me that it somehow both my father but also still me, bless us, everyone!"
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Level 79
May 1, 2019
Please accept Melbourne as well as London or change the question.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Melbourne

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Level 63
Jul 12, 2019
And also Bendigo... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Bendigo
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Level 87
May 1, 2019
I couldn't figure out how I was misspelling "John Denver"...
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Level 69
May 1, 2019
John Denver is dead? ~~ • ~~ Edited to add: Since 1997, apparently! Boy am I out of the loop.
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Level 87
May 1, 2019
Yes, but don't worry, Tony Orlando is still alive.
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Level 59
Dec 6, 2022
haha, I guessed Denver and Orlando before I remembered the correct answer.
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Level 73
May 13, 2019
My first thought was Michael Jackson (yes, I know he died in 2009) and afterwards I couldn't think of any other option.
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Level 72
Jul 15, 2019
Same here, after trying Jackson I couldn't think of another one. I also didn't feel like it had been 10 years since he died.
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Level 72
Jul 12, 2019
I tried Buffalo Springfield, not knowing they were a band... But Wikipedia says they've been inactive since 2012, so maybe half a point?
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Level 45
Jun 25, 2019
Please add Carol after Christmas in the Tiny Tim question
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Level 82
Jun 25, 2019
Had no idea about the mozzarella. I was trying all sorts of strange animals including some that I was sure didn't have mammary glands.
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Level 72
Jul 12, 2019
Mozzarella di buffala should be a good clue about where it's from...
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Level 82
Jul 15, 2019
also something I've never heard before ever
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Level 74
Jul 12, 2019
I got "slaughterhouse" but was a bit surprised that "butchery" didn't work.
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Level 28
May 3, 2021
how do 50% of people get tiny tim when you wont even ALLOW little or small timothy
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Level 50
Feb 1, 2024
Just Tim worked for me
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Level 62
Jun 18, 2021
I was so proud that I remembered Forest Whitaker, until I noticed that not the actor was asked but the dictator. And that Forest Whitaker was mentioned in the question.
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Level 65
Dec 3, 2021
46% got "water buffalo"?? WTH? who even knew that there are water buffalo in italy (which, to the best of my knowledge, there aren't).
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Level 76
Apr 11, 2022
buffalo mozzarella is a reasonably well-known thing, i imagine that's what everyone got it from
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Level 39
Jul 20, 2022
so you're saying buffalo chicken comes from buffalo? lol
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Level 68
Dec 25, 2023
Yes, Buffalo chicken comes originally from Buffalo.
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Level ∞
Aug 4, 2023
Of course there water buffalo in Italy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Mediterranean_buffalo

In any case, one need only type "buffalo" which explains the relatively high percentages.

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Level 82
Feb 6, 2022
Oh. Squash. I kept typing in "pickle" and "pickle ball"
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Level 39
Jul 20, 2022
water buffalos only live in africa...
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Level 67
Nov 24, 2022
Water buffaloes are asiatic and can be found everywhere in the world nowadays. We have a large water buffalo population in Amazon basin.
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Level ∞
Aug 4, 2023
Too bad there's no way to look it up before commenting.