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General Knowledge Quiz #8

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Last updated: September 03, 2018
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Who is Posh Spice's husband?
David Beckham
When Jack fell down and broke his crown, who came tumbling after?
Jill
What Starbucks size, larger than a grande, is also the Italian word for "twenty"?
Venti
What river flows through Paris?
The Seine
What is Superman's achilles heel?
Kryptonite
What is Eminem's real name?
Marshall Mathers
What toxic element were hatters once exposed to - causing some to become "mad"?
Mercury
What was the name of Italy's currency prior to the Euro?
The Lira
What is 6 factorial?
720
In what year did the California gold rush start?
1848
What famous document did King John seal in 1215?
Magna Carta
Other than Mexico and Canada, what country is geographically closest to the United States?
Russia
The star Betelgeuse is pronounced like what two English words?
Beetle Juice
What does the Sandman bring to children?
Good Dreams
If you follow the Yellow Brick Road, where do you end up?
The Emerald City
What is the English translation of the Latin word “Rex”?
King
What is the biggest stadium in the United Kingdom?
Wembley Stadium
In the U.S., what profession is practiced by a person who ends their name with "esquire"?
Law
What Beat Generation author wrote "On the Road"?
Jack Kerouac
What famous Paris cabaret theater has a name that means "Red Mill"?
Moulin Rouge
celticcougar56
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level 47
Apr 18, 2013
should 'sweet dreams' be an acceptable answer?
Susie222
+3
level 57
Oct 22, 2013
Both sweet dreams and sleep should be acceptable answers.
blinky
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level 61
Nov 3, 2016
it did not accept sleep when I typed it
communisteggplant
+4
level 71
Apr 24, 2014
Mr. Sandman, bring me a _____. "Sweet dreams" and "sleep" don't fit there...
MissTaylor133
+4
level 32
Jun 26, 2014
Technically good dreams doesn't fit in there either.
redsplat
+1
level 73
Jan 28, 2015
It's more than just the song in America; it's also a legend that originated in Europe. Therefore synonyms should be accepted.
Quizmaster
+1
level ∞
Jan 19, 2018
Sweet dreams will work now
gtohara
+3
level 64
Feb 18, 2018
I believe I guessed sleep, but now i'm wondering if eye gunk would have worked...
ander217
+3
level 74
May 9, 2018
Wikipedia says the sandman puts people to sleep and brings good dreams. Accept sleep?
redsplat
+1
level 73
Aug 6, 2018
Please accept sleep in addition to dreams ;)
Sifhraven
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level 44
Dec 7, 2018
I second (fifth? Or something..on mobile, cant see the other replies atm) that, in europe I have only heard about the sleep part, never about dreams. Also tried sand, because thats what he brings... to get you to sleep (that us why.you wake up with stuff in your eyes)
Nyackjohn
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level 70
Apr 19, 2013
More people know Eminem's real name then the Emerald City OR the river that runs through Paris? Western Civilization as we know it is crumbling...
bkemp2001
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level 49
Jul 8, 2017
Or they can't get a spelling of seine that works in time...I almost didn't get it, and I knew the name, just kept switching up the i and e.
jayhiatt
+2
level 57
May 9, 2018
Or that more people know Starbucks cup size names than the Magna Carta. Or that the most correctly guessed answer is the husband of a Spice Girl...
stone222
+2
level 52
Sep 15, 2018
didn't have a clue about starbucks cup size, just knew the italian for 20
Sifhraven
+1
level 44
Dec 7, 2018
Or didnt look in the answer box to see .....city, and typed oz, land of oz and kansas.. like me..after that I did type emerald. Didnt get venti though, but did get seine, magna carta and the factor thing
DorkmeisterBlu
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level 67
Sep 23, 2013
Why not Magna Charta?
Rougecompany
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level 42
Dec 18, 2013
I think that Cuba is closer than Russia is. Cuba is just 90 mile off of Florida's coast.
manchesterutd10
+3
level 51
Mar 11, 2014
Okay...the US and Russia, at their closest points, is under 2.5 miles apart.
bossch1ck
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level 58
Oct 10, 2015
Russia is actually 55 miles, at the closest point, from the United States. Cuba is about 90 miles so, yes, Cuba is closer but Russia is definitely NOT 2.5 miles away.
Jerry928
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level 71
Jul 2, 2014
I didn't believe this till I saw that there are two islands (the Diomedes) in the middle of the Bering Strait, one owned by each country. With a land-bridge connection in winter, it's the only place in the world to you can walk to and from tomorrow.
bkemp2001
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level 49
Jul 8, 2017
That is a pretty cool thing to be able to do...you can also travel to yesterday. Sweet.
cpgatbyu
+3
level 75
May 9, 2018
I think a land bridge is by definition made out of land, not of ice.
PacoGee
+1
level 49
Feb 1, 2015
considering the US and Russia were at one time connected via an ice land bridge.. ///Cuba is 90 miles away..
joeythelemur
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level 75
May 15, 2014
Proud to have not known the ridiculous Starbucks size names. The coffee shop culture could do with a bit less pretentiousness.
pctjunkie
+10
level 78
Nov 3, 2014
So could statements like "proud to have not known..."
jmellor13
+1
level 58
May 9, 2018
Ha. Zing!
PacoGee
+2
level 49
Feb 1, 2015
I haven't been to a starbucks and I knew it.
bkemp2001
+2
level 49
Jul 8, 2017
I don't drink coffee and I knew it.
Malbaby
+1
level 66
Jul 26, 2017
I drink coffee and I didn't know starbucks
hirsutebodkin
+2
level 46
Mar 3, 2018
who is coffee?
Cooldrive
+1
level 45
May 9, 2018
I didn't drink coffee in 10 seconds and I'm only two years old.
jchesney
+1
level 47
May 9, 2018
^Well Played
ander217
+1
level 74
May 9, 2018
There aren't any Starbucks in my town, but I knew it from this site - that clue comes up occasionally.
kittykris
+1
level 48
Jun 25, 2014
I agree with Susie222 on the "sweet dreams" and "sleep". It has nothing to do with the song which doesn't say good dreams anyway. I also have seen Venti spelled Vente....
ander217
+2
level 74
Jul 13, 2014
Did anyone else try Charles Kuralt for "On the Road"?
graeme68
+2
level 27
Sep 10, 2014
shocked that only 32% of people knew what 6 factorial was...cannot believe more people knew the "venti" answer from the starbucks question. That is just appalling...it is basic mathematics!!
Algernon
+3
level 67
Oct 9, 2016
Never heard the term "factorial" before. Either it's taught under a different name in the UK, or i've forgotten a hell of a lot of Maths.
graeme68
+1
level 27
Jan 16, 2017
well I learned maths in the UK and I knew what factorial meant, must have been your school
tolerated
+1
level 71
Jan 23, 2018
My school in Nottingham taught us factorial aged 13.
jmellor13
+1
level 58
May 9, 2018
It's this thing: 6! The exclamation point (i.e., factorial) means you multiply the number given by all the consecutive digits between that number and zero, stopping at 1, so 6! = 6x5x4x3x2x1 = 720.
bkemp2001
+1
level 49
Jul 8, 2017
Factorial wasn't something I was taught between K and 12. I see this a lot with my kids, where they're doing it differently than they were 30 years ago. I had to look it up. It's an easy concept once you know the definition of the word, but not so easy to guess when you have no idea what you are being asked.
Algernon
+2
level 67
Jan 29, 2018
Just looked it up. I definitely wasn't taught that at school. I didn't do Maths at A-Level but I did Maths and Ad Maths GCSE and defintely didn't encounter 'factorials'. Learn something new every day. Mind you, like most maths you learn at school, not sure how much use it will be in everyday life.
Cooldrive
+1
level 45
May 9, 2018
Sorry I apall you, Snobby. I knew it once and this is the first time (in about 40 years) that I could have used it.
ander217
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level 74
May 9, 2018
They didn't use the term factorial when I learned math in the US in the 1960s. When I was in high school we could take either the basic math class, or take the college-bound program of Algebra I as freshmen, geometry as sophomores, Algebra II as juniors, and trig and math analysis as seniors. One year of either algebra I or basic math was all that was required. No calculus class was offered. It wasn't much better when my children were in school in the 1990s. Some of the city schools had better programs, but not in the rural areas. It was difficult to find good teachers, too. Since 2010 the state requires 3 math credits for graduation, but sometimes ag or building trades classes can be substituted for at least one year of math.
bahnbahn
+2
level 20
Dec 24, 2014
For eminem's real name, Slim Shady should be accepted.
Jonathan
+1
level 33
Jan 21, 2015
Starbucks also has a 'Trenta' size now according to Google!!!!!!
Quizmaster
+2
level ∞
Jan 19, 2018
Coming soon: The Centinaio.
LarryLovage
+1
level 59
Jan 24, 2015
It makes me very sad, but the greatest astronomy television programme in the world, and the longest lasting programme of ANY kind on the BBC, the Sky at Night, will insist on pronouncing it "Bettelgurz". Apparently it never occurs to them that, yes, "beetle juice" at first hearing sounds slightly amusing, but as a set of phonemes, it is a far more beautiful word. In fact it is one of the most beautiful words there is, what JRR Tolkein would have compared to "cellar door" - a very boring domestic word that however sounds lovely to the ear and feels lovely to pronounce. Whereas "bettelgurz" is the opposite: clunky, awkward and ugly.
Long live "Beetle Juice"! Long live Betelgeuse!
Malbaby
+1
level 66
Jul 26, 2017
Betelgeuse is really from an Arabic phrase "bīt al jauzāʾ " and means shoulder of the Giant. There is no special way to pronounce 'Betelgeuse' as it does not sound exact in English anyway, so feel free to call it what you will.
Cooldrive
+1
level 45
May 9, 2018
"I caught you knocking on my cellar door. I love you, Baby, can I have some more? Gone, gone. The damage done."
HelenO
+1
level 39
Feb 2, 2015
King John didn't actually sign the Magna Carta, he sealed it.
cariad
+1
level 45
May 31, 2015
True, as very few people then could wither read or write apart from clerks and some other members of the clergy.
cariad
+1
level 45
May 31, 2015
Sorry, ..either.
Quizmaster
+3
level ∞
Jan 19, 2018
I changed the question, but King John was literate. He sealed it rather than signed it because that was the custom of the time - not because he was incapable of writing.
hanzel26
+1
level 36
Sep 1, 2015
I'm sorry, maybe I'm stupid but I GENUINELY don't understand how Russia is closer to the United States than say, Cuba or Belize or Guatemala...That has to be wrong...
brandybuck96
+3
level 75
Jan 9, 2016
Alaska is about 6 miles or so across the Bering Strait from the easternmost end of Russia.
jchesney
+2
level 47
May 9, 2018
Look up the distance between the Little Diomede and Big Diomede islands.
13hodds
+1
level 20
Apr 7, 2016
The Californian Gold Rush didnt begin until 1849.
Quizmaster
+2
level ∞
Jan 19, 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush
Cooldrive
+1
level 45
Mar 3, 2018
John Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848 and the rush was on.
hannah3011
+1
level 32
May 20, 2016
If I'm being picky, Magna Carta was never signed by John. John did, however, seal it.
mikeb
+2
level 68
May 9, 2018
But who delivered it?
Cooldrive
+1
level 45
May 9, 2018
SWAK?
PhilosopherKing
+1
level 45
Nov 29, 2016
It would be nice to offer "Vente" for Venti and "Wembly" for Wembley. Phonetically, they are the same. I would have had 100% :'-( [Cries himself to sleep that night]
grimpy
+1
level 44
Nov 29, 2016
Even baristas seem to pronounce it VEN-TEH, rather than the more correct VEN-TI. : P
lemthelorax
+1
level 48
Jan 2, 2017
Lire accepted for the Lira? It's the plural form. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lira
Kellydancer
+2
level 39
Mar 22, 2017
I was very close to typing slim shady instead of Marshall Mathers
Malbaby
+1
level 66
Jul 26, 2017
There was a famous Country & Western singer in Australia called 'Slim Dusty' (better than Eminem I think)
Cooldrive
+1
level 45
Mar 3, 2018
Whew. Dodged a bullet there, Kellydancer. Could have been a life changer....and NOT in a good way.
bkemp2001
+2
level 49
Jul 8, 2017
Made me learn something new...I had never heard of "factorial" before. Now I know.
anonymousrbarm
+1
level 32
Oct 1, 2017
Are the Bahamas closer than Russia?
Quizzology
+5
level 55
Oct 22, 2017
No.
JockShepshed
+1
level 33
Jan 19, 2018
diomede islands 3.5 km apart...
calvord
+1
level 64
Feb 28, 2018
The Bahamas are closer to the U.S. than the Russian shoreline is. As a federal employee I mapped the marine and coastal areas of the contiguous U.S. and all territories. EPA and NOAA mapping displayed that the Bahamas’ closest shoreline is 40 nm from the Florida shoreline farthest east. This Florida area is near Cape Canaveral. Russia is, at best, 50 statute miles from Alaska if not farther.
tshalla
+2
level 66
May 9, 2018
Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait. They're something like four kms from each other.
jkabq
+2
level 59
May 10, 2018
I weep for the accuracy of our maps.
Cooldrive
+2
level 45
Mar 3, 2018
I typed Great Charter, but just for fun. Please do not accept it.
KoljiVriVoda
+1
level 68
Mar 14, 2018
What about Marshall Bruce Mathers for Eminem.
kalbahamut
+1
level 74
May 9, 2018
Just type in "Mathers"
oastone
+1
level 59
May 10, 2018
Typed Wimbledon 2x before realizing my mistake.
Migsanchy
+1
level 43
Jun 8, 2018
Can Marshall Matters be accepted ? :)
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