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General Knowledge Quiz #81

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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Last updated: July 5, 2019
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What is the westernmost Canadian province?
British Columbia
What is the word for a baby goat?
Kid
In what movie would you hear the line "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse"?
The Godfather
What city would you arrive in if you drove south over the Golden Gate Bridge?
San Francisco
If someone is in the Land of Nod, what are they doing?
Sleeping
Who was the lead singer of Queen?
Freddie Mercury
According to legend, who rode naked through the city of Coventry to protest high taxes?
Lady Godiva
... and who spied on her while she did so?
Peeping Tom
Which U.S. state has the highest proportion of senior citizens?
Florida
What was Princess Diana's maiden name?
Spencer
Who wrote "War and Peace"?
Leo Tolstoy
What part of the body does the Greek root "derma" refer to?
Skin
What is the name for the second full moon in a calendar month?
Blue Moon
What is Indiana Jones's real first name?
Henry
What is called the "national pastime" of the United States?
Baseball
What is the capital of Poland?
Warsaw
What actress once had "Billy Bob" tattooed on her arm?
Angelina Jolie
What does "Le Monde" mean in English?
The World
What country has land on both sides of the Dardanelles?
Turkey
What creatures were employees at Willy Wonka's chocolate factory?
Oompa-Loompas
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Level 59
Oct 1, 2013
Only 22% know Indy's real first name is Henry? Aww, that makes me sad.

"Henry Jones... Jr!"

"I like 'Indiana.'"

"We named the DOG Indiana!"

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Level 70
Mar 27, 2016
Why are you sad that I chose not to watch a movie?
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Level 89
Mar 27, 2016
Because it's a great movie?
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Level 89
Sep 27, 2019
I’m pretty sure they mentioned Sean Connery’s character’s name a couple times, so the fact that Indy’s called “Junior” should be an indication that they have the same name.
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Level 65
Jan 8, 2019
Well indiana would be happy since he didnt want to be called henry. And i can relate I have allways wanted a different name myself aswell (and named my previous cat indy after indiana jones :) )
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Level 72
Sep 27, 2019
in desperation, I tried "Harrison"
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Level 27
Mar 10, 2024
Me too
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Level 70
Mar 23, 2021
Oh, I remembered he took the dog's name. That was the biggest revelation in the scene, not that he was named Henry.
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Level 46
Sep 25, 2014
A blue moon is more properly the third full moon in a season in which there will be four full moons. [See http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/what-is-a-blue-moon/]. It has recently been misinterpreted to be the second full moon in a calendar month, so if you want to conform to the popular misconception, that would be consistent, but it's technically incorrect.
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Level 75
Mar 31, 2016
I was just reading about this yesterday since we will have a blue moon in May of this year. I don't think the newer definition is actually a misconception, since so many people have adopted the usage. I think it's a newer and additional usage for the name. Your definition is the older one, but most of the sites I checked said both ways are common and many are now calling the older type a "seasonal blue moon" to differentiate. Incidentally, there is actually a third use for the name. It is also called a blue moon when large dust particles in the air, such as those occurring after a large volcanic eruption, actually make the moon appear to be blue in color. Those are truly rare.
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Level 51
Aug 17, 2017
Additionally, in today's more urbanized and especially less agrarian society it makes sense that we think of things in terms of months instead of seasons as was more applicable in the past.
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Level 59
Apr 19, 2018
Blue moon makes me think Kratatoa
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Level 55
Mar 12, 2024
Manchester City
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Level ∞
Jul 5, 2019
It seems that the original misconception has now become the predominant usage.
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Level 55
Jul 6, 2015
I got Indiana Jones right name by looking it up ... but in the right way. Stuck for what Sean Connery called him, I suddenly remembered him slurring "Zhunyer". So I looked up what Sean's character's name was.
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Level 28
May 5, 2021
larry thats a long way to say you cheated
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Level 57
Mar 27, 2016
Typed in oompa loompa and it wasn't right. Should be a type-in I think
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Level 72
Mar 27, 2016
I know the exact meaning for "Le Monde" is "The World", but I think it would be fair to accept just "world". I'm so used to not typing the articles on these quizzes that it didn't even occur to me.
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Level ∞
Mar 27, 2016
World will work now
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Level 69
Mar 31, 2016
How about 'people'? Technically it also translates to 'the people'.
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Level 82
Aug 20, 2017
True.
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Level 75
Sep 27, 2019
I also thought it was people, too. When I looked it up, some dictionaries included people as one of the translations - but not all. Some also listed society as another acceptable translation.
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Level 75
Sep 30, 2022
I tried Earth and it didnt work, surely this still counts no?
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Level 77
Mar 27, 2016
Wouldn't it be great if Indiana Jones's real first name was.....Kentucky?
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Level 82
Aug 20, 2017
I vote for Saskatchewan
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Level 92
Jul 5, 2019
And now we search for the other clues that he's hiding his northern heritage...
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Level 86
Jul 6, 2019
"... and who spied on her while she did so?"

. . . everyone?

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Level 69
Jul 6, 2019
I think the point was that they were so grateful she was going to bat for them on the whole crippling tax issue, they gave her the respect of staying inside and closing their windows and doing whatever it took to *not* see her. Only Tom was a lech. Well, and you, apparently ;-)
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Level 75
Sep 27, 2019
I'd heard of Lady Godiva many times and I'd heard of people being called peeping toms, but I never realized they belong together until I saw a Midsome Murder episode where a lecherous doctor encouraged a woman to go to a party as Lady Godiva and he would be Peeping Tom. I finally made the connection.
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Level 72
Jul 8, 2019
I think I managed to get the most undeserved correct answer on a quiz.

For the Indiana Jones question, I wasn't completely sure what was asked. For fun I tried "Henry", because of the actor who plays the role, Henry Ford... Only afterwards I realized that it's Harrison Ford...

But hey, a correct answer is a correct answer, right?

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Level 21
Sep 12, 2021
Assembly Line Jones
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Level 59
Jul 17, 2019
I don't think oompa loompas were creatures but pygmy or dwarf humans. I certainly think Wonka & Dahl would be very upset if you referred to them as creatures.
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Level 76
Jun 29, 2021
Indeed, the quiz maker is definitely an oompaloompa-ist.
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Level 66
Sep 27, 2019
For the Indy question, I just had to try "Junior" first.
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Level 89
Sep 27, 2019
Wouldn’t that mean his name was Junior Jones Jr?
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Level 89
Jan 16, 2020
I'm just trying to make sure people aren't confusing Harrison Ford with this guy.
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Level 65
Dec 29, 2019
I'm pretty sure Willie Wonka also employed squirrels in the book version.
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Level 40
May 8, 2020
Your quiz did not accept "spencer" for Princess Diana's maiden name it only accepts "Spencer" with a capital "S". A bit rough I feel.
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Level 74
Feb 6, 2021
I'm willing to bet that this did not happen.
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Level 76
Jun 11, 2023
Jetpunk doesn't distinguish between capital and lower-case letters at all, in any answers. The way the system is built you literally can't make a quiz that makes that distinction.
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Level 68
Oct 11, 2020
As a Frenchman, I thank you for including a question about Le Monde. It means The World to me!
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Level 76
Jun 29, 2021
-slow clap-
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Level 77
Jan 6, 2022
Only two likes for this one? One of the most underrated comments on Jetpunk right here.
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Level 56
Jun 23, 2021
I was so convinced the westernmost province was the Yukon - but apparently the Yukon is a territory, not a province!

Sneaky cheeky

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Level 62
Sep 6, 2021
For the national pastime question, I tried eating, then drinking, then watching tv, then just tv, then gave up and moved to the next question. *facepalm*
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Level 77
Jan 6, 2022
Tommy, how's the peeping?
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Level 53
Jan 17, 2023
Read the question as Diana's middle name, thought that was obscure so skipped right past it!