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General Knowledge Quiz #87

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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First submittedOctober 19, 2013
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Historically, what type of wood was used to make black piano keys?
Ebony
What is the last U.S. state, alphabetically?
Wyoming
Who is Dick Grayson's alter ego?
Robin or Nightwing
By what name is Gaius Octavius better known?
Augustus
What rock band released the albums "Sticky Fingers" and "Beggar's Banquet"?
The Rolling Stones
What was founded in 1933 with the intention of lasting 1000 years,
but only lasted 12?
Third Reich
What is the square root of 400,000,000?
20,000
"First, do no harm" is often (incorrectly) thought to come from what oath?
Hippocratic Oath
What character was portrayed by Robin Williams in 1992 and Will Smith in 2019?
Genie
What lives in an aerie?
Bird of prey
Who commissioned the Domesday Book in 1086 to survey his conquests?
William the Conqueror
What was the name of the Nazi secret police?
Gestapo
What does the Latin term "Annus Horribilis" mean in English?
Horrible year
What river does Hoover Dam dam?
Colorado River
What river is spanned by Tower Bridge?
Thames
What religious movement started in Jamaica in the 1930s?
Rastafari
What is the common term for alopecia?
Baldness
What part of speech are the words "and", "or", and "but"?
Conjunction
What type of animal is a water moccasin?
Snake
What Germanic language was once the most commonly-spoken
language among European Jews?
Yiddish
Fusion13
+6
Level 50
Nov 19, 2013
please accept "nightwing" for dick grayson
kevlarkev
+2
Level 62
Jan 7, 2014
+1
tiben1
+2
Level 58
Jan 14, 2014
+1
countbunn1cus
+4
Level 69
Jan 14, 2014
+everyone
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 10, 2016
Okay, if everyone thinks so.
howard38
+1
Level 61
Nov 8, 2019
nerds
roleybob
+10
Level 75
Dec 18, 2019
^ You're on a quiz site - what did you expect?
Cyclonus
+3
Level 78
Jul 4, 2016
Heh... tough to imagine anyone who knows "Nightwing" doesn't also know "Robin"!
trebek
+4
Level 70
Jul 5, 2016
Super hero people. Sheesh!
RobNobody
+5
Level 76
Jan 22, 2019
I mean, considering he's been Nightwing in the comics for about 35 years now, or about 44% of his total history, it's not an unreasonable request.
duckwantbread
+3
Level 64
Dec 5, 2021
I could see it happening, someone that watched Teen Titans as a kid for example might only know him as Nightwing.
RobNobody
+2
Level 76
Jun 11, 2023
Well, probably not, since on the Teen Titans cartoon you're presumably referring to he was Robin.
jmellor13
+3
Level 67
Jan 7, 2014
Any chance you could accept "Caesar Augustus"? I tried that, and it didn't work. I know "caesar" is a title, but that's how I usually hear him referenced, much like Genghis Khan or Julius Caesar.
gerhardm
+1
Level 64
Jan 7, 2014
I agree. I tried this as well.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 8, 2014
This seems to be a common thing. I don't know if it's incorrect, or simply a variation. For simplicity's sake "Augustus" seems preferable. But I suppose I'll allow "Caesar Augustus" too.
Arp2600
+26
Level 86
May 5, 2014
Surely you mean IMPERATOR•CAESAR•DIVI•FILIVS•AVGVSTVS, PONTIFEX•MAXIMVS, TRIBVNICIAE•POTESTATE•XXXVII, IMPERATOR•XXI, CONSVL•XIII, PATER•PATRIAE.
tom88
+5
Level 72
Mar 2, 2016
well obviously that's what he meant
Malbaby
+8
Level 71
Mar 2, 2016
That's what I tried and it didn't give it to me.
DeusCaritasEst
+2
Level 55
Mar 9, 2016
^ I know; scared me for a second into thinking that I wasn't fluent in Latin after all!
plattitude
+5
Level 92
Jul 17, 2019
All these people arguing about the right form... I was still trying to figure out why Dr. Octopus wasn't accepted.
greenapple7
+1
Level 57
Dec 6, 2023
I DID TOO LOLLL
vermiciousknid
+3
Level 88
Nov 8, 2019
@platitude I tried Doctor Octopus at first too before I realized what the question was actually asking for. Maybe I need another cup of coffee.
Duzza
+3
Level 32
Jul 4, 2016
Augustus is also a title...
Swanbabe
+2
Level 38
Jul 4, 2016
How come when i typed 'conjunctions' it knocked me back? As a grammar nazi i was pretty disappointed in myself until i discovered i was right anyway. Please accept pluralised answers when you give multiple examples.
DeusCaritasEst
+3
Level 55
Jul 5, 2016
Since the correct/accepted answer was "conjunction", you should have gotten it if you entered "conjunctions." It would have taken it before you even typed the "s".
CostingMoney
+2
Level 46
Nov 19, 2016
I wrote conjections. What was I thinking?
LeanBacon
+2
Level 52
Nov 22, 2019
I tried conjunctive :(
zupermaus
+1
Level 36
May 18, 2014
You should accept: william I
ander217
+4
Level 75
Apr 26, 2015
As soon as I typed William it was accepted.
howard38
+3
Level 61
Nov 8, 2019
You could have typed William Shakespeare & you still would have gotten credit.
sillie
+7
Level 77
May 18, 2014
Hippocrates oath? Just couldn't think of the right form of "hippocrate". Duh.
TheCrusher
+4
Level 72
Nov 8, 2019
Same here. My first language is French, and we call it "Serment d'Hippocrate", so I tried "Hippocrates Oath". Should that be accepted or is it really never used that way in English?
wasabi537
+1
Level 29
Aug 12, 2023
Same, I'm Brazilian and we call it "Juramento de Hipócrates", so I tried "Hippocrates" as the answer (and later on "doctor" and other variants to see if it would be accepted- with no luck).
Lemonly
+1
Level 34
Jun 16, 2015
We SuperFans need Dick Grayson to be accepted as Nightwing/Robin!!!
jetlifari
+1
Level 69
Feb 18, 2016
Why is "Robin" the answer for Dick Grayson? He hasn't been Robin since the 70s at least!!!! He's now been Nightwing for longer than he has been Robin.
Malbaby
+3
Level 71
Mar 2, 2016
Should accept Erithacus rubecula for 'Robin'
DeusCaritasEst
+4
Level 55
Mar 9, 2016
Um, surely you mean "Turdus migratorius".
redsplat
+3
Level 74
Jul 16, 2019
Speaking of which, please accept Nightus turdus.
RobNobody
+1
Level 76
Jan 22, 2019
Not quite. He was Robin for 44 years (1940-1984) and is currently at 35 years as Nightwing. And while Nightwing should (and now is) absolutely an acceptable answer to the question, Robin should be as well. His time as Robin is still a major part of the character's history, both in-universe and out.
roleybob
+2
Level 75
Nov 8, 2019
Wow, he's been a superhero for 79 years? So he must be getting on for 100 at least.

That's a bit old to be fighting criminals isn't it?

I'm starting to find this whole superhero thing a little unrealistic

tom88
+2
Level 72
Nov 12, 2019
In the movies from the 90s dick Grayson was robin, so he's definitely been robin more recently than the 70s, and far more people know the movies than the ridiculously extended universe of the comics. In the comic books theres been a whole bunch of incarnations of robin that nobody would know except the hardcore fans, for anybody that doesn't read the comics. Robin = Dick Grayson

makes sense to have a type in for the hardcore ppl, but not accepting Robin would be terrible.

Quizzer6794
+1
Level 65
Jul 4, 2016
A very "Independence Day" related quiz.
AllenY
+5
Level 69
Jul 19, 2016
Accept Hippocrates for Hippocratic please
wasabi537
+1
Level 29
Aug 12, 2023
Second this... was my first try
CostingMoney
+1
Level 46
Nov 19, 2016
cant believe I got the latin one correct. I thought it sounded like horrible and annus sounded like annual, and annual had to do something about year
SgtMac
+4
Level 55
Dec 24, 2017
I request that the answer "bad year" also be accepted re:annus horribilis.
musiclistsareus
+1
Level 62
Jul 3, 2021
i agree
OfficerDibble
+4
Level 80
Jul 16, 2019
It's just Tower Bridge, not the Tower Bridge.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Jan 28, 2021
The Wikipedia agrees with you.
CardinalSin
+1
Level 77
Aug 31, 2019
Please accept "Horrid Year".
Qikiq
+3
Level 86
Nov 8, 2019
Please get "Conjunction Junction" out of my head. Thanks so much.
howard38
+5
Level 61
Nov 8, 2019
I tried "bad year" because I thought "horrible" was too obvious. Then I tried "unattractive buttocks".
Susie222
+1
Level 59
Nov 8, 2019
I tried prohibition instead of the Third Reich. I knew the date was off, but found the answer amusing.
mrzli86
+1
Level 81
Jul 31, 2021
prohibition in 1933 and not Hitler? haha no
poltergeist
+1
Level 58
Nov 8, 2019
Please accept 'German reich'
RobNobody
+1
Level 76
Jun 11, 2023
Which one? There were three, and only the third one is a correct answer.
Margles1
+1
Level 41
Nov 10, 2019
Thank you, Schoolhouse Rock!
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Mar 27, 2021
If it were spelt 'eyrie' I might have got it..
cafrance1089
+1
Level 66
Apr 21, 2021
"Water snake" should be accepted
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 71
Aug 5, 2021
Is voicing really portraying?
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 67
Jun 15, 2023
yes
Jonty84
+1
Level 47
Aug 11, 2021
there are an inordinate amount of questions about jewish culture in here.
GrammarBeane1
+3
Level 82
Sep 14, 2021
For some reason I couldn't think of conjunction and typed FANBOYS instead (it's how we remembered the most common conjunctions: For And Nor But Or Yet So) and I'm disappointed but not surprised that it isn't accepted
JobyBabby
+1
Level 66
Mar 27, 2022
me too....
kshanti
+1
Level 61
Apr 7, 2022
For outsiders all German secret police is the Gestapo. There were actually multiple organizations that often were in competition with each other. The most important of these was the Sicherheitsdienst or SD, which predates the Gestapo and was the entity that organized most of the Holocaust. Despite their horrible crimes, they have stayed under the radar. Usually people confused them for the Gestapo. This was true during the events and persists to this day where most movies talk about Gestapo officers persecuting Jews, while they were in fact SD.

So it should be good to accept either SD or Sicherheitsdienst as alternative answers.

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

stylus
+2
Level 76
Apr 11, 2022
allow connectives for conjunctions? they call them that in some uk schools; although i think it's on the way out some people still know them as connectives
ErenJaeger2005
+1
Level 67
Nov 29, 2022
How did more people get the Gestapo right than the third Reich XD
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 67
Jun 15, 2023
because they wasted time guessing first reich, second reich, and so on
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 67
Jun 15, 2023
The last state alphabetically is the one that starts with a Y.
BlackLab
+1
Level 65
Jul 6, 2023
Nope. Starts with Z, as in Zen.
wasabi537
+1
Level 29
Aug 12, 2023
Any chance you'll accept alternatives for "Hippocratic Oath"? I had no idea how to say that in English, so I tried "Hippocrates", "doctor", "doctor's" and "doctor", but none of them worked.
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