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General Knowledge Quiz #9

Answer these random trivia questions.
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Last updated: September 3, 2018
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First submittedFebruary 3, 2011
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Question
Answer
What island do lemurs come from?
Madagascar
Who founded Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg
When Jack fell down, what did he break?
His Crown
What singer is the subject of the movie "Walk the Line"?
Johnny Cash
What was the Soviet equivalent of the CIA?
KGB
What is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea?
Cuba
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
What is the largest species of lizard?
Komodo Dragon
What did the Normans conquer in 1066?
England
What is the 2nd book of Bible?
Exodus
What, according to a supposed African proverb, does it take a village to do?
Raise a Child
What instrument did Ravi Shankar play?
Sitar
What is the Japanese word for freshwater eel?
Unagi
Who killed Achilles?
Paris
In what country would you be most likely to find a polder?
Netherlands
What river borders Louisville, Kentucky?
Ohio River
Who is He-Man's nemesis?
Skeletor
What city-state did Hannibal fight for?
Carthage
What movie coined the phrase "there can be only one"?
Highlander
In what language is the motto of the English monarch written?
French
tschutzer
+4
Level 86
Apr 9, 2013
Can you add some alternate spellings for sitar? I tried scitar and scytar and gave up.
rgc1600
+69
Level 72
May 2, 2013
I can see why a person whose name is tschutzer would be sensitive to spelling.
nightowl
+1
Level 52
Dec 14, 2013
Like
tschutzer
+8
Level 86
Apr 30, 2014
Me too. :)
mikeb
+4
Level 68
May 15, 2018
Someone (I'm NOT volunteering!) might want to create a cruelly difficult spelling quiz. Perhaps they could start with the Duke basketball coach and the Kwik-e-Mart proprietor.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 67
Dec 6, 2018
I wrote citar.. that s what it is called here
hirsutebodkin
+1
Level 54
Oct 22, 2019
Use this as an opportunity to learn to spell things correctly
iamdowantcoffee
+3
Level 13
May 2, 2013
Possibly accept oonagi and ounagi for unagi. Transliteration is tricky.
Zefyrinus
+3
Level 67
Feb 22, 2019
There's only one way to transribe ウナギ no matter which transcription system you use.
irish41
+16
Level 62
May 2, 2013
Anyone else get "unagi" because of the Friends episode? :)
BlendedCow
+1
Level 50
Jun 7, 2013
Yep. Oneness is bliss.
NicoleDiana
+1
Level 20
Aug 5, 2013
YES
DorkmeisterBlu
+10
Level 69
Sep 12, 2013
Could it BE any more obvious?
Cyndel
+1
Level 28
Feb 9, 2015
I got it because of Farmville...
Zalias
+5
Level 40
Apr 27, 2018
I got it because of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Insaniot
+2
Level 48
May 15, 2018
I got it from the fine print of my neighbour’s lemonade stand. No, I am being serious. I know you think I’m joking, but I am 100% serious.
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 79
Oct 30, 2019
Never watched "Friends", but I loooove sushi!
solukisina
+3
Level 35
Oct 30, 2019
I got it because I have a terrible game guide for Mario 64 (the eel is named Unagi in it)

I know it's terrible because multiple enemies are referred to by their Japanese names and ALL of the star names have a different name.

It's like it was directly translated from Japanese despite the game guide coming out after the international releases and it would probably be easier to use the names from the game.

Zefyrinus
+1
Level 67
Sep 3, 2013
The Tibet question was also in GKQ... 23, I think.
bebop44
+1
Level 21
Mar 24, 2014
Carthage should be changed to Carthago/Karthago (as it is know to the Romans).
Malbaby
+33
Level 70
Nov 25, 2015
The whole quiz should be in Latin.
DonTheLamplighter
+3
Level 79
Oct 30, 2019
...and all answers should typed in semaphore.
ander217
+1
Level 78
Jun 9, 2014
Kept spelling it Kimodo instead of Komodo - I think I was confusing the word with Kimono.
sciencyguy
+1
Level 48
Oct 3, 2014
That's what I did! That will teach me to turn on closed captioning during National Geographic specials.
samiamco
+6
Level 72
Mar 5, 2016
A "kimono dragon" gives me a chuckle-worthy me mental image, to be sure! http://www.rhcomix.com/toons/KimonoDragon3.jpg
Goomaster7
+3
Level 67
Jun 11, 2014
As a fellow New Zealander, I completely agree with Zenica
otissaroke
+1
Level 32
Aug 8, 2014
3/22
vmajzlik
+1
Level 57
Nov 18, 2014
good quiz....nice and varied!
golddude22
+1
Level 15
Mar 24, 2015
I only got 5
Relbore
+1
Level 28
Apr 14, 2015
Can you accept "to raise a baby"?
samiamco
+4
Level 72
Mar 5, 2016
It's a quote. The whole point of quotes is that you, ya know, *quote* them. "A marigold by any other name would still smell as nifty," ~ Shakespeare, more or less, from "Romeo & Juliet"
camus
+2
Level 74
Aug 9, 2018
It's not an exact quote but a proverb that exists in different versions, in different languages.
xplosiv9
+4
Level 57
Jun 29, 2015
From the comments, it's sad that most people got unagi from Friends. Funny, but sad. Avatar: The Last Airbender automatically sprang to my mind.
jmellor13
+3
Level 65
May 15, 2018
I mean, is the Japanese word for "eel" something someone really needs to know? Friends is a very popular show, so a lot of people would recognize from that. It's not like "unagi" is some term of colossal historical importance.
DapperAlpaca
+3
Level 44
May 16, 2018
Explain how it's sad that some people got it because of a TV show, but it's not sad when you get it from what I assume is a TV show?
Orca24
+1
Level 70
Aug 22, 2019
It's sad that you don't remember it from Friends cause that episode rocked!
jeandawga
+1
Level 78
Nov 12, 2015
Please accept "raise children" for "it takes a village"
samiamco
+4
Level 72
Mar 5, 2016
It's a quote. The point of quotes is that you, ya know, *quote* them, not paraphrase them. "Ask not what your condo association can do for you, ask what you can do for your condo association!" ~ John F. Kennedy, sorta-kinda
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 62
May 26, 2020
Samiamco, why are you going through the comments picking people up on this? It's not originally in English, and it's not from a specific author (as all your silly examples are).
Hollygomerryround
+1
Level 39
Nov 15, 2015
Tansui unagi is not an acceptable answer? :)
KingofQuiz
+2
Level 54
Jul 26, 2016
KGG...I'm an idiot.
catlover2496
+1
Level 44
Apr 18, 2017
The picture at the top is so cute!
boltok
+1
Level 62
May 15, 2018
Pretty sure Jack broke his neck when he fell. That should also be an acceptable answer.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
May 15, 2018
He also broke his crayon.
Pharley
+2
Level 66
May 16, 2018
Jack fell down and broke his crown. Neck doesn't rhyme.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
May 17, 2018
Did you hear about the guy who fell off his deck?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 68
Sep 5, 2019
Haha no.
IvanAndonov
+1
Level 66
May 15, 2018
Saw the Palme d'Or winning movie "Unagi" ("The Eel"), didn't ring a bell.
luxint
+1
Level 60
May 15, 2018
Bit tougher than usual? Cheers, nice one.
mikeyp
+3
Level 49
May 15, 2018
None of these are actual generals.
HectorVortac
+2
Level 50
May 16, 2018
'Polder' is what I learned today.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
May 17, 2018
I think this is yet another word I learned from playing Civilization.
jsmash
+1
Level 31
May 16, 2018
"Bring up a child"
trombonekid98
+1
Level 67
May 24, 2018
I only got the Ravi Shankar because my jazz professor did a whole unit on raga...
GeoDude
+2
Level 53
Feb 23, 2019
Very surprised Highlander is so low.

Everybody should go watch it, great movie.

Also, surprised Ohio River is so low, you have 2 choices of big rivers by Kentucky...

Arii78
+2
Level 46
Mar 18, 2019
Yeah, unless you don't know US geography. Which I don't. Especially for that region.

(Haven't seen Highlander either. Heard it's not that great :P)

selah13
+1
Level 43
Nov 1, 2020
The first Highlander movie is great, it's the second one that is horrible. The tv series is also good.

I agree about the US geography, not everyone knows all the rivers, or where they flow.

Arii78
+1
Level 46
Mar 18, 2019
Why is Louisville general knowledge ?

Who's Jack and why did he fall ?

And I'm not sure why "unagi" is supposed to be general knowledge either. I mean there's always the Friends episode but I'm not sure they gave the actual translation...

sinwrlds
+2
Level 27
Apr 29, 2019
Jack fell down the hill because I pushed him since he stole Jiil from me...
raidman
+4
Level 57
Jul 24, 2019
There is a wrong answer - not Marie Curie but Marie Skłodowska Curie or Maria Skłodowska... She was from Poland...
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Jul 24, 2019
Cool story.
Orca24
+1
Level 70
Aug 22, 2019
lol it's only because i watch "Friends" that I got unagi. Thank you Ross.
jennywren21
+1
Level 53
Dec 7, 2019
Just curious if anyone knows why the motto is written in French? Google is not helpful.
EytanMelech
+4
Level 66
Dec 9, 2019
Please allow "Zucc" for "Mark Zuckerberg".
noname2
+1
Level 34
Jun 23, 2020
I put adopt a child. I watched a series of unfortunate events
erebia
+1
Level 57
Dec 28, 2020
Why isn't Carthago a valid alternative for Carthage?
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