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Interesting Facts Quiz #2

Have you been paying attention to JetPunk's interesting facts? Prove your knowledge by filling in the blanks.
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_____ smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel announces the election of a new pope
White
______ never won a Nobel Peace Prize
Gandhi
___ _______ was once home to the giant moa, a flightless bird that could rise
to a height of 12 feet and could weigh up to 600 pounds
New Zealand
Fortune cookies were invented in the ______ ______ by a person who was born in Japan
United States
There are exactly ____ documented cases of a child being poisoned by Halloween candy from trick-or-treating
Zero
Between 2000 and 2022, _____ energy production in the U.S. increased by about 30% per year –
a total increase of over 29,000%
Solar
The Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the Spruce _____, is the largest aircraft ever to fly
Goose
Frederick the Great, king of _______, was an example of an "enlightened despot",
a non-democratic leader who nevertheless works on behalf of the people
Prussia
Old Jonathan is the oldest known living animal. He is a Seychelles giant ________
who is at least 190 years old
Tortoise
____ mining and ____ pollution have caused far more deaths than nuclear energy,
even accounting for the people who died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Coal
Nearly 25% of women living in England in the year 1800 were named ____
Mary
38% of people in _______ have the family name Nguyễn
Vietnam
Charleston is not the capital of South Carolina. It is, however, the capital of ____ ________.
West Virginia
Martin Van Buren was the only U.S. President whose first language was not English.
He grew up speaking _____
Dutch
Hanlon's razor states: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by ________"
Stupidity
______ in the Sundarbans region of India and Bangladesh have been known
to hunt and kill humans
Tigers
The sum of all the numbers on a ________ wheel is 666
Roulette
The catacombs of _____ hold the remains of over 6 million people
Paris
Kowloon Walled City, a former settlement in ____ ____, once housed 50,000 people
in an area of less than 0.03 square kilometers
Hong Kong
CBGB, in New York City, is a music club whose name stands for "country, bluegrass, and blues".
Ironically, it was ____ music that made the club famous.
Punk
noldig
+50
Level 62
Mar 20, 2019
Gandhi, me and several billion other people...
Carry
+9
Level 63
Mar 21, 2019
The difference is you'd think Gandhi would have won a Nobel Peace Prize.
kleeduardo
+17
Level 52
Oct 6, 2019
That is plain stupid, how am I going to think of Gandhi necessarily for that answer?
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Sep 16, 2023
63% of people were able to do it so I'd reckon it's not completely unfair.
joostvbruggen
+3
Level 53
Jan 22, 2024
I agree with the first comment, technically there are several billion answers that are correct. The question is just incorrectly formulated, because with this question technically the answer could be "my neighbour" and it would and should be correct..

I'd formulate it in such a way that it doesn't allow any other answer than Gandhi.

jmellor13
+20
Level 67
Oct 6, 2019
All the questions on this quiz are taken directly from the "Interesting Facts" included at the bottom of each quiz. So it's not just testing your knowledge, but also whether you've been taking note of those facts. One of the Interesting Facts specifically mentions that Gandhi didn't win a Nobel Prize. Aside from that, Gandhi is the most snub among Nobel Peace Prize candidates. I've heard that fact referenced in like ten different contexts. He's the most logical first guess.
jmellor13
+4
Level 67
Oct 6, 2019
"Most notorious snub," that is.
Atkinson
+8
Level 63
Oct 9, 2019
Maybe Gandhi never won a _________ would be a better question. Although I suppose people who guess things like beauty pagent or olympic medal in diving would still have grounds for complaint.
Dollyfroggy
+3
Level 60
Jan 21, 2024
Well, why hasn't he won a beauty pageant?
BlackLab
+1
Level 65
Mar 4, 2024
But Barak Obama did.
sillie
+15
Level 77
Mar 20, 2019
It confuses me that "wind" is accepted as an answer too to the energy question.
TenThousand
+3
Level 76
Mar 20, 2019
Maybe both answers are true? I'd be interested to know the 1996 and 2016 figures for each; I haven't been able to find the 1996 figures on google.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Mar 21, 2019
I wasn't sure about wind ... Seems possible that it has increased by a lot.
Newroadgirl
+2
Level 68
May 15, 2022
Same here.
cshtthomas
+10
Level 59
Mar 21, 2019
I've never won a Nobel Peace Price. Why can't I put my name in there?
roleybob
+21
Level 75
Mar 27, 2019
Because your name doesn't appear on the Jetpunk Interesting Fact list
QRU
+13
Level 74
Apr 2, 2019
Maybe a typo, my name works fine.
peardestroyer
+1
Level 56
Mar 22, 2020
Oh no! Better ask QuizMaster!
DannyWozza
+4
Level 94
Mar 21, 2019
It is clear enough that the peace prize question is asking us to consider someone who a lot of people would expect to have won one in their lifetime - corroborated by the fact that the question is comfortably around the half-way point in the answer stats at 84% (at the time of writing)
tschutzer
+10
Level 91
Mar 21, 2019
And most importantly, someone with only a single name. When you start thinking to yourself, "Did Elvis ever win the Nobel Peace Prize," that's when you know you need to take a break from Jetpunk.
cpgatbyu
+6
Level 85
Mar 21, 2019
Bono is at least as qualified as Barack Obama was when he won.
joeythelemur
+1
Level 84
Apr 26, 2019
Moreso.
GeoDude
+4
Level 48
May 5, 2019
Obama is pretty qualified since the person before and after him were nightmares.
BlackLab
+1
Level 65
Mar 4, 2024
He is most famous for picture definition of KowTow
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 89
Oct 6, 2019
According to this, it says he was awarded the prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Which, to me, sounds like he won for undoing the damage Bush did that lost other nations' trusts.
jeepy
+2
Level 66
Mar 22, 2019
Well, the clue is about jetpunk facts, and the fact is about Gandhi... However, I agree that the question should be changed. Maybe asking for the name of the prize instead would be better, asking for knowledge of the fact in itself in place of knowledge of what's written on jetpunk.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jun 7, 2019
But em... that is what the whole quiz is about..
samiamco
+2
Level 69
Mar 27, 2019
I think they were joking, Danny and jeepy :-) And considering nearly 4/5ths of people got the answer right, it feels like a pretty safe question as is.
MayaB
+1
Level 73
Mar 21, 2019
In both quizzes I missed only 2-3 answers. Apparently the interesting facts remain in my head more reliably than I expected.
cpgatbyu
+5
Level 85
Mar 21, 2019
Wikipedia: "In a 1974 case, an 8-year-old boy from Deer Park, Texas, died after eating a cyanide-laced package of Pixy Stix. A subsequent police investigation eventually determined that the poisoned candy had been planted in his trick-or-treat pile by the boy's father, Ronald Clark O'Bryan, who also gave out poisoned candy to other children in an attempt to cover up the murder, though no other children consumed the poisoned treats. The murderer, who had wanted to claim life insurance money, was executed in 1984. In this case, the distribution of poisoned candy is true, but no children other than the intended victim were harmed."
Quizmaster
+9
Level ∞
Mar 21, 2019
And still no one has been poisoned by Halloween candy FROM trick or treating.
redsplat
+7
Level 74
Mar 26, 2019
It was a close call. O'Bryan gave poisoned Pixy Stix to other kids who were trick or treating with his son in an attempt to deflect suspicion. One of the other kids was found in bed with the Pixy Stix, having fallen asleep after being unable to open the package. (O'Bryan had removed the top layer of sugar from the straws and replaced it with cyanide.)
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Sep 16, 2023
And still the number remains at ZERO. There is no evidence that any child has ever been poisoned from trick or treating. I don't know why people cling to something which is paranoid, fearful, and flat out wrong.

This is good news! Be happy!

nonono
+2
Level 88
Mar 21, 2019
Only 48% knew CBGB? Either I'm very old, the average jetpunk user is very young, or both.
Djilas
+16
Level 82
Mar 21, 2019
Or we're not from NYC/USA, or interested in punk. I got it right only because it had appeared somewhere on JetPunk.
pinkysbrain
+1
Level 83
Aug 22, 2020
you don't have to be from NYC or USA to know this . you might need an interest in punk although some famous non punk bands ( talking heads , Blondie ) started out playing there . CBGB sadly closed down a few years back.
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 63
Jan 21, 2024
@Djilas how about on the Interesting Facts pages?
DannySkins
+2
Level 57
Jan 23, 2024
I mean just that fact that we are on Jet PUNK made me think it would be a more popular answer.
GeoDude
+1
Level 48
May 5, 2019
5/5 boom. How do people not know CBGB?
rocamorar
+14
Level 78
Jul 18, 2019
Not from the US and uninterested in punk music? (that is, about 95% of the world population)
jmellor13
+4
Level 67
Oct 6, 2019
I don't think being from the US makes much of a difference. Being a New Yorker or a music enthusiast is the key.
kalbahamut
+7
Level 82
Oct 6, 2019
I didn't know the answer I just randomly guessed genres of music and got it.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Jan 21, 2024
I guessed all the (plausible) genres of music I could think of but missed punk!
TheWelshManc
+1
Level 45
Oct 6, 2019
18/20 even though I've never read any interesting fact. Nice.
SWATkun
+2
Level 60
Oct 6, 2019
Tiger should be accepted for Tigers and the forest I know which is not that far from my house is Sundarban not Sundarbans.
AntiMatter8192
+1
Level 68
Apr 12, 2020
It appears as tigers in the facts, and it is THE Sundarbans, not Sundarban or Sundarbans
GerhardE
+2
Level 27
Oct 6, 2019
Question #2 should accept anybody who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize. :-)
FatSpartanJediLlama
+3
Level 67
Oct 7, 2019
I got 0 when typing in "no" for North Carolina cuz I thought that for the capital one for a second. I just kept on guessing genres until I got punk, and for Prussia I literally had no clue but it just made sense for some reason
trivialover123
+1
Level 69
May 4, 2020
Istanbul is north of New York City.
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 56
May 4, 2022
I got two accidentally changing "South America" to "North America"
NoYoureWrong
+1
Level 50
Jan 11, 2024
This was a useless quiz. DO BETTER.
Dollyfroggy
+3
Level 60
Jan 21, 2024
This was a useless comment. DO BETTER.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Jan 21, 2024
No you're wrong.
SpencerGT
+1
Level 67
Jan 21, 2024
I spend way too much time on this website.
1DILFhunter
+1
Level 43
Jan 22, 2024
"San Marino" was a type-in for Zero on the poison candy question??? What happened there
999uuu1
+1
Level 43
Jan 23, 2024
I've heard Hanlon's razor as ending with "incompetence" rather than "stupidity" before. Maybe add it as an option?
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