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General Knowledge Quiz #137

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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First submittedAugust 3, 2015
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What are the two countries with the largest area of tropical rainforest?
Indonesia
Brazil
Who wrote "Pride and Prejudice"?
Jane Austen
What region of the world was once spelled "Cashmere"?
Kashmir
What Russian city hosted the Winter Olympics in 2014?
Sochi
Who visits the Fortress of Solitude near the North Pole when he
needs some quiet time?
Superman
What type of animal comes in Rhesus, Capuchin, and Howler varieties?
Monkey
Who founded cities in Egypt, Afghanistan, Turkey, and several other countries?
Alexander the Great
What type of animal is a shell-less gastropod?
Slug
What is the least diverse country in the world, with 99.998% of people
coming from the same ethnic group?
North Korea
What industry brought the Medici and Rothschild families to prominence?
Banking
What drug did the British grow in India and sell in China?
Opium
What type of "languages" are Ruby and Perl?
Programming
language
What is the meaning of the French word "gras"? Hint: think of Mardi Gras or Foie Gras
Fat
What religious figure's image appeared on a grilled cheese sandwich
that sold for $28,000 on eBay?
Virgin Mary
What wedding payment is common in India despite being illegal?
Dowries
What does the g stand for in g-force?
Gravitational
On what TV show would you see Daleks saying "exterminate"?
Doctor Who
What did Matthew Webb become the first person to swim across, in 1875?
The English Channel
In what activity might one attempt a "Sicilian Defense"?
Chess
brandybuck96
+16
Level 83
Oct 4, 2015
Please could you accept just "Channel" for English Channel? Most people I know just call it the Channel.
svitapeneela
+7
Level 65
Jan 10, 2016
I was going to say the exact same thing.
Sjgirl
+5
Level 62
Jan 10, 2016
Me too
Swanbabe
+2
Level 38
Jan 25, 2017
Pretty non specific though
pmcds
+3
Level 45
May 6, 2017
Unless you're quizzing in the UK - here, it's "The Channel, NOT "The English Channel"...
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Jan 10, 2016
Only English people call it the Channel, I imagine quizzes such as this need to be a little more specific.
erikj
+10
Level 65
Jan 10, 2016
I'm Dutch, I call it the Channel :)
adibou25
+8
Level 41
Jan 10, 2016
I'm Canadian and I call it The channel
Malbaby
+6
Level 71
Jan 10, 2016
OK only the English and a few million other people call it 'The Channel'
trebek
+5
Level 70
Jan 11, 2016
I'm Canadian and I call it the English Channel so I cancel out abidou25.
sprk
+5
Level 61
Jan 12, 2016
I bet the French are a little bit annoyed that the English-speakers are debating whether to call it the English Channel or just the Channel. They call it la Manche, when they could have called it la Manche Francaise. Mind you, as a Brit, I can say that it has always been a habit in these isles of putting our ownership on places where it doesn't belong...
blinky
+14
Level 58
Feb 2, 2017
I'm American and I call HBO "The Channel."
OfficerDibble
+4
Level 80
Feb 8, 2018
I'm from the planet Gelgamek and I call it the French Waterway.
McKenzieFam
+2
Level 63
Nov 17, 2023
I'm from NZ and we don't usually talk about The Channel at all?
danvan
+7
Level 44
Jan 10, 2016
Yep, I'm Australian and I would call it just "The Channel"
Swanbabe
+3
Level 38
Jan 25, 2017
Me too and i wouldn't
Swanbabe
+5
Level 38
Jan 25, 2017
And I'd also make the point that if you know 'channel', you'd know it's called the English Channel.

I agree about the French though. They're being very accommodating of the lingering Imperialism of the isles.

dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 68
Oct 28, 2020
It's also called equivalents of "La Manche" in many other languages. Der Ärmelkanal in German, La Mancha in Spanish, La Manica in Italian... And, in Britanny, it's called "Mor Breizh", or "the Breton sea".
Moon101
+2
Level 38
Jan 10, 2016
Lol i put norther india instead of kashmir
ander217
+2
Level 75
Jan 10, 2016
Same here. When India didn't work I tried other countries. I guess I need to learn the definition of region.
babbaloo7
+7
Level 51
Jan 11, 2016
Can you add "coding" for the language question?
Somequiztaker
+1
Level 77
Jan 12, 2016
I said leach instead of slug. Could leach be accepted?
cornflakesfu
+7
Level 86
Oct 10, 2018
Leeches are not gastropods. Gastropods are molluscs, whereas leeches are annelids (earthworms, etc.)
hellodrew
+3
Level 65
Jan 13, 2016
North Korea is so obvious... after the quiz. damn it!
CRey
+10
Level 81
Jan 20, 2016
Anyone else try Santa Claus for the North Pole question
Djilas
+1
Level 82
Dec 18, 2017
of course
FlickerP
+2
Level 72
Mar 23, 2021
My hand is up
travelfan
+1
Level 67
Nov 17, 2016
I had never heard the Channel called the "English" Channel before I found this site. I still don't understand why it would be specifically be called English when it's not specifically IN a country...
brandybuck96
+3
Level 83
Nov 18, 2020
Presumably for the same reason as you have the Irish Sea in between Ireland and the UK
WolfCam
+3
Level 66
Apr 21, 2018
Who are those 500 people in North Korea who aren't Koreans?
vermiciousknid
+2
Level 88
Jul 16, 2019
Abducted Japanese people, perhaps?
JessieTan04
+2
Level 26
Oct 19, 2018
gahh!! why didn't i think of north korea!!
Matulkus
+1
Level 40
Nov 6, 2020
Please accept The Channel for The English Channel
mf3
+2
Level 87
Nov 16, 2020
I'm a bit surprised about the diversity answer. I thought some Chinese at least would have made their way across the border in the centuries before the war, and perhaps a Japanese or two. Ah well, evidently my own guess was wrong, those swarthy Liechtensteiners from that country's far south make for plenty of diversity, it seems.
firstinline
+4
Level 72
Nov 16, 2020
Could coding be accepted for programming? I don't know if there are differences I'm just unaware of...?
Nyackjohn
+1
Level 78
Mar 22, 2021
Seriously, you won't accept "Dowry"?
FlickerP
+4
Level 72
Mar 23, 2021
That's what I typed and it worked
Koult45
+1
Level 54
Mar 22, 2021
So there are ~500 non-Koreans in all of North Korea. I thought Japan was homogenous, but it's *only* 98.5% Japanese.
jennraven
+1
Level 68
Mar 23, 2021
I was definitely thinking slug, but I typed snail. I was so surprised it didn't work and couldn't think of what else it could possibly be 🤦‍♀️
redsplat
+2
Level 74
Mar 23, 2021
It could be a nudibranch. Which should probably be accepted, on the off-chance that some smart person types 'nudibranch' when they were thinking 'slug' :D
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 71
Apr 20, 2021
I just tried that, because I learned that word at some point on this site and thought that's what they were asking for.
boltok
+1
Level 68
Mar 24, 2021
Tried everything from "scripting", "scripted", "interpreted", to "high level" for the language question.

Should either accept these, or maybe add a compiled language to broaden the scope?

Jonty84
+1
Level 47
Aug 30, 2021
Respect to North Korea, resist western influence, keep your homogeneity, succumb to western influence...
Froststar101
+1
Level 74
Nov 28, 2021
because North Korea is a shining example of success to you?
Cordelia75
+1
Level 56
Mar 25, 2022
I think the Indonesian rainforest has been so badly depleted it is no longer in the top five. Two sources list the Democratic Republic of the Congo as second to Brazil.
HyddenRizz
+1
Level 66
Jan 15, 2023
Can "coding" and "code" please be accepted.

Also, the dowry question made me think that you wanted a specific item being gifted (I thought maybe a cow). But you're asking for a definition of the payment, which is unrelated to India.

RobNobody
+2
Level 76
Dec 10, 2023
It's related to India in that the practice is illegal there, yet is still very common.
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