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General Knowledge Quiz #34

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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Last updated: March 13, 2023
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First submittedFebruary 17, 2012
Times taken114,063
Average score65.0%
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Question
Answer
What major Mexican city is just across the border from San Diego?
Tijuana
What was the Soviet version of an astronaut?
Cosmonaut
What country produces the greatest number of feature films each year?
India
What is the busiest airport in England?
London Heathrow
Who is the female protagonist of the Peter Pan books?
Wendy Darling
In which U.S. state would you find Disney World?
Florida
What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
Omega
At what university do Rhodes Scholars study?
Oxford
Who spent 27 years in prison before becoming President of his country in 1994?
Nelson Mandela
What did Thomas Chippendale design?
Furniture
What type of dinosaurs were the main antagonists in "Jurassic Park"?
Velociraptor
Name one of the two countries in which the region of Patagonia lies.
Argentina / Chile
What word, starting with A, refers to something you ingest to make you feel randy?
Aphrodisiac
What element is also known as quicksilver?
Mercury
What is the job title of a person who manages a museum collection?
Curator
Who led the Palestinian Liberation Organization from 1969–2004?
Yasser Arafat
Who does the Swiss Guard guard?
The Pope
In which country would you find a TGV train?
France
What is the most popular reading system for the blind?
Braille
Which Shakespeare play starts with the letter O?
Othello
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Level 25
May 24, 2012
Kicking myself for not getting the Rhodes Scholars one, a friend of mine studies there!
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Level 8
May 24, 2012
Kicking myself for not getting the British monarch one, a friend of mine is British!
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Level 28
May 24, 2012
Kicking myself for not getting the Swiss Guard one, a friend of mine is the Pope.
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Level 79
Mar 22, 2021
Not sure I believe you...
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Level 29
May 24, 2012
Kicking myself for not getting the 1969-2004 one, a friend of mine was born during that time range.
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Level 79
Mar 13, 2023
That's quite a large time range!
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Level 76
May 24, 2012
Kicking myself for not getting the mercury one, a friend of mine owns a thermometer!
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Level 79
Mar 13, 2023
It must be older thermometer then!
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Level 28
May 24, 2012
Kicking myself for not getting the pope one, a friend of mine went to the Vatican City!
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Level 35
May 24, 2012
Kicking myself. Ouch.
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Level 47
May 24, 2012
Kicking myself for not getting the TGV train one, a friend of mine just French kissed me!
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Level 50
May 24, 2012
Kicking myself for not getting the museum one, I knew what they were called I just couldn't think of it.
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Level 60
May 26, 2012
Kicking myself for reading all the comments on this quiz.
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Level 69
Jun 2, 2012
Kicking myself for not getting the Chippendale one, a friend of mine is a male stripper.
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Level 66
Aug 29, 2019
I did try "thong" and "speedo" for that one, just in case
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Level 77
Jun 25, 2013
Kicikng muself for notg etting the braille one, i;m blinmd
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Level 31
May 13, 2014
Haha nice
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Level 79
Mar 22, 2021
myself*
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Level 75
Mar 14, 2023
WHOOSH
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Level 61
Nov 3, 2023
he got wooshed three whole times
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Level 65
Dec 12, 2013
Kicking myself for not knowing where Disney world is. My friend just got back from there.
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Level 77
May 13, 2014
Patting myself on the back for getting them all, even Arafat though for a moment thought he was on the Israeli side (dumb me!).

Also: Kicking myself for not getting the Alfred E. Neuman one, a friend of mine once bought Mad Magazine!

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Level 72
May 13, 2014
Kicking myself for not getting the Oxford one, since I once saw both an ox and a Ford.
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Level 69
May 13, 2014
Nailed it, 3:02 left
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Level 80
Nov 26, 2018
Go kick yourself.
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Level 84
Mar 16, 2023
LLOOOLLL! Nearly spit my drink out.
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Level 79
Mar 22, 2021
Congrats!
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Level 58
May 13, 2014
Kicked myself for not getting Braille. Didn't see that coming. Although anyone using Braille wouldn't see that coming, either.
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Level 53
May 13, 2014
I'm studying at Oxford University and I haven't even heard of Rhodes Scholars, oh the shame. (kicking myself etc...)
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Level 83
Mar 14, 2023
I also went to Oxford and never heard it mentioned. Given it's awarded to international students, it seems likely that it would be much more well-known overseas.... I suppose where we're going we don't need Rhodes...
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Level 40
May 13, 2014
Can you accept Raptor for Velociraptor
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Level 51
May 24, 2014
"Raptor" refers to birds of prey, not dinosaurs. So, no, probably not acceptable here.
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Level 72
Nov 20, 2018
Well, in popular culture, "raptor" is much more often used to refer to the dinosaurs than to birds of prey, so "raptor" should be acceptable.
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Level 65
Mar 14, 2023
Can you accept Tyrannosaurus rex, because that is what I typed.
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Level 66
May 14, 2014
Kicking myself for not knowing so many people kicked themselves. Perhaps this was a good idea after all: http://www.google.com/patents/US20060094518
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Level 61
Oct 26, 2014
Kicking yourself doesn't hurt that much unless you have shoes on. That is the one thing i have learnt today
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Level 70
Aug 11, 2015
I vote this as the Number 1 quiz because of the comments. Seriously funny! (Kicking myself for using an oxymoron...)
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Level 26
Apr 4, 2016
Kicking myself for not getting the Florida one, a friend or two of mine lives in Florida!
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Level 27
Jun 13, 2016
Kicking myself for knowing "curator" because a friend of mine works as one. Because if I hadn't known it, I could add a comment saying "kicking myself for not getting curator, a friend of mine works as one".
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Level 68
Jan 8, 2017
Best one mate!
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Level 68
Dec 6, 2016
I wonder if jadekelly has ever been back to this quiz to see what her comment has unleashed in the last 4 years.
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Level 31
May 5, 2023
Are you kicking yourself? Because I sure am, for not getting a lot of the answers on this quiz.
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Level 48
Jan 26, 2017
Kicking myself for getting the right answer for PLO instead of thinking Pot Limit Omaha (I'm a poker dealer).
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Level 34
Jan 26, 2017
Just kicking myself !
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Level 69
Nov 4, 2017
Kicking mys- oops, sorry, honey.
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Level 76
Aug 14, 2018
I'm imagining all the self-kickers who've done this quiz. Precisely where can you make contact with yourself if you do?
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Level 86
Aug 15, 2018
We should find out!

Kicking ourselves in the name of SCIENCE!

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Level 59
Jan 7, 2019
Kicking myself on my other leg.
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Level 72
Aug 25, 2018
Any chance of a bit more flexibility on spelling for the second and sixth answers, for those of us who are dyslexic and somehow managed to have half a dozen attempts at each but still not get them?
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Level 72
Mar 14, 2023
No idea what the sixth answer was, I can definitely spell it now, but that second one still took me about eight attempts.
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Level 48
Sep 17, 2018
kicking myself, a friend of mine is a horse
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Level 72
Nov 20, 2018
"Kosmonaut" should also be an acceptable spelling.
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Level 75
Nov 20, 2018
Kicking myself because I saw Marat/Sade.
+14
Level 89
Nov 20, 2018
Punching myself because I don't have legs.
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Level 65
Nov 20, 2018
Kicking myself for not getting the Peter Pan one. A friend of mine is female.
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Level 65
Nov 20, 2018
Kicking myself for not getting the aphrodisiac one because one of my friends has an afro
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Level 78
Nov 20, 2018
Kicking myself just to be a part of this epic comment section.
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Level 70
Nov 21, 2018
The Shakespeare question is ambiguous. Henry V starts with "O for a muse of fire, which would ascend the brightest heaven of invention" and so Henry V should be accepted.
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Level 68
Nov 23, 2018
Just kick him, Quizmaster.
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Level 64
Jul 6, 2021
Slapping myself for doing the same
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Level 39
Apr 13, 2019
Kicking myself for missing the Swiss guard question, apparently no one thinks cheese is worth guarding!
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Level 29
Nov 2, 2020
Kicking myself because I don't want to break tradition
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Level 79
Mar 22, 2021
Why are so many people kicking themselves??
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Level 69
Jan 4, 2022
Kicking you because you broke the trend
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Level 25
Apr 14, 2021
kicking myself for not getting cosmonaut because im a cosmonaut
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Level 61
Sep 15, 2021
Kicking myself for not getting aphrodisiac - I feel randy all the time!
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Level 8
Oct 7, 2021
il faut répondre en anglais pour avoir la réponse.... en français

Étonnant non?

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Level 42
Nov 6, 2021
Kicking myself for not getting furniture; now friends and family have to sit on the floor.
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Level 43
Feb 2, 2022
Kicking myself for not getting the Tijuana one, my team defeated Tijuana on Libertadores 2013, after the emblematic defense of the goalkeeper Victor (competition that we won)

And no, I got it actually. But I need to participate of the thread.

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Level 59
Feb 2, 2022
Kicking myself for not getting Cosmonaut, I am a proud Soviet!
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Level 87
Mar 14, 2023
Still?
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Level 66
Feb 3, 2022
Kicking myself for not getting braille, a friend of mine is deaf
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Level 71
Feb 3, 2022
Kicking myself for not getting Florida, Walt Disney is my cousin
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Level 65
Mar 3, 2022
Kicking myself for the Mexican city one, I have eaten a tex-mex taco!
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Level 58
Mar 18, 2022
Kicking myself for not knowing why everyone is kicking themselves.
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Level 55
Aug 22, 2022
Kicking myself for not getting the TGV train one. I knew they had lots of them in France, but I didn't realise that they were all lost.

.....and for not getting the quicksilver one as I had a t-shirt with that on once

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Level 52
Sep 7, 2022
Kicking myself for not getting a single good anwser, the Quizmaster is my son!
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Level 77
Sep 12, 2022
Kicking myself for missing the ten-year anniversary of this comment section.
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Level 59
Oct 11, 2022
Kicking myself for not realizing it was that old!
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Level 43
Sep 15, 2022
kicking this quiz for not accepting cabinets in place of furniture
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Level 66
Nov 20, 2022
Kicking myself for not getting the furniture one. I'm sitting in a chair right now!
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Level 72
Mar 13, 2023
Kicking myself for not remembering what the self-kicking helpline is...
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Level 93
Mar 13, 2023
Kicking myself for not reading this comment section before the recent update. PS what has been updated?
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Level 67
Mar 13, 2023
Kicking myself for missing Pope and Furniture (I may have had to edit the beginning of my comment after reading the comment section)
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Level 93
Mar 14, 2023
Kicking myself because I didn't want to be left out.
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Level 63
Mar 14, 2023
Kicking myself for not knowing all the terms in English. A friend of mine owns a dictionary.
+2
Level 76
Mar 14, 2023
kicking myself for missing the element one, a friend of mine is made entirely of chemical elements
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Level 84
Mar 16, 2023
I hope David Beckham never takes this quiz. Could prove fatal.
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Level 80
Mar 25, 2023
Biting myself because I am a velociraptor
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Level 62
Nov 19, 2023
I thought you were almost a genius? I guess it's time for a namechange, @I'mAVelociraptor?
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Level 53
Apr 24, 2023
Kicking myself for missing the aphrodisiac question. I was just drugged
+1
Level 68
Jun 8, 2023
Kicking myself for not getting omega, a friend of mine knows the alphabet!
+1
Level 67
Jun 9, 2023
I didn't get braille. Oh well, I just didn't see it.
+1
Level 55
Aug 21, 2023
Kicking myself for not getting the San Diego question, a friend of mine is there right now!
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Level 52
Nov 11, 2023
Kicking myself for writing omelet for the Shakespeare play.
+1
Level 51
Mar 6, 2024
egg on your face, huh?
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Level 62
Nov 16, 2023
Kicking myself for not getting the female protagonist question, I am friends with both females and protagonists..
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Level 55
Feb 14, 2024
I understand not accepting t rex for the Jurassic Park question because because you ask for dinosaurs plural, but could you accept "carnivores"? The dilophosaurus and t rex are just as iconic as the velociraptors I think.