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First submittedSeptember 18, 2017
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What is the Spanish word for father?
Padre
Which city's nicknames include "Crossroads of the Pacific" and "The Big Pineapple"?
Honolulu
Who shouted "I’m the king of the world!" after accepting his Academy Award for Best Director?
James Cameron
How many months are there in a decade?
120
Which U.S. state is named on the label of a Jack Daniels bottle?
Tennessee
On which Jewish holiday did Egypt and Syria attack Israel on 6th October 1973?
Yom Kippur
L. Ron Hubbard once said "If a man really wanted to make a million dollars, the best way
to do it would be start his own religion." What religion was founded by L. Ron Hubbard?
Scientology
What does the G stand for in the GMT time zone?
Greenwich
Which city's NBA team is known as the "Heat"?
Miami
What sportswear company was named after its founder, Adolf Dassler?
Adidas
What does the white symbolize in the Indian flag?
Peace and Truth
What winged horse was ridden by the Greek hero Bellerophon?
Pegasus
What sport has been referred to as "chess on ice"?
Curling
What icon of American masculinity was born in 1907 with the name Marion Robert Morrison?
John Wayne
What is the capital of Sudan?
Khartoum
What name is shared by a terrorist group, a river in England, and an
ancient Egyptian Goddess?
Isis
On what island would you find the city of Nuuk?
Greenland
What 10th century Danish king is the namesake of the technology used in wireless headphones?
Harald Bluetooth
In what country was paper money invented?
China
In what form of marching do soldiers raise their legs unusually high off the ground?
Goose-step
SundarIsaacs
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Level 59
Sep 19, 2017
Tough. Won't tell you my score!
Maladroit
+1
Level 51
Sep 19, 2017
Very good!
samiamco
+7
Level 69
Sep 21, 2017
I was laughing at myself for coming up with the nonsense answer of "King Bluetooth!" … don't I feel stupid.
Algernon
+6
Level 72
Sep 22, 2017
Yeah, I laughed at the wife when she suggested it. Not gonna hear the end if that one for a LONG LONG time
Tramp
+4
Level 76
Dec 30, 2017
Even the Bluetooth icon is made up of two ancient runes
Sulps
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Level 56
Jan 4, 2018
To anyone who ever encounters the acronym GMT: the M does NOT stand for meridian, it stands for MEAN. That means GMT is not a synonym for UTC, but a synonym for British time (with daylight saving time). So whoever made up the acronym GMT really is mean. It's safer and less confusing to use time offsets with UTC.
Anzi
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Level 69
Jan 4, 2018
British Summer Time (BST) changes, GMT remains the same as UTC and never includes daylight saving.
Malbaby
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Level 71
Jan 4, 2018
Ignorance always shines through where intelligence is hidden.
AlexThirkell
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Level 75
Dec 21, 2023
BST doesn't change, it's always GMT+1.
HectorVortac
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Level 48
Jan 4, 2018
1. For a few seconds while struggling to come up with Marion Morrison I tried 'The Duke', hoping I would be thanking you for the bonus.

2. I thought of Bluetooth; why didn't I just enter it!

iuvas
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Level 94
Jan 4, 2018
"padre" means "father" in Italian too.
JoshPen
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Level 79
Jan 4, 2018
Yeah, who would think Spanish and Italian to be similar? Oh well, it is all Greek to me.
Tomtrific
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Level 82
Jan 4, 2018
I wrote Adida--no "s" on the end. Waah
Tomtrific
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Level 82
Jan 4, 2018
One shoe Adida, two shoes Adidas? Guess not.
HyddenRizz
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Level 66
Feb 5, 2024
The Adi Dassler thing is probably harder in the USA because the name and the brand are said totally differently.
Archer1212
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Level 63
Jan 4, 2018
i wrote "adidas" without capitalizing and didn't get credit. that's messed up.
MagaiN
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Level 57
Jan 4, 2018
adidas works fine. In general this site doesn't care about upper/lowercase.
Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Jan 23, 2019
This site NEVER cares about capitalization or punctuation.
luxint
+1
Level 65
Jan 4, 2018
45% John Wayne: very surprised so low.
cornflakesfu
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Level 86
Jan 4, 2018
Would be much higher if the clue contained the word "cowboy" or "western," I'd wager.
PrinceEric
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Level 56
Jul 7, 2019
I was more thrown by "masculinity" to be honest. Then again, if masculinity equals being unable to convey emotion, then he's the man for the job.
jmellor13
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Level 67
Jul 8, 2019
Yeah, I was fixated on boxers and bodybuilders for a bit. Thought my first instinct of Jack Lalanne would definitely be right. I got there eventually, only because somewhere in the deep recesses of my mind I remembered that John Wayne is a stage name.
loganite
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Level 88
Jan 4, 2018
The Crossroads of the Pacific?! I've never heard that one before. And I hate to be the one to break it to you, Hawaii, but no roads cross the Pacific! ;)
Baalhammon
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Level 66
Jan 4, 2018
Could you accept Jom Kippur for Yom Kippur?
TheCrusher
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Level 72
Jul 8, 2019
Also: John Carpenter
Malbaby
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Level 71
Jan 4, 2018
John Wayne as "the icon of American masculinity" always makes me smile...... Wayne managed to get a deferment out of service in WWII because he was married with 4 children..... then left his wife and kids. Other film stars such as Jimmy Stewart (flying combat missions over Germany) Paul Newman (gunner on torpedo boats) Kirk Douglas (anti-submarine warfare - wounded) Clark Gable (combat missions flown from England) ........... these men should be the true 'Icons', but Wayne made sure he was always the hero in the many 'War Films' he made.
ander217
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Level 75
Jul 7, 2019
John Wayne applied to the Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1925 but was first alternate. By WWII he had health problems, including injuries from performing his own stunts. His 3-A deferment was what every man with children received - married or not, he had dependent children. He tried to enter the Marines in 1943 as a commissioned officer but the billets were frozen. He then requested to join the OSS (forerunner of the CIA) under the Army Field Photographic Unit. His request was approved but the letter went to his wife's address and she never told him about it. By 1944 more manpower was needed and he was reclassified as 1-A, but he was contracted to Republic Studio who requested he be reclassified as 2-A even though he again wrote letters asking to join the service. It is thought that John Ford blocked his request. He did a Pacific USO tour in 1944 and did some OSS work for which they issued a plaque but he refused to accept it. Hero? No, but there is proof he tried. (see JWayne.com)
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
May 21, 2023
Supposedly Joseph Stalin was also a big fan of his movies, although there is a legend that Stalin also tried to have him killed for his strong anti-communist views. Is it true? Hard to say.

John Wayne is one of those people who everyone tries to paint their own worldview onto, making up facts as they see fit.

markthoma
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Level 73
Jan 4, 2018
I'm stunned that 50% of people know what the white in the Indian flag stands for.

Is it common knowledge to know what the colors in a flag stand for? Or was it just a lot of lucky guesses for "peace"?

Moosefight
+7
Level 60
Jan 16, 2018
White=Peace. Had it been something else, I'd have not gotten it either.
saammmy
+9
Level 44
Jan 31, 2018
White generally stands for peace. My next guess would have been rice ;-)
zack22
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Level 67
Feb 4, 2022
I literally typed in rice after a few guesses didn't work.
MarieDS
+4
Level 60
Jun 7, 2019
just go down the list of things a country might want to symbolize with their flag: unity, love, peace, brotherhood, war, hegemony, state-controlled media, nepotism, etc.
roleybob
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Level 75
Jul 8, 2019
Exactly - I tried democracy, Hinduism, then peace
AlexThirkell
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Level 75
Dec 21, 2023
And the blood of those who fought for the freedom.
ruudsje
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Level 69
Jul 7, 2019
to be honest, i tried ganges first, but peace was my second choice
SWATkun
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Level 60
Jul 7, 2019
Ganges is not even blue anymore 😂😂😂

It's black now

ddddan
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Level 81
Jul 7, 2019
Yes, many guesses ultimately led to peace and truth.
jmellor13
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Level 67
Jul 8, 2019
I have Irish ancestry and know that the middle white stripe on the Irish flag is for peace between Catholics (represented by green on the left) and Protestants (represented by orange on the right), so I guessed "peace" based on that because the white stripe on the Indian flag is also in the middle.
MasterKenobi
+1
Level 60
Jan 15, 2018
Got 'em all with 19 seconds left! Yay! This never happens!!!
QuizApe
+1
Level 67
Aug 18, 2021
Isis is also an endangered baby name.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 21, 2023
Isis bottomed in 2016 and is coming back now.

The real tragedy is what has happened to Karen.

FatSpartanJediLlama
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Level 67
Jun 4, 2023
17/20, just guessed for John Wayne but found that interesting, Miami Heat just won Game 2 as of a few minutes ago
cpgatbyu
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Level 85
Dec 14, 2023
And the funny thing is, geese can't really raise their legs that high.
Striker
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Level 59
Dec 15, 2023
according to wiki, John Wayne was born as Marion Robert Morrison and Marion Mitchell Morrison was his father.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 15, 2023
Fixed
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