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General Knowledge Quiz #44

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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First submittedJune 10, 2012
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Who is the Greek god of the sea?
Poseidon
Which country's flag is a white rectangle, with a red circle in the center?
Japan
According to the Quran, a man may have as many as four. What are we referring to?
Wives
In popular culture, what type of animal brings newborn children?
Stork
Who was the first democratically-elected President of Russia?
Boris Yeltsin
Fill in the blank: An eye for an eye makes the whole world _____.
Blind
Who is most often credited with the above quote (despite not actually saying it)?
Mohandas Gandhi
What country is Greenland an autonomous part of?
Denmark
Acrophobia is the fifth most common phobia in the United States. What is it?
Fear of heights
What city is famous for "deep-dish" pizza?
Chicago
What was the computer's name in "2001: A Space Odyssey"?
Hal 9000
What collection of stories were told by Scheherazade, one per night, as she tried
to delay the sultan from killing her?
One Thousand and
One Nights
Which U.S. state borders four Great Lakes?
Michigan
It happens once a year and it's named after the Roman god Janus. What is it?
January
What does a somnambulist do?
Sleepwalk
What candy was featured in the movie "E.T." after M&M's refused the opportunity?
Reese's Pieces
What ethnic group is famous for helping people to climb Mt. Everest?
Sherpas
In what country is Baja California located?
Mexico
What can be scalene, isosceles, or equilateral?
Triangles
What region takes its name from a mythical race of giants, the Patagons, who
Ferdinand Magellan claimed to have seen on his voyage around the world?
Patagonia
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Level 54
Dec 20, 2012
I think we need a couple of acceptable spellings for Poseidon. I think I punched in about 4, tried Neptune too.
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Level 43
Oct 15, 2014
ditto
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Level 89
Nov 25, 2014
But then it would be incorrect. It is a proper name after all. And Neptune is the Roman name. That would be like saying the greatest Chicago Bulls player was Miguel Jordan.
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Level 61
Jan 13, 2019
Come on, if you can't spell it right in four tries... : )
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Level 30
Jan 7, 2020
then you need to learn the correct spelling :)
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Level 63
Jan 12, 2024
maybe you should learn how to spell it champ
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Level 49
Jan 27, 2024
fax
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Level 63
Oct 15, 2014
Yikes. Could we get some spelling leniency on "Yeltsin"?
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Level 25
Oct 15, 2014
I'd thought it was with a Z
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Level 69
Oct 15, 2014
Zeltsin?
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Level 93
Sep 16, 2018
i was sure it was spelt gorbachev
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Level 60
Jun 8, 2019
i tried Eltsin... please accept that spelling
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Level 68
Oct 10, 2020
Seconded!
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Level 56
May 8, 2023
Clearly not, since IrisIris only has one heart.
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Level 66
Jul 2, 2023
Was is not Yeltson, son of Yelt?
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Level 35
May 5, 2015
For the spectator sport in India i think crippling depression should be an acceptable answer.
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Level 37
May 2, 2016
what?
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Level 79
May 21, 2023
I think you've commented on the wrong quiz.
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Level 51
Dec 23, 2015
i read the word sherpas in the comic "tintin in tibet" and thought it was the nepali word for guide...
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Level 68
Oct 10, 2020
It kinda is! Sherpa with a capital S is an ethnicity, whereas sherpa with a small S refers to the mountain guides, obviously named for the ethnicity.
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Level 47
Jun 27, 2016
Please put "pizza" in quotation marks instead of "deep-dish". =)
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Level 38
Jul 18, 2016
I believe Alexander Kerensky was elected to lead Russia in 1917 between revolutions.
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Level 38
Jul 18, 2016
Although he was only minister-chairman so i guess it's not valid. Handsome dude though
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Level 38
Dec 13, 2016
Not happy about a few of these: -reeces pieces didn't work without an apostrophe, and please accept churros with only one r.
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Level 82
Jan 4, 2017
Punctuation doesn't matter on Jetpunk, you should replace C with S to get correct answer: Reese's Pieces
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Level 68
Jan 10, 2017
When I read the pizza question I guessed every city in Italy. Then it finally dawned on me it is probably another American question. I guessed Chicago immediately!
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Level 66
Dec 19, 2018
It helps to know a few words of latin. I didnt know somnambulist, but I figured it out :) First thought of dream, then sleep, but had no idea about the ending (thought what word is there that involves sleep and a induvidual, maybe some kind of sleep therapist.. :P) then I saw ambulare and thought ow yea walking.

I didnt get sherpa though :( first typed sjepra then sheirpa then both in plural..

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Level 66
Dec 27, 2018
Ugh redid the quiz..somehow I kept reading spinach instead of spanish... so didnt get that one this time..
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Level 89
May 8, 2023
Too bad it hadn't been in Latin.
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Level 60
Jul 5, 2023
I wonder what question this was. It seems to be gone now.
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Level 64
Jan 13, 2019
Somnambulate should be accepted.
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Level 67
Jan 13, 2019
No it shouldn't.
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Level 48
Jan 13, 2019
Done with 2 minutes left... but Sherpa is an ethnic group? Kept typing Nepalese...
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Level 63
Jan 30, 2019
It is. What else would you call them?
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Level 66
Jan 13, 2019
An eye for an eye leaves the world monocular!
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Level 89
May 8, 2023
Obviously a cyclops said it, not Gandhi.
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Level 60
Jun 8, 2019
the question about the Quran should be worded as "not more than four", rather than "as many as four", since what the Quran did was restrict polygamy, rather than authorize it. it was broadly practised at the time, and the Qur'an limited the conditions under which it was allowed.
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Level 50
May 8, 2023
People still follow the Quran today when polygamy is less acceptable.
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Level 51
Jul 6, 2019
I thought the fill in the blank was a short poem so I spent a few minutes typing every word I could recall that rhymes with eye. Then I spent another minute trying to spell the name of the candy that melts in your mouth but not in your hand before remembering ET's peanut butter addiction.
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Level 67
Jun 26, 2020
Accept "Thousand and one nights"
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Level 70
Jun 19, 2021
It is possible that 7% have purposely missed the 1812 question in order to spark a lively debate about how stupid people can be. It is a honey pot question.
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Level 60
Jul 5, 2023
Now there is no 1812 question.
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Level 60
Sep 28, 2021
Maybe we should add a couple of acceptable answers for somnambulist. For example, "walks while sleeping" or "sleeps and walks". I am not a native English speaker and I didn't know the answer given here is an actual word.
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Level 80
Aug 5, 2022
And now you do. That's what makes these quizzes educational.
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Level 81
Nov 12, 2021
No love for Detroit-style deep dish pizza? 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘩...
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Level 71
May 8, 2023
I put 10001 nights and it was not acepted...
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Level 87
May 8, 2023
But 1001 nights would have worked..
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Level 76
May 8, 2023
Wrong answers usually aren't.
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Level 74
May 8, 2023
I'm not sure that I understand the idea of a month "happening." I entered January anyway because it seemed obvious, but the question does not seem to make real sense worded that way.
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Level 66
Sep 6, 2023
Agree. Odd choice for a clue, but mitigated quite a bit by the fairly blatant etymological hint.
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Level 65
May 15, 2023
Please accept all the answers I type in. Thank you,
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Level 55
Jun 26, 2023
I thought Hammourabi was the one who said “an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” then I realised he was the one who made the law “an eye for an eye”. oops
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Level 76
Jul 3, 2023
January 'happens' once a year?
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Level 72
Jul 6, 2023
Yeah, threw me off also... I was trying New Year and stuff like that. Never thought of January as a thing that "happens".
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Level 72
Jul 6, 2023
So, 28% can't make the connexion between Patagons and Patagonia, huh?
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Level 28
Jan 25, 2024
Does January happen??? As opposed to all the other months?