Types of Things #1

We give you three examples of something. What type of thing is it?
For example: Tulip, Rose, Orchid = Flower
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Last updated: May 10, 2015
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First submittedSeptember 19, 2012
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These are Types of
This
Ballpoint, Fountain, Felt-tip
Pen
Taiga, Rain, Mangrove
Forest
Cowboy, Thigh-High, Hiking
Boot
Tension, Sinus, Migraine
Headache
Yellow Dwarf, Red Giant, Neutron
Star
Acoustic, Electric, Steel
Guitar
Sonnet, Haiku, Ode
Poem
Aggie, Toothpaste, Cat's Eye
Marble
Martini, Tumbler, Snifter
Glass
King, Double, Twin
Mattress
Work, Tourist, Student
Visa
Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus
Cloud
Galleon, Dinghy, Catamaran
Boat
Buffalo, Wooden, Liberty Head
Nickel
Bebop, Free, Swing
Jazz
Chrome, Safari, Opera
Web Browser
Fedora, Panama, Fez
Hat
Oil, Watercolor, Fresco
Paint
Kinetic, Potential, Thermal
Energy
Rifle, Musket, Six-Shooter
Gun
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Level 26
Sep 24, 2012
Ergh, I kept putting server for browser!
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Level 24
Jan 16, 2020
For real, I put search engine
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Level 59
Jun 14, 2020
I did too. Internet search engines.
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Level 55
May 14, 2022
search engine should be accepted
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Level 53
Nov 11, 2022
but its not a search engine
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Level 18
Sep 25, 2012
Can you allow permit for visa? Thank you :)
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Level 69
Sep 26, 2012
thought of that as well
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Level 13
Aug 11, 2016
what's a tourist permit?
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Level 41
Nov 4, 2017
It's what you need to participate in tourist season. Be careful not to go over your bag limit.
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Level 18
Apr 11, 2013
What is Nickel...thought there was nickel coins(usa) and the element? Others were good clues though.
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Level 77
Jun 27, 2013
It's the former. Those are three types of American nickel coins over the years.
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Level 18
Oct 22, 2014
I put ache though! =,( can't that acceptable?! PLEASE! I be ur freind!
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Level 58
May 13, 2015
These are fun, make some more of them!
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Level 31
May 29, 2015
Nickel! D'oh. Would help to be American with that one. What is a wooden nickel?? Going to google now... :-)
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Level 72
Feb 26, 2016
it's exactly what it sounds like
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Level 52
Feb 6, 2018
I have not heard of a "wooden nickel", but I figured it out based on the other clues. This is the case for many of the clues.
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Level 76
Oct 8, 2020
It's from an old US saying: "Don't take any wooden nickels." Since a nickel is a US coin (made of metal, of course), it basically means "Don't let yourself be cheated."
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Level 70
Oct 8, 2020
A friend's father used to say that to us when we were teenagers. About the only good it ever did was embarrass my friend that his dad would deal in such dated and weird advice.
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Level 66
May 29, 2015
I kept try "booze, alcohol, cocktail..." whoops.
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Level 70
May 29, 2015
100%.
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Level 85
Jan 11, 2016
man i was on a roll with this one...100% with 3:00 left
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Level 75
May 29, 2015
Bebop, free, and swing are all types of dances, too.
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Level 42
Jun 1, 2015
Yes!
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Level 37
Oct 8, 2019
^ Yes! They are all dances.
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Level 72
Feb 26, 2016
I tried that too, but I feel like bebop in particular is more well known as a form of jazz than as a dance style.
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Level 79
Oct 8, 2020
Tried that too!
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Level 53
May 30, 2015
Quizmaster, please accept search engine for the Chrome, Safari, Opera question!
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Level 67
May 30, 2015
I second that!
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Level ∞
May 30, 2015
Sorry, browsers and search engines are two totally different things.
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Level 65
Jan 3, 2022
I second that!
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Level 28
May 30, 2015
I couldn't figure out why passport or traveler wasn't working for Visa. And maybe change 'free' to acid in your jazz hints.
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Level 66
Nov 4, 2017
Or Utah.
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Level 24
Jun 18, 2015
lol, I never got the "King, Double, Twin" answer. Then I saw the answers and *massive facepalm* "Of course! I'm using one right now!!"
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Level 12
Apr 25, 2016
why can't net do here ?
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Level 58
Nov 11, 2016
Have never heard of safari or opera for browsers. I kept trying sunglasses, binoculars, helmets...nope.
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Level 64
Dec 29, 2016
Music or dances should definitely work for bebop,free,swing. Otherwise good quiz
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Level 73
Feb 7, 2017
Got em all. Great quiz. Don't need to change a thing.
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Level 69
Jul 20, 2017
Anyone else thought 'I've never heard of a tennis player called Panama or Fez'? :)
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Level 29
Nov 4, 2017
no
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Level 66
Aug 11, 2017
Please Accept Search Engine for Safari, Chrome, and Opera
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Level 89
Nov 4, 2017
Please accept Web Browser for Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

Oh wait...

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Level 82
Oct 8, 2020
they aren't search engines
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Level 45
Nov 5, 2017
Great quiz!
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Level 77
Nov 6, 2017
I think "search engine" should have worked
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Level 27
Nov 6, 2017
why,. its not a search engine. they are web browsers.
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Level 72
Oct 9, 2019
it amazes me how little people know about the tools they use every day.
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Level 59
Jan 6, 2021
google or bing are search engines
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Level 63
Nov 12, 2017
The nickel/coin one is ridiculous - please remove it! Unlike the other questions, it focuses on a very specific type of knowledge, and is something you would only know if you come from a certain country AND a certain time period.
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Level 72
Dec 3, 2017
I agree a 100% but you may get used to it on here. Far far too many quizzes have a question that you would only get if you lived/grew up in North America. It doesn't get frustrating at all.
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Level 52
Feb 6, 2018
Just because you don't know something doesn't automatically make it ridiculous. And if you want more diverse questions, them make some yourself. This is a fun quiz, not something to get so worked up over.
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Level 72
Oct 9, 2019
I'm not from that country and wasn't around during that time period and I knew the answer. Maybe just accept that you don't know some things, try to learn from it and move on.
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Level 82
Oct 8, 2020
Imagine being expected to know trivial information on a trivia website! The NERVE of some people!
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Level 46
Oct 8, 2020
To be fair a lot of these quizzes give Americans too much of an advantage, but then same with the rest of the anglosphere. I think he has a point. If it's a specifically US-centric topic then fine. Also, if it's a certain level of obscurity, with equally obscure questions from other parts of the world, then also fine. But if all the questions are relatively common knowledge, but then one or two are obscure only for those that live outside the states, then that makes it a bit rubbish.

Fun quiz though. I've pretty much come to accept that it's a bit US-centric on here and it's taught me a lot of things about the US so it's a good way to learn something while avoiding work.

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Level 82
Oct 8, 2020
Knowing information gives you an advantage. And there's no reason why it's impossible for you to know this information if you weren't born in the United States. You could be a numismatist, you could have read something at some point in your life, or you could have acquired the information somewhere else. In spite of this, you get people (mostly Brits, it seems, occasionally an Australian or some other European) constantly complaining about how it's *impossible* to know virtually anything that pertains to the United States. This is 1) wrong 2) obnoxious and 3) obviously the product of bias. I've seen many, many, many questions on this site that you would be more likely to know the answer to if you were British, or European, or Chinese, or Brazilian... never or very rarely seen anyone complain about those questions. So, no, he doesn't have a point. He's just whining, inaccurately, and getting backed up by Algernon who does the same thing on almost every quiz he ever takes.
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Level 78
Oct 8, 2020
I guarantee that if Germany ruled the world, you'd have to answer questions about Mettigel, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Daniela Katzenberger and German Ratespielmeister would not care about your complaints.
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Level 82
Oct 8, 2020
I guarantee you if this was the case far fewer of those complaints would be made by Americans. I dunno. Maybe if this rule had gone on for 50 or 60 years and people around the world had had time to build up some irrational hatred toward all things German. Meet me back here in 2150 and we'll check to see who's complaining about questions on Chinese currency.
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Level 78
Oct 8, 2020
I understand where the sentiment comes from. People take little stuff pretty seriously if it has a social meaning, and that's the case with trivial knowledge. Large parts of the internet feel like an inside joke between Americans and as a foreigner that makes you a bit of a misfit. You have nowhere to go where you are in on the joke. Being an outsider is one of the worst feelings for humans. Here it mixes with already established anti-Americanism, which has less to do with trivia knowledge but also roots in a sense of inferiority. Hence the strong reactions. I doubt Americans will be much different when their time comes.
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Level 85
Jun 5, 2022
I promise not to complain when a quiz features q question about shillings or sous.

A question doesn't become ridiculous just because you don't know about any cultures other than your own.

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Level 17
Nov 23, 2017
Almost easyyyy
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Level 21
Jan 11, 2018
2nd attempt: 20/20 2:52
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Level 67
Oct 8, 2019
Was proud of myself for getting jazz
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Level 65
Jan 16, 2020
I was not.
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Level 47
Nov 26, 2019
For Web browser---I wish search engine was acceptable.
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Level 72
Jan 16, 2020
That's a really strange wish considering they are two completely different things. A browser can interpret HTML, javascript, and CSS and render a webpage. A search engine is a web page that can be visited by using a browser, in order to find other web pages.
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Level 64
Feb 27, 2020
But most people call it a search engine so why the jargon?
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Level 59
Jun 14, 2020
surely then the names are backwards? The engine does the work, interpreting, and the browser does the driving directions. Both are necessary parts of a search.
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Level 72
Apr 5, 2021
A SEARCH engine does searching, a browser allows you to BROWSE the internet. The names are not backwards at all.

The "jargon" was simply part of the explanation. You say that "most people call it a search engine" I completely disagree with that, this comments section is the only place I have ever seen anyone make this mistake, and just because a lot of people are wrong doesn't make it correct. The difference between the two isn't even subtle, it's a fundamental difference. A search engine is a website you can visit that searches for other websites. a browser is a piece of software that displays websites.

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Level 46
Jan 16, 2020
Please add 'search engine' as an acceptable answer for web browser
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Level 72
Jan 16, 2020
NO!!!!! that is just plain wrong
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Level 67
Jan 31, 2020
Accept search engine for browser
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Level 64
Feb 27, 2020
Accept search engine for browser
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Level 74
Jun 20, 2020
A search engine is a browser in the same way that a McDonald's drive through is a car.
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Level 75
Apr 29, 2020
Could you accept dance for jazz?
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Level ∞
Aug 27, 2020
Bebop was explicitly not intended for dancing.
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Level 57
Jul 14, 2020
I don't consider swing or bebop a jazz form. Certainly not swing, which was ushered in by Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, et al. Its a big band genre.

Search engine = web browser? What do you think?

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Level 74
Aug 7, 2020
Clearly, a lot of people do not know what browsers and search engines really are. That's fine; I just think it's interesting that people assume the quiz is wrong without knowing what they're talking about when it's quite easy to find out (using a search engine...)
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Level 63
Oct 8, 2020
Agreed. I had no idea so many people think that web browsers and search engines are the same thing.
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Level 82
Oct 8, 2020
I find that people also don't know the difference between a screen saver and desktop wallpaper.
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Level 35
Dec 20, 2021
Or care
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Level 63
Oct 8, 2020
Toothpaste marble? Huh?
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Level 68
Oct 10, 2020
how many normal people know the difference between a web browser and a search engine lmao pretty anal
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Level 44
Nov 6, 2020
i honestly expected like 90% of people under 40 to know the difference since most of us use both on a daily basis... but apparently I was wrong about that
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Level 59
Jan 6, 2021
I thought it was common sense until i read this xD
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Level 55
Oct 13, 2020
I thought it would accept trees instead of forest for that one.
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Level 59
Mar 9, 2021
I've never heard of a toothpaste marble! I put gem, rock, etc in as wild guesses but never thought to put marble in there.
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Level 65
Apr 6, 2021
I got number 6 wrong because "sun" wasn't excepted. Not to be rude, but I find this ridiculous considering that "star" would be a more Earth-centered, arrogant term for it in the first place. So, please accept it.
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Level 56
Apr 8, 2021
The sun is what we call the star we orbit around.
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Level 56
Apr 8, 2021
(Earth)
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Level 75
Apr 3, 2022
I think this is interesting, but I don't know enough about it to have an opinion either way.

Clearly "star" is a correct answer, no trouble there, but "sun" as well? Referred to as "the Sun", it only refers to the star that we orbit, but in the plural can't it refer to any star with planets orbiting it - whether it be a yellow giant, red giant, or neutron? Like "the Moon" and "moons".

Maybe ClutchNferno was perhaps mixing up sun and star, since 'sun' is most commonly used to refer to our own star and therefore more "Earth-centered", but raises a valid point nonetheless.

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Level 45
Aug 15, 2022
“Search engine” should be accepted for web browser - and looking at the comments, a few other typings may be necessary.
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Level 80
Jan 25, 2023
I'm amazed how many people here don't know what a web browser is.