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General Knowledge: Things with the same name #2

How much do you know about these things that have the same name, or very similar names?
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Last updated: July 11, 2020
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Zeeland is a province of what country?
Netherlands
Zealand is an island in what country?
Denmark
New Zealand was formerly a colony of what country?
United Kingdom
Sealand is a self-proclaimed sovereign micronation located on a World War II fort in the ocean, off the coast of what country?
United Kingdom
 
 
Cebu is an island in what country, where the Cebuano language is spoken?
Philippines
The cebu or zebu is a South Asian variety of what animal?
cattle
 
 
What famous sled dog race ends in Nome, Alaska?
Iditarod
What ancient civilization was divided into districts called nomes, each ruled by a nomarch?
Egypt
 
 
Nassau is the capital of what country?
Bahamas
The House of Orange-Nassau is the royal house of what country?
Netherlands
Those are both named after the original Nassau, a town in what country?
Germany
 
 
Lake Van is the largest lake in what Middle Eastern country?
Turkey
What is the world's best-selling van, produced from 1950 to the present?
Volkswagen Transporter
 
 
In Greek mythology, Theseus killed what monster inside the Labyrinth?
Minotaur
Some kinds of fish have a organ called a labyrinth which allows them to do what?
breathe air
 
 
The practice of palm reading is called what?
palmistry or chiromancy
What are the leaves of a palm tree called?
fronds
 
 
How many feet are in a yard?
3
How many feet are in a line of iambic pentameter?
5
The foot of a squid is divided into how many appendages?
10
What kind of doctor specializes in treating conditions of the foot?
podiatrist
 
 
A grist mill produces what product?
flour
How many mills equal a U.S. dollar?
1000
A miller is a kind of what insect?
moth
In 1837, the Analytical Engine, the first general-purpose computer, was designed but never built. Entirely mechanical instead of electronic, it had a component called the mill which performed arithmetic operations, like the CPU of a modern computer. Who designed it?
Charles Babbage
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