Daily Trivia for August 23, 2024

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Daily Trivia for August 23, 2024

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38 Comments
+22
Level 33
Aug 23, 2024
3/10... basically still asleep...don't blame me! Not great that i got the insect studies one wrong, seeing as I'm an Entomologist myself!
+6
Level 21
Aug 23, 2024
7/10 today!! Woke up extra early for this one... not the best, considering i have a diploma, masters, bachelors, in chess origins.. better luck next time
+7
Level 83
Aug 23, 2024
The end of the quiz just destroyed me. Even Lemon took me a good minute before I answered even though it seemed too obvious. Missed 3 in those last 4 questions anyway. Ouch.
+1
Level 36
Aug 23, 2024
6/10
+5
Level 68
Aug 23, 2024
Wow! A ten from ten! Surprised after scoring just half that yesterday. Only had to guess on #8 & #10, and both those were down to a coin toss
+4
Level 73
Aug 23, 2024
Those general knowledge videos on YouTube really do teach you something! Good picks once again, they're getting better and better in my opinion, perhaps this is because most of them are by other users.
+16
Level ∞
Aug 23, 2024
Ouch.
+1
Level 68
Aug 23, 2024
Well that was a burn
+6
Level 77
Aug 23, 2024
9/10. Missed lemon, cause it seemed tricky. All in all, good that questions don't require native English skills.
+1
Level 47
Aug 23, 2024
same here
+3
Level 26
Aug 23, 2024
I only got 1/10 :(
+2
Level 35
Aug 23, 2024
real
+1
Level 26
Aug 24, 2024
I have no idea how so many people get 8/10s to 10/10s daily
+3
Level 64
Aug 23, 2024
Really enjoying these quizzes. I thought I’d nailed it today but snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and fluffed the last two.
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Level 26
Aug 23, 2024
10/10!
+1
Level 75
Aug 23, 2024
Oof, the 50/50 gods were against me today. My worst score ever 6/10 5853.
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Level 89
Aug 23, 2024
Noooo, I fell at the last hurdle 😭😅 I had a feeling I knew that one as well but I ignored my gut. Tbf though I probably got fairly lucky with the Paris one. Some good questions today!
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Level 83
Aug 23, 2024
Same issue with Q10
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Level 68
Aug 23, 2024
Apparently the ancient Hebrew often translated as "Red Sea" might be better rendered as "Sea of Reeds", which could refer to a lake just North of the Red Sea.
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Level 88
Aug 23, 2024
This is correct....my understanding from Biblical scholars is that it's rather unlikely that it's referring to the Red Sea that we know of today.
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Level 47
Aug 23, 2024
Okay, so eight out of ten of the questions had to do with geography. Cool. I got 5/10 today (with a couple false starts). See, I get three of the first four wrong and want to quit for the day, but then I try again anyway. However, I still click the answers I got wrong first. I'm so curious to see how I'll do and what the questions are! If there were an all-Bible day, I'd beat 100% of test takers.
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Level ∞
Aug 23, 2024
I do try to prevent a quiz from being overly biased towards any one category, but it looks like I failed today. Sorry about that.

To those who submit questions: We need more non-geography questions!!

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Level 47
Aug 23, 2024
Thank you very much for that acknowledgement, good sir Quizmaster.
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Level 56
Aug 23, 2024
I’m terrible with geography, but I don’t think this was all that geographical. The first question was New World history (about a structure, sure, but not geographical). The second was a chess history question, notwithstanding the answer being a country. Third was a dental question. Fourth was geography. Fifth was Biblical. Sixth was entomological. Seventh was more modern history rather than geography. Eighth was a food/etymology question that touched on geography, but really should be guessable based on etymology. Ninth is a Paris/famous landmark question, which I suppose counts as geography but feels instead like a travel question. Tenth is a gender studies/modern history question.

I guess my point is that there were really only two questions I’d put in the “Geography” category (questions 4 and 9), with a few more answers relating to countries. It’s disingenuous to call them geographical. I might as well say that there are too many history questions since they happened in the past.

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Level 83
Aug 23, 2024
Most people would say that anything with Countries is geography I believe. Even if the question is history oriented or like the last question.

I guess they are correct even though it's not necessarily geography; more like trivia relating to countries

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Level 38
Aug 23, 2024
7/10.
+1
Level 75
Aug 23, 2024
10/10 and personal best score! It's amazing how much the stress builds as you get towards the end and you haven't missed a question yet.
+1
Level 86
Aug 23, 2024
I learned what is a periodontist from an episode of Friends
+2
Level 99
Aug 23, 2024
could've been an easy 10/10 but misclicking and misjudging led to 8/10
+3
Level 63
Aug 23, 2024
My first 10/10!!!!
+2
Level 73
Aug 23, 2024
9/10
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Level 65
Aug 23, 2024
fun fact this is the 69th trivia I've ever taken. I've gotten 9/10 8 times but have still never gotten a 10/10 , do I have the most trivias taken without a 10/10?
+1
Level 83
Aug 23, 2024
I doubt it, but can't confirm
+3
Level 70
Aug 23, 2024
I got etymology and entomology mixed up, just stared at the question for 10 seconds and said "just guess one." I guessed wrong.

And I'm always getting Aztecs, and Incas and Mayans mixed up.

Got everything else right.

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Level 41
Apr 11, 2025
we just learned about the native Latin American countries in school and I already forgot
+2
Level 67
Aug 26, 2024
Was trying to be quick and accidentally read "chess" as "cheese". Took a random guess on it and lucked into the right answer though. Still missed a couple others.
+1
Level 81
Aug 30, 2024
I did the same thing! Got it wrong though
+1
Level 41
Apr 11, 2025
My birthday!