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General Knowledge Quiz #115

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What play is about "star-crossed lovers"?
Romeo and Juliet
What did Jack trade for magic beans?
Cow
What was the profession of Joseph, Jesus's earthly father?
Carpenter
What legendary character turned everything he touched to gold?
Midas
Who was the guitarist for Cream, The Yardbirds, and Derek and the Dominos?
Eric Clapton
What is the English name for France's Côte d'Azur?
French Riviera
What is the most common first name for men currently living in the United States?
Michael
What stage in a fly's life cycle comes between egg and pupa?
Larva
What city has Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Armenian Quarters?
Jerusalem
Citrine and amethyst are forms of what mineral?
Quartz
If a person is "juicing" what drug are they taking?
Anabolic steroids
What country is planning to move its capital since its current capital, Jakarta, is sinking at a rate of 17 centimeters per year?
Indonesia
What comes next in the sequence kilo, mega, giga?
Tera
What city do Brummies come from?
Birmingham
If Paul McCartney is "Ivory", who is "Ebony" in the 1982 chart-topping song?
Stevie Wonder
Whose 13 wives included Aisha, Safiyya, and Sawda?
Muhammad
According to singer Edwin Starr, what is war good for? (say it again)
Absolutely nothing
What did the U.S. buy from Russia for 2 cents an acre?
Alaska
In what country did Sandinistas battle Contras in the 1980s?
Nicaragua
What city was once called "The Paris of the Middle East" before a civil war began in 1975?
Beirut
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31 Comments
Tinu
+5
Level 41
Mar 11, 2015
Jesus himself was a trained carpenter, too (if i am not mistaken).
VirusSlo
+8
Level 72
Mar 12, 2020
He was a miraculous carpenter.
Dblingah
+3
Level 79
Mar 12, 2015
I tried so many different spellings of rumpelstiltskin before realizing it was Midas
jennraven
+1
Level 67
May 24, 2020
Same!
DonTheLamplighter
+3
Level 87
Sep 15, 2016
If I ever got the Midas Touch, everything I'd touch would turn into mufflers. :-/
luxint
+1
Level 67
Jul 31, 2017
Juicing? I though nicotine as thought it might be vaping!!!?
wyocowgirl
+6
Level 80
Jul 31, 2017
Are not fly larvae called maggots? I think that should be acceptable.
cpgatbyu
+22
Level 88
Jul 31, 2017
Maggots are never acceptable.
Malbaby
+6
Level 70
Mar 10, 2020
A maggot is the larva stage of a fly and should be acceptable in this quiz.
redsplat
+2
Level 72
Dec 22, 2020
Agreed. Bug nerd here. Maggot should be accepted.
kalbahamut
+16
Level 79
Jul 31, 2017
oh... I know very well what the French Riviera is... but I was trying to type in translations for the French. You can't accept the blue coast?
amm14
+20
Level 68
Jul 31, 2017
Agree. I tried so many forms of "blue coast" "coast of blue" "azure coast" "coast of azure", etc.

Also, not sure why "maggot" doesn't work (for the fly question, obviously).

fitheach
+5
Level 58
Jul 31, 2017
I've never heard it called the Blue Coast before (or Azur Coast) - no one would know to what you refer if you called it that.
camus
+13
Level 80
May 24, 2020
They thought they were asked to translate "Côte d'Azur" literally.
PitifulExcuse
+2
Level 65
Apr 1, 2024
but the question asked for the English name not the translation or even the meaning.
TheodoreE45
+1
Level 94
Nov 7, 2024
Asking for the English name can easily be misconstrued as asking for the english translation of the French words though.
Archer1212
+2
Level 65
Jul 31, 2017
great quiz but another minute or so on the clock would be nice.
Moosefight
+2
Level 59
Aug 11, 2017
For some reason the Yardbirds question doesn't accept "God" as an answer.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 92
Mar 9, 2020
He sat in the audience with the Beatles, The Who and other '60s rock royalty and saw Hendrix at an early gig and seriously considered giving up all together. More like a disciple.
jmellor13
+1
Level 68
May 24, 2020
He's a much better guitar player than Lennon, Harrison, or Townshend. Whether Clapton considered giving up has no bearing on his actual skill, which was and is superior to most.
Chutney
+1
Level 64
May 24, 2020
clapton is the second best guitarist, ever. only hendrix is better.
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 93
May 24, 2020
That seems to be the popular consensus.
sam298
+2
Level 29
Apr 13, 2020
So everyone calls it côte d'azur accept people who speak English apparently...
Blaidd
+6
Level 50
May 2, 2020
That rules you out then!

'except' not 'accept'

GeographyGeek42
+1
Level 65
Aug 22, 2020
I only knew it as Cote d'Azur, but I knew the French Riviera was somewhere in the general area, so it made sense to guess it.
berowdy
+1
Level 59
Nov 3, 2024
I only know it as Cote d'Azur. It's not a region like Bourgogne or Bretagne that has an English translation, the question was not great.
MassLumpBlockClod
+2
Level 87
Sep 21, 2021
The Greek word translated as "carpenter" for James and Jesus's occupation (Tekton) more accurately means "laborer." There is some belief that they could have been masons or something else.
PitifulExcuse
+2
Level 65
Apr 1, 2024
interesting. how come it seems to be so universally accepted Joseph was a carpenter?
BlackLab
+1
Level 66
Jul 10, 2023
I can't spell anymore. I tried Burmingham and Bermingham then said screw it. Too early in the morning and not enough coffee.
bigbcb
+1
Level 29
May 30, 2024
Quartz?! Riviera?! Not even einstein could get these right. Rigged!
kitshef
+1
Level 88
Nov 5, 2024
I was strangely thrown by the phrasing "currently living in the United States". I thought that 'currently' had do be telling me something important. But it wasn't.
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