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General Knowledge Quiz #164

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What country is home to 6 of the world's 12 most venomous snake species?
Australia
In what city did the Cockney accent originate?
London
What element has the symbol Hg?
Mercury
Who starred as Conan in "Conan the Barbarian"?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Near what city would you find Calvary Hill, also known as Golgotha?
Jerusalem
What invention has been described as a "boob tube" and "idiot box"?
Television
What "phobia" is a fear of small enclosed spaces?
Claustrophobia
What is the English translation of the French phrase "Joyeux Noël"?
Merry Christmas
What was Cleopatra's first language?
Greek
What are the clogs, aka "klompen", of the Netherlands traditionally made of?
Wood
What is the most populous city in Scandinavia?
Stockholm
What "fruit company" did Forrest Gump get rich by investing in?
Apple
In what country did Steve McQueen, Leon Trotsky, and the
emperor Maximilian meet their end?
Mexico
Who was born in Gary, Indiana in 1958 and died in Los Angeles in 2009?
Michael Jackson
What "pleasant" city is the most populous on the French Riviera?
Nice
What medical disorder is formally known as “Coalworker's pneumoconiosis”?
Black lung
What can a person "use" if they have a high level of midichlorians in their body?
The Force
What type of number represents the square root of a negative number?
Imaginary number
Who allied with Crassus and Pompey to form the “First Triumvirate”?
Julius Caesar
What is the geographical term for a ring-shaped island made of coral?
Atoll
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46 Comments
Algernon
+3
Level 74
Mar 1, 2017
Toughest general knowledge quiz i've done on here in a while.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jul 18, 2021
With the latest update, I replaced the three hardest questions.
JackBeNimble
+9
Level 82
Mar 2, 2017
Could miner's lung be accepted? That's what I've always heard it referred to as.
Arp2600
+4
Level 89
Mar 4, 2017
It seems my previous comment has been deleted, that's a bit irritating, but let's try to be more precise. The definition of an imaginary number is slightly wrong, and math doesn't suffer inaccuracy. i is defined as a solution of the equation x²+1=0 (the other one being of course -i), thus imaginary numbers are numbers whose square is a negative number. I know it seems to be the same, but the function square root is not well-defined on negative number, and cannot be in an analytic way. That function maps the positive real numbers on themselves. To say things otherwise, the square root of -1 (for example) is not well-defined since it could be i or -i indifferently.
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Mar 5, 2017
Are you saying that -i is not an imaginary number?
Arp2600
+2
Level 89
Mar 5, 2017
No, I'm saying that the square root is not well-defined on negative numbers.
buck1017
+11
Level 78
Mar 6, 2017
The things people take offense to on this site continue to baffle me. It's like y'all need a 3 paragraph clue to get all of the little pedantry just right so you can properly answer the question. In the world of quiz writing, brevity is king.
Arp2600
+3
Level 89
Mar 6, 2017
"What numbers have a negative square?"
Arp2600
+2
Level 89
Mar 6, 2017
and I only take offence at the deleting of a relevant comment (which was so brief that it has probably been considered as stupid, I guess...).
Balikati
+1
Level 71
Mar 27, 2017
The clue is indeed misleading in that question.
CorkSpork
+1
Level 71
Mar 27, 2017
As far as the clue, I think it's fine as-is. I'm not sure where else you could be led with the way it's currently written.
ChipOtley
+1
Level 72
Mar 28, 2017
If we're being pedantic, can you accept Tel Aviv for the Calgary question? Granted, not as near as Jerusalem, but define "near" ;-)
ChipOtley
+6
Level 72
Mar 28, 2017
Of course, a pedant would never confuse the hill with a Canadian city
carrow
+4
Level 50
Oct 18, 2021
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, eh?
cathlete
+1
Level 78
Apr 6, 2024
While you're correct, your logic is flawed. Because by your argument, the function would not be well-defined over positive real numbers either. Consider how the square root of 4 could be 2 or -2 by your exact argument.
communistpanda
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Level 63
Oct 23, 2025
To be fair, that is actually valid. To make a square root function well-defined you have to restrict it's domain, typically to the positives. It's why sqrt(x^2) (written in the typical notation which I'm unable to type here) is taken to mean +x.

Ignoring that imaginaries are the square roots of negatives is unnecessary though, it's kind of obvious you're defining it in the imaginaries (or I guess in C)

sambear
+1
Level 80
Mar 27, 2017
I feel so stupid as read the question what is the most populus COUNTRY in scandanavia and was very confused
LordGuacaba
+2
Level 72
Mar 27, 2017
Can you accept "Complex" for imaginary too?
ChipOtley
+3
Level 72
Mar 28, 2017
Complex has real and imaginary parts?
kogatora
+2
Level 96
Oct 25, 2018
more importantly, the square of a general complex number is another complex number that is specifically not a negative number unless it is pure imaginary: (a+bi)^2 = a^2-b^2+2abi For that to be negative a or b must be zero. If a is zero the first number is in the subset of imaginary numbers anyway, or if b is zero then the square is positive and does not fit the clue.
byronesque
+1
Level 32
Mar 28, 2017
I think Marseille is on the French Riviera and more populous than Nice. Im not sure though.
ChipOtley
+1
Level 72
Mar 28, 2017
I think you're half-right
ColoHarpare
+3
Level 49
Mar 31, 2017
But because "pleasant" is in quotes, it can really only be the "nice" city of Nice....
brandybuck96
+2
Level 82
Apr 12, 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Riviera
Relox84
+8
Level 69
Aug 22, 2020
The western border of the French Riviera is not clearly defined, but it definitely does not include Marseille. I would know, I live there.
reachforthesky
+1
Level 30
Mar 28, 2017
So did the other countries in the USSR take part in the whaling or was it just Russia?
hellodrew
+1
Level 66
Apr 5, 2017
I don't know about the others but I know Ukraine was involved heavily in it.
LatSwizzle
+1
Level 64
Jun 6, 2018
what a nice quiz!
Yanni47
+2
Level 80
Jul 23, 2018
Well, one question was, anyway...
babseddie
+1
Level 50
Mar 2, 2019
Yes the 'cockney accent.' How quaint!
JSSTyger
+2
Level 54
Oct 20, 2019
"Complex number" is the more formal term I believe.
RondoNo2
+1
Level 53
Apr 22, 2026
Formal, perhaps; wrong, definitely.
ruftytufty
+3
Level 77
Jul 19, 2021
Coalworkers' pneumoconiosis is formally known as coalworkers' pneumoconiosis. It's colloquially known as black lung.
Dimby
+3
Level 83
Oct 18, 2021
I think you misread the phrasing of the question.
WelshWizard
+3
Level 89
Oct 18, 2021
I think I've got the black lung, pop.
Hollygomerryround
+1
Level 60
Oct 12, 2025
That quote lives rent free in my head and I'm not mad!
QuizApe
+1
Level 72
Oct 18, 2021
I thought that claustrophobia is the fear of Santa Claus
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 93
Oct 18, 2021
Can Jason Momoa be accepted for the Conan question?
stylus
+3
Level 79
Oct 18, 2021
please please allow 'complex' numbers. i know that if you want to get entirely technical then complex numbers have two parts but it's the general term that is now being taught without most teachers grasping the distinction. besides, the term 'imaginary' is far far worse at summing up the concept and we're trying to retire the phrase where possible
chitrajainn
+1
Level 55
Oct 18, 2021
Kept trying anthracosis for black lung...
kevlarkev
+2
Level 65
Oct 19, 2021
The fact that "Ahnold" was accepted makes this quiz amazing!
lemmons
+2
Level 88
Jan 3, 2022
You should either specify that you mean the 1982 Conan film or accept Jason Momoa as an alternate answer.
Koopa
+1
Level 88
Apr 9, 2022
Fun quiz.
tizzlizz
+1
Level 66
Mar 5, 2025
So glad that we don't have to spell Schwarzenegger
Isfjella
+1
Level 75
Jul 29, 2025
Please accept "happy yule" for the english equivalent of Joyeux Noël smh (/s to be clear)
TomasVrbada
+1
Level 50
Oct 12, 2025
I would like to thank my favorite band The Dead South for giving me the knowledge of black lung.
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