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General Knowledge Quiz #172

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What two cities lie on opposite ends of the Trans-Siberian Railway?
Moscow
Vladivostok
What is the Portuguese translation of Saint Paul?
São Paulo
What are the three countries whose names start with H?
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Shia is one of the two major branches of Islam. What is the other?
Sunni
What painting is famous for the enigmatic smile of the woman depicted on it?
The Mona Lisa
What word, starting with m, refers to the season of heavy rain in India?
Monsoon
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863?
Abraham Lincoln
On what cape is the city of Cape Town located?
Cape of Good Hope
What is the name of the current dynasty of the British royal family?
House of Windsor
What is the largest species of invertebrate?
Colossal squid
What place visited by Napoleon is also the title of a song by ABBA?
Waterloo
What can be started by a "casus belli"?
War
What cryptocurrency could be purchased for $1 in 2011, but was worth over $100,000 in 2025?
Bitcoin
What country was ruled by 11 leaders with the name Ramses?
Egypt
Other than the sun, what is the nearest star to Earth?
Proxima Centauri
What was Chaucer's first name?
Geoffrey
What three words end the nursery rhyme "London Bridge is Falling Down"?
My Fair Lady
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45 Comments
Malbaby
+10
Level 70
Jun 28, 2017
Good GK quiz. nice variety of subjects. No rubbish questions. A chance to learn something as well (casus belli)
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 87
Jul 2, 2017
Agreed. Well done.
redsplat
+1
Level 72
Jul 8, 2017
Thirded! Great quiz.
smartoldlady
+1
Level 45
May 21, 2018
I learned a lot!
Froststar101
+3
Level 73
Nov 28, 2021
The geography questions based on memorizations of English spellings of countries names rather than any real, useful knowledge are purely trivial and qualify as "rubbish questions" in my opinion.
jd2001wizard
+3
Level 64
Jul 5, 2017
Wow, I failed mightily on this quiz. Really, 70% of you got Vladivostok correct? I never even heard of the place!
redsplat
+2
Level 72
Jul 8, 2017
Been there. That's my excuse.
svitapeneela
+1
Level 64
Jul 24, 2017
Maybe there are a lot of Woody Harrelson fans about?
Sheriff25
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Level 86
Jul 24, 2017
I put in Centauri Proxima. A bit harsh not to accept it.
PrinceEric
+6
Level 56
Jul 31, 2017
But Proxima is the classifier, belonging at the front. There are other Centauri stars. You wouldn't say "Centauri Alpha," would you?
triviaolivia
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Level 63
Jul 24, 2017
Great quiz, as evidenced by the fairly even spread of correct answers. (Least guessed = 33%) Questions were interesting, fair and wide ranging. Thanks!
Eutychus
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Level 94
Jul 24, 2017
Tapeworms have been known to reach over 100 feet long.
kalbahamut
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Level 79
Jul 24, 2017
squids are definitely more massive.
samiamco
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Level 68
Jan 14, 2018
But not nearly as gross as a 100-foot-long tapeworm. Good god.
dunkinggandalf2
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Level 72
Oct 28, 2020
I'm sure you wouldn't say that if you had a colossal squid living inside you.
JWatson24
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Level 71
Dec 13, 2021
Nope, I'm more scared of tapeworms. Squids are natural at least, with body plans that make sense. Tapeworms are just collections of hundreds of reproductive organs that can magically fall off and turn up in your poop, complete with a "head" that's just a giant sucker. It's barely even an animal. It's incredibly unsettling and I wouldn't wish a tapeworm infection on my worst enemy.
MovieQuizGuy
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Level 64
Dec 8, 2025
I'm only scared of alligators, crocodiles, and brain aneurysms. It's a silent killer.
RHFulmer
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Level 26
Feb 18, 2026
Massive you say🥴
90minutes
+1
Level 53
Jul 24, 2017
Tour de France done ! Try to find all the winners here !
bolivraga
+1
Level 53
Oct 7, 2017
Holland would be a country wouldn't it???
lbjool
+4
Level 92
Oct 7, 2017
Holland is a)a region of the country called the Netherlands, or b)a city in Michigan. Not a country.
KingLW
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Level 63
May 24, 2021
Netherlands is a country, the Dutch government actually asked people to stop wrongly mistaking the country of Netherlands for the region of Holland
Djilas
+1
Level 86
Sep 6, 2021
Lol after government having used it officially as well. Like the official tourism website holland.nl
Sifhraven
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Level 76
Oct 4, 2025
How is a tourism site the government? Is it run by the ministers or something? I tried the name but it just led me to a site to buy and sell bitcoins..
KingLW
+3
Level 63
May 24, 2021
Netherlands is a country, the Dutch government actually asked people to stop wrongly mistaking the country of Netherlands for the region of Holland
daraconn
+1
Level 57
Dec 13, 2021
General Knowledge bonus: In what English county would you find Parts of Holland, including South Holland?

Answer: Lincolnshire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parts_of_Holland

CardinalSin
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Level 82
Jul 28, 2019
Three countries whose names begin with an H? Helvetia, Hellas and Hrvatski?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Sep 21, 2020
I tried 'red dwarf' for Proxima Centauri 😬
KingLW
+3
Level 63
May 24, 2021
First general knowledge quiz I've gotten 100% on!
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Sep 5, 2021
Nice work!
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 87
Sep 6, 2021
Sitting at 19/20, I had no idea what "casus belli" was. Guessed a myriad things that "start", like sentence, fire, opera. Then employed my unrivaled expertise in Latin and thought "casus belli" sounded like "Cassius" (as in Clay) and "bell" (which starts a round of boxing). So I guessed "fight"...DING DING! Probably the lamest correct answer I've ever gotten on here.
Sifhraven
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Level 76
Oct 4, 2025
Antebellum and interbellum for example could have gotten you there. Bellum means war, interesting that fight is accepted, but I have to admit I am not sure I have come across the term casus belli before (not a native English speaker), so perhaps it is used in a broad sense, wiktionary however only mentions war and not just a fight.
elijahwade
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Level 97
Sep 6, 2021
Fun general knowledge quiz, as ever.

I have only one suggestion: as the concept of 'nationhood' is a relatively modern invention, and given the fact that the modern state of Egypt might not be considered entirely congruous to 'Ancient Egypt', perhaps it might be better to word the question, 'What civilisation was ruled by 11 leaders with the name Ramses?' Just a thought...

EytanMelech
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Level 66
Sep 7, 2021
I always knew the song as "my dear lady". Is this a regional thing? Could it be accepted as a type-in?
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Oct 4, 2025
haha I tried that too, but I blamed it on hearing it as a little kid and English not being my first lanuage, I figured I just made something up that made sense. Perhaps I didn't make it up after all.
Weslet
+1
Level 58
Dec 8, 2021
Fairly certain the Lions Mane Jellyfish can grow larger than colossal squid
martay
+3
Level 69
Dec 13, 2021
Probably a question of mass rather than length.

Colossal squid, while not as long as the Lion's Mane Jellyfish (30 vs 120ft / 9 vs 36m), weighs considerably more (1300 vs 200lb / 590 vs. 90kg).

Neil
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Level 65
Dec 13, 2021
Perhaps a bit picky but Napoleon did not visit Waterloo. The village was behind the Allied lines, behind the main ridge, and Napoleon never got as far as the ridge.
RuthlessCosmo
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Level 78
Dec 13, 2021
Fact #347 has a typo ("can can").
helenap13
+2
Level 66
Dec 13, 2021
I only knew the Chaucer one because of Paul Bettany. I make no apologies.
Rwinner
+2
Level 60
Dec 16, 2021
- What was Chaucer's first name?

"Leroy"

😆 Needless to say, didn't get that one right

AnnikaKim
+1
Level 66
Jan 23, 2022
Cape Town is located on Cape Peninsula. Cape of Good Hope is just the tip of the peninsula, some 50 km from Cape Town.
Aoto327
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Level 87
Mar 1, 2024
19/20, only forgot Haiti.
Torrente
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Level 38
Dec 7, 2025
Although Colossal squids are the biggest invertebrates, they aren't the largest, Lineus longissimus (a type of worm) are aproximatelly 55m long or 150 feet.
timshorts
+1
Level 61
Dec 8, 2025
I think "Poor old Chelsea" ought to work for the Stamford Bridge is falling down question.
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