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General Knowledge Quiz #185

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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First submittedJanuary 19, 2018
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Where were paper, the printing press, the compass, and gunpowder first invented?
China
What does the French word "musée" mean in English?
Museum
Name one of the two non-extinct animals that has tusks and whose name starts with W.
Walrus / Warthog
What is the second letter in the Greek alphabet?
Beta
The words zeitgeist and poltergeist come to us from German.
What does "Geist" mean in German?
Ghost
What was the capital of the Ottoman Empire from 1453–1922?
Constantinople
In hip hop lingo, what is scrilla?
Money
What are San Quentin, Robben Island, and the Bastille?
Prisons
Who was the first human to orbit Earth?
Yuri Gagarin
What is a "djinn" better known as?
Genie
Where would you find the neocortex?
In the brain
What city is home to the world's tallest arch?
St. Louis
What country on the African mainland is geographically closest to North America?
Morocco
What do you call something that has a pH of less than 7?
An acid
Who died while composing a requiem (music for a funeral)?
W. A. Mozart
What substance can be given an "octane rating"?
Gasoline
According to Occam's Razor, which solution is usually correct?
The simplest one
What is a knoll?
A small hill
What city means "New Siberia"?
Novosibirsk
What island, starting with the letter B, is the only island in the world to be
shared by three different countries?
Borneo
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55 Comments
cpgatbyu
+13
Level 88
Jan 19, 2018
Cape Verde looks hundreds of miles closer than Morocco.
APHill
+3
Level 76
Jan 19, 2018
Absolutely. I could not fathom how it was not the answer.
buck1017
+6
Level 78
Jan 19, 2018
I messed around on Google maps and while the difference is surprisingly not that much (only a difference of about 100 miles or so), I kept getting Cape Verde as closer to Maine, which was (also surprisingly) the nearest point. Curvature really screws up my mental image of the map.
tales
+1
Level 82
Mar 9, 2026
I don't know how the question was originally phrased, but it now says "closest to North America". By that criteria, Morocco is closer to Canada (Newfoundland) than Cape Verde is to Maine. And if you remove the caveat for "African mainland", then Spain (Canary Islands) is even closer to North America than Cape Verde or Morocco.
Quizmaster
+12
Level ∞
Jan 19, 2018
Tweaked the question
Jealous1sEnvy
+5
Level 92
Jan 20, 2018
It says "African mainland"
Quizmaster
+31
Level ∞
Jan 20, 2018
That was the tweak :)
Shash
+9
Level 73
Jan 19, 2018
Warthog has tusks too.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 19, 2018
That will work now
Froststar101
+1
Level 73
May 2, 2018
All I could think of was white rhino... And that's the only question I didn't get.
Tramp
+4
Level 79
Jan 19, 2018
I feel pretty bad that I tried "Final" for the Occam's Razor question...
Fresco3
+2
Level 70
Feb 12, 2018
o.o
reverendmeat
+3
Level 86
Mar 5, 2023
based
prs17
+2
Level 73
May 2, 2018
Occam's Razor says the simplest answer is preferred. "Correct" is a common misconception.
Limukala
+1
Level 61
Mar 8, 2026
If we want to get pedantic it says “pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate”

Or “plurality shouldn’t be posited without necessity”.

But that doesn’t really roll off the tongue.

djeedubbeljoe
+9
Level 67
May 2, 2018
For the question about Occams razor, I think "the one with least assumptions" or just "least assumptions" should be accepted. I understand why you accept "simplest" (and you should probably keep doing that), but that is not how Occam phrased it.
wasserwand
+20
Level 78
May 2, 2018
Sounds like one has use Occam's Razor to get the right solution on this question.
Bemused
+1
Level 55
Mar 8, 2026
Perhaps more possibilities could be added to the answers list. I tried "most direct," "shortest," "most straightforward," and others before starting to type "least complicated"--and fortunately realizing there was a synonym for that.
caesaria
+3
Level 79
May 2, 2018
The german word "Geist" means "ghost" or "spirit". In the case of "Zeitgeist" it definitely means the latter ("spirit of the time").
Nachtschicht
+2
Level 59
Mar 14, 2022
That's correct, but spirit was accepted for me. "ghost" is also a correct translation and most likely easier to remember because of the similarity.
chirpydave
+6
Level 84
May 2, 2018
Britain?
Froststar101
+1
Level 73
May 2, 2018
Ireland?
IsleAuHaulte
+5
Level 92
Aug 11, 2018
Burkina Faso?
sumguy
+1
Level 87
Jul 5, 2025
What's the question?
Djilas
+1
Level 86
Jul 5, 2025
Island shared by 3 countries I presume
tlmeans
+2
Level 68
May 3, 2018
I think a djinn is more like a demon or evil spirit
servo5
+2
Level 17
Sep 14, 2019
No. It's a genie. Let's keep it simple people.
CardinalSin
+2
Level 82
Jul 6, 2025
I tried sprite, imp, devil, demon, goblin.
Nachtschicht
+3
Level 59
Mar 14, 2022
I think "genie" is just the english translation for the arabic word "djinn".

Maybe the question should be: "What is the english word for djinn?"

Beet
+1
Level 10
May 6, 2018
Isn’t the island of Great Britain shared by three countries?
Panifex
+1
Level 27
May 7, 2018
You're technically not wrong, although they are not countries in the most common sense of the word, i.e., fully independent, autonomous nations.
Gassu
+1
Level 69
Oct 30, 2018
True, but Great Britain doesn‘t start with a B. There is no "Britain",but there is a "Great Britain" with England, Scotland and Wales and a "Little Britain", nowadays known as Brittany or Bretagne
dunkinggandalf2
+6
Level 72
Oct 28, 2020
It also contains "countries", not countries.
kogatora
+2
Level 96
Oct 31, 2018
if you are just after a curved arch shape, then the tallest arch answer is correct (630ft). But the Gate of the Orient "pants building" in Suzhou is way higher and is mostly arch. Total height is 990ft, not sure about the gap underneath.
kogatora
+2
Level 96
Oct 31, 2018
And shipton's arch also in China is 1500ft high, although not in a city, but is part of gorge like landform.
servo5
+9
Level 17
Sep 14, 2019
So one is not a true arch and the other isn't in a city. So St. Louis it is then!
hectorprin
+1
Level 56
Feb 22, 2021
i believe new guinea is also owned by three different countries. Papua, Indonesia, Brunei
gordito7
+1
Level 52
Jul 8, 2021
brunei is on the island of borneo

borneo has some of malaysia, some of indonesia and all of brunei

new guinea has most of papua new guinea and some of indonesia

Jango
+1
Level 63
Sep 4, 2021
Most Oxford dictionaries define a knoll as a small hill or *mound*. Should be accepted as an answer
GoodEvening
+1
Level 21
Mar 7, 2022
Isn't Britain an island shared by 3 countries??
MasterKenobi
+4
Level 65
Mar 15, 2022
The island is called "Great Britain," not "Britain."
sumguy
+4
Level 87
Jul 5, 2025
Not by the traditional definition of country, no.
Limukala
+1
Level 61
Mar 8, 2026
Not this again.
MiracleMax
+3
Level 73
Apr 18, 2022
There isn't anything wrong with the question because you can easily tell what it's referring to, but because I have a personal beef with Gateway Arch "National Park", I'm going to pick this nit:

It's only the largest man-made arch in the world. There is at least one natural arch that well surpasses it, and possibly more depending on how you're measuring.

reverendmeat
+2
Level 86
Mar 5, 2023
I want to know more about this personal beef
DictatorTalia
+6
Level 95
Oct 23, 2023
As a hip-hop fan, I have never heard of the word “scrilla” in my lifetime. “Benjamins” makes some sense, but I’ve never heard of that even once.
rabble
+2
Level 68
Jul 15, 2024
I'd like the question to be changed to just, "What is the tallest arch?", and have the answer be -x^2
Aoto327
+1
Level 87
Jul 6, 2025
This was easy, 100%.
partdavid
+1
Level 74
Jul 8, 2025
The question for "Borneo" is clear, because of the B hint.

But it could be phrased slightly more exactly, since "the only island in the world to be shared by three different countries" sounds like a general trivia fact, but is arguably true for Cyprus as well. I know that Northern Cyprus is not "recognized" generally or by Jetpunk, but if it isn't, it is occupied by Turkey (arguably, in the manner as Crimea, which Jetpunk does consider Russian); and likewise, the British overseas territories are there, too.

For me, I kind of know what's meant in a Jetpunk sense, but "sharing" is a general term that doesn't necessarily and unambiguously mean "integral national land", so I think the question could be improved by saying something like "What island, starting with the letter B, is the only island in the world to be shared by three different countries (excluding overseas territories)?"

greghf
+1
Level 79
Jul 9, 2025
Should "spirit" be acceptable for djinn?
Findlay
+1
Level 80
Jul 23, 2025
"Fuel" should be added as an accepted answer for the octane question.
Tuesday
+1
Level 77
Dec 2, 2025
But coal is not measured in octanes?
typhon
+1
Level 51
Jul 30, 2025
Can't believe I got Gagarin wrong because I couldn't spell it.
eurotec
+1
Level 56
Sep 16, 2025
Would it be logical to accept "Konstantiniyye" as Constantinople? Great quiz overall!
FrankPentangeli
+1
Level 54
Mar 8, 2026
Please accept "Crash Bandicoot" for where you find the neocortex.
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