General Knowledge Quiz #191

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What country did the conquistadors come from?
Spain or Portugal
What fairy tale character slept for 100 years before being awakened by a handsome prince?
Sleeping Beauty
What's the largest species of primate?
Eastern gorilla
On what day did the Romans celebrate the winter solstice?
December 25
Endnotes appear at the end of a book. What do you call notes that appear at the bottom of a page?
Footnotes
What object did Indiana Jones search for in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"?
The Holy Grail
What originally had 13 stars but now has 50?
The American Flag
What food is known as "arroz" in Spanish?
Rice
What city's police force is led by Commissioner Gordon?
Gotham City
When Isaac Newton published his laws of motion and gravity, what language did he write in?
Latin
What country named its capital after James Monroe, the fifth U.S. President?
Liberia
What movie, starring Jamie Lee-Curtis, features a villain named Michael Myers?
Halloween
At 5,068 meters (16,627 ft) above sea level, the Tanggula railway station is the highest in the world. In what country is it located?
China
What are the five sports that have been featured in every modern Summer Olympics?
Athletics
Cycling
Fencing
Gymnastics
Swimming
What layer of the atmosphere absorbs most of the sun's UV radiation?
Ozone Layer
What language does the word "emoji" come from?
Japanese
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54 Comments
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Level 77
Oct 31, 2018
I realize "athletics" is 100% correct, but it always seemed way too generic as a name for track and field events. Unless the Olympic committee starts allowing bake-offs and chess matches, 'athletics' would seem to cover ALL their events.
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Level 82
Oct 31, 2018
Same problem here - I spent my remaining time trying various individual events.
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Level 74
Nov 4, 2018
Agreed, I was naming individual events rather than thinking of the general term for those events. I also must have named every ruddy event in the Olympics bar three of the answers.
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Level 86
Oct 31, 2018
Athletics is British for Track and Field.
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Level 72
Oct 30, 2020
Also French: "athlétisme".
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Level 76
Mar 24, 2025
In Dutch atletiek
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Level 81
Sep 2, 2025
In English globally, athletics is used. In North America, track and field. See also aluminium.
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Level 68
Nov 1, 2018
It must be fixed now, because I'm 99% sure I typed "track" and it filled in "Athletics".
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Level 80
Sep 2, 2025
"track and field" is an exclusively US term that's also very generic and could also be interpreted to include all of the Olympic events. :P
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Level 88
Sep 2, 2025
Track and Field sounds more specific than Athletics.
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Level 83
Apr 19, 2026
It's just a quirk of language. Sometimes a word can mean something general and also something more specific in the same category. For example: drink can refer to any liquid you might ingest, but also means alcoholic beverage. Context indicates meaning.
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Level 65
Oct 31, 2018
Aurora doesn't count for Sleeping Beauty?
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Level 86
Oct 31, 2018
That's the Disney name I think, not fairy tale.
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Level 68
Nov 1, 2018
It accepts "Aurora" now for sure, because that's what I just (successfully) tried.
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Level 80
Dec 8, 2018
She only became Aurora in the ballet by Tchaikovsky (which is where the Disney movie got it from, along with most of its music.)
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Level 93
Apr 25, 2022
I'm pretty sure Aurora didn't sleep for that long though.
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Level 80
Apr 25, 2022
Yeah, in the Disney movie I don't think she even got a full night's sleep before being woken up.
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Level 87
Oct 31, 2018
Aquatics for swimming?
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Level 68
Nov 1, 2018
Aquatics just worked for me. Seems Quizmaster was a busy little beaver last night, possibly working late into the night on a Halloween sugar high! :-)
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Level 76
Mar 24, 2025
I have an image now of a beaver eagerly stuffing its face with candy haha, almost want to draw it, but too tired.
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Level 59
Oct 31, 2018
could you accept just the word Grail ?
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Level 68
Nov 1, 2018
Quizmaster seems to have acquiesed to your request, clearly a more generous person than I would have been about it ;-)
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Level 73
Dec 9, 2018
For some unknown reason I first tried cup of Christ. It wasn't accepted, not would I expect it to be, but it was called that at one point in the movie. Silly brain thinking of that before the obvious answer.
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Level 72
Oct 30, 2020
Weird. It accepts "glass of crucified dude from that book".
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Level 57
Nov 1, 2018
How is Liberia named after James Monroe? Was it his middle name? I always thought it just meant free country.
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Level 68
Nov 4, 2018
You need to read the question a little more carefully - the capital is Monrovia.
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Level 49
Dec 8, 2018
i got 'star' trying to type star spangled banner
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Level 80
Dec 2, 2021
so did I when USA flag didnt work
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Level 39
Dec 8, 2018
athletics is not a sport it is a term to describe a wide range of sports
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Level 34
Dec 8, 2018
You should accept Stratosphere as well as that's the official name of the layer where ozone shield is located.
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Level 73
Dec 9, 2018
That's what I tried, too. There are only five layers of the atmosphere, and ozone isn't one of them. Perhaps it would better if the clue read, "Which region of the stratosphere absorbs most of the sun's UV radiation?"
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Level 35
Sep 4, 2025
Same. Agree.
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Level 83
Apr 19, 2026
A subdivision of one of the primary layers is still a layer. It just happens to be secondary one. (Why to people get so tripped up by the dimensions of language in this way?)
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Level 60
Dec 9, 2018
I've tried "The star spangled banner", "USA flag", and "US flag" before finally getting "The American flag". Could be a useful change to add these.
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Level 73
Dec 9, 2018
US flag was accepted for me.
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Level 76
Mar 24, 2025
Even flag of US(A) was accepted, I was a little surprised, I was expecting I had to reword it while typing it.
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Level 92
Dec 9, 2018
So Olympic athletes only compete in "athletics" but not swimming, etc.?
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Level 99
Feb 13, 2022
1:33 left...is that good?
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Level 74
Apr 25, 2022
Good quiz. Please consider allowing "wing" in the singular for the question regarding Mercury's hat.
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Level 73
Apr 25, 2022
Track and field is not the same as athletics; it is a subcategory of athletics. The marathon is not part of track and field (it is a road race) but it is part of athletics. I agree it's fine to accept "track" on this quiz, but some of the comments don't seem to realize this nuance.
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Level 20
Apr 20, 2026
Guys, come on. Track and field is only called that in America (one country). I get that this is an American quiz site, but America does not control the world yet....🙃
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Level 48
Apr 26, 2022
I understand that the Ozone layer is technically correct but it forms part of the stratosphere which I believe is actually the layer of the atmosphere.
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Level 51
Apr 19, 2026
Agree! I listed all actual layers of the atmosphere & was confused.
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Level 27
Apr 27, 2022
I put wing and didn't get a point
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Level 17
Jun 13, 2022
the solstice question is inccorrect it should have been december 21
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Level 76
Jun 6, 2024
It's not asking when the solstice is, it's asking when the Romans celebrated it
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Level 95
Sep 3, 2025
But I thought it was Jesus’ birthday!
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Level 81
Jan 17, 2026
That’s not when Romans celebrated it
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Level 61
Apr 20, 2026
Ok, well they didn't have a December 25th". they had an a.d.VIII.kal.Jan.
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Level 56
Mar 25, 2024
i said bicycle for cycling...my bad
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Level 76
Mar 24, 2025
wow 100%! That hardly ever happens! Usually I get at least one or two wrong (at least on quizzes like this, the general and or history ones, anagrams for instance I tend to score well on so 100% is not uncommon there (music or sports however... 25% is a win haha)
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Level 48
Oct 18, 2025
Accept swim for swimming please?
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Level 32
Apr 20, 2026
kept trying goblet of fire lol