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General Knowledge Quiz #223

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What particle within an atom is positively charged?
Proton
It's a three digit number. If you add up the digits you get 27. What is the number?
999
What four words stereotypically start a fairy tale?
Once upon a time
What part of the atmosphere is named for its high concentration of O3 molecules?
Ozone
What does sushi have that sashimi does not?
Rice
What country is home to the world's five oldest surviving businesses – all founded before the year 800 AD?
Japan
Where would you find a skipper and a bosun?
On a ship
What does the Ctrl+C keyboard shortcut do on PC?
Copy
What is another, cuter name for the Loch Ness monster?
Nessie
What style of Medieval architecture is named for a Germanic tribe that invaded the Roman Empire?
Gothic
What was the field of study which attempted to turn base metals into gold?
Alchemy
What circular toy has been around for hundreds of years, but exploded in popularity when Wham-O introduced a cheap plastic version in 1957?
Hula hoop / Frisbee
Which U.S. state has 4 A's in its name?
Alabama
What's the correct spelling of the sport "badmitten"?
Badminton
What rival of Joseph Stalin fled to Mexico but was hunted down and assassinated with an ice axe in 1940?
Leon Trotsky
What does the V in EVOO stand for? (hint: cooks should know)
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
What national capital is known its own language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon?
Bangkok
Who was born in Zanzibar in 1946 and died in London in 1991 due to complications from AIDS?
Freddie Mercury
What is the term for a plant's movement toward the sun?
Heliotropism
What Muslim-majority country was communist from 1946–1992?
Albania
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51 Comments
AlexThirkell
+64
Level 74
Oct 8, 2023
'badmitten' is also a wrong spelling of several other sports, including rugby and cycling.
Ears
+3
Level 93
Oct 8, 2023
:-)
sumguy
+8
Level 87
Oct 9, 2023
Really, everything except for badmitten itself, which I believe is a game played by cats.
dunkinggandalf2
+4
Level 72
Oct 30, 2023
Is that a wrong spelling of badkitten?
HyddenRizz
+2
Level 67
Mar 3, 2024
Anyone know why Quizmaster spelt it this way? Bit lost sorry!
RobNobody
+1
Level 80
Nov 30, 2024
Because that's how it's frequently pronounced.
cathlete
+15
Level 78
Oct 8, 2023
Should phototropism work too? Isn't heliotropism a type of phototropism?
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 72
Oct 30, 2023
Maybe, but it's probably the type where they turn toward the sun, and not just any light source!
PitifulExcuse
+1
Level 65
Apr 11, 2024
do you think that there are plants that can tell the difference between light from the sun and an artificial light source?
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 60
Jan 7, 2025
Perhaps not, but the question specified toward the sun.
JoshPen
+12
Level 77
Oct 8, 2023
>>>What does the V in EVOO stand for? (hint: cooks should know)

Let's face it, people like us that take quizzes on the internet should know too. :) #SoLonely

CaptainUnderpant
+2
Level 81
Oct 9, 2023
Or anyone who's watched Food Network
mrdoughnut1
+1
Level 69
Oct 12, 2023
Oof
Bonzo65
+12
Level 74
Oct 30, 2023
Never ever seen that phrase abbreviated until now.
RobNobody
+1
Level 80
Nov 30, 2024
Must never have watched Rachael Ray.
jafe
+11
Level 87
Oct 8, 2023
Shouldn't #4 be ozone layer instead of just ozone?
dunkinggandalf2
+11
Level 72
Oct 9, 2023
And not O-Zone, which is primarily known for containing high concentrations of Dan Bălan, Radu Sîrbu and Arsenie Todiraș.
Koopa
+2
Level 88
Oct 9, 2023
I noticed you added "AD" after the year 800, but not any other years. Any reason for that?
leontodon
+3
Level 75
Dec 28, 2023
4-digit years, especially in the range 1900–2100, are easily recognisable as years, but shorter ones can be a bit confusing, so it's nice to specify. This is even worse for 2-digit years.
Vivelageo
+2
Level 43
Sep 23, 2025
I found it more confusing that way, because of the letters, I thought it was -800
mikep2k
+1
Level 70
Oct 9, 2023
The frisbee was introduced by Whamo in 1957. Another circular toy, the Hula Hoop, was introduced in 1958. The question or the answer is wrong.
CaptainUnderpant
+2
Level 81
Oct 9, 2023
The hula hoop was definitely in 1957 and I don't think Frisbees had been around for centuries. But it's crazy that Wham-O produced two of the most popular toys in the world within a couple years of each other.
sumguy
+2
Level 87
Oct 9, 2023
The frisbee goes back to at least 708 BC, apparently. Wikipedia
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 81
Oct 12, 2023
That's not really a Frisbee though. Frisbees are almost exclusively plastic and thus lightweight, you throw them differently, and they're used for different sports. The history of what we'd actually consider a Frisbee is earliest 20th century at most. Nobody in ancient Greece threw discs around between Socratic seminars.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 72
Oct 30, 2023
The frisbee is basically a plastic discus, and I'm absolutely sure that many ancient greek philosophers would have thrown them around. They were not all nerds, you know. Plato actually won two Olympic gold medals in wrestling, and we don't even know the guy's real name - "Plato" is just a nickname meaning "broad shoulders".
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 81
Oct 31, 2023
I was referring to the popularity of actual modern, plastic Frisbees with college kids, not insinuating that Greek intellectuals were weaklings. They didn't throw them around like college kids do today because they're very different objects. Seems like saying that the balls used in rugby and American football are equivalent.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 72
Nov 1, 2023
They're not exactly the same, sure, but if one was 2000 years older than the other, everyone would agree they're remarkably similar or functionally the same - even more so than the discus and the frisbee!
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 81
Nov 1, 2023
This is a small hill indeed but I'm willing to die on it. Hula hoops have undeniably been used for hundreds of years for various purposes (but all of them involved twirling a hoop around one's waist or limbs) before the plastic Wham-O version in 1957. The Frisbee as we know it today is distinct from the discus and was invented in the 20th century without a clear historical precedent. If you can find me evidence that the Frisbee directly evolved from the discus other than the fact that they are obviously pretty similar in visual appearance, I'll admit I'm wrong. It should not be an acceptable answer. They are functionally not at all the same. A discus is for distance throwing, you throw it a specific way and you do not throw it to another person. A Frisbee is completely different. Try using a discus in a game of ultimate and see how that goes.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Oct 10, 2023
Incredible. Both toys were released in 1957. Wham-o was taking circles to incredible new places that year.

Frisbee has been added as a correct answer!

Ascorbic
+6
Level 69
Oct 10, 2023
Phototropism?
GrammarBeane1
+1
Level 83
Oct 10, 2023
ohhh, *style* of architecture. I kept trying to think of something like a flying buttress or something
SpartanLlama
+2
Level 79
Oct 12, 2023
Just missed evoo
nsoper
+1
Level 68
Oct 30, 2023
Could you accept "quark" for the atom question? Also Ctrl + C also exits a command when run from the terminal on a PC so you should include that as an answer
Kawada01
+2
Level 65
Oct 30, 2023
Quarks can be either positive or negatively charged, and should not be accepted for the atom question.
quantum12354
+1
Level 55
Jun 2, 2025
so, up quark
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Oct 14, 2025
Hey no swearing/insulting!

;)

JonOfKent
+9
Level 61
Oct 30, 2023
One atom says to another, "Help me! I've lost an electron"

"Lost an electron? Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm positive"

paolamu
+5
Level 59
Oct 30, 2023
phototropism should be accepted
Kawada01
+1
Level 65
Oct 30, 2023
Positrons are positively charged and can be found in atoms.
plattitude
+2
Level 94
Oct 30, 2023
Unless we're talking about stable anti-atoms, positrons are only 'present' in an atom during beta decay, when they're quite forcibly ejected. So they're only there for the infinitesimally small amount of time it takes to kick them out.
muroc17
+4
Level 83
Oct 30, 2023
While it's pronounced "Bosun" the word is boatswain. Although the correct spelling kind of gives away the answer . . .
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Oct 14, 2025
I was thinking of Higgs Boson at first haha
atg
+1
Level 28
Oct 30, 2023
Technically, an up quark is also a positively charged particle within an atom.
GuerillaGorilla
+1
Level 65
Feb 6, 2024
How is the average that low? I got 16.
Dylan1234567
+2
Level 64
Mar 6, 2024
I believe that the answer of the second to last question regarding a plants movement towards the sun is PHOTOtropism not heliotropism
RobNobody
+2
Level 80
Nov 30, 2024
Phototropism is movement in response to a light source. Heliotropism is movement in response to the sun specifically.
TheSinnohman
+2
Level 67
Dec 29, 2024
I have never seen EVOO abbreviated before. Strange question
gbteague
+1
Level 26
Feb 21, 2025
you nicknamed my daughter after the lochness monster?
MLOVVE
+1
Level 37
Jun 13, 2025
"Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit" I read this is the Thai name for Bangkok.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Oct 14, 2025
Never heard of EVOO of course I have heard of extra virgin olive oil, but never ever seen it as an abbreviation/acronym
FurQ
+1
Level 69
Feb 25, 2026
I think Uzbekistan works for majority muslim nation ghat was communist 46-92, technically, which for pedants is the best kind of right.
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