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General Knowledge Quiz #25

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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A group of generic birds is called a flock. What do you call a group of crows?
a Murder
What country is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun"?
Japan
What was the former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971–1997?
Zaire
What major river delta is located in southern Vietnam?
Mekong
What position does Harry Potter play in quidditch?
Seeker
What country's national rugby union team is known as the Springboks?
South Africa
What type of poem has exactly 17 syllables?
Haiku
What is the first country in the world, alphabetically?
Afghanistan
What English word means "three feet" in Latin?
Tripod
Which U.S. state are the Aleutian Islands a part of?
Alaska
What athlete is known to Canadians as "The Great One"?
Wayne Gretzky
What will an octogenarian be if they survive 10 more years?
a Nonagenarian
What "ism" is often depicted in graffiti by the letter A surrounded by a circle?
Anarchism
What band was led by singer Jim Morrison?
The Doors
What movie featured a Southern belle named Scarlett O'Hara?
Gone With the Wind
Which ninja turtle uses nunchucks?
Michelangelo
Who was the main character of "The Odyssey"?
Odysseus
During his travels, Marco Polo claimed to have seen unicorns which he described as "scarcely smaller than elephants". What real-life animal do people think he saw?
Rhinoceros
If you are exsanguinated what did you lose?
Blood
What type of fish will swim up to 1400 kilometers upriver to spawn in the streams where it was born?
Salmon
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65 Comments
Kesa1979
+3
Level 92
Jun 27, 2018
17/20
Qikiq
+25
Level 89
Jun 27, 2018
How timely - the quiz was updated on 6/26/18 - the day my mother became a nonagenarian!
samiamco
+23
Level 67
Jul 1, 2018
Happy birthday to your momma!!
kalbahamut
+62
Level 79
Jun 27, 2018
I know it's just a made-up sport in a silly fantasy book about witch boarding school... but... how dumb is the position of seeker? Can you imagine that in any real sport? You're sitting there watching a match unfold between Germany and Argentina... it's been going on great for 4 quarters, both sides have scored goals but it's currently tied, the crowd is going wild with anticipation as one team pulls ahead....aaaaaand.. then some guy standing off to one corner of the field who has nothing at all to do with the game completes some arbitrary and unrelated task and, that's it, the game is over. Nothing else is relevant. Just incredibly stupid. From a game design standpoint it's non-interactive and dull. People would riot. Like if they inserted a rule that during the Super Bowl if one random dude on the bench solved a Rubiks Cube puzzle... then the game was halted and scores reset and that dude's team automatically won. Nobody would think that was a good idea.
Cooldrive
+7
Level 64
Jul 2, 2018
Sounds a lot like soccer.
pkerr116
+9
Level 71
Mar 6, 2021
It's a communist sport.
EcceHomo
+5
Level 86
Nov 21, 2022
4 quarters? But I do agree, the idea of it is daft.
ander217
+27
Level 73
Sep 18, 2018
In total agreement with you on this one, Kal, and I'm a Potter fan. I think it would be better if the game still ends when someone catches the snitch, but it isn't worth any points. That way, at least there would be a contest between the seeker who tries to get it while the team is ahead, and the other seeker who tries to prevent him/her from getting it without getting it themselves until the other team goes ahead. Then there's always the possibility that while those two are away in the clouds fighting over the snitch, someone scores down below changing the whole scenario without them knowing. Much as I like the idea of quidditch, the rules have never made sense to me.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Dec 16, 2018
I totally agree. besides the dull part. No matter what people are excitable, so they would still scream for their team, like it is the only thing in the world...
joeythelemur
+5
Level 80
Apr 4, 2019
I had this exact thought the first time I saw the first movie. "Wait, that's it? None of the other stuff matters if that guy catches a little winged ball?" IMHO, Quidditch is easily the dumbest part of those stories.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Oct 7, 2020
Given these absurd rules, I'd field a team of mainly seekers, with maybe a goalie and a defender so the other team doesn't get too far ahead. Why bother with scoring your own points?
grantdon
+1
Level 74
Jun 15, 2021
Sounds like a punter in American football...
slepdprvdpikachu
+4
Level 22
Nov 7, 2022
if you're going to complain about harry potter, then go do it on twitter, please.
GlassMonkeyOLD
+2
Level 69
Jun 9, 2023
I have no interest in either Harry Potter or sport, but I would say from a story perspective the key was to keep Harry central to the plot. So the key is to invent a game where a weakling like him can be a hero. The game's viability as an actual sport is irrelavent in this case.
Staruge
+9
Level 55
Jun 27, 2018
An "A" in a circle can also be atheism:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atheist_symbol.jpg

Dontforget
+3
Level 76
Apr 24, 2021
I tried that a few times
Dimby
+2
Level 83
Jan 5, 2022
"Can be". The correct answer "is" the extremely wide-spread, well-known symbol that has been around for 50 years.
AntiMatter8192
+3
Level 78
Sep 20, 2022
I've always known it as the Atheism symbol, I didn't know that it was associated with anarchy until now. I think it should at least be accepted.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Nov 21, 2022
Added the bit about graffiti to clear it up confusion.
HectorVortac
+14
Level 47
Jun 27, 2018
Knowing only the names of the TMNT's and none of their unique characteristics it did take my four guesses.
amgine
+4
Level 67
Sep 18, 2018
Not accepting Odyssius is rather harsh.
3nchiladas
+7
Level 69
Jan 4, 2022
Not accepting Osjflahslkjas is rather harsh
Dimby
+6
Level 83
Jan 5, 2022
Not accepting "My boy Sid" is rather harsh.
WelshWizard
+20
Level 89
Sep 18, 2018
The octagenarian one is a weird one. I kept typing "90" as the answer.
dunkinggandalf2
+19
Level 72
Oct 7, 2020
An octogenarian can be anywhere from 80 to 89. An 86-year old octogenarian would not be 90 in ten years - he'd be 96.
BiggieSmalls
+3
Level 76
Sep 18, 2018
Almost didn't get them all, could have sworn the first question said cows not crows...lol
Sifhraven
+5
Level 76
Dec 16, 2018
A murder of cows hahhaha, I allready see them fly :D
AlmostAGenius
+9
Level 89
Jan 29, 2023
What do you get when you only have two crows?

- Attempted murder :)

Scorebeater
+2
Level 76
May 19, 2023
*groans*
DonTheLamplighter
+18
Level 87
Nov 9, 2019
What will an octogenarian be in ten years?

* 90

* old

* dead

Ohhhh, I get it...

* nanogenarian

* nongenarian

* nangenarian

I give up. *sigh*

ghtiddy
+6
Level 56
Apr 11, 2020
I literally wrote the exact same first 3 guesses
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Apr 10, 2024
mine went 100 (my bad..) 90 ninety ah ok they want the difficult word. Nonagenarian. (Somewhat surprised it got it right in one go, the spelling I mean)
BlackLab
+1
Level 66
Jul 5, 2023
Well, look on the bright side. At least now you know how to spell Nona.
Mookie
+12
Level 83
Jan 31, 2020
Avenger....ism?
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 68
Nov 16, 2023
+1
NQChien
+2
Level 69
May 2, 2020
Michaelangelo not accepted?
PoopsyJohansen
+5
Level 45
Mar 30, 2021
considering that's his original name, it should be
Dontforget
+4
Level 76
Apr 24, 2021
It worked for me
stevediverse
+2
Level 86
Jul 27, 2021
The key characteristic of a haiku is that it contains two imagery references separated by a kireji, or "cutting word" and is comprised of three phrases. The kireji is usually at the end of the first or second phrase.

Simply having 17 syllables does not make a true haiku.

pieceofcheese87
+10
Level 21
Sep 9, 2021
That's true, but the question doesn't assert that having 17 syllables is the only defining trait
n4cd
+1
Level 43
Sep 13, 2022
i was so close to getting zaire, i put caire :((
brandybuck96
+1
Level 82
Nov 21, 2022
You're a few thousand miles off there
phalocrocorax
+3
Level 84
Nov 21, 2022
The term "athlete" is likely to mislead British English speakers, for whom it normally means someone who competes in athletics (track and field).
HyddenRizz
+2
Level 67
Jan 15, 2023
Yes sportsman would be more appropriate here
reverendmeat
+3
Level 86
Jan 25, 2023
What about Canadian english speakers to which the question applies? Also any real sport requires some degree of athleticism so I would argue "sportsman" is a subset of "athlete"
iliyas17
+2
Level 58
Feb 15, 2023
I agree, as a Canadian athlete is used to refer to someone who plays sports. I've never heard of the term "sportsman"
GlassMonkeyOLD
+2
Level 69
Jun 9, 2023
What you talkin 'bout? I speak British English and wasn't confused. Anyone that plays a sport is an athlete.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 82
Jan 31, 2024
Your profile map says you haven't ever been to the UK, and your comment confirms it.
Freedom84
+1
Level 64
Jan 29, 2023
Weird wouldn’t accept Odysseus
gatorsong
+1
Level 71
Jan 30, 2023
It accepted Odysseus for me, Jan. 30.

I will admit though, that it took me an embarrassingly long amount of time to come up with that answer.

PeregrineFalcon
+4
Level 79
Jan 29, 2023
Tripod is from Greek, albeit via Latin.
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 68
Nov 16, 2023
doh...

I wrote 'triped'

Koopa
+1
Level 88
Mar 26, 2023
Gretzky is known as the "Great One" outside of Canada as well.
GlassMonkeyOLD
+1
Level 69
Jun 9, 2023
I know the athlete from The Michael Scott Paper Company quote written on the whiteboard.
BlackLab
+1
Level 66
Jul 5, 2023
I tried Yard for the 3 feet question.
FirstPrism
+1
Level 48
Sep 14, 2023
Finally... I'm not the only one...
PoetsCorner
+1
Level 87
Nov 10, 2023
Me too.
AntarcticBonobo
+3
Level 22
Jan 5, 2024
tripod is from greek not latin
CurtisNewton
+1
Level 60
Feb 16, 2024
I don't know the Turtles, so I just entered random artists' names ending in o.
floccopus
+1
Level 59
Mar 30, 2024
Accept "anadromous" for the salmon question? quite a few fish have anadromous lifestyles, and several exceed the distance you specified: yangtse sturgeon, for example, migrated 3,200 km before Three Gorges Dam was built.
Pegasus
+4
Level 78
Jun 5, 2024
Hello, i would also like to point out that "tripod" comes from greek, not latin. From the words "tria" - "τρία" which means three in greek and "podi" - "πόδι" which means foot. Thank you
HemmoAU
+1
Level 57
Mar 1, 2026
Exaclty what I was going to type including examples, it's way more Greek than Latin.
quantum12354
+1
Level 55
Feb 25, 2025
i thought it said cows
EverettHater
+1
Level 48
Jun 3, 2025
Mikey should work for the ninja turtle.
Iscannon
+1
Level 65
Aug 26, 2025
Wow I gotta read these properly. I thought the first one said cows, not crows.
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