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Genius Level General Knowledge #5

All these questions were guessed less than 25% of the time in our general knowledge quizzes. Do you have what it takes to be a trivia genius and get more than 1/3rd correct?
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First submittedSeptember 20, 2024
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What Russian-American author had the initials VN?
Vladimir Nabokov
Name one of the two most common minerals in the Earth's crust.
Feldspar / Quartz
What, according to cliché, does nature abhor?
A vacuum
In hip hop lingo, what is scrilla?
Money
What edible root can fetch high prices in China if it is shaped like a person?
Ginseng
In seven countries, more than 10% of the population speaks Russian as a first language. What is the only one that was not a part of the Soviet Union?
Israel
What is a sapphire with an asterism known as?
A star sapphire
What last name did Prince Harry use during his military career?
Wales
Who had a horse named Bucephalus and a best friend named Hephaestion?
Alexander the Great
What is lysergic acid commonly known as?
LSD
Complete the line of poetry: "water water every where ...."
Nor any drop to drink
What is it called when a speculator buys nearly the entire supply of a commodity, causing prices to skyrocket?
Cornering the market
What would you buy at an automat?
Food
What machine was patented by Luigi Bezzera of Milan in 1902?
Espresso machine
What ancient philospher's "Analects" include one of the earliest formulations of the Golden Rule?
Confucius
A Corvette is a sports car made by Chevrolet. What is a corvette, uncapitalized?
A type of ship
What is either something you wear or the container which holds the cards in blackjack?
Shoe
What word means "an idea that spreads like a gene"?
Meme
What can be made using the Bessemer process?
Steel
What does the V in EVOO stand for? (hint: cooks should know)
Virgin
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27 Comments
Gademotsili99
+1
Level 61
Sep 21, 2024
First xD
KiloNova
+2
Level 61
Sep 21, 2024
Nah, I was first.
Gademotsili99
+1
Level 61
Sep 21, 2024
Ok I guess
KiloNova
+2
Level 61
Sep 21, 2024
I feel like a genius. And a nerd...
cathlete
+6
Level 78
Sep 21, 2024
Welp...I'm not a genius

But maybe that was already obvious

FreeStater
+2
Level 81
Sep 21, 2024
I was one question off from being a genius. Maybe I ought to have read Lolita.
Dimby
+5
Level 83
Sep 21, 2024
Dang, that was hard. And I thought I was so clever for knowing that Finland was never taken over by the Soviet Union, but apparently they’re only 2% Russian-language!
Fianchetto
+1
Level 79
Sep 21, 2024
I knew what the V stood for, do I get partial credit for that?
Dontneedone
+3
Level 80
Sep 22, 2024
Who here also only got 1
geohillierneo
+1
Level 50
Feb 27, 2025
Yep!

Refreshing to see people who are actually honest, instead of most of these "geniuses", pretending they got them all right!

KingXXI21
+1
Level 75
Apr 27, 2026
I hope this is a joke.
Bubblecat
+3
Level 78
Sep 22, 2024
Damn, tried "coffee machine" and didn't get it D:
leontodon
+3
Level 75
Sep 23, 2024
Also needs added to the series: https://www.jetpunk.com/series/genius-level-general-knowledge
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Feb 4, 2025
I tried 'snacks' and 'drinks' for automat :/
JonOfKent
+1
Level 61
Feb 21, 2025
I have gone down the automat rabbit hole. Never seen one before. Very interesting!
Lilylee
+3
Level 79
Feb 21, 2025
Best friends, sure...
JamesMawgan
+1
Level 44
Feb 21, 2025
20/20! 🤓

(on the second attempt)

Islandcarver
+2
Level 83
Feb 21, 2025
When I grew up, we could buy cigarettes from an automat.
KingLW
+1
Level 63
Feb 21, 2025
I wonder why so many Israelis speak Russian and not a middle eastern language as their first...
Dimby
+5
Level 83
Feb 22, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Jewish people lived in Russia by the end of the 1800s. Russian pogroms (state sponsored violence against Jews) caused many to emigrate to other countries. As with all diasporas, Jewish emigrants tended to move into small, tight-knit communities, and likely would have maintained their Russian language. Even still, 4 million Jews remained in Russia, and a million Russian Jews fled east to escape the Nazi killing groups in western Russia. Following the Holocaust, a great number of Jews left for the newly established state of Israel.
Dimby
+5
Level 83
Feb 22, 2025
Also, I should point out that Jewish people did not have a strong continuous population in the Middle East. The expulsion of Jews from the Roman Empire meant that virtually all Jews lived in a diaspora throughout Europe, Northern Africa, and, to a lesser extent, the Middle East. Eventually nearly half of all Jews were in the United States, as Europe typically was not tolerant of other religions.
ander217
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Level 73
Feb 21, 2025
I got 50% first time, but I am nowhere near a trivia genius. Just got lucky, I think. Fun quiz, though.
txbdog
+1
Level 45
Feb 22, 2025
i only knew what scrilla was
GoYanks
+1
Level 26
Feb 24, 2025
0
Evenultrapawn
+1
Level 65
Jun 12, 2025
I'm surprised by cornering the market, I thought that was a very well-known phrase.
jonh
+1
Level 58
Jun 24, 2025
I wear sleeves and also put them on my blackjack cards 🤔
Baton793
+1
Level 58
Jan 27, 2026
precisely 25%, I guess that's something
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