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Hardcore General Knowledge #3

Tired of not having opportunities to induce mental pain? Don't want to see a psychiatrist? Then try another instalment of very challenging "general" knowledge questions.
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In 2019, Wikipedia issued a report on the length of its disambiguation pages. Which page was the longest?
C. elegans
In which country was the Neanderthal Man found?
Germany
A common method of finding prime numbers involves using a growing "sieve" to check numbers against. Which ancient Greek scholar is this method named after?
Eratosthenes
If you see the symbol ₰ in your writing, it means that your editor wants you to do what?
Delete something
How many SI base units are there?
7
The Aral Sea was once one of the world's largest lakes, before the rivers feeding it were diverting by the Soviet Union. What was the primary crop the diverted rivers were used to irrigate?
Cotton
Correctly spell the colour which is similar to magenta but begins with the letter F.
Fuchsia
Name the holder of the world record for the highest fall survived without a parachute, in 1972.
Vesna Vulović
What is the most densely populated metropolitan area on Earth?
Malé
Name the month and year in which JetPunk first saw more than 8 million quiz takes in a single month.
April 2014
Flowing into the Black Sea, what is the shortest river in the world?
Reprua
In what year did the first conference on artificial intelligence occur?
1956
What was the original code name for Juno Beach?
Jelly
What is the most commonly used word on the Dolch list of 95 nouns?
Time
What organization operates the Universal Postal Union?
United Nations
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Jan 10, 2025
Great quiz. Loved it.