General Knowledge - Very Difficult XI - Statistics

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A member of a priestly class in ancient Celtic cultures who served as teachers, judges, and religious leaders. druid
91%
A _________ is the opposite of, as it rises like a spike from the floor of a cave. stalagmite
82%
The national flag of this country includes a green field with a gold crescent and star, and red stripes at the top and bottom Mauritania
73%
A ________ is a mineral formation that hang from ceilings, like icicles, in caves, hot springs, and man-made structures. stalactite
73%
A being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, these beings dwelled in isolated areas of rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings. troll
55%
Tarek El-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi was a street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, an act which became a catalyst for the Arab Spring against autocratic regimes. In what country did Bouazizi reside? Tunisia
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The least populated country in mainland West Africa. Gambia
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A number ___ is the number of digits used to represent numbers in a numeral system. The most common number _____ is ____ 10, or the decimal system base
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The Central Asian revolt of 1916, also known as the Semirechye Revolt was an anti-Russian uprising by the indigenous sparked by the conscription of Muslims into the Russian military for service on the Eastern Front during World War I. This took place in what country? Kyrgyzstan
36%
The journey that took enslaved people from Africa to the Americas was called the ____ passage Middle
36%
The mixture of fresh water and salt water in an estuary is called ______water. brackish
27%
The people of southern Mesopotamia whose civilisation flourished between c. 4100-1750 BCE. Sumerians
27%
18th century Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist. Most famous work David Hume
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The theory that experience, not reason is the foundation of certainty in knowledge. Empiricism
18%
The Orango Islands National Park is a habitat for saltwater hippos. What North West African country will you find this National park? Guinea Bissau
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The theory that reason rather than experience is the foundation of certainty in knowledge. Rationalism
18%
The Romans left Britain in the early 5th century. _______III was the last Roman emperor of Britain, ruling from 407–411. Constantine
9%
_________ II, the king of Babylon, expelled Jewish people from Judah in 586 BCE. This event is known as the Babylonian Captivity. Nebuchadnezzar
9%
The _____were an Indigenous group of people who lived in the Caribbean before European contact. They were the first inhabitants of many of the Greater Antilles, including Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola Taino
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The last known survivor of the transatlantic slave trade was a woman called Matilda McCrear, she was originally born of the Tarkar people and originally named Abake meaning “born to be loved by all”. She was born in 1857, kidnapped at age 2 alongside her mother and taken to the USA on a two-masted schooner called the ______. She died age 82 in 1940. Clotilda
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A moral philosophy that judges the morality of an action based on whether it's right or wrong according to a set of rules and principles, rather than the consequences of the action. __________ ethics. Deontological
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Ursula K Le Guin was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction. Her book The Dispossessed (1974) and The Left __________ (1969) are some of her best known books hand of darkness
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A moral philosophy that judges actions based on their outcomes or consequences. It's also known as consequentialist ethics. _________ ethics. Teleological
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