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G Answers Quiz #1

Based on the clues, guess these random things that start with the letter G.
All answers are a single word
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Last updated: December 22, 2019
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First submittedFebruary 13, 2013
Times taken62,445
Average score66.7%
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Clue
Answer
Yellowstone's Old Faithful, for example
Geyser
Second-biggest city in Switzerland
Geneva
Italian luxury brand
Gucci
France, to the Romans
Gaul
First name of super model Bündchen
Gisele
Chinese desert
Gobi
Art museum in New York or Bilbao
Guggenheim
Food that wards off vampires
Garlic
Harry's house in Hogwarts
Gryffindor
Hinduism's most sacred river
Ganges
Largest Palestinian city
Gaza
Monster that battled Mothra
Godzilla
Clue
Answer
One followed by a hundred zeroes
Googol
Pinocchio's maker
Geppetto
One of the Marx brothers
Groucho
Pennsylvania Civil War battle
Gettysburg
London area's second busiest airport
Gatwick
Strait that separates Spain and Morocco
Gibraltar
Bilbo's wizard friend
Gandalf
Sullivan's songwriting partner
Gilbert
U.S. state or Caucasian country
Georgia
Matthew, Mark, Luke or John
Gospel
University of Florida mascot
Gator
Scotland's largest city
Glasgow
98 Comments
+11
Level 66
Apr 22, 2013
Gummo was also one of the five Marx Brothers, although he never made it into the movies. And for some reason I wrote his name first.
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Level 78
Apr 22, 2013
I did as well. I don't know why.
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Level ∞
Apr 13, 2015
Gummo will work now.
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Level 55
Jul 8, 2015
Yes, but if like the others above you typed it without really knowing why (I went "Zeppo, no, Gummo!") you don't half feel a fool when the "right" answer shows up. A comedy giant of the 20th Century.
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Level 59
Dec 7, 2015
I was just thinking of Karl.
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Level 61
Apr 6, 2017
Me too. I had to look them up to find out what the "Marx Brothers" were. Apparently they were a comedy troupe in the early 1900s, I'm assuming unrelated to Karl.
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Level 65
Jun 12, 2018
I guess that either you're young or that your background isn't from the English speaking world.

One of the greatest comic acts ever. "Harpo" and "Chico" Marx were also brilliant musicians.

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Level 81
Apr 22, 2013
Got everything except Sullivan & Gilbert... no idea who they are.
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Level 94
Apr 22, 2013
Try it the other way 'round, they are almost always listed as Gilbert & Sullivan. Famous for Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore, The Mikado, The Sorcerer, etc.
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Level 81
Jun 12, 2018
nary a bell is ringing. And I'm stunned that more people know them than Godzilla (or Mothra).
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Level 74
Jun 12, 2018
They were most known for comic and satiric operas - Victorian stage performances which poked fun at their fellow Brits. Surprised you've never heard of them. You've probably heard some of the songs or famous lines but didn't know the origins. "It's love that makes the world go 'round," or "He did nothing in particular and did it very well."
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Level 79
Nov 4, 2019
I'm stunned that fewer people know W S Gilbert than know some fictitious wizard character. Actually, I'm running a pub quiz tomorrow night and Gilbert is one of the questions. Specifically, what was his middle name?
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Level 36
Oct 11, 2023
I mean the Hobbit book sold over 120 million copies and the LOTR movies were huge as well, so it's not like Gandalf is some fringe nerd character.
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Level 81
Jun 8, 2021
I'm stunned that you're stunned. Actually I don't believe you.
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Level 80
Dec 7, 2024
I got Gilbert and Sullivan straight away; I'm stunned that you're stunned that many people know them.
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Level 65
Jun 12, 2018
Hugely famous and talented. I'm stunned you don't know them.

Gilbert and Sullivan operas are often performed at English public (private) schools and at Grammar schools where "posh" boys dress up as women.

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Level 66
Jun 12, 2018
Even if you don't know the names Gilbert & Sullivan or their works, I'll bet you'd know at least one of their songs if you heard it... "I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral..."
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Level 65
Oct 11, 2023
I guess that's common knowledge in English speaking countries... I had myself never once herd of them or any of their works.
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Level 52
Apr 22, 2013
so hard to spell guggenheim. thought chinese "desert" was "dessert" haha smh
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Level 50
Jul 8, 2015
Same here. I even typed Gelato in case it was popular over there too.
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Level 46
Nov 19, 2015
same!
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Level 64
Jun 12, 2018
same
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Level 68
May 31, 2023
Same!
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Level 73
Sep 12, 2020
Yes
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Level 75
Dec 15, 2021
I thought Sullivan was Simon and put Garfunkel first…
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Level 56
Jun 10, 2022
hahahah i misread it as dessert too. i typed in gobi right away thinking "maybe they name their desserts geographically" then i was stumped for a sec
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Level 37
Apr 24, 2013
Only 44% for Godzilla?!?
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Level 50
Jul 9, 2015
Got it straight away but was also thinking of (King) Ghidora, which apparently is not accepted. Could we have it added for the nerds (those who aren't going to be pedantic about "King" being included, anyway)?
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Level 60
Oct 11, 2023
Gojira should be accepted too imo
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Level 33
Apr 25, 2013
Only nerds would care, but (being one myself) I happened to notice that 'Gojira' is not accepted.
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Level 57
Mar 27, 2022
Totally agreed.
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Level 44
Jul 10, 2013
Good quiz.
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Level 36
Sep 2, 2013
Good quiz. Got 22 out of 24. Don't know who gandalf is and missed godzilla.
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Level 58
Dec 11, 2016
Lord of the Rings.
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Level 43
Nov 7, 2013
19/24 nice quiz!
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Level 63
Mar 28, 2014
Didn't get Geneva. I thought it was Genueva... Well in German it's Genf so whatever. xD
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Level 12
Apr 10, 2014
10 POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR : )
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Level 50
May 18, 2014
Huh. I did what lots of people did and read 'desert' as 'dessert' but I typed in gobi anyway because for some reason I thought it was the name of some sort of sweet dumpling. Clearly my subconscious managed to trick my stupid conscious thought process somehow.
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Level 42
Jun 26, 2014
Can I be a little bit picky? Gilbert should not be characterised as a "song-writer", as he and Sullivan composed operas, not songs. Thank you!
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Level 83
Nov 11, 2015
I might have to be picky and say that their style was more operetta - closer to musicals than opera in many ways. And the pieces are often described as songs.
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Level 66
Aug 16, 2014
I seriously just need to watch Harry Potter. It's stopped me from getting 100% soooo many times.
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Level 74
Jul 8, 2015
Read the books. The movies left so much out.
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Level 30
Dec 7, 2014
Please say Mongolian desert instead of Chinese.
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Level 55
Jan 18, 2015
I don't normally weigh in with these "too American" battles, but from an international point of view, how is University of Florida's mascot "general knowledge"?
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Level 74
Jan 18, 2015
I could say the same thing about London's second-busiest airport.
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Level 61
Jun 13, 2015
One of the busiest airports in Europe vs a university mascot. Which is more likely to be classed as general knowledge?
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Level 91
Oct 11, 2023
General knowledge can be about literally anything. So I'd say both have an equally likely chance.
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Level 77
Jul 8, 2015
It's all "general knowledge". The 2nd busiest airport serving London is as obscure to anyone outside of Great Britain as the University of Florida mascot is to anyone outside of the US. Deal with it.
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Level 87
Jul 8, 2015
Here in Belgium, I learned in English course that the two main airports in London are Heathrow and Gatwick, and I never forgot that. On the other hand, it's not too hard to guess that a Floridian mascot could be a(n) (alli)gator.
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Level 74
Jul 8, 2015
That's the point I was making. If the second busiest airport in one city is general knowledge, then so is a university mascot. General knowledge is information about many different subjects usually learned over time, rather than detailed information learned about one subject. I thought this quiz did a good job. Of 24 clues, only 4 dealt solely with the US. BTW, the first time I took this quiz I didn't know the airport answer. The second time I took it I did. I learned from the quiz which is the reason I take them. The only quizzes I don't take are those written in another language. (Or those about soccer/futbol. I just can't seem to remember the players names no matter how many times I take the quizzes, although for some reason I do manage to remember Beckham.)
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Level 70
Jul 10, 2015
Here in Australia, with six friends present, I said "General Knowledge Questions" and I asked "What is the second busiest airport in the London area?:,,,,,,,, 4 got Gatwick, 2 couldn't bring the name Gatwick to mind......... Then I asked the same 6 what is the mascot of the University of Florida ........... they all started laughing. That about sums it up.
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Level 46
Nov 19, 2015
Plus, isn't Gatorade a world-wide beverage?
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Level 73
Aug 5, 2015
I had no idea of the answer, but I figured it would be an animal and the only animal that says 'Florida' to me is the alligator. I reckon it's a fair question.
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Level ∞
Oct 6, 2017
Stats don't lie. Gator is sitting at 52% while Gatwick is at 48%. I'd say the mascot is more well-known. And as @GameKitty said, Gatorade is certainly a well-known beverage in many countries.
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Level 73
Nov 2, 2017
Surely that's more to do with the fact most people who take these quizes are American?

The Florida Uni mascot is just something non Americans (or at least non north Americans) have NO CHANCE of knowing. Gatwick airprot does make the news from time to time, and it is one of the biggest/busiest airports in the world. American College sport is not watched ANYWHERE outside of America.

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Level 63
May 1, 2018
so? why should that stop the quiz writer from asking the question? its their quiz.
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Level 79
Sep 4, 2018
What the hell has Gatorade got to do with it for Pete's sake? Completely Roger Irrelevant.
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Level 72
Mar 12, 2019
Gatorade was invented at the Florida University School of Medicine for the student athletes of the various Gator teams, but at the request of the football coach Ray Graves. So I'd say it has a "hell-of-a-lot" to do with it, rudeytudey.
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Level 61
Oct 11, 2023
Interesting, but most people don't know that. Almost everyone who does will know Gators otherwise.
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Level 73
Jun 18, 2019
@Algernon, I'm not from the US and I couldn't care less about American football. I still got the answer just by thinking of Florida and then of crocodiles and alligators and then trying the one answer which starts with G. So I would say it's not entirely impossible as a non-American to get it right.
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Level 68
May 31, 2023
I had no idea what the mascot was but I knew alligators lived in Florida so I guessed Gator. Bingo! And I knew London's second largest airport fortunately, as that one not so easy to just guess!
+2
Level 61
Jul 8, 2015
I was thinking gamera and mothra had done battle but, it looks like it never happened.
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Level 77
Jul 8, 2015
Wow do I feel dumb. I kept reading Chinese desert and thinking it was a food question. Dessert.
+1
Level 61
Oct 11, 2023
Chinese desert is correct, you mean Chinese dessert.
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Level 72
Jul 8, 2015
Tried geysir, gaysir, geisir etc... Could it maybe be a bit more flexible with spelling? Also I, too, thought about desserts with that Gobi question and felt super dumb when I saw the answer and realized.
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Level 83
Sep 7, 2015
Geysir should probably be accepted seeing as that's how the "original" one in Iceland is spelt. (The one that all the others got their name from.)
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Level 46
Nov 19, 2015
oh my gosh, I spelled it geiser, guiser... I couldn't figure out the spelling.
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Level 63
Jul 8, 2015
Serious scholars might question using 'Gaul' as a reference only to France. Gaul encompassed a fair chunk of Western Europe, including Belgium, Switzerland, parts of Italy and so on. "Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres"
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Level 70
Dec 26, 2016
Serious scholars use 'Common Sense' when having light entertainment on Jetpunk. It is the pretentious people that find the reasons to pick.
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Level 63
Jul 8, 2015
I read desert as "dessert". Shoot me.
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Level 63
Jul 9, 2015
*bang*
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Level 40
Oct 1, 2015
Please accept 'Ganga' for 'Ganges'.
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Level 51
Jan 21, 2016
I read "Chinese dessert" so I gave up immediately because I don't know any Chinese desserts...

I also think that Geyser should have Geysir as an additional spelling.

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Level 58
Dec 11, 2016
Spent forever trying to think of a Chinese dessert...d'oh!
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Level 51
Dec 26, 2016
3.49 left
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Level 75
Jan 13, 2017
Can you accept "Ganga" for "Ganges"?
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Level 85
Jul 2, 2017
Oh my goodness, give all this Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings garbage a rest already! Of all G-related knowledge in the history of the world, a list can't be filled without resorting YET AGAIN to those 2 stupid stories?
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Level 69
Jun 12, 2018
+1
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Level 62
Jun 12, 2018
The longer I take these quizzes, the more Harry Potter trivia I have learned. I have not read the books or watched the movies but I managed to answer correctly on this quiz on the first try. I am not sure if that is a good thing.
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Level 74
Jun 12, 2018
-1 I love 'em both. It's Pokemon and The Simpsons that do me in, but that's my problem not the QM's.
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Level 66
Jun 12, 2018
I agree that they don't need to be represented on every quiz, but neither Harry Potter nor Lord of the Rings is stupid. Both are modern day classics.
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Level 63
Jun 13, 2018
modern...day...classics...? LMFAO. :)
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Level 65
Apr 21, 2022
Lord of the Rings was published in the 1950s, think it's a bit old to be called a modern day classic.
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Level 57
May 23, 2018
Please, accept Giuseppe for Geppetto.

Geppetto (variante del nome Giuseppe)

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Level 12
May 23, 2018
You should accept Giorgio Armani for the luxury brand question.
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Level 56
Jun 12, 2018
Be careful if you ever talk about the Gobi Desert while in China. The long-O pronunciation that is used in English leads to the word "gou bi", which means "dog vagina." I am not joking.
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Level 77
Jun 12, 2018
Wow, I actually live in China and was getting annoyed that I couldn't think of a Chinese dessert beginning with G. Kicked myself when I saw the answer...
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Level 77
Jun 12, 2018
Seems I wasn't the only one after looking through the comments
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Level 68
Jun 12, 2018
Thought it was Chinese desSert!
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Level 53
Jun 15, 2018
Exactly! I was thinking - what do the Chinese eat for dessert? They don't do desert at all, only more rice...
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Level 65
Aug 9, 2018
Argh I read it as dessert also. I came up with

Glutinous rice balls

Green bean soup

Grass jelly

Guilin gao

... Even gyoza....

AND THEN I WAS THINKING what the hey is a Gobi? Little tadpole jelly balls?

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Level 81
Jan 27, 2019
I did the same thing ... could only think of nian GAO even though I live in it!
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Level 80
Nov 2, 2019
AAARRGHGH.... Read it as 'Chinese dessert', typed in 'Guilingao'
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Level 70
Feb 25, 2020
Thought Mothra was some ancient mythology type material it sounded familiar lol
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Level 54
Oct 2, 2020
Only 42% got Godzilla? History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man...
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Level 57
Mar 27, 2022
Gojira should be accepted in lieu of Godzilla.
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Level 78
Oct 11, 2023
Presumably you mean "in addition to," not "in lieu of." "Gojira" should definitely be accepted, but so should "Godzilla."
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Level 59
Oct 11, 2023
gogol should be accepted.