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General Knowledge Quiz #113

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What iconic Paris cathedral was completed in 1345?
Notre Dame de Paris
What 1996 novel by Helen Fielding is a modern-day retelling of "Pride and Prejudice"?
Bridget Jones's Diary
What did Pablo Escobar get rich from selling?
Cocaine
What boy with a girl's name was sung about by Johnny Cash?
Sue
What is notorious criminal Ted Kaczynski better known as?
The Unabomber
What monkey is friends with the Man in the Yellow Hat?
Curious George
In what play would you hear the quote "something is rotten in the state of Denmark"?
Hamlet
Where did Sally Ride go in 1983, becoming the first American woman to do so?
Space
What is a common word that means "hogwash", "poppycock", or "horsefeathers"?
Nonsense
What atmospheric layer is damaged by chlorofluorocarbons?
Ozone Layer
What is the only city in England whose name starts with Y?
York
What is the common English word for a "synchronous diaphragmatic flutter"?
Hiccup
What island did Dutch colonists buy from Native Americans for 60 guilders
worth of trade goods? (Today the island has a land value of nearly $2 trillion)
Manhattan
In what country would you find the region of Bohemia?
Czech Republic
In what country would you find the region of Manchuria?
China
Which country's currency was worth less than 1 trillionth of a U.S. cent
when it was abandoned in 2009?
Zimbabwe
What is the term for a word, such as frenemy, that is created by merging two other words?
Portmanteau
What movie featured amplifiers that could be turned up to 11?
This Is Spın̈al Tap
What three letters can be found on a large percentage of the world's zippers?
YKK
Which U.S. state is, in a very technical sense, the farthest east?
Alaska
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66 Comments
fuanacdc
+12
Level 86
Jan 8, 2015
How many people looked at their zipper during this quiz? I had to when every combination of yzz didn't work.
Goomaster7
+2
Level 67
Feb 10, 2015
I had no idea that zippers had letters on them, but I had no shame in checking, and subsequently finding the letters YKK. I know I am not alone.
jdmorgan
+4
Level 43
Feb 10, 2015
I think some people gave me a look when I took a peak...at least one lady winked at me. :D
blinky
+7
Level 58
Jan 22, 2017
I thought it was XYZ...Xamine Your Zipper.
martay
+1
Level 70
Mar 7, 2022
ADIF ... And Do It Fast
GreenFriday
+1
Level 86
Oct 16, 2017
Checked afterwards, neither of my zippers have any letters though.
Malbaby
+10
Level 70
Feb 12, 2020
Cheapskate
Cheviot
+2
Level 93
Aug 12, 2018
Zipper on the cushion cover right next me has YKK.
buck1017
+3
Level 78
Sep 11, 2018
Isn't that a Rush song?
tom88
+4
Level 74
Feb 7, 2020
That's YYZ, same as the airport code for Toronto's Pearson airport
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Jan 11, 2019
I tried y2k... and yck and yzk. Not far off though
Guillen85
+1
Level 68
Feb 7, 2020
I have to thank Outkast for this one. In So Fresh and So Clean, Andre 3000 says "YKK on your zipper"
QatariFerrari
+1
Level 90
Feb 12, 2020
That was Big Boi.
mf3
+1
Level 88
Feb 14, 2020
But is it really on "a large percentages" of the world's zippers? :)
RobNobody
+3
Level 78
Jan 13, 2022
Approximately 40%, according to The Economist in 2018.
alexandertorres1978
+1
Level 70
May 10, 2020
I definitely did
selah13
+1
Level 44
May 12, 2020
I thought of looking, but I'm not wearing anything with a zipper.
HelenaHandbasket
+1
Level 65
Apr 15, 2021
I once had a job interview with the YKK people. I didn't get the job.
Minecraftyoshi2
+1
Level 55
Sep 30, 2024
Mine strangely has HHH and I don't know why
sillie
+1
Level 76
Jan 9, 2015
My sample of 4 zippers returned 3 unmarked and one with 888 on it.
Thorvald
+1
Level 72
Feb 10, 2015
Did you know that Ted Kaczynski is of Polish origin? There are other famous Americans (and not only) who share this heritage. You can check them out in my quiz: http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/97363/famous-poles
IsleAuHaulte
+12
Level 90
Feb 12, 2020
Not exactly the best tie-in.
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 85
May 10, 2020
Apparently his penchant for wearing hoodies caught on as a fashion statement. Always thought that artist's rendition looked a little like Weird Al Yankovick.
FreeStater
+1
Level 77
Oct 20, 2024
It didn't occur to me, but I guess it's obvious based on his name.
WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
+2
Level 57
Feb 10, 2015
I tried many US states on the east coast until I remembered that the Aleutian Islands belong to Alaska... =)
rupturedccno1
+1
Level 65
Feb 10, 2015
Alaska is on the western side of the American continent how can it be the farthest East in any form of technical gubblygook?
sillie
+1
Level 76
Feb 10, 2015
International date line, I presume.
Malbaby
+2
Level 70
Jul 3, 2017
I think it should be phrased 'Geographically East' not technically.
AntiMatter8192
+1
Level 72
Apr 10, 2020
Just see the IDL around Kiribati.
hannahgeographyy
+1
Level 60
Jan 27, 2021
alaska is the westernmost state and the eastern most state, because part of the island chain that belongs to alaska, is across the (idk what its called) "other side" of the prime meridian
dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 69
Jan 29, 2022
It's not. It's an interesting piece of trivia that some Alaskan islands are on the other side of 180 degrees longitude, but to claim that makes them "Eastern" is absurd. At best, they're in the Eastern hemisphere, but "East" is a direction, not a place.
DracoPotens
+1
Level 36
Feb 14, 2015
Alaska isn't the easternmost U.S. State right? Shouldn't that be Maine...I'm confused.
Symmetrik
+3
Level 57
Feb 15, 2015
I believe technically Alaska stretches across the International Date Line, putting it technically "east".
CardinalSin
+6
Level 79
Dec 9, 2018
It's nothing to do with the international date line - it's the line of longitude at 180 degrees.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 85
May 10, 2020
Take a meat cleaver to the globe. Chop directly at 180 degrees longitude, cutting deep to the earth's core. Unfurl everything to the right of the cleaver underneath and out to the left, leaving the portion to the left of the cleaver flush up against the cleaver.

What you'll be left with, looking left-to-right, is:

North America >>>> Europe >>Asia>>fragments of Alaska

....South America>>>Africa>>>Australia>>Oceania

dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 69
Jan 29, 2022
If we accept that Alaska is the Easternmost state, that means that, in most of the US, to go East, you actually have to go West - which is absurd, and negates the whole point of having East and West on a globe, namely, to be able to describe directions.
Quagga50
+3
Level 82
Apr 3, 2022
This comment makes no sense.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 19, 2024
Time is a flat circle.
Yossarian
+3
Level 63
Jul 3, 2017
That's two featured quizzes with questions about Pablo Escobar today...

And two questions on this one about addictions.

Quizmaster, are you trying to tell us something.

LTSMASH
+3
Level 58
Jun 18, 2018
I misread it as Pablo Picasso. I tried "paintings" "art" and all sorts of genres before I reread and had a little laugh to myself
Baltimorean
+1
Level 66
Jul 3, 2017
You left out the umlaut in Spinal Tap.
xyzzy
+2
Level 71
Jul 12, 2017
Spın̈al Tap
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 12, 2020
Fïxed
Moosefight
+2
Level 60
Jul 5, 2017
Also Curious George wasn't a monkey. Monkeys have tails.
JWC1202
+2
Level 74
Feb 13, 2020
What species George belongs to has long been debated. Many assume him to be a chimpanzee. Unlike George, Old World monkeys do have tails, except for the Barbary macaque, which George does not particularly resemble. So, chances are George is an ape, probably a chimp or a bonobo, but calling him a monkey should get a pass as that is how H.A. Rey refers to him.
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Oct 21, 2024
Isn't this like saying "Humans have two arms" though? Most do, but some don't. If his creator says he is a monkey and he otherwise has the attributes of a monkey, then I think we can assume he's a monkey. Maybe it's a birth defect. Maybe the tail was lost in a horrible factory accident in an unpublished book. But he's a monkey if the guy who invented him says he's a monkey.
shinboy
+1
Level 74
May 24, 2018
Norte Dame de Paris does not work for me, it will not fill in.
cornflakesfu
+5
Level 87
Jun 22, 2018
Maybe try "Notre Dame de Paris" instead.
stone222
+2
Level 48
Sep 19, 2018
harsh,,, i don't think the poster speaks french as a first or second language........

that aside, my typing always trips me up too

IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 90
Feb 12, 2020
El Norte is in the U.S.
dwo
+1
Level 94
Feb 12, 2020
I don't think that Manchuria is a peninsula…
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 90
Feb 12, 2020
It's about like saying Angola or California are peninsulas. They're about 1 step away from being as much a peninsula as Nepal.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 12, 2020
Fixed, thanks
Malbaby
+6
Level 70
Feb 12, 2020
Great quiz, but...... I am not happy about a murderer getting publicity in quizzes. They should just rot away in anonymity.
MayaB
+2
Level 73
Feb 13, 2020
Damn, I guessed correctly what "synchronous diaphragmatic flutter" is, but I spelled hiccup as "hickup". I now realize that I've never seen it written before (not a native speaker).
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 85
May 10, 2020
I like to think that the present tense of "hiccup" is "hicking up". :-P
SenileS
+1
Level 48
May 11, 2020
Is is spelt hiccough. I've never seen it spelt "hiccup" before, it's cute, like a child would. A bit like "nite" or "lite" just looks immature.
CMC315
+1
Level 59
Feb 5, 2021
Ugh. I typed New York instead of Manhattan. I also typed Czech and when it didn't give it to me, I didn't bother to type Republic b/c I assumed it was wrong.
HelenaHandbasket
+2
Level 65
Apr 15, 2021
What about Yarmouth? (the York question)
brandybuck96
+2
Level 83
Apr 29, 2021
Yarmouth is a town, not a city.
martay
+3
Level 70
Mar 7, 2022
Even though it was only an American territory at the time, Alaska (specifically the Aleutian Islands) saw combat during WWII. Japan's northernmost point to the closest Aleutian island only is ~1300 miles (~2100 km).
Aoto327
+1
Level 77
Feb 8, 2024
Ugh, I should have known Manhattan, portmanteau and YKK. It was on the tip of my tongue.
nations12345eat
+1
Level 36
Oct 21, 2024
i think it should accept just "notre dam"
PossiblyDionysus
+1
Level 27
Oct 21, 2024
I'm so glad that it accepted by answer for the hogwash question as i wrote the longer term for 'bs'
tizzlizz
+1
Level 60
Dec 2, 2024
baloney and bull should really be accepted on the hogwash question, they relate much better to the other words as opposed to 'nonsense'
tizzlizz
+1
Level 60
Dec 2, 2024
baloney and bull should really be accepted on the hogwash question, they relate much better to the other words as opposed to 'nonsense'
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