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General Knowledge Quiz #127

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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First submittedMarch 16, 2015
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Answer
What type of monster tends to live under bridges?
Troll
What is the smallest country that is believed to possess nuclear weapons?
Israel
Who famously said "Don't have a cow, man"?
Bart Simpson
In terms of the stock market, what is the opposite of a bear?
Bull
What does the French word "noir" mean in English?
Black
In what city would you find the headquarters to the provocative Charlie Hebdo magazine?
Paris
What hip hop group had a "License to Ill"?
Beastie Boys
What is the term for a fighter pilot who has shot down more than 5 enemy planes?
Ace
What country took the island of Sakhalin from Japan during WWII?
Soviet Union
What ethnic group was the victim of genocide in Rwanda?
Tutsis
What do the letters "Be" represent in the portmanteau Benelux?
Belgium
According to a dubious legend, what food product did Marco Polo bring from China to Italy?
Noodles
What are "Homme by David Beckham", "Someday by Justin Bieber", and
"White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor"?
Fragrances
What musical features the song "Springtime for Hitler"?
The Producers
Where is the hippocampus located?
In the brain
What type of tower is the Muslim version of a steeple?
Minaret
What did the Russian dog Laika become the first animal to do, in 1957?
Orbit the Earth
Who invented the term "Oedipus complex"?
Sigmund Freud
What city in Oceania was devastated by an earthquake in 2011?
Christchurch
What are morays and congers?
Types of eel
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52 Comments
sillie
+43
Level 76
Mar 16, 2015
As far as I know, Laika was famous for being the first dog in space. So: go to space, leave earth, fly to space, be in a rocket and so on... after a frustrating time, finally managed to type "leave orbit", which was accepted. Maybe something about space flight should be accepted too? (Unless orbiting is really the thing you want.)
sillie
+1
Level 76
Mar 16, 2015
Je suis Charlie.
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Mar 17, 2015
Laika was not the first dog in space.
Andy50018
+2
Level 81
Aug 12, 2021
Who was the first dog in space then?
JackintheBox
+2
Level 81
Mar 13, 2023
From Wikipedia: On 22 July 1951, the Soviet Union launched the R-1 IIIA-1 flight, carrying the dogs Tsygan (Russian: Цыган, "Gypsy") and Dezik (Russian: Дезик) into space, but not into orbit.
Malbaby
+5
Level 70
May 18, 2015
tried 'circle the earth' for no result
2Boo2
+2
Level 39
Feb 21, 2019
i tried "return from space alive" and "went to space" before trying orbit the earth and got it.
elcampeador
+5
Level 79
Feb 15, 2023
Laika did not survive her trip...
RuthlessCosmo
+1
Level 75
Jan 26, 2025
A better question would be: what distinction did the group of cows sent into orbit around the earth have?

They were the herd shot round the world.

Sheriff25
+14
Level 85
Aug 24, 2015
What on earth are you supposed to write for Laika? Tried numerous options but not the one acceptable.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Aug 24, 2015
Just "orbit" works.
Mappo
+5
Level 58
Aug 27, 2015
Hippocampus is also latin for seahorse. So it should be correct also that hippocampus is located in the sea
ander217
+6
Level 75
Jan 29, 2017
My brain is a vast sea of wasteland, so that works either way.
RobNobody
+1
Level 79
Jan 29, 2025
If you're reading the question in Latin, then you'd have to answer "mare."
sumguy
+3
Level 86
Dec 21, 2015
Tried minuret(te), minouret(te), miniret(te). Six attempts and never guessed minaret.
BlackLab
+2
Level 66
Jul 11, 2023
I tried Minoraut, Minorat, then said screw it and looked it up.
kapulani3
+8
Level 74
Aug 25, 2016
I wrote circle the earth in space for Laika, which is orbiting, but since I didn't remember what word (one of many) that could be used it was a miss. Ridiculous.
joeythelemur
+6
Level 82
Jun 15, 2018
How many words for "orbit" are there?
Malbaby
+6
Level 70
Aug 6, 2020
I tried 'go round'...... 'circumnavigate' ......... 'circle'......
redsplat
+3
Level 73
Mar 11, 2021
Love picturing Laika pawing vainly at a chart and sextant.
cornflakesfu
+6
Level 88
Sep 3, 2018
Technically, "Springtime for Hitler" is also the title song of the (fictional) musical Springtime for Hitler ;)
EcceHomo
+3
Level 83
Jul 15, 2020
Haha, good point!
sumguy
+6
Level 86
Aug 4, 2020
Took several variations on "go to space" before I tried "orbit".
DonTheLamplighter
+4
Level 86
Aug 5, 2020
When I opened this quiz, I thought I inadvertently ended up on my mother-in-law's Facebook page.
Malbaby
+3
Level 70
Aug 6, 2020
Don, you must have a deathwish!
JackintheBox
+1
Level 81
Sep 16, 2020
What have you against your mother-in-law??
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Jan 17, 2024
https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/general-knowledge-quiz-121
Jerry928
+2
Level 76
Aug 5, 2020
Spelling: What do the letters "Be"...
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 5, 2020
Okay
AndreasP96
+3
Level 72
Nov 2, 2020
Is there any difference between a perfume and a fragrance?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 2, 2020
I don't know, but perfume would have worked.
AndreasP96
+1
Level 72
Nov 2, 2020
Really? Sorry then, I must have mistyped.
redsplat
+1
Level 73
Mar 11, 2021
Yeah perfume worked for me.
PoetsCorner
+1
Level 87
Jul 15, 2022
That's what she said.
stylus
+1
Level 78
Nov 2, 2020
i think it might be more helpful if the question asked for the version of a steeple on a mosque, rather than ‘the muslim version’; it’s more specific and technically more correct
jmellor13
+5
Level 67
Nov 2, 2020
I didn't realize internet service was so strong under bridges.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Nov 2, 2020
It's actually not. There is almost no broadband service available under most bridges around the world, so sub-bridge dwellers can't easily stream video or play games or do other diverting things on the Internet that most well-adjusted people do. To find amusement they have to resort to posting inflammatory comments to try and make other people as miserable and angry as they are.
Findlay
+3
Level 81
Apr 30, 2021
That actually explains quite a lot.
BlackLab
+1
Level 66
Jul 11, 2023
If you mean house and basement then, yeah it's their mothers cable.
Conzobhoy67
+1
Level 47
Nov 2, 2020
I wanna know how only 51% knew bart said don't have a cow man
xplosiv9
+3
Level 56
Nov 4, 2020
because the other 49% don't watch the simpsons?
sleepyquizzer
+1
Level 47
Nov 19, 2022
Lol I kept typing "miranet" instead of minaret, I knew something was off but I didn't know why
harrisa
+1
Level 55
Sep 19, 2023
I think circumnavigate the earth should be accepted for the Laika question. Since it literally means the same thing.
glimmeringspines
+1
Level 46
Jun 9, 2024
I don't think Laika did much navigation
JamesMawgan
+1
Level 43
Jan 26, 2025
And there must have been many dogs who circumnavigated the Earth before Laika.
RobNobody
+1
Level 79
Jan 29, 2025
Nope, you circumnavigate the Earth on a sailing vessel, something which people (and almost certainly dogs) had accomplished hundreds of years before Laika. Orbiting, however, requires going into space.
DictatorTal
+1
Level 90
Oct 7, 2023
Let's be real now: the Beastie Boys-related clue is easily the best clue in this series. I absolutely love their music.
AnjaliBx
+3
Level 72
Aug 20, 2024
Re: "What ethnic group was the victim of genocide in Rwanda?"

This question would be better worded as "Which ethnic group was the primary target of genocide in Rwanda?"

Not all of the victims of the genocide were Tutsis. A significant number of the victims were Hutu who were considered politically neutral or moderate (and therefore traitors by extremists) or from Rwanda's other ethnic groups, the Twa and Kiga.

Hollygomerryround
+1
Level 56
Dec 22, 2024
I tried hutus for this one
claumj
+1
Level 28
Jan 26, 2025
why is "go to space" not accepted?
reverendmeat
+2
Level 83
Jan 26, 2025
Because it's wrong.
RobNobody
+2
Level 79
Jan 29, 2025
Multiple animals had gone into space before Laika, including fruit flies in 1947, a rhesus monkey in 1949, a mouse in 1950, and two dogs in 1951. Laika was the first animal in orbit, but not in space.
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