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General Knowledge Quiz #129

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What great ape can only be found in Indonesia and Malaysia?
Orangutan
Who wrote "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?
William Shakespeare
What language does the word "futon" come from?
Japanese
What did Peter Carl Fabergé famously make?
Fabergé eggs
What part of a human cell has its own DNA - separate from human DNA?
Mitochondria
What is usually the largest muscle in the human body?
Gluteus maximus
What number is a 1 followed by 100 zeroes?
Googol
In what country, according to stereotype, might someone say "Opa",
and then smash a plate?
Greece
During what dance do you put your left foot in, your left foot out, and shake it all about?
Hokey Pokey
What animal was Indiana Jones afraid of?
Snakes
What arcade game involves an amphibian trying to cross a busy street?
Frogger
What type of pie is made with ground lamb and mashed potatoes?
Shepherd's pie
What species of deer is commonly found north of the Arctic Circle?
Reindeer
Who composed "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"?
J. S. Bach
What word often appears between unidentified and object?
Flying
What country takes its name from a combination of Zanzibar and Tanganyika,
the two countries which merged to form it?
Tanzania
What is the most commonly used synthetic fiber in clothing?
Polyester
What is the term in tennis for when a serve hits the net and then falls into the service court?
Let
Who had a child with Kurt Cobain?
Courtney Love
What was the name of the nine Greek goddesses who personified
literature, science, and the arts?
The Muses
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51 Comments
pitzikat
+4
Level 75
May 5, 2015
how about orang or orangs for organutans?
MuchoMacho
+19
Level 83
Aug 14, 2020
How about you just spell the word
brandybuck96
+3
Level 83
Nov 19, 2020
I've seen them referred to as just 'orangs', although it might have been in French.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 71
Dec 14, 2020
I've never heard them referred to as "orangs" in French, and I have some living right down the street of my apartment in Paris!
brandybuck96
+2
Level 83
Mar 19, 2021
^to be fair it was in a book written in the 1860s
Lossie2
+2
Level 77
Sep 21, 2015
The largest muscle in human body is the sartorius muscle ;)
Malbaby
+3
Level 70
Sep 24, 2015
The Longest, not the largest (heaviest, bulkiest)
DaveM
+10
Level 76
Dec 26, 2016
Mitochondria is the Powerhouse of the Cell
blinky
+6
Level 58
Feb 11, 2017
And also The Unburnt Queen of the Andals, Queen of Meereen, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons and Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea.
redlightexc
+5
Level 34
Mar 24, 2018
hey guys - in the UK the song is known as the "hokey cokey", not "pokey" - may be worth adding it in? I was trying all variations like "am I going mad?"
Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Mar 25, 2018
Yes, you are losing your mind. "Hokey cokey" would have worked.
Walacama
+6
Level 83
Dec 1, 2020
When the guy that wrote the Hokey Pokey died they had trouble getting him in the coffin - because they had to put his left foot in ....
mez
+2
Level 72
Apr 8, 2021
and it isn't 'hanky panky' which i first tried! I don't know where that came from!
Sifhraven
+2
Level 74
Aug 7, 2024
Nor is it honky dory (which I didn't try, but thought it would fit nicely with other wrong answers, also okidoki)
cornflakesfu
+8
Level 88
Nov 21, 2018
I know Bach is a great composer, but Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring is incredibly dull. We had to play it every day as a warmup in band class, and by the end of that year, I was ready to punch Bach in his stupid Baroque face.
plattitude
+11
Level 95
Aug 11, 2020
Blasphemy! That's one of the most sublime pieces of music ever.... though maybe not if being played by HS band students.
ander217
+4
Level 75
Nov 30, 2020
Imagine how your band teacher must have felt.
Shirmal
+1
Level 60
May 24, 2019
I also tried Easter eggs for the Faberge question, I have not heard of them being called Faberge eggs
cpgatbyu
+3
Level 87
Aug 9, 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabergé_egg
Silverblade
+5
Level 45
Aug 21, 2019
I am Greek and I am pretty sure we never say "Opa" before drinking. Perhaps when dancing a solo dance like zeibekiko. "Yamas" (Γεια μας - "here's to our health") is more correct for drinking.
EcceHomo
+2
Level 84
Nov 30, 2020
Does the QM mean Ochi, or Oxi, or ohi, or even Οχι?
prs17
+3
Level 74
Aug 10, 2020
Couldn't spell gluteus for the life of me. I tried lots of variants, but always with an "i" instead of the "e".
blizzrd33
+1
Level 80
Nov 22, 2022
Same, tried glutius maximus but no dice.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 74
Aug 7, 2024
Just glutes worked
sumguy
+1
Level 86
Feb 11, 2025
Yup. I was sure it was glutius. I hate nitpicky spelling.
MuchoMacho
+2
Level 83
Aug 14, 2020
Anybody else impressed that 73% of people knew that Cobain had a baby with Courtney Love?
JackintheBox
+2
Level 80
Sep 16, 2020
Dismayed?
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
Nov 30, 2020
Why? That was major news in the 90s, and the theory that Courtney Love killed Kurt Cobain has been bounding around the internet forever. On top of that, Kurt Cobain is a monumental figure in pop music. Even my mom knows who he is. I don't think she could name another rock star that peaked after 1980.
firstinline
+5
Level 75
Oct 21, 2020
honestly, for the tennis one I typed in the first tennis term which popped in my head before I read the rest of the question - which happened to be "love." I was pleasantly surprised when the answer worked for a different question.
AlmostAGenius
+1
Level 85
Feb 26, 2025
I did the exact same thing.
RobNobody
+2
Level 79
Nov 30, 2020
Why? She was his only well-known romantic partner, and they were a very high-profile couple.
BenSP
+1
Level 78
Aug 18, 2020
The Hokey Pokey is called the Okey Cokey in the UK
tommuelmerson
+3
Level 59
Feb 2, 2021
I also live in the UK and it's definitely Hokey Cokey
TiredAndThirsty
+1
Level 58
Feb 9, 2025
Per Slade it is Okey Cokey -- but if you are using Slade as a spelling reference, you lose.
JackintheBox
+5
Level 80
Sep 16, 2020
Could you accept 'buttock' for gluteus maximus?
vitriden
+1
Level 83
Nov 2, 2020
I've been puzzled by the largest muscle question, since I've learned long time ago that m. quadriceps femoris is the largest one in human body. It is sometimes considered to represent a group of four different muscles, yet, since they all have one tendon, it is more often considered to be one single muscle. I really think the gluteus maximus answer is wrong, and that quadriceps should be at least an accepted, if not the only answer.
ketchupkawawa
+3
Level 51
Nov 30, 2020
Perhaps clarify that “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is referring to the play and not the work by Mendelssohn? (Or Britten’s opera, I guess)
mattBk
+3
Level 73
Nov 30, 2020
it does say who "wrote" and not who "composed"
JohnnyYeet
+1
Level 61
Nov 30, 2020
Crossy Road for the amphibian one?
Badeghut
+1
Level 69
Dec 24, 2020
I feel like "orangoutang" should be accepted.
CS
+1
Level 66
Feb 12, 2021
Please accept more misspellings for mitochondria.
lesnops
+4
Level 71
Dec 22, 2024
Given the phrasing of the question, the singular form of mitochondria (i.e., mitochondrion) should have been accepted.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 80
Feb 9, 2025
Yes please accept 'mitochondrion'!
Lukose
+1
Level 74
Feb 9, 2025
Yes please!
Hollygomerryround
+6
Level 56
Jan 26, 2025
I tried egg, faberge egg, faberge egg ornament, ornaments.. is it any less the right answer without the s?
DelaBriQue
+1
Level 65
Feb 9, 2025
I second that. The "s" looks not necessary here.
FrankPentangeli
+1
Level 52
Feb 9, 2025
Midochondria!!! Still hurts.
QuizzerBros
+1
Level 68
Feb 9, 2025
Ugghhh, I tried musers
TheDork
+1
Level 71
Feb 9, 2025
I typed in Shepherds for the pie clue and figured

I was incorrect and moved on. Since the clue has pie in it, can this be accepted?

Oxynitrate
+1
Level 26
Feb 10, 2025
Caribou should be allowed as that's what we call them in Canada.
zarodinu
+1
Level 49
Feb 12, 2025
couldn't orang also refer ot the orang pendek, which is like an Indonesian bigfoot
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