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General Knowledge Quiz #137

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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Which two countries have the largest area of tropical rainforest?
Brazil
Indonesia
Who wrote "Pride and Prejudice"?
Jane Austen
What region of the world was once spelled "Cashmere"?
Kashmir
What city gets about 15 million visitors a year, despite being forbidden for
non-Muslims to enter?
Mecca
Who visits the Fortress of Solitude near the North Pole when he needs some quiet time?
Superman
What type of animal comes in Rhesus, Capuchin, and Howler varieties?
Monkey
What is typically "Type 1" if it starts in childhood and "Type 2" if acquired as an adult?
Diabetes
What type of animal is a shell-less gastropod?
Slug
In what country of 26 million people do 99.998% of people belong
to the same ethnic group?
North Korea
What industry brought the Medici and Rothschild families to prominence?
Banking
What drug did the British grow in India and sell in China?
Opium
What type of "language" is Ruby or Perl?
Programming
language
What is the meaning of the French word "gras"? (Hint: think of Mardi Gras or Foie gras)
Fat
What religious figure's image appeared on a grilled cheese sandwich
that sold for $28,000 on eBay?
Virgin Mary
What wedding payment is common in India despite being illegal?
Dowries
What American chain once had a location inside the Forbidden City in Beijing?
Starbucks
On what TV show would you see Daleks saying "exterminate"?
Doctor Who
What did Matthew Webb become the first person to swim across, in 1875?
The English Channel
In what activity might one attempt a "Sicilian Defense"?
Chess
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43 Comments
Moon101
+2
Level 37
Jan 10, 2016
Lol i put norther india instead of kashmir
ander217
+3
Level 75
Jan 10, 2016
Same here. When India didn't work I tried other countries. I guess I need to learn the definition of region.
Somequiztaker
+1
Level 79
Jan 12, 2016
I said leach instead of slug. Could leach be accepted?
cornflakesfu
+11
Level 88
Oct 10, 2018
Leeches are not gastropods. Gastropods are molluscs, whereas leeches are annelids (earthworms, etc.)
hellodrew
+10
Level 66
Jan 13, 2016
North Korea is so obvious... after the quiz. damn it!
CRey
+23
Level 80
Jan 20, 2016
Anyone else try Santa Claus for the North Pole question
Djilas
+2
Level 84
Dec 18, 2017
of course
FlickerP
+3
Level 75
Mar 23, 2021
My hand is up
AlexaStone
+1
Level 34
Apr 6, 2025
Absolutely!
travelfan
+1
Level 67
Nov 17, 2016
I had never heard the Channel called the "English" Channel before I found this site. I still don't understand why it would be specifically be called English when it's not specifically IN a country...
brandybuck96
+14
Level 83
Nov 18, 2020
Presumably for the same reason as you have the Irish Sea in between Ireland and the UK
NotBlankName
+1
Level 55
Apr 7, 2025
Or the Indian Ocean...
DocEckleburg
+1
Level 63
Apr 10, 2025
Or the Gulf of Mexico......oh wait
Fatgamer919
+1
Level 15
Apr 7, 2025
You're clearly not from the UK or Western European.
WolfCam
+4
Level 67
Apr 21, 2018
Who are those 500 people in North Korea who aren't Koreans?
vermiciousknid
+9
Level 90
Jul 16, 2019
Abducted Japanese people, perhaps?
JessieTan04
+2
Level 26
Oct 19, 2018
gahh!! why didn't i think of north korea!!
mf3
+2
Level 89
Nov 16, 2020
I'm a bit surprised about the diversity answer. I thought some Chinese at least would have made their way across the border in the centuries before the war, and perhaps a Japanese or two. Ah well, evidently my own guess was wrong, those swarthy Liechtensteiners from that country's far south make for plenty of diversity, it seems.
Nyackjohn
+1
Level 79
Mar 22, 2021
Seriously, you won't accept "Dowry"?
FlickerP
+6
Level 75
Mar 23, 2021
That's what I typed and it worked
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Oct 18, 2024
I'm wondering how you misspelled dowry. Dorwy?
FedericoGuzman
+1
Level 74
Oct 29, 2024
Had no idea how to spell it so I wrote dowery =(
Koult45
+1
Level 53
Mar 22, 2021
So there are ~500 non-Koreans in all of North Korea. I thought Japan was homogenous, but it's *only* 98.5% Japanese.
jennraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 23, 2021
I was definitely thinking slug, but I typed snail. I was so surprised it didn't work and couldn't think of what else it could possibly be 🤦‍♀️
redsplat
+5
Level 73
Mar 23, 2021
It could be a nudibranch. Which should probably be accepted, on the off-chance that some smart person types 'nudibranch' when they were thinking 'slug' :D
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 72
Apr 20, 2021
I just tried that, because I learned that word at some point on this site and thought that's what they were asking for.
boltok
+3
Level 68
Mar 24, 2021
Tried everything from "scripting", "scripted", "interpreted", to "high level" for the language question.

Should either accept these, or maybe add a compiled language to broaden the scope?

sumguy
+2
Level 86
Oct 18, 2024
As a programmer, I tried "scripting" before "programming". That should work.
JackBeNimble
+1
Level 82
Oct 19, 2024
Likewise.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 86
Oct 19, 2024
As a computer programmer, the first thing I tried was "programming." Meh, seems fine to me.
Jonty84
+1
Level 47
Aug 30, 2021
Respect to North Korea, resist western influence, keep your homogeneity, succumb to western influence...
Froststar101
+12
Level 73
Nov 28, 2021
because North Korea is a shining example of success to you?
Cordelia75
+3
Level 56
Mar 25, 2022
I think the Indonesian rainforest has been so badly depleted it is no longer in the top five. Two sources list the Democratic Republic of the Congo as second to Brazil.
JackBeNimble
+3
Level 82
Oct 19, 2024
Yes, by my rough calculations, the DRC has about 173,000,000 hectares, whilst Indonesia has around 120,000,000.
Remster
+3
Level 79
Oct 18, 2024
Ugh, 81% of JetPunk users are kids.
brandybuck96
+3
Level 83
Oct 19, 2024
What does that have to do with the amount of rainforest in Indonesia?
Remster
+1
Level 79
Oct 19, 2024
It's a valid question.
Si2
+1
Level 66
Oct 19, 2024
Certainly not necessary, but could y'all add "Kal-El" for Superman? If we're accepting Clark Kent, that seems consistent.
cornflakesfu
+4
Level 88
Oct 19, 2024
Quiz needs to accept "awful", "unreadable", or "unmaintainable" for "What type of "language" is Ruby or Perl?"
Koopa
+1
Level 82
Oct 19, 2024
Great variety.
JMM
+1
Level 58
Apr 6, 2025
Type 1 diabetes doesn't just start in kids, my mum developed it in her 20s.
InterAlia
+2
Level 78
Apr 6, 2025
I think that's why there's a qualifier in the question.
SlipperyEel
+1
Level 48
Apr 6, 2025
the grilled cheese sandwich question was a stunning question, this was a great variety of questions!
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