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General Knowledge Quiz #152

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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What is the only country whose name starts with the letter Y?
Yemen
When is the only time that Freddy Krueger can hurt you?
In your dreams
Which X-men character shares his name with the state animal of Michigan?
Wolverine
To which Greek goddess was the Parthenon dedicated?
Athena
What is the heaviest type of bird?
Ostrich
What band's fans called themselves "Deadheads"?
The Grateful Dead
What food makes Mario grow larger in the original Super Mario Bros?
Magic mushroom
What business leader nearly always wore a black turtleneck, jeans, and white sneakers?
Steve Jobs
What island nation is located about 50 miles south of Sicily?
Malta
What painting by Sandro Boticelli features a nude woman standing on a scallop shell?
Birth of Venus
What event was held in 1896 after a hiatus of about 1500 years?
The Olympic Games
What film franchise has installments named "Beyond Thunderdome" and "Fury Road"?
Mad Max
What king spied Bathsheba bathing on the roof and then conspired to have
her husband killed?
King David
What action star is the lead actor in "Transporter"?
Jason Statham
What empire contained an estimated 45% of the world's population in 480 BC?
Achaemenid Empire
(Persian Empire)
What type of insect lives 13 or 17 years as a nymph and just 4 to 6 weeks as an adult?
Periodical cicadas
What is the national language of Pakistan?
Urdu
What is the national gemstone of Australia? (hint: it starts with O)
Opal
Who retired from acting after marrying Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956?
Grace Kelly
What fashion designer had initials YSL?
Yves Saint Laurent
31 Comments
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Level ∞
Apr 22, 2016
p.s. Can anyone identify the island depicted on the thumbnail picture?
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Level 73
Apr 22, 2016
Is it that island belonging to the only country that starts with the letter Y?
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Level 87
Apr 22, 2016
Indeed, those are dragon blood trees, that only live there.
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Level 41
Nov 9, 2018
yemen is not an island
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Level 43
Jul 26, 2021
Yemen has islands.
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Level 64
Jul 28, 2021
Socotra
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Level 66
Apr 24, 2016
I'm thinking Socotra (Suqatra).
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Level 68
Sep 22, 2016
Socotra (Yemen). It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Level 65
Apr 25, 2018
isn't it madagascar?
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Level 85
Jun 15, 2021
Madagascar has baobab trees. They bear a resemblance, but those are definitely not baobabs.
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Level 81
Jul 22, 2021
Dragon blood trees of Socotra, Yemen.
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Level 73
May 2, 2016
Fun quiz, nice range of topics. Thanks!
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Level 60
Sep 12, 2016
C'mon! Yves Saint Lauren isn't accepted? I didn't know it had a T...
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Level 76
Sep 12, 2016
You do now, therefore you're Cleverer
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Level 28
Sep 12, 2016
hah.
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Level 68
Jul 26, 2021
Can you accept ‘Greatful Dead’ for ‘The Grateful Dead’ and ‘Elizabeth Holmes’ for ‘Steve Jobs’?
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Level 90
Jul 26, 2021
Why Elizabeth Holmes? Because she frequently wore a black turtleneck? I wouldn't say she 'nearly always' wore it, and I don't think she ever wore jeans or white sneakers.
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Level 67
Jul 26, 2021
Shoutout to Jeff Buckley for leading me to the King David answer.
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Level 47
Aug 31, 2021
Was looking for that comment!

"You saw her bathing on the roof,

her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you".

Also respect to Leonard Cohen mind.

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Level 41
Jul 30, 2021
So, "King Dave"???
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Level 39
Sep 23, 2021
Tell me why I could for the life of me only think of yugoslavia
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Level 52
Dec 18, 2023
I believe cicadas should be an acceptable answer.
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Level ∞
Jan 16, 2025
It is
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Level 94
Jan 16, 2025
It would be nice as a cicada when you get to 14 you know you have at least 3 more years to live (as you either live for 13 OR 17 years)
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Level 85
Jan 17, 2025
Yeah, but after going 16+ years without paying any bills, their credit score must ruined.
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Level 82
Jan 16, 2025
Freddy Krueger - isn't it more a place than a time?
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Level 66
Jan 17, 2025
I had no hope of guessing this one because your dreams are not a time of day or a time of year or a time of life.
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Level 96
Jan 17, 2025
is it possible that Michigan changed its state animal?

all sources seem to mention the white-tailed deer.

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Level 75
Jan 23, 2025
You are correct. The wolverine is not the state animal of Michigan. Rather, Michigan is sometimes referred to as the "Wolverine State". The current wording of this question does not however ask about Michigan being the _____ State. More accurate wording (but still relatively short) would be "...with an animal often associated to Michigan?"
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Level 16
Jan 27, 2025
What actor did X over 60 years ago? You can't expect people to know this. 50 years ago, seems the longest time you can expect someone to know any question about movies, TV, sports, etc.
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Level 78
Jan 29, 2025
Many people are, in fact, aware of things that happened before the 1970s. And 58% of people did know it, so it's not nearly as unreasonable as you seem to think.