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General Knowledge Quiz #166

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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First submittedApril 18, 2017
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What critically-panned but highly profitable movie series starred
Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf?
Transformers
What is Marshall Bruce Mathers III better known as?
Eminem
What mountain range do buildings known as "chalets" come from?
The Alps
What is made in your lacrimal glands?
Tears
Which 1999 sci-fi film made bullet time effects famous worldwide?
The Matrix
What product did Sony release in 1979 that revolutionized portable music?
Walkman
What are helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon known as?
Noble gases
In what English county would you find Sherwood Forest?
Nottinghamshire
What country has the most people named Dmitry?
Russia
Three men in a tub sailed out to sea. One was a baker. One was a butcher.
Who was the other?
Candlestick maker
What does the German word "Bitte" mean?
Please
What soft drink, invented in Texas, claims to have 23 flavors?
Dr Pepper
Who supposedly gave Robert Johnson and Niccolò Paganini their musical powers?
The Devil
What river do the Ruhr, Main, and Moselle flow into?
Rhine
What country is also known as Cote d'Ivoire?
Ivory Coast
What was the last year that was divisible by four that WASN'T a leap year?
1900
Hawaiians call it Pahoehoe and Aa. What do most people call it?
Lava
What country do most Coptic Christians come from?
Egypt
What type of wood rhymes with "chic"?
Teak
What is 5 cubed?
125
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58 Comments
Freestatebear
+9
Level 86
Apr 18, 2017
It's also worth noting that Cote d'Ivoire does not recognize the translation of their country's name, and, in diplomatic matters at least, insists that it's name be in French, regardless of the contextual language in which it's being used.
cpgatbyu
+5
Level 86
Apr 18, 2017
I get almost 30000 hits when I Google "'Ivory Coast" site:.gouv.ci". (That's the government's official website.)
Malbaby
+4
Level 70
Apr 19, 2017
There's always one.
OfficerDibble
+3
Level 83
Jan 27, 2025
Really there should be a circumflex accent on the o - Côte d'Ivoire.
Packerswin14
+3
Level 85
Apr 20, 2017
I got stuck on thinking that Sofia, Bulgaria was named after Sophiam, the goddess of wisdom. Turns out it was named after St. Sofia church, which is named after an Eastern Orthodox Saint, who was presumably not named for the pagan goddess of wisdom. Overthinking again!
Corrode
+1
Level 60
May 1, 2017
There's a statue of Sophia in the middle of Sofia which adds to the confusion, but yes it's named for the holy spirit (Hagia Sophia).
Sammy87
+5
Level 61
May 1, 2017
I don't understand the candlestick maker question. Is it a riddle?
Lilylee
+4
Level 76
May 1, 2017
I was confused also, but after 2 seconds of using Google I found it's from an old English nursery song called "Rub-a-dub-dub".
BiggieSmalls
+3
Level 74
Nov 1, 2021
old nursery rhyme
QuizApe
+2
Level 69
Nov 1, 2021
I also thought that it was a riddle.
rocamorar
+2
Level 78
Jan 27, 2025
Stupid question
Quizmaster
+8
Level ∞
Jan 27, 2025
Translation: I got it wrong.
kiwiquizzer
+2
Level 68
May 1, 2017
I put God, but it was the devil.
roleybob
+11
Level 74
Jun 8, 2017
God can't sing the blues
RAFhatter
+4
Level 49
Nov 1, 2021
That's why there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven.
tommuelmerson
+2
Level 59
Feb 5, 2021
I put the Pick of Destiny
GalileoS
+3
Level 81
May 1, 2017
Tears are made in the lacrimal glands & carried away from the eye via the lacrimal ducts.
CardinalSin
+1
Level 79
Jan 28, 2025
Galileo is quite correct. Can this question now be re-worded?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 28, 2025
Yes, fixed.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 86
Jan 31, 2025
"What is made in your lacrimal glands? --- Tears"

Subject-verb agreement. Shouldn't this ask, "What are made...?"

HectorVortac
+2
Level 47
May 1, 2017
Though I knew better I was cheeky and put Gordon Sumner -- thanks for accepting that answer, too.
ChipOtley
+1
Level 73
May 4, 2017
Great (not to say pedantic) minds...
ColoHarpare
+2
Level 50
May 4, 2017
Pretty sure the famous violinist is "Paganini", not "Paganani"...
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 5, 2017
Fixed
MikesBrain
+5
Level 79
Sep 14, 2017
Please accept Rhein
CoolBreezes
+2
Level 79
Nov 1, 2021
Yes, that's the German spelling.
CoolBreezes
+1
Level 79
Jan 27, 2025
I came down here to request that Rhein be accepted, only to find that it’s not the first time I’ve commented about this!
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 27, 2025
That will be accepted now but it is not always our policy to accept non-English names for places since we offer quizzes in many languages besides English.
QuizWol
+1
Level 66
Apr 26, 2018
Selling soul to devil didn't work, it should. Please
Insaniot
+8
Level 61
Jun 6, 2019
Dude, this quiz is going to be so outdated by 2100.
Marvel072506
+2
Level 43
Jan 19, 2020
I remember learning about Pahoehoe and Aa in 6th grade. Everyone would burst out laughing whenever Pahoehoe was said. (Pronounced Puh-hoe-ee-hoe-ee)
pedro555
+2
Level 26
Jul 5, 2020
Stick rhymes better than Teak.
IsleAuHaulte
+8
Level 90
Sep 3, 2020
Interesting. Never heard it pronounced stēk.
Koopa
+2
Level 82
Jan 27, 2025
I don't theenk so.
RobNobody
+1
Level 79
Jan 29, 2025
Only if you pronounce chic wrong.
PietjePuk24
+1
Level 80
Mar 14, 2025
freak
Jango
+2
Level 63
Aug 13, 2021
Bitte made me laff. Good job you asked what it means in German, rather than French 😮🤣
mattBk
+1
Level 73
Nov 1, 2021
Groß bitte?
Elip
+6
Level 77
Aug 23, 2021
The general consensus of historians is that Athena is named after the city of Athens, not the other way around.

It makes a lot of sense to name your local patron deity after your city. It also contributes to both the perception of your city's divine favour and glorification of the god to claim that it was the other way around. Hence the myth that developed that Athens was named after Athena.

Froststar101
+1
Level 73
Nov 1, 2021
Yeah, I was going to say this.
Froststar101
+3
Level 73
Nov 1, 2021
Me in May 2017: 13/20

Me in November 2021: 20/20

Guess I learned something.

Cocovenice
+1
Level 78
Nov 1, 2021
I still don´t understand the leap year question .. quiz is from 2018 so 2016/4=504? Why is 1900 the answer?
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Nov 1, 2021
2016 is divisible by 4 and was a leap year. The quiz asks for a year that is divisible by 4 and *wasn't* a leap year. As for why it's 1900, I don't really get it either, but here's what Wikipedia says: "The Revised Julian calendar adds an extra day to February in years that are multiples of four, except for years that are multiples of 100 that do not leave a remainder of 200 or 600 when divided by 900." So...I'm sure there is some mathematical reason for that seemingly arbitrary rule, but 1900 divided by 900 has a remainder of 100, so I guess it wasn't a leap year.
Dimby
+8
Level 79
Nov 1, 2021
No offense, but ignore Jmellor's comment. He's talking about the Julian calendar for some strange reason. Most of the world uses the Gregorian calendar. Anyway, leap years have an extra rule because the earth doesn't revolve around the sun in exactly 365.25 days. It's slightly off so they have to get rid of years that are divisible by 100 but not by 400. That means 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2500, etc. are not leap years.
quizzicalguy
+1
Level 67
Jan 27, 2025
Thanks for this explanation!
jmellor13
+4
Level 67
Nov 1, 2021
I was not reading closely when I adapted that information, but I'm going to go ahead and leave it up as a monument to my shoddy workmanship.
Dimby
+3
Level 79
Sep 13, 2022
We still love you.
GrammarBeane1
+5
Level 83
Nov 1, 2021
Dang it, I said volcano instead of lava. So close and yet so far
Margles
+1
Level 27
Nov 1, 2021
I said Sofia too. I was so sure I was right! I somehow never heard of Athena being associated with wisdom.Well, it’s always good to learn new things!
kitshef
+2
Level 86
Nov 1, 2021
'What country is also know as" should read "known as"
Conradd23
+2
Level 58
Nov 1, 2021
Yeah, maybe it could be written as something like, "The country of Cote d'Ivoire is often written in English as:"
Fianchetto
+1
Level 76
Jan 27, 2025
Please accept "thick" wood
OfficerDibble
+2
Level 83
Jan 27, 2025
But that doesn't rhyme with chic. It rhymes with chick.
Fianchetto
+1
Level 76
Jan 27, 2025
thic
habedibubu
+1
Level 92
Jan 27, 2025
"Bitte" also means "Your Welcome" in German, I'd accept that as well as an answer.
plattitude
+2
Level 96
Jan 27, 2025
It accepts the grammatically correct "You're welcome," even without the sky comma.
stylus
+1
Level 78
Jan 27, 2025
could you accept Notts? it's the usual abbreviation for the county (just like Wilts, Herts, Bucks etc), even though it doesn't fit the _____ answer box
CockPuncher
+1
Level 54
Jan 28, 2025
The German word "Bitte" (noun) means "request". The German word "bitte" (adverb) means please. Nouns are always capitalized in German so the "please" version of "bitte" would never have a capital B.
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