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General Knowledge Quiz #189

Answer these random trivia questions.
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First submittedSeptember 18, 2018
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In what U.S. state would you find the Grand Canyon?
Arizona
Give an example of a cardinal direction.
North, South, East,
or West
In what sport would you say the word "touché" when hit?
Fencing
What are the world's three most important staple crops?
Corn
Rice
Wheat
What is the crime of starting fires called?
Arson
Who, before Joe Biden, was the only Catholic president in U.S. history?
John F. Kennedy
During what party game might people chant "how low can you go"?
Limbo
What is either the name of the fairy from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" or something
you need to play hockey?
Puck
What part of Dumbo's body was larger than normal?
His ears
What series of conflicts between England and France lasted 116 years?
The Hundred
Years' War
What city did Plato live in?
Athens
In what city would you find the headquarters of the United Nations?
New York City
What word is formed from the ancient Greek words for "star" and "sailor"?
Astronaut
What is the nickname of rolling a pair of ones in dice?
Snake eyes
What city is connected to Washington D.C. via the "red telephone"?
Moscow
In what movie did Tommy Lee Jones search every "farmhouse, henhouse,
outhouse, and doghouse" looking for Harrison Ford?
The Fugitive
Who named the Pacific ocean?
Ferdinand Magellan
What type of surgery was first performed by South African doctor
Christiaan Barnard in 1967?
Heart transplant
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40 Comments
cornflakesfu
+12
Level 87
Oct 29, 2018
I like the "Who named the Pacific Ocean?" question. I didn't know the answer, but I was able to get it after about four or five guesses.

Jetpunk = learning. Hooray!

wyocowgirl
+4
Level 79
Oct 29, 2018
I really thought it was Balboa, but I guessed Magellan later.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 90
Jul 12, 2019
Balboa never got much further than the Delaware River.
jbook
+2
Level 64
Jan 20, 2021
it's my understanding that balboa was the first european to see the pacific ocean. at least that's what i think i remember from school (many years ago).
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 56
Dec 7, 2024
No way, he got all the way to the USSR to drag some logs and stuff.

(I made the same joke below before I got yours--a hat tip to you.)

PoetsCorner
+1
Level 87
Dec 16, 2021
Isn't that why Balboa Park in San Diego is named for him?
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 56
Dec 7, 2024
I don't think Balboa even got out of Philly until the third film.
xarnac
+1
Level 72
Apr 11, 2022
I got it this time, but I apparently missed that one last time. I guess I needed to be more Pacific
TomatosRaafatos
+1
Level 74
Apr 11, 2022
Booooooh
QuizzerBros
+1
Level 68
May 10, 2024
I had the right man in my head, but I always forget his name!
zap
+4
Level 91
Oct 29, 2018
Origin of astronaut

< Greek, combining form of ástron a star, constellation, akin to astḗr star; cf. aster, -aster2

From Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 29, 2018
Fixed
blizzrd33
+5
Level 80
Oct 29, 2018
I tried heart surgery and organ transplant but didn't try heart transplant. Sigh.
ander217
+4
Level 74
Oct 29, 2018
I tried heart replacement, replacing a heart, even the desperate "giving a patient a new heart." (And I remember when that was in the news. Louis Washkansky only lived a couple of weeks before succumbing to pneumonia, but it was big, big news at the time. I just couldn't remember what it was called. Sad.)
justroo
+1
Level 64
Oct 30, 2018
Same here. I tried heart surgery and I tried transplant. I just didn't think to try them together. :-/ oops.
Hollywood
+1
Level 61
Nov 26, 2019
Should’ve tried open face surgery
asteachr
+1
Level 57
Oct 30, 2018
What's wrong with "The 100 Yrs War?" That is exactly what I typed and did not receive credit?!?
IsleAuHaulte
+10
Level 90
Jul 12, 2019
What's wrong with E and A?
Insaniot
+8
Level 61
Sep 26, 2020
EA

It's in the name.

LoneStar
+1
Level 54
Apr 11, 2022
*slow clap*
elcampeador
+5
Level 79
Nov 2, 2021
I tried o huded yas war not sure why it didn't take
partdavid
+1
Level 72
Apr 12, 2022
"Hundo War!"
Susie222
+2
Level 59
Oct 31, 2018
Richard Kimble: I didn't kill my wife.

Samuel Gerard: I don't care.

DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 85
Dec 7, 2019
Where you at, Desmondo?
Miksta
+1
Level 24
Nov 7, 2018
The Bushes were also catholics, and presidents - so that question needs revising.
IsleAuHaulte
+8
Level 90
Jul 12, 2019
Your source needs eviscerating.
Wolf6120
+1
Level 59
Nov 30, 2020
Well, that question about the only Catholic President is gonna need updating or replacing soon
MiaMaus
+1
Level 73
Jan 21, 2021
The time to update the Catholic President question has come :-)
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jan 21, 2021
Done.
kapulani3
+1
Level 74
Nov 20, 2022
I don't think this is technically true. If someone does not go to church or seem to have any belief in God, claiming a religion should not be accepted as being that.
PitifulExcuse
+1
Level 64
Apr 8, 2024
who are you to make windows in men's souls?
Koopa
+1
Level 80
Jan 24, 2022
I'm sure there's a better way to ask that Pacific Ocean question. I got the answer, but I'm sure there were many people who named it--it's just that his became the standard.
nsoper
+4
Level 66
Apr 11, 2022
Please change the question about Midsummer Night's Dream to say "something you need to play ice hockey" since in most of the world "hockey" refers to field hockey which does not use a puck.

Great quiz though!

ZeldaQuizzer
+1
Level 60
Apr 11, 2022
I spelled arson like arsene lol. I have played too much Smash Bros.
GlobalCitizen
+1
Level 65
Apr 11, 2022
Please accept "heart" for "heart transplant" too please.
TheQuizMaster101
+3
Level 14
Apr 11, 2022
Question eighth needs addressing as there are a few things wrong with it. Primarily, there are a number of fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream and therefore "the fairy" must be amended to "a fairy" or the "or" to an "and" in order for the question to have a definitive answer. Pucks are only used in ice hockey and are not used in [regular field] hockey and therefore you are citing the wrong sport. All of this comes to next-to-no relevance considering that is technically not a fairy (it is a sprite) and the character's proper name is Robin Goodfellow.
BlackLab
+2
Level 66
Jul 18, 2023
Puck was never in my kitchen.
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 56
Dec 7, 2024
Hahaha and RIP Alex Trebek.
Bletsch
+1
Level 68
Jul 26, 2023
There's a lovely poem by Keats in which he gets Balboa mixed up with Cortez, and gives Cortez credit for seeing the Pacific Ocean. Magellan would have not have scanned any better than Balboa in that line.
mjolnir
+1
Level 52
Mar 25, 2024
said jousting for fencing with fencing in my mind lmao

also said heart replacement rather than transplant

oh well

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