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General Knowledge Quiz #226

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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On what island would you find the River Shannon?
Ireland
Where was Kwanzaa first celebrated in 1966? (name the country)
United States
What is made from mostly wood, graphite, and rubber?
Pencil
What is halite better known as, especially when you put it on your food?
Salt
What army unit consists of about 10,000–25,000 soldiers?
Division
Magnus Jóhannesson is from Iceland. He has a son. What is his son's last name?
Magnusson
What place did aviator Richard E. Byrd visit by air in 1929,
becoming the first person to do so?
The South Pole
What Nobel Prize winning leader stepped down in 1991 and appeared in a
Pizza Hut commercial seven years later?
Mikhail Gorbachev
What fabric gets its name from the city of Nîmes, France?
Denim
What 1997 movie was, at the time, the most expensive in history
and required a 17 million gallon water tank?
Titanic
What absurdist play could be summarized as "Godot never shows up"?
Waiting for Godot
In what country are "bonjour", "Guten Tag", and "buongiorno" all different ways to say
hello using an official language?
Switzerland
What would you use a "depth charge" against?
Submarine
What dark red gem is the birthstone for the month of January?
Garnet
In what country would you find the Nagorno-Karabakh region, once home to a large
Armenian population that was forced to flee in 2023?
Azerbaijan
What is known in France as petit-déjeuner, literal translation: "little lunch"?
Breakfast
What causes things to sound higher pitched when they are moving towards us?
Doppler Effect
What was notable about Dolly, a famous sheep born in 1996?
She was a clone
What profession's red and white sign stands for blood and bandages, a relic from when
they provided surgical services?
Barbers
What car model, on its retirement in 1927, was responsible for about half of all the
automobiles ever sold?
Ford Model T
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22 Comments
Arp2600
+6
Level 89
Oct 25, 2023
"Déjeuner" is mispelled.

And it is clever to have said "in France" and not "in French". In other french-speaking countries (Belgium, Switzerland, Canada), we rather say "déjeuner" for breakfast, "dîner" for lunch and "souper" for dinner/supper.

Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Oct 25, 2023
Fixed the spelling, thank you.
AbiA
+1
Level 88
Oct 28, 2023
Interesting, thanks.
HappyQuizzer
+1
Level 68
Nov 10, 2023
Interesting. I've heard both of those used sometimes in northern France too
Philippelebel
+3
Level 79
Feb 19, 2025
The meaning of 'dejeuner' has changed in France over time, too. 'Dejeuner' used to mean breakfast, which makes sense: it literally means 'breaking the fast' from the previous night, just like in English. Then people starting to eat their breakfast later and later during the day--and a 'little breakfast' was added earlier in the day to fill the gap.
EconomicSnake
+1
Level 73
Oct 25, 2023
Can you accept "cloning"?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 25, 2023
Yes
GalileoS
+3
Level 85
Oct 25, 2023
I answered North Pole for the Admiral Byrd question and was given credit for that answer.
Jerry928
+1
Level 76
Nov 6, 2023
Me too, and when I checked "North Pole" to be sure, it is a wrong answer because he reached that in 1926.
CaptainUnderpant
+2
Level 81
Oct 25, 2023
Gorbachev was in a Pizza Hut commercial!? Color me intrigued
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Oct 27, 2023
Yes! It's on Youtube, and it's amazing!
cledun2
+1
Level 95
Oct 26, 2023
Richard Byrd's flight to the North Pole may have been fraudulent.
RobNobody
+1
Level 80
Nov 30, 2024
And even if it wasn't, it definitely didn't happen in 1929.
barmanitan
+1
Level 84
Oct 26, 2023
Wilkins and Eielson were the first over Antarctica in general it seems, didnt think to also try the south pole but indeed the answers are different. They were also the first to fly over the Arctic Ocean, impressive to have firsts at both ends of the globe
hesasmartone
+1
Level 45
Dec 19, 2023
Please accept "Gorbachav" for Gorbachev
ddddan
+4
Level 85
Mar 10, 2024
Username does not check out?
flowerpot101
+1
Level 65
Dec 21, 2023
US is acceptable in most quizzes.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 18, 2026
No. It is never allowed in featured quizzes. USA is always accepted though.
ddddan
+2
Level 85
Mar 10, 2024
Don't forget "Grüezi" :)
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jun 26, 2024
For the Iceland one I was having fun with it trying Johanessonsson and Johanesgrandson
FreeStater
+1
Level 81
Dec 25, 2024
I thought Kwanzaa came from Angola. Turns out it's just based on some local practices.
Bella203
+1
Level 38
Feb 25, 2025
I literally put model t ford and didn't get it
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