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General Knowledge Quiz #24

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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Who was married to Guinevere?
King Arthur
What movie featured the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man?
Ghostbusters
What is the common name of the mandible?
Jawbone
On what island would you find Kīlauea, perhaps the world's most active volcano?
Hawaii
(The Big Island)
What musical features the song "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"?
Oliver!
In what city was Muhammad born?
Mecca
What country was formed by the union of Aragon and Castile?
Spain
What civilization, based around the Yucatán Peninsula, was the only Native American
group to independently develop a written language?
The Mayans
Which country has three capital cities?
South Africa
What shape are stop signs in most countries?
Octagon
What word, starting with T, refers to the patterns worn by Scottish clans?
Tartan
Who wrote "The Lord of the Rings"?
J.R.R. Tolkien
What is Dihydrogen Monoxide better known as?
Water
According to superstition, how long will you have bad luck if you break a mirror?
Seven Years
What sport, similar to billiards, is played with one white ball, 15 red balls,
and 6 balls of different colors?
Snooker
What trendy diet suggests that people should only eat what their
pre-agricultural ancestors ate?
Paleo
What vegetable is named after a European capital city?
Brussels sprouts
What does the harp represent on the coat of arms of King Charles III?
Ireland
What British lord is the namesake of hockey's most famous trophy
and Vancouver's most famous park?
Lord Stanley
What number system uses only zeros and ones?
Binary
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55 Comments
Horsertopia16
+6
Level 21
Jan 26, 2015
why could guess that whatever that term was was just another name for water, good ole H2O??? definitely not me.
PacoGee
+6
Level 44
Feb 5, 2015
you do realize that water is dihydrogen oxide right? it means 2 hydrogens and one oxygen.. FFS
samiamco
+39
Level 69
Aug 18, 2016
The dihydrogen monoxide thing was an experiment to see exactly how guillible people (by which I mean Americans) are, specifically about hazards and dangers in food, cleaning products, etc. They created a petition to BAN WATER, by calling it dihydrogen monoxide and listing TOTALLY TRUE facts about it (http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html; see the awesome whole site!). They took it to some earthy-crunchy, love-the-environment festival (not that there is anything wrong with earthy-crunchy, love-the-environment festivals) and practically everyone signed it with suitable moral outrage. The moral of the story was that information can be presented in a way to get people to discard their common sense and critical thinking. The joke sort of lives on; if you ever get someone spouting conspiracy theories about chemtrails or fluoride or whatever, show them the site, let them get all worked up, and then explain that it's only water. If we're lucky, they will have a small epiphany.
samiamco
+7
Level 69
Aug 18, 2016
P.S. Please, Americans – don't be offended. I'm one too!

P.P.S. I also don't mean to start a debate about chemtrails or fluoride; I just wanted to give a couple of examples of conspiracy theories that are, shall we say, not widely considered to be of much merit.

ILikeQuizes
+5
Level 62
Oct 21, 2016
I prefer hydrogen hydroxide. Its even more dangerous
Osiris
+7
Level 62
Jun 28, 2018
This is funny. Most of the conspiracy theorists give me headaches, especially the anti-vaxxers.
kalbahamut
+12
Level 81
Sep 12, 2018
Europeans fall for that crap just as readily as Americans do. Look at the EU's policies toward GMOs, for example. I also met quite a few people over there who would talk endlessly about dangerous "chemicals." It's this irrational fear that leads to people wanting to ban water (which is a chemical, after all) when it is given a "chemically"-sounding name. Unsurprisingly all of these people afraid of unnamed chemicals in diet soda and loaves of bread were heavy smokers, too.
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 68
Jan 15, 2023
have you not heard of PFAS, aka forever chemicals?
samrogerson
+5
Level 25
Jun 4, 2015
As Jack Black once said 'Octagon'!
snix
+7
Level 55
Feb 13, 2017
For what city was Muhammad born in, my first try was Louisville.
Djilas
+2
Level 83
Jun 26, 2018
That was Casius.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 85
Nov 2, 2019
Yep, I was going so fast, I assumed it was about Ali. Shocked that Louisville didn't work. Then......D'Oh!
QuizApe
+1
Level 68
Jan 15, 2023
There’s millions of people named Muhammed. Quizmaster could have been more specific.
samiamco
+8
Level 69
Jul 1, 2018
What about Roma tomatoes?
POOCH
+3
Level 72
Jul 16, 2018
That's the first one that I thought of also, but then remembered that Jetpunk always wants the English spelling of things.
Cooldrive
+3
Level 64
Aug 4, 2018
And rightfully so. But if that annoys people, it could be all Chinese in d20 years.
JackintheBox
+3
Level 80
Nov 8, 2019
How much is d20 years?
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 61
Dec 21, 2023
d20 is a 20-sided die.
xyzzy
+3
Level 71
Sep 11, 2018
Also a tomato is a fruit ;)
kalbahamut
+8
Level 81
Sep 11, 2018
What about romaine lettuce, then?
bigf420
+3
Level 44
Sep 11, 2018
Yeah, I instantly thought of romaine lettuce
ander217
+1
Level 74
Sep 11, 2018
The name of the veggie is what is asked for, not a variety. If varieties of vegetables were included the list would be too long. In addition to Roma I've also grown San Marzano and Thessaloniki tomatoes, Yellow of Parma onions, and Musselburgh leeks. I can't think of any other veggie whose basic name is also a city unless there is some obscure city in Europe named Green Bean or Turnip.
bostjan
+5
Level 72
Feb 22, 2021
But, by the same logic, brussels sprouts are a type of cabbage, so they shouldn't count.
jdtrue
+3
Level 86
Aug 19, 2018
Damn it, Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville! Mecca? Oh, Muhammad. Nevermind.
Startles
+3
Level 43
Sep 11, 2018
You should accept 7 for seven years. It shouldn't have to be spelled out.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Sep 11, 2018
7 years would have worked.
Zefyrinus
+6
Level 72
Mar 25, 2019
You have to put in years. ;)
schmib
+1
Level 60
Sep 11, 2018
I put roma tomato haha
GeographyGeek42
+1
Level 66
Sep 11, 2018
I wish I had gotten Paleo since it's the only diet that I can name off the top of my head. I can no longer that the Paleo diet is the only diet that I can name off the top of my head.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Sep 12, 2018
This has me in stitches every time I watch it.
babseddie
+4
Level 49
May 2, 2019
Snooker is a much more complex and difficult game than pool. Why is it not played in the US.
Roger77024
+20
Level 57
Jun 20, 2019
You answered your own question.
reverendmeat
+2
Level 83
Jan 25, 2023
Pool is already hard enough when you're drunk at the bar where the pool table is
CrazyBug
+1
Level 71
Jul 6, 2019
Although your clue also gives geographical information to lead to the answer, the Mayans are not the only native Americans to have developed a written language. Sequoyah developed the Cherokee syllabary around 1820. Until then the Cherokee language had only been oral, but it became also a written language at that time.
dunkinggandalf2
+6
Level 69
Oct 7, 2020
I don't think that count as having been developped "independently", since the idea was inspired by seeing the writings of Europeans/Americans.
Bdubz
+1
Level 43
Aug 17, 2019
Can you accept chin for mandible?
KingWarfare846
+2
Level 53
Apr 11, 2020
I think you should accept Brussels, I didn't even think to write out it's full name.
Koult45
+1
Level 53
Oct 25, 2020
14. Pretty pathetic that I didn't get binary and Brussel sprouts. Binary was on the tip of my tongue. Brussel Sprouts was just something obvious that I overlooked and shouldn't have, considering I went through every European capital in my head.
hannahgeographyy
+1
Level 60
Dec 14, 2020
I tried spelling octagon three different ways, just not the correct spelling
lisapanini
+2
Level 32
Mar 4, 2021
lmao this quiz was so easy, pog champ and not cringe xD
flowerpot101
+1
Level 65
Apr 14, 2021
Is Hawaii the name of the island?
Jzakibe
+3
Level 76
Apr 23, 2021
Yes. There is the state of Hawaii. But the biggest island in the state is also Hawaii and has the nickname The Big Island.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Nov 10, 2021
The most populous island in the state of Hawaii is Oahu, where Honolulu is located, but it's not the only island.
ItzIngenious
+2
Level 60
Jul 15, 2021
I bet there’s people out there who will instantly go break a mirror just to see if it’s true.
AReim
+1
Level 30
Sep 1, 2021
Does Base 2 work for the binary question?
acct4this
+3
Level 52
Mar 16, 2022
Chapelle Show has an African American slave, who secretly learned to read, driving the carriage and came to a stop sign and was like I cant show them I can read so he says what should I do at this octagon thing... slave owner says N**** who taught you octagon? anyway this will forever be why I know that a stop sign has 8 sides.
Dimby
+3
Level 79
Nov 21, 2022
That’s why????
NextLevel007
+1
Level 36
Oct 4, 2022
Fix the Queen Elizabeth thing.
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 85
Nov 21, 2022
Say "please".
WT2008
+1
Level 77
Nov 21, 2022
why won't "big island" work as a type in?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 22, 2022
It does work
JMM
+2
Level 57
Jan 15, 2023
How appropriate that I should find this quiz during a break in play of the snooker masters final.
BlackLab
+1
Level 66
Jul 5, 2023
Brussel should be a 'good enough' answer.
Nananananananana
+1
Level 74
Jan 14, 2024
The harp on Charles IIIs crest I believe only refers to Northern Ireland, it being one of the four main constituent parts of the UK.
hypnoshroom
+1
Level 47
Feb 23, 2024
Isn't romaine lettuce technically named after Rome? So it could work as a vegetable after a European capital city. Although I guess it's a specific variety
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