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General Knowledge Quiz #33

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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First submittedMay 20, 2012
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What city is famously associated with gondolas?
Venice
What type of animal killed the Crocodile Hunter?
Sting ray
Among the countries in Africa, which one has the largest economy?
Nigeria
How many problems does Jay-Z have?
99
If I have an eye-patch, a peg-leg, and a parrot on my shoulder, what am I?
a Pirate
What is the common translation of the phrase "Carpe Diem"?
Seize the day
In the spy world, what is a "mechanic"?
an Assassin
What language does the word "yogurt" come from?
Turkish
What novel does Mr. Darcy famously appear in?
Pride and Prejudice
What country did the Soviet Union invade in 1979?
Afghanistan
What body of water connects the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean?
The Panama Canal
What body part do zombies crave?
BRAAAIINNNS
What country was formerly known as Formosa?
Taiwan
Who said "my, what big teeth you have"?
Little Red Riding Hood
What does a horticulturist study?
Plants
What common first name is also a word that means "honest; blunt; candid"?
Frank
What are criminal judges in the United Kingdom required to wear on their heads?
a Wig
What chemical element is charcoal mostly made of?
Carbon
In what fictional kingdom did "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" take place?
Narnia
What is the meaning of the Portuguese word São?
Saint
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88 Comments
azucarita
+2
Level 77
May 18, 2012
nice quiz. keep 'em coming
mountainsong
+8
Level 30
Sep 29, 2012
Could the "gondola" question be re-stated? I was thinking of a gondola ski lift when I saw it.
IsleAuHaulte
+25
Level 90
Aug 29, 2018
"What city is associated with ski lifts" really makes no sense. If you don't know what a gondola is, you probably aren't getting the answer. Learn, instead of asking others to bend to your lack of knowledge.
CartoJuggernaut
+42
Level 70
Nov 13, 2018
Hey man I don't agree with him either but you don't need to be so harsh
jmellor13
+23
Level 67
Nov 13, 2018
A gondola *is* a type of ski lift, so maybe take your own advice. In the US, I think "Aspen" is a perfectly viable answer if you read the question the way mountainsong read it.
Carlos
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Level 42
Nov 13, 2018
Aspen’s population is less than 8000 - far too small to be called a city.
ASmartPanda
+2
Level 49
Nov 14, 2018
I am from northern USA, so same here.
MiracleMax
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Level 74
Jul 22, 2019
I agree. I tried a bunch of Colorado ski towns, plus Zurich, Geneva, and Engelberg before it clicked with me.
BlendedCow
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Level 44
Nov 25, 2012
More people know about Jay-Z than so many other things. Interesting.
ander217
+9
Level 74
Jun 11, 2016
I had time left so I just started typing all the numbers, and made it to 99 before time was up.
Instrumental
+28
Level 59
Jun 24, 2016
If you havin quiz problems I feel bad for you son...
KWOrpheus
+18
Level 79
Jan 20, 2017
You got 99 problems, but that question ain't one.
Algernon
+2
Level 73
Aug 25, 2018
Not me. I hadn't a clue on that question. My guess of "a F***ing lot" wasn't accepted for some reason. Very harsh Quizmaster, surely that should be a type in? lol
JackintheBox
+3
Level 80
Oct 31, 2019
Right. I know next to nothing about Jay-Z.
aliberti68
+2
Level 54
Feb 8, 2013
victim of spelling...
Yankee
+15
Level 51
Jul 19, 2013
If you have a eye-patch, a peg-leg, and a parrot on your shoulder, you are an escapee of an insane asylum.
cariad
+2
Level 41
Jun 1, 2015
Not all pirates have a peg leg, eye patch and a parrot, only Long John Silver is described that way, so could he could be acceptable please?
RobNobody
+2
Level 78
Nov 13, 2018
But Long John Silver didn't have an eyepatch.
Nachtschicht
+6
Level 60
Oct 26, 2021
But real hardcore pirates have two peg legs, two eye-patches, 2 hooks instead of hands and a swarm of parrots!

(and most likely a lot of other - much smaller - animals...)

wolfcat95
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Level 66
Apr 16, 2023
A group of birds is a flock, not a swarm. ;-)
LarryLovage
+2
Level 55
Jun 7, 2016
I tried "disabled" and "very ill". I too am against identification by cliché.
ILikeQuizes
+8
Level 62
Nov 10, 2016
I tried "Stupid," "Crazy," "Insane," and "Quizmaster on the weekends." Can these be acceptable type ins?
Shikari
+2
Level 33
Dec 5, 2016
Long john silver. Not just 'pirate'.
RobNobody
+1
Level 78
Apr 16, 2023
Long John Silver didn't have an eyepatch.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Dec 14, 2018
Pirate seemed too easy, thought it was a trick question... allmost typed mad, but ended up trying pirate first..
Quetzalcoatl
+1
Level 20
Dec 16, 2013
I think you should add enjoy the day or pluck the day as it is ripe... Thanks
FractalDoom
+9
Level 43
Apr 29, 2014
The question asks for the most common translation, I don't see how adding two answers that are far more obscure than 'seize the day' would help.
smartcookie17
+2
Level 45
Jul 7, 2014
But that would desecrate Newsies!

'Now is the time to seize the day! Stare down the odds and don't delay! Proud and defiant, you'll slay the giant, go and seize the day! Neighbor to neighbor, father to son, one for all and all for one!'... Maybe I got a little carried away.

PacoGee
+3
Level 44
Feb 8, 2015
in latin Carpe means you grab (seize) and diem the day Why do people argue with every answer, esp when they no nothing, like Jon Snow?
Nyneve922
+4
Level 41
Mar 18, 2015
(except "know" nothing)......LIKE
Bux72
+1
Level 29
Apr 30, 2014
Would have never guessed Turkish for "yogurt" ... only one I missed and we learn something new everyday :)
SolomonPierce
+1
Level 35
May 29, 2014
I read religion as region >.
arewethereyet421
+16
Level 14
May 16, 2015
Who else said Greek for the yogurt question?
wolfcat95
+1
Level 66
Apr 17, 2023
I did, but had plenty of time to try other languages in the neighborhood. Arabic? No. Persian? No. Hindi? No. Finally stumbled onto it.
JZG77
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Level 33
Jan 21, 2025
Yogurt is a very basic nomad food so highly likely that Turkic people brought it to Anatolia considering our yogurt based foods they have (such as ayran). Fun fact, when the Greek-Turkish population exchange happened, mainland Greeks called Anatolian Greeks "baptized in yogurt" because they associated yogurt with Turks. The word itself is also Turkish. Funnily, the guy who popularized "Greek" yogurt in the US was a Kurdish businessman from Turkey and he worked with Turks originally. But you know what sells better? Naming it Greek.
Squirrelzone
+2
Level 7
Jun 24, 2016
Lol no one remembers Taiwan but I do cuz I'm American born Taiwanese lelelelel
Speed4TheNeed
+2
Level 88
Aug 20, 2017
I live in New Orleans and knew it instantly because of the huge swarms of Formosan termites that occur every May here lol
samiamco
+1
Level 68
Aug 16, 2018
You keep telling yourself that, Lumi.
CaptainHumanLogic
+1
Level 40
Oct 11, 2016
Nigeria has the largest economy, look it up
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Oct 12, 2016
This has been updated
floccopus
+1
Level 53
Mar 30, 2024
spain, via ceuta and melila?
Rivet4100
+1
Level 16
May 3, 2017
Now South Africa has the largest economy
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jul 22, 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)

frognbuff
+3
Level 87
May 21, 2017
If I have an eye-patch, a peg-leg, and a parrot on my shoulder, what am I? A very stereotypical and culturally appropriated but historically (mostly) inaccurate pirate.
roadrage
+4
Level 67
Nov 13, 2018
Which culture is being appropriated?
Dimby
+12
Level 79
Apr 16, 2021
Pirate culture. I come from a long line of pirates and take offense to this question. You need to check your privilege. Do you have two working legs? Privilege. Do you have two working eyes? Privilege. Do you have a shoulder free of bird excrement? Privilege.
Nucella
+10
Level 83
Aug 14, 2018
A horticulturalist might be more specifically and aptly described as someone who studies gardening and the cultivation of plants, whereas it is a botanist who just studies plants.
ReyFer
+5
Level 65
Aug 20, 2018
I agree, plants is too generic

I would change the answer to fruits or vegetables (or orchards, which is where the word comes from)

monkyboy
+4
Level 37
Sep 12, 2018
I totally agree - the study of plants is botany. Horticulture refers to gardens or orchards.
Froststar101
+1
Level 73
Nov 3, 2021
I tried crops and agriculture
Momillo
+2
Level 61
Sep 5, 2022
agreed
PitifulExcuse
+1
Level 65
Mar 6, 2024
yup! I think cultivation is the operative word here.
floccopus
+1
Level 53
Mar 30, 2024
"domestic plants" might be a viable choice
sprig3
+7
Level 80
Aug 20, 2018
I thought of Ernest for the Frank one. I guess Ernest doesn't mean blunt.
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 91
Nov 13, 2018
Ernest isn't really a common name, though. The only Ernests I know are Borgnine and Hemingway. And the Jim Varney character.
determinedtobeatthis
+4
Level 68
Nov 14, 2018
to be fair, though, I don't personally know anyone named Frank either...
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 91
Apr 16, 2023
I know a lot more Franks than Ernests though. In fact one of my next door neighbors is named Frank.
PitifulExcuse
+1
Level 65
Mar 6, 2024
Don't you remember that great play, 'The Importance of Being Frank'?
RobNobody
+5
Level 78
Nov 13, 2018
Also, the name is Ernest, but the word you're thinking of is "earnest" (which means more like "sincere.")
clew85
+7
Level 55
Mar 29, 2019
I thought "Curt" was equally appropriate, and got really tripped up when that answer didn't work. Seems unfair to have a question with multiple possible answers!
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Apr 10, 2020
Granted. I didn't think of Curt, but my first thought was Ernest. But then realized that Ernest and Earnest were spelled differently. However, Istill missed Frank because I don't know any Franks who are not actually Francis.
Dimby
+2
Level 79
Apr 16, 2021
I think I almost exclusively have seen the name spelled with a "K". Kurt. The word is "curt". Also, I think "curt" is closer in definition to "terse" than it is to "frank".
MrKenny
+2
Level 67
Nov 13, 2018
alternatives to "seize the day" should be accepted like "enjoy the day", shouldn't they?

beside what's the difference between "panama canal" and "canal of panama"? both could also be accepted?

Loyal
+1
Level 66
Nov 16, 2018
i think it's cause panama canal is the standard name for it.
joedimaggio
+10
Level 73
Nov 13, 2018
Technically, the Atlantic Ocean also connects the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean. Should it be accepted? :)
AlexThirkell
+2
Level 75
Nov 11, 2020
eye-roll :)
Froststar101
+1
Level 73
Nov 3, 2021
Unironically yes
PotatoBoy
+5
Level 66
Nov 13, 2018
Piece of culture over the portuguese language. The word saint would immediatly translate to "Santo". "São" means the same thing but it is considered a variation of "santo". "São" is used exclusively when followed by the name of the saint, and only if the name starts with a consonant, like "São Paulo". For St. Anthony, for example, it would be "Santo Antônio".
AbiA
+2
Level 86
May 23, 2022
Also, I believe são means they/you (plural) are (permanently).
Koult45
+1
Level 53
Nov 28, 2020
My science knowledge reallly needs work.
dcst
+1
Level 37
May 16, 2021
Steve Irwin died from a manta ray not a sting ray
FlickerP
+7
Level 74
Jul 22, 2021
He was killed by a stingray barb through his chest. Manta rays do not have barbs and therefore are not harmful to humans
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 71
Aug 27, 2021
yup
MrKenny
+3
Level 67
Sep 16, 2022
can't we say that it was a ray without any other precision ?
SpartanLlama
+2
Level 71
Aug 27, 2021
Turkish is not too hard because usually Greek comes to mind first so then you guess something near with a historical connection
MissyMarie
+1
Level 38
Feb 13, 2022
Yay! My first 100% on the first try! It did take me a few tries for African economy and yogurt though.
stinkyninky
+3
Level 36
Jun 6, 2022
for the portuguese one i was putting "are" and i was like what when it didnt work lolz
jbro
+1
Level 71
Jan 10, 2023
Everyone just typed in Greek for yogurt first
JZG77
+1
Level 33
Jan 21, 2025
Not everyone. Some of us know who produced/popularized "Greek" yogurt in the USA was a Kurdish businessman from Turkey who only named it Greek so it would sell better. Otherwise, Greeks themselves a hundred years ago associated yogurt with Turks. (See: Greco-Turkish population exchange and why mainland Greeks called Anatolian Greeks "baptized in yogurt")

Yogurt is a very basic nomad food, many other Turkish foods are made with yogurt, including ayran or tutmaç.

Napier001
+1
Level 54
Feb 7, 2023
Earnest?
RobNobody
+2
Level 78
Apr 16, 2023
Different spelling. The word is earnest, but the name is Ernest.
casiopea
+3
Level 55
Mar 30, 2023
a horticulturist does not study plants, they study gardening. a botanist studies plants.
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 69
Jun 9, 2023
Exactly! I tried so many different combinations trying to get it, because I know what it means.
EmilyGriffin
+2
Level 44
Apr 18, 2023
I did Ernest for the Frank one lol
kuteva
+1
Level 45
May 7, 2023
I think Ernest should also be accepted.
Neodymium
+1
Level 62
Feb 1, 2024
Ms. Hood's last name should be accepted
dynamight23
+1
Level 45
Jul 8, 2024
My first thought was Ernest. And 'sao' also means 'they are'
alcatsare
+1
Level 27
Aug 7, 2024
Could accept Turk for Turkish maybe ?
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