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General Knowledge Quiz #43

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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First submittedJune 10, 2012
Times taken136,402
Average score60.0%
Rating4.18
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What city hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics?
Paris
What is the term for an angle that is greater than 90 degrees?
Obtuse
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
What does the V stand for in ROYGBIV?
Violet
What is an underwater missile called?
Torpedo
What country administered the Chinese region of Macau from 1557–1999?
Portugal
What country's name is written as Ελλάδα in its native language?
Greece
What does a Geiger counter measure?
Ionizing radiation
What musical instrument does Yo Yo Ma play?
Cello
What annual counterculture festival is held in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada?
Burning Man
What chemical makes hot peppers hot?
Capsaicin
What does a predator hunt?
Prey
What was the middle name of playwright George Shaw?
Bernard
What word is derived from the Latin for "after giving birth"?
Postpartum
Which sign of the zodiac is depicted by a lion?
Leo
Who was born in Turkey in 270 AD and (according to some) still lives today on
international sea ice?
Saint Nicholas
What children's book starts with the line "All children, except one, grow up"?
Peter Pan
What body part is composed of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum?
Small intestine
What city in modern-day Poland functioned as an independent country in the period
between the two World Wars?
Gdańsk
Which Grand Slam tennis tournament is played south of the Equator?
Australian Open
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63 Comments
gravyfury
+5
Level 22
Aug 9, 2012
ugh! I spelled cello chello! I deserve to loose! lol
hesasmartone
+27
Level 45
Aug 10, 2012
You also spelled lose 'loose.'
ozzdome
+3
Level 72
Oct 1, 2014
BOOM!!
TheDirector
+6
Level 43
Jan 18, 2016
He did that on purpose.
SolomonPierce
+8
Level 34
May 28, 2014
I thought it meant predator like the movie "Predator" I wrote humans, man, Arnold schwartzenegger etc. lol
gtj31
+4
Level 85
Sep 13, 2018
I first tried aliens! You weren't alone on immediately thinking of the movie.
Thisisreal
+1
Level 91
Jul 15, 2023
I wrote “animal”… facepalm
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 63
Feb 6, 2025
I tried "bunny rabbits" to see if the quiz was cheeky, but it wasn't.
Hollygomerryround
+1
Level 59
Mar 19, 2025
I wrote humans!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
Oct 1, 2014
Only missed violet but now the answer seems obvious.
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 63
Feb 6, 2025
Roy G. Biv is a colorful man...
blazeee
+1
Level 28
Apr 9, 2025
and he proudly stands at the rainbows end...
Westy
+3
Level 43
Nov 26, 2015
hmmm.....tried writing capsaicin several times and it wouldn't accept it!?
Sifhraven
+5
Level 76
Jan 2, 2019
I thought it was capsicum... but apparently that refers to the plants. Im not sure the correct answer will stay in my head (I think it ll something like,: ah, it wasnt capsicum, but another word that looks like it.. capsomething)
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Apr 11, 2024
yup.. it doesn't stick.. last quiz (unrelated one) I tried capsicum again, thought this time it wasn't that but for the life of me I could not think of what it was...only knew it started the same,
MelvinHaze
+1
Level 55
Jan 16, 2026
Oh, that's such a shame. I truly hope you get it next time!!!
reachforthesky
+3
Level 30
Sep 30, 2016
First time I've heard a torpedo described as a missile. Technically correct, just... strange.
FreelanceBadass
+3
Level 45
Mar 25, 2017
Q: "What does a predator hunt?"

A: Arnold Schwarzenegger

sillie
+2
Level 75
Sep 10, 2018
The Predator perhaps. Or was it the other way around?
Jerry928
+16
Level 76
Sep 11, 2018
The angle clue should read something like The term for an angle between 90° and 180°. Between 180° and 360° an angle is reflex.
buck1017
+6
Level 78
Sep 17, 2018
Ugh...84% got it right. And I'm guessing you did too. Give it a rest.
Berney
+13
Level 84
Jan 8, 2019
But Jerry928 is correct. Reflex is also a correct answer to that question as it's greater than 180 deg (and therefore 90 deg). What difference does it matter that 84% got it right (79% today), presumably they just guessed what the question was meant to say.
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 68
May 22, 2023
and the remaining 16% percent who didn't get it probably weren't thinking of reflex and wondering why it wasn't accepted.
jmellor13
+7
Level 68
Jan 8, 2019
Burning Man does for the counterculture what Adolf Hitler did for the box mustache.
vermiciousknid
+2
Level 91
Jan 8, 2019
What's that supposed to mean?
MarcellDAvis
+5
Level 79
May 5, 2023
Ruin it
vermiciousknid
+7
Level 91
May 5, 2023
There are certainly things one can criticize about Burning Man, but the 10 principles do a lot to mitigate many of the issues faced by other large festivals. I also think it's inaccurate to view "the counterculture" as so monolithic that a single festival could ruin it.
EytanMelech
+3
Level 66
Mar 11, 2020
Had to google the spelling of capsaicin.
DOUGHnut1
+2
Level 35
Dec 13, 2022
RIP to the 12% who didn't know what prey was
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 74
Jun 25, 2023
I put 'animals' first, but yeah then got it immediately after.
OfficerDibble
+3
Level 85
May 5, 2023
I admit I was just being awkward when I tried violoncello, but you should allow it.
vitriden
+11
Level 83
May 5, 2023
The least guessed question is just mean. I love it!
mrputter
+5
Level 87
May 5, 2023
I figured it out with seconds to spare, and cackled like a madman when I did. 😆

I love that question so hard! It's brilliant!

Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
May 5, 2023
Thank you. One of my better questions, IMHO.
Ears
+1
Level 92
May 5, 2023
Re ROYGBIV, I was trying the word in the rhyme, not the colour. Maybe clarification needed?
vermiciousknid
+3
Level 91
May 5, 2023
What rhyme?
GrammarBeane1
+3
Level 83
May 5, 2023
I think they were referring to the rhyme "Henry Of York Gave Battle In Vain" which is used in the UK (and other countries I'm sure) instead of ROYGBIV (pronounced as Roy G. Biv for those unfamiliar). I don't agree that "Vain" should be accepted for the answer, since that also stands in for "violet" in the mnemonic
DonTheLamplighter
+4
Level 86
May 5, 2023
The H is silent. As is the E. And the N.
kogatora
+9
Level 95
May 5, 2023
It’s a mnemonic, not a rhyme and it is Richard not (hen)Ry
MelvinHaze
+1
Level 55
Jan 16, 2026
GrammarBeane1: there's so much I could say, but I'll keep it simple - who is Henry of York?
Tobbs
+7
Level 69
May 5, 2023
Shouldn't Postnatal count as well?
eibi
+1
Level 80
May 5, 2023
Nope, that's "after being born".
Jerry928
+4
Level 76
May 8, 2023
Wikipedia uses the terms interchangeably. In New Zealand we always use postnatal, and "postpartum" is not used at all.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
May 8, 2023
But the clue asks about the Latin. Postnatal doesn't work because it doesn't mean "after giving birth" in Latin it means "after being born".
McKenzieFam
+4
Level 68
May 22, 2023
mhm. QM is right, but I couldn't get past postnatal.
DocEckleburg
+1
Level 67
May 1, 2024
Yep, same in the UK, postpartum is not used at all and postnatal is used to refer to either mother or child or both, post birth.
Djilas
+1
Level 86
May 5, 2023
"Postpartum" (full word) could be accepted as well
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 5, 2023
Done
Algernon
+3
Level 74
May 5, 2023
Who the bleep is Yo Yo Ma?

Ninety seconds of guessing musical instruments and needless to say I didn’t guess his one.

Deathranger999
+10
Level 63
May 5, 2023
Probably one of the most famous classical instrumentalists in the world, as far as I'm aware.
DonTheLamplighter
+4
Level 86
May 5, 2023
Either that, or the matriarch from "Goldilocks & the Three Yo-Yos".
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 93
Jun 25, 2023
Yeah but he's not British. If he was, Algernon probably would have gotten him.
Jerry928
+4
Level 76
May 7, 2023
When this quiz was reposted today I went to post that an obtuse angle also has to be less than 180° - then I saw that I said that in these comments five years ago!!!! Maybe time to update that clue?
GlassMonkeyCode
+4
Level 69
Jun 10, 2023
That's why Santa Claus lives at the north pole! He's been deemed a terrorist by the government, had his passport removed and is now stateless, living in exile. I'd never thought of it like that before.
Dimby
+4
Level 82
Jun 25, 2023
Does anyone else see cartoonishly voluptuous lips on the Olympic flame in the thumbnail?
vermiciousknid
+5
Level 91
Jun 28, 2023
Yes! I actually thought it was a stylized picture of a woman's face and wondered what that had to do with the quiz, until I read your comment and realized what it's actually supposed to be.
Ferbin
+2
Level 79
Jul 15, 2024
I'm sad for you if you think those "lips" are cartoonishly voluptuous.
orange3472
+1
Level 71
Aug 9, 2024
"Is currently hosting" (or just wait 3 days for "hosted" lol)
Levisek27
+2
Level 55
Sep 7, 2024
You should change it from "will host" to "hosted".
matheusdonner
+1
Level 54
Apr 23, 2025
paris at 76% is crazy
GollossalKitty
+1
Level 44
Jun 9, 2025
Saint Nicholas didn't really live in Turkey, that's not usually how one would put these things. Turks didn't arrive in Anatolia until much later, and Saint Nicholas was definitely not Turkish, so it's kind-of misleading. Saint Nicholas was probably born in the Roman Empire.
RoboquizM86
+1
Level 59
Aug 10, 2025
Thanks guys I often look at the comments for answers if I'm struggling lol!
eurotec
+1
Level 55
Aug 20, 2025
Great quiz. My rarest guess was Santa.
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