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General Knowledge Quiz #45

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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First submittedAugust 23, 2012
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What type of cheese is most commonly used on pizza?
Mozzarella
What animated Disney movie featured an elephant with big ears?
Dumbo
What company bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012?
Facebook
Although not current, what is the most well-known scale for measuring
earthquake intensity?
Richter
What family was Juliet from in the play "Romeo and Juliet"?
Capulet
What is the second element in the periodic table?
Helium
What modern-day animal did the extinct Mastodon most closely resemble?
Elephants
What Spanish island has 3 of the world's top 10 night clubs, according to DJ Mag?
Ibiza
What company could be described as the European equivalent of Boeing?
Airbus
What well-known flag has five rings on it?
The Olympic Flag
In which U.S. state is Pearl Harbor located?
Hawaii
What actor won a $10 million judgement in 2022 after suing ex-wife Amber Heard
for defamation?
Johnny Depp
On which day of the year does Bastille Day occur?
July 14
What Z word is the antonym of nadir?
Zenith
Who is the patron saint of lost causes?
St. Jude /
St. Rita
What is the westernmost national capital in the Americas?
Mexico City
There are 14 eight-thousanders in the world. Among these 14, which one is nearest
to being a nine-thousander?
Mt. Everest
What movie character fought in Vietnam, played ping pong, and ran across America?
Forrest Gump
What's either a type of flower or part of your eye?
Iris
Who was sentenced to death in 399 BC for impeity and corrupting the youth of Athens?
Socrates
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66 Comments
gravyfury
+8
Level 22
Aug 25, 2012
I needed more time for my misspellings :(
smartcookie17
+3
Level 45
Oct 29, 2014
Is it weird that for the Spanish Island I tried Tortuga?
fitheach
+24
Level 58
Jan 18, 2019
Yes
ShievaAndGolly
+2
Level 58
Feb 17, 2022
Yes, doesn't Tortuga mean turtle?
Frankthetriviaman
+6
Level 37
Oct 29, 2014
I hate to be this guy, but the Richter scale has not been used since the 70s; now it's the moment magnitude scale.
Quizmaster
+17
Level ∞
Oct 29, 2014
No need to apologize. I actually like corrections when they are accurate!
CraftBananaDuty
+3
Level 39
Jan 18, 2019
Really? in the Netherlands we still use Richter
fitheach
+13
Level 58
Jan 18, 2019
Geologists use the MMR but for some reason the press change it to Richter (it happens in the UK too).
DonTheLamplighter
+20
Level 86
Nov 8, 2019
Wait, so you're trying to tell me that the media are lazy and inaccurate?!!! Get out.
BlackLab
+1
Level 66
May 10, 2023
A richter scale interprets the seismographical data generated by a seismometer. Kind of like how a ruler measures, but the data is interpreted as imperial/US or metric. My interpretation anyways
InterAlia
+1
Level 78
Jul 25, 2023
What?
rawe
+1
Level 66
Oct 29, 2014
Can you accept Apollo XI?
theperiodictable
+3
Level 46
Jan 6, 2016
i never knew Facebook bought instagram i would delete it if i knew because i don't have a particular liking to Facebook
aloepottt
+18
Level 49
Oct 14, 2022
Im assuming you got the periodic table question.
plattitude
+3
Level 95
Sep 17, 2018
Guessed Aerobus, then moved on when it didn't work. I was close...
rainangel
+1
Level 46
Jan 31, 2023
i didn't know it was a company 😭😭
Volhosis
+2
Level 51
Jan 13, 2019
I kept trying to type "parmesan", *sigh*
howard38
+6
Level 61
Jan 18, 2019
Lol...that would be one crappy pizza!
kalbahamut
+6
Level 81
Jan 18, 2019
I've had some really good pizza with other types of cheeses or no cheese, including parmesan.
Findlay
+5
Level 81
Feb 3, 2020
Kal, I once had a "French onion" pizza with gruyere and caramelised onion. I was skeptical, but it was actually pretty good.
EcceHomo
+3
Level 83
Jan 13, 2022
Are we talking about the original Neapolitan pizza or the NYC copy?

:D

kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Feb 28, 2022
I know you're trolling but pizza was not originally made in Naples, neither in its earliest proto form (probably Greece), nor in the way that is familiar to billions around the world who use the word to describe it (New York).

Though of course New York pizza (also known as pizza) is the variety that is almost always served with an evenly-distributed layer of a mozzarella cheese as a foundation. That's why the quiz only specifies "pizza." Because New York style pizza is, to virtually everyone alive on the surface of the Earth, pizza. But there are other varieties that use less, none, or other kinds of cheeses.

Ferbin
+4
Level 78
May 18, 2023
So yanks invented modern pizza too. Good grief. You always have to be the center of everything, don't you?
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 91
Jul 9, 2023
Projecting much?
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 91
May 10, 2023
Anything would be better than bland melted mozzarella.
torny81
+7
Level 73
Jul 4, 2019
FYI: in Italy we actually have at least two pizzas with Parmesan: the "four cheeses" which often includes parmesan, and a pizza topped with parmesan flakes (not melted), arugola and bresaola.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Feb 28, 2022
see? Other varieties do exist. Even though this isn't what people usually mean when they say pizza. So the question on the quiz is, of course, near universally understood.
dunkinggandalf2
+5
Level 70
Oct 10, 2020
Parmesan works really well on pizza.
ruudsje
+2
Level 69
Jan 19, 2019
isn't anthony (of padua) also a patron saint for lost causes? i clearly remember my nan saying some kind of prayer (rhyme) whenever she couldn't find things. and wikipedia seems to agree.
IrisIris
+7
Level 60
Jun 8, 2019
and i tried Saint Rita. she is a patron saint for lost causes too. please accept that answer
yourlocalbugboy
+1
Level 56
Aug 17, 2022
I agree @irisiris! Saint Rita is a patron saint of lost causes! They should also be accepted!
yourlocalbugboy
+5
Level 56
Aug 17, 2022
@ruudsje Anthony of Padua is the patron saint of lost *items, people, and souls - not causes
matthias144
+1
Level 81
May 12, 2023
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_of_Cascia wikipedia agrees with saint rita as patron saint for lost causes
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 12, 2023
St. Rita will work now.
SatinArmchair
+1
Level 70
Oct 16, 2020
nice quiz 10/10 would play again
Koult45
+1
Level 53
Nov 28, 2020
Christ, I really need to learn my periodic table.
terlich
+4
Level 24
Jan 15, 2021
Saint Rita is also a patron saint for lost causes, please accept this answer.
purplejack
+6
Level 57
May 6, 2022
Thank you Florence + the Machine for the answer to the patron saint of lost causes. =)
Pookminstamum
+1
Level 64
Sep 10, 2022
deuterium was not correct 😕
Ferbin
+4
Level 78
May 18, 2023
Cause that's an isotope of an element (hydrogen), not an element itself.
CosmicCalamity
+1
Level 73
Dec 1, 2023
Well, yeah.
MarcellDAvis
+3
Level 78
May 10, 2023
Could you accept more type-ins for St. Jude? He is also commonly known as St. Jude Thaddeus or just Thaddeus, as well as just Judas or Jude (but not to be confused with Judas Iscariot, who is obviously not a saint).
Jango
+1
Level 63
May 10, 2023
Airbus as the equivalent of Boeing makes no sense to me as a European. Please explain?
Speed4TheNeed
+5
Level 89
May 10, 2023
Airbus and Boeing are the world's two biggest passenger plane manufacturers...by a very large margin.
plattitude
+10
Level 95
May 10, 2023
The eight-thousander has to be the most convoluted clue for that I've ever seen.
Deathranger999
+6
Level 64
May 11, 2023
I think it's meant to be a little convoluted; it more tests your knowledge of terms related to mountains, rather than just your knowledge of mountains itself.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 13, 2023
Thank you. Exactly.
Bonifratz
+1
Level 49
Apr 1, 2025
Right, I was confused about only 25% when basically all it does is ask for the tallest mountain. But then on re-reading the question, I see that it never actually mentions mountains so I guess a lot of people don't even know what the question is about.
Algernon
+5
Level 73
May 11, 2023
It completely stumped me. I had not the faintest idea what it was on about. It becomes clear when you see the answer, but I’m not sure I would have worked it out.
rabble
+1
Level 68
Jul 9, 2023
I assumed it was asking for shortest & skipped it :(
Bonzo65
+1
Level 72
Jul 9, 2023
I thought it had something to do with mega-conkers. That's a Brit childhood reference BTW, though I believe it may have spread to North America.
majdis23
+2
Level 37
Aug 24, 2023
Exactly. I was reading it fast and missed the point of the question so badly so i just skipped it and felt really stupid when I saw the actual answer.
Lukose
+2
Level 73
May 13, 2023
Impiety is misspelled.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 13, 2023
Fixed
JudgeRudy
+4
Level 67
May 16, 2023
Too elephantcentric.
GlassMonkeyCode
+2
Level 69
Jun 11, 2023
Too big-and-clumsy-things centric - Dumbo, Mastadon, Gump, Everest, Boeing.
InterAlia
+1
Level 78
Jul 25, 2023
Gump big and clumsy? No on both counts.
Trolololz
+1
Level 78
Jul 11, 2023
Accept Mootz for #1
majdis23
+2
Level 37
Aug 24, 2023
but why?
MightyAtreides
+1
Level 65
Aug 7, 2023
you misspelled impiety
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 72
Oct 9, 2023
"What modern day animal..." I didn't get the questions, but I tried mammoth. *facepalm*
hypnoshroom
+1
Level 48
Apr 23, 2024
I forgot I took a pill in Ibiza...
NonchalantX
+1
Level 33
Sep 3, 2024
Tried 14th July/14 July etc. before realising it wanted July 14.
Saintscat3
+1
Level 62
Feb 5, 2025
*impiety
GeographyDawg7
+1
Level 62
Apr 16, 2025
impiety is spelled wrong
eurotec
+1
Level 48
May 14, 2025
Only scored 9/20. I'm pretty sure "impeity" is misspelled (should be impiety), and I also got fooled the fourth question. Tried "magnitude" over and over, turns out it was the Richter scale. Great quiz overall.
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