General Knowledge Quiz #5

Can you answer these random trivia questions?

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First submitted	January 14, 2013
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Question	Answer
What city hosted the first Modern Olympics in 1896?	Athens
Throughout most of the Harry Potter books, who was the headmaster at Hogwarts?	Albus Dumbledore
If you are born on August 1st, what is your sign?	Leo
What was Mumbai formerly called?	Bombay
Not including external territories, what is the world's southernmost country?	Chile
In the original Super Mario Brothers, who is Mario's enemy?	Bowser
What international song contest was won by ABBA and Celine Dion?	Eurovision
What's another name for D sharp?	E Flat
Who wrote "Les Misérables"?	Victor Hugo
What world leader was born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936 in Buenos Aires?	Pope Francis
What landmark is also known as Ayers Rock?	Uluru
Which province lies on British Columbia's eastern border?	Alberta
What major city has initials HCMC?	Ho Chi Minh City
Besides the sun, which star appears brightest from Earth?	Sirius
If something is "prêt-à-porter" then what can you do with it right away?	Wear It
Many cities in Germany have a U-Bahn. What is a U-Bahn?	a Subway
What are the two "observer states" of the UN that are not full members?	Palestine
	Vatican City
What does a mixologist make?	Cocktails
In what sport was Nadia Comăneci "perfect"?	Gymnastics

Level 77

Mar 7, 2013

Good quiz. I'm surprised more people knew Uluru than the Dog Star Sirius.

Level 52

Aug 12, 2014

Part of it might have been that it didn't accept "The North Star" or "Polaris."

Level 82

Oct 10, 2015

Polaris and Sirius aren't the same star. Are they?

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Level 79

Dec 31, 2015

Those are most certainly two different stars. Polaris is at the end of the handle of the little dipper and is always at the same point in the sky, day and night all year. And it is elevated from the nearest horizon by the number of degrees north latitude of the observer.

Sirius is near the horizon for most north latitude observers. The 3 stars of the sword in the belt of Orion point toward it.

Level 84

Feb 16, 2022

Very interesting. Thanks for that.

I once found my way home by using Orion's belt. (25-30 years ago) I'd visited somehwere west of where I lived and thought I'd take a short-cut home. Big mistake. Got completely turned around with winding backroads and eventually came to a "T", with no idea whether I should turn right or left. So I got out of my car, looked up (fortunately it was a clear night), saw Orion's belt and then knew which way was East.

+10

Level 36

Jan 18, 2017

Maybe I'm uneducated, but Sirius Black transforms into a dog and Sirius is the dog star, and I just realized that

Level 62

Apr 5, 2018

And Lupin means wolf...

And Remus’ code name on the Potterwatch broadcast was Romulus...the names of Rome’s founding brothers. The names in HP all mean something!

Level 76

Apr 6, 2018

Yes. Dumbledore means bumblebee and he hums all the time. Mundungus is a foul-smelling tobacco which easily reminds me of Fletcher. Granger means bailiff, and Hermione is definitely the one who maintains order among the three. Rowling made many interesting name choices.

Level 67

Apr 8, 2018

Voldemort is French for "flight from death."

Level 51

Jan 15, 2021

Couldn't reply to Sammy87 directly, but Remus and Romulus were also raised, by a she-wolf, according to legend.

Level 33

Mar 7, 2013

I really enjoyed this one. Missed a couple, but there you go. I learned something.

Level 52

Dec 6, 2016

Yay eurovision <3

+12

Level 84

Nov 14, 2017

Got Vatican City in a last second Hail Mary pass. Rather appropriate, I think.

Level 76

Nov 18, 2017

Another name for D sharp is also F-double-flat. Same note as E-flat.

Level 85

Apr 5, 2018

These three notes all differ by a comma, though...

Level 73

Mar 21, 2021

This question uses equal temperament though, so a comma would not apply here.

Level 85

Feb 16, 2022

How can you tell? ^^ That should be specified or the question is slightly incorrect ;).

Level 64

Apr 5, 2018

You should allow "Holy See" as another answer for Vatican City

Level 35

Apr 5, 2018

Agree

Level 84

Apr 5, 2018

It accepted it for me.

Level 58

Aug 23, 2021

Technically it should be the answer instead of the Vatican.

Level 57

Apr 12, 2018

For the sixth question, I typed "International Screechy Singers Contest" but it wasn't accepted...

Level 56

May 20, 2022

Add this

Level 74

Feb 13, 2020

I missed the most guessed one, but got the least guessed one. How, I have no idea

Level 44

May 18, 2020

I am SEVERELY disappointed that I have to type Dumbledore instead of dumb 'ol door. How DARE you.

Rating: 0/10

Level 75

Oct 25, 2020

Surprised that less than half of jetpunkers know that D sharp and E flat are the same.

Level 60

Jun 15, 2021

Could be because many Jetpunkers are not native English speakers. You don't teach specific terms like that in school, at least not in Finland (in English I mean---in Finnish, sure). My English is rather good for a Finn, but I had no idea D sharp is related to music. E flat I understood, but that was too late.

Level 81

Feb 15, 2022

It's dis/es in many countries

Level 77

Feb 24, 2022

I'm surprised it's that high. I'm a native English speaker but have no real knowledge of musical notation or terminology.

Level 57

Aug 1, 2022

Im surprised its that high, given most people i know dont care for musical theory at all.

Level 67

Aug 2, 2022

I'm surprised that anyone who doesn't play guitar would be expected to know this!

Level 71

Jan 27, 2023

Why guitar, specifically? This would be applicable to anyone who plays almost any instrument, as long as they are playing music in the western tradition.

Level 58

Dec 8, 2022

I have almost zero musical training but still got it

Level 65

Dec 15, 2020

An autobahn is a highway or motorway, for cars, NOT a subway which is typically used by trains.

Level 70

Mar 20, 2021

you'll note that the question asks about U-Bahns, not Autobahns

Level 87

Feb 17, 2022

U stands for "untergrund", as in unter the grund.

Level 44

Aug 1, 2022

and not everyone calls them subways, I kept typing trains, but it wouldn't accept which was annoying. We never call them subways...

Level 73

Apr 6, 2021

I have no idea why, but the quiz accepted Dumbledorf. I always used to call him Dumbledorf to annoy people I knew who liked Harry Potter, but this quiz accepted it. Is this a very generous type-in, a common mistake, or a common joke that I didn't know I was part of?

Level 61

Jun 1, 2021

Got Vatican cuz I was just thinking it would make sense, didn't think of Palestine tho

Level 68

Dec 15, 2021

Could you accept ESC (Eurovision Song Contest) for Eurovision?

Level 70

Jan 12, 2022

"D sharp" is a pitch (the fourth semitone of the solfege), also called "re diese".

"E Flat" is a major scale consisting of several pitches, also called "D sharp major".

So please either correct your question and add the word "major" after "D sharp" or change your answer to "re diese".

Level 86

Feb 15, 2022

Huh? E flat most definitely can describe a pitch just as well as D sharp does. Just as you can say G is both a pitch and the name of a major scale.

Level 85

Feb 16, 2022

I think Ilia is messing things up. Anyway, that's not a good question. In my understanding of music, D sharp and E flat are two different notes, that happen to have almost the same pitch (exactly the same only in equal temperament).

Level 67

Aug 1, 2022

If you hit the D sharp on the piano, and then you hit the E flat on the piano, you have struck the same key twice. They are the same note.

Level 71

Jan 27, 2023

Considering this is a quiz under the General Knowledge category and not a music theory quiz, I think your protestations are uncalled-for.

Level 87

Feb 17, 2022

Astrological signs are useless knowledge.

Level 81

Feb 18, 2022

Try telling my wife that....

Level 84

Nov 10, 2022

nafe: give me her number. I'll tell her.

Level 56

Mar 31, 2022

So is Harry Potter trivia

Level 67

Aug 2, 2022

98% of jetpunk is useless knowledge - isn't that why we enjoy it?

Level 74

Feb 19, 2022

no Janica Kostelić

Level 93

Apr 18, 2022

Can you please allow "uneven bars" for the last answer? I apparently couldn't think broadly enough and was sitting here trying to figure out which other even she could have competed in for a perfect 10... :)

Level 93

Apr 18, 2022

Crap, now I see it says sport, not event. Gah!!

Level 64

Feb 3, 2023

What about Order of Malta as an observer at the UN?

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