General Knowledge Quiz #8

Or that more people know Starbucks cup size names than the Magna Carta. Or that the most correctly guessed answer is the husband of a Spice Girl...

Or didnt look in the answer box to see .....city, and typed oz, land of oz and kansas.. like me..after that I did type emerald.

Didnt get venti though, but did get seine, magna carta and the factor thing

Almost a decade later and this remains the most dramatic comment on JetPunk of all time

I really like Eminem, while I haven't read The Wizard of Oz in years (certainly never in English) and the river's name (which I did get eventualy) is spelled "Sekwana" in my native language

The document's Latin name is spelled either 'Magna Carta' or 'Magna Charta' (the pronunciation is the same).

The spelling 'Charta' originates in the 18th century, as a restoration of classical Latin 'charta' for the Medieval Latin spelling 'carta'. While "Charta" remains an acceptable variant spelling, it never became prevalent in English usage. Thus the English usage is Magna Carta.

Okay...the US and Russia, at their closest points, is under 2.5 miles apart.

I didn't believe this till I saw that there are two islands (the Diomedes) in the middle of the Bering Strait, one owned by each country. With a land-bridge connection in winter, it's the only place in the world to you can walk to and from tomorrow.

There aren't any Starbucks in my town, but I knew it from this site - that clue comes up occasionally.

I got it because I know the Italian word for twenty

I know italian

It's kinda funny they try to sound snobby by using Italian for "20", as in 20 ounces, which is completely irrelevant in Italy.

Never heard the term "factorial" before. Either it's taught under a different name in the UK, or i've forgotten a hell of a lot of Maths.

They didn't use the term factorial when I learned math in the US in the 1960s. When I was in high school we could take either the basic math class, or take the college-bound program of Algebra I as freshmen, geometry as sophomores, Algebra II as juniors, and trig and math analysis as seniors. One year of either algebra I or basic math was all that was required. No calculus class was offered. It wasn't much better when my children were in school in the 1990s. Some of the city schools had better programs, but not in the rural areas. It was difficult to find good teachers, too. Since 2010 the state requires 3 math credits for graduation, but sometimes ag or building trades classes can be substituted for at least one year of math.

Now it's 5 factorial. Not sure why.

Betelgeuse is really from an Arabic phrase "bīt al jauzāʾ " and means shoulder of the Giant. There is no special way to pronounce 'Betelgeuse' as it does not sound exact in English anyway, so feel free to call it what you will.

Alaska is about 6 miles or so across the Bering Strait from the easternmost end of Russia.

There was a famous Country & Western singer in Australia called 'Slim Dusty' (better than Eminem I think)

No.

Just type in "Mathers"

It's becoming all sports at the college level. But I thought archery for sure wouldn't matter. I googled that and found out Nordic skiing doesn't have separate events either.

if you put it that way, many embassies count as foreign territory as well!