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General Knowledge Quiz #92

Can you answer these random trivia questions?
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First submittedFebruary 13, 2014
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Answer
What is the name of the Japanese art of growing miniature trees?
Bonsai
What game is commonly played starting from a score of 501 and trying to
reach zero exactly?
Darts
Who has a brother named Mycroft?
Sherlock Holmes
What king was forced to agree to the Magna Carta?
King John
What major Asian inland sea has almost entirely dried up?
Aral Sea
What species interbred with humans in Europe and Asia before going extinct
around 30,000 B.C.?
Neanderthal
In what country would you have found Robben Island prison?
South Africa
What singer's 1964 version of "Hello, Dolly!" was the last jazz song
to reach #1 on the U.S. music charts?
Louis Armstrong
According to cliché, what is the mother of invention?
Necessity
Which country fought two wars in order to maintain control of Chechnya?
Russia
What language does the word "algebra" come from?
Arabic
Which U.S. state has the highest average elevation at 6800 feet (2073 meters)?
Colorado
In what sport might you experience a "sticky wicket" or a "wicked googly"?
Cricket
What city is Monte Carlo a part of?
Monaco
Who said "I'm strong to the finish, 'cause I eats me Spinach"?
Popeye
A pair of them typically has 42 dots. What are they?
Dice
Pont Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris. What does its name mean?
New Bridge
What animal does Angora wool come from?
Angora Rabbit
What musical movie, named for a city, starred Renée Zellweger, Queen Latifah,
and Catherine Zeta-Jones?
Chicago
What is the term for an alteration in DNA caused by a replication error,
or possibly by exposure to radiation or carcinogens?
Mutation
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47 Comments
buck1017
+30
Level 78
Feb 13, 2014
I'll be...I have walked across the Pont Neuf. I tried every variation of "Bridge Nine" that I could. I always thought it was called Pont Neuf because it had nine arches. I never bothered to count them of course, but it just made sense. New Bridge? My mind has been blown...
irish41
+9
Level 59
Mar 25, 2014
Same here! I never knew "neuf" could mean both "new" and "nine." I just assumed it was nine.
Tramp
+3
Level 76
Aug 20, 2019
Glad I'm not the only one
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Apr 14, 2021
Same!
DocEckleburg
+4
Level 53
May 7, 2024
A decade later and I did the exact same thing.
jdmorgan
+5
Level 43
Mar 25, 2014
I had no idea anyone was forced to sign a Manga Carta. Although there is the Mango Carta which is a cart I use to push around tropical fruit, but I've never had anyone sign it...
DeusCaritasEst
+3
Level 55
Sep 19, 2016
If you give me some mangos, I'll sign your cart!
Malbaby
+2
Level 70
Oct 12, 2016
If you give me a pot, I'll fill it.
Packerswin14
+4
Level 84
Mar 25, 2014
That's a tough quiz! Lots of good random trivia here.
ruudsje
+1
Level 69
Mar 25, 2014
right, normally i get 17 or 18, now just 11. weird.
rupturedccno1
+1
Level 64
Jan 17, 2015
The Ponte Vecchio in Florence(Firenze) is another with houses.

Your question about Monte Carlo?

Monte Carlo is the town in the Principality of Monaco.

grantdon
+1
Level 73
May 30, 2024
Monte Carlo is a suburb in the city of Monaco, which comprises pretty much the whole nation
interopia
+5
Level 85
Apr 24, 2016
didn't accept Frank Zappa :(
saammmy
+1
Level 44
Aug 25, 2016
Hey, why doesn't Sherl work for Myce's brother?
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 85
Sep 13, 2016
"Neanderthals" interbreeding with humans 30,000 years ago hardly rises to the level of established fact.
Sulps
+3
Level 56
Sep 19, 2016
Why not?
petronomicon
+2
Level 33
Jan 18, 2019
Because words like "evidence" "may have" and "suggests" are not facts. They are theories.

Why do people buy into any sort of theory scientists suggest?

dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 68
May 28, 2024
A scientific theory is not a wild guess, it's a thouroughly corroborated explanation of an established fact. And I'd rather get my science from scientists (who may be wrong) than from random dudes on the Internet (who almost always are).
WelshWizard
+9
Level 85
Sep 19, 2016
It's fairly established.
coro
+7
Level 58
Dec 13, 2016
I've read that many humans have Neanderthal DNA.
ruftytufty
+5
Level 79
Oct 12, 2018
Modern human DNA contains small components of both Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Aug 12, 2019
All humans that have some non-African ancestors have Neanderthal DNA. According to 23andme.com, I am about 4% Neanderthal.
kszoo1
+1
Level 43
Sep 21, 2020
genomes of many people include Neanderthal genes
martay
+4
Level 70
Jun 7, 2021
I should introduce you to some of the people I went to high school with. Afterwards you might wonder if Neanderthals actually managed to survive to this day.
WelshWizard
+1
Level 85
Sep 19, 2016
Denisova hominins also interbred with modern humans. Could have gone extinct at a similar time.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 20, 2024
Denisovans didn't live in Europe.
Nick32001
+3
Level 46
May 27, 2018
Need is also used as the mother of invention.
Gassu
+4
Level 70
Jun 13, 2018
42 - the answer to everything
Sifhraven
+2
Level 72
Jan 5, 2019
Wow surprised the answer is not neandertha.. since this site is adamant on using homo sapien.. everywhere (last letter missing in both cases, and no not as a typo, but as if that is the actual answer)
Gorpik
+1
Level 40
May 7, 2024
That's just because, by default, JetPunk accepts singulars in place of plurals for answers, and to that end it considers all words ending in -s as plurals. Same happens with Mars and a few other singular words ending in -s.
JoanSR
+1
Level 75
Aug 16, 2019
I learn Angora wool does not come from kittens.
JMM
+7
Level 57
Dec 13, 2019
I'll admit i forgot who had a brother called Mycroft and tried Lara.
wassallthatabout
+1
Level 62
Dec 13, 2019
Dammit, tried Satchmo cos I couldn't remember his name!
ander217
+3
Level 75
Dec 13, 2019
I got the correct answer but for what it's worth I think Satchmo should work, too.
Marvel072506
+3
Level 43
Dec 13, 2019
Haha! I knew watching Sherlock a hundred times would pay off!
QuadaleDingleton
+2
Level 57
Dec 14, 2019
Only 31 percent know Louis Armstrong....shame
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 72
Sep 15, 2020
Dart has to be pluralized?!
Dimby
+7
Level 78
Jan 6, 2022
I've played "dart" before. It had much more walking back and forth to the board.
kszoo1
+1
Level 43
Sep 21, 2020
Monaco is a country, not a city
rocamorar
+6
Level 78
Mar 29, 2021
It's both.
musiclistsareus
+1
Level 62
Jun 13, 2021
Hello Dolly isn't a jazz "song" despite being sung by a jazz artist.
HappyQuizzer
+1
Level 67
Jan 7, 2023
The question refers to his version which is jazz
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 69
Aug 23, 2021
I can sometimes get these French or Latin ones from Spanish cognates
Cordelia75
+2
Level 56
Mar 19, 2022
It has been determined that some Africans also have Neanderthal genes from back migration. My DNA has 2.1% Neanderthal and 3.4% Denisovan according to National Geographic Geno2.0 project. I think Quizmaster’s 4% Neanderthal—the high range in modern humans—suggests a slightly higher Asian ancestry than most Europeans and Americans. I didn’t know 23andMe included hominin ancestry. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/more-neanderthal-dna-than-you-think
Geopro
+2
Level 60
Apr 17, 2024
I have been watching and playing cricket since I was a kid, and have seen and bowled countless googlies before, but I've never ever heard one described as 'wicked'
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
May 27, 2024
I think it's a reference to a credit card commercial from the 90s, in which Jerry Seinfeld is playing cricket. His swings at and misses a pitch (or whatever it's called in cricket), and says "That was a wicked googly!" It's actually the only reason I know "googly" is a cricket term.
InterAlia
+2
Level 76
Jun 2, 2024
The question is phrased as though neanderthals were not human. They were. There have been many species of humans (designated by the genus 'Homo') in various places on the planet. All are now extinct except 'H. sapiens', but that doesn't make them less than human.
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