Groups of Two #2

Can you name the members of these twosomes?

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Category	Answer
Oldest English universities	Oxford
	Cambridge
Most influential ancient Chinese philosophers	Confucius
	Laozi
Types of elephant (genus)	African
	Asian
Types of trees	Deciduous
	Evergreen
Communist Manifesto authors	Karl Marx
	Friedrich Engels
Members of Wham!	George Michael
	Andrew Ridgeley
Soccer teams that compete in "El Clásico"	FC Barcelona
	Real Madrid
Largest Italian islands	Sicily
	Sardinia
Bones of the forearm	Ulna
	Radius
Asteroid movies of 1998	Armageddon
	Deep Impact

Category	Answer
First people to climb Everest	Edmund Hillary
	Tenzing Norgay
Types of beer	Ale
	Lager
Highest mountains in Africa	Mount Kilimanjaro
	Mount Kenya
Largest branches of Islam	Sunni
	Shia
Warring families of Romeo & Juliet	Montagues
	Capulets
National animals of Australia	Emu
	Kangaroo
High holidays of Judaism	Rosh Hashanah
	Yom Kippur
Doubly-landlocked countries	Liechtenstein
	Uzbekistan
Sex organs of a flower	Pistil
	Stamen
Capitals of Bolivia	La Paz
	Sucre

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78 Comments

Level 57

Mar 4, 2014

What is a "doubly-landlocked" country? How can that work, and why are those 2 different from, say, Switzerland or something?

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Level 55

Mar 4, 2014

Doubly landlocked means it is landlocked by countries that are also landlocked. It says Uzbekistan counts, but Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan both touch the Caspian. Lichtenstein, on the other hand, is surrounded by Switzerland and Austria, which touch no major bodies of water.

+25

Level 91

Mar 4, 2014

But the Caspian doesn't have an outlet to the ocean like, for instance, the Black Sea.

+13

Level 92

Mar 4, 2014

Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan aren't doubly landlocked because they both border countries (Russia, Iran) that are not landlocked. Frankly, I find the concept of "doubly landlocked" to be an exercise in triviality - it makes no difference, practically speaking, whether your country is singly or doubly landlocked. It's not like you get a free pass to use neighboring countries' ports 5 times a year - this isn't a board game.

+39

Level 81

Mar 8, 2014

This whole site is about triviality.

Level 14

Apr 20, 2015

@kalbahamut: Triviality has nothing to trivia. It refers to something of unimportance.

Level 69

Oct 19, 2015

+16

Level 66

Jul 11, 2016

I agree with Kalbahamut: we are proud to know information about doubly landlocked countries precisely knowing it has no intrinsic value.

Level 82

Jul 11, 2016

Being double-landlocked is of some importance re: trading via water shipping routes. Goods coming by way of ship need to go through two countries to get to the destination.

Level 62

Sep 18, 2024

Being single landlocked doesn't guarantee you better port access than double landlocked.

Level 76

Jul 11, 2016

Doubly Landlocked is important. In order for a person or company to ship something large, for instance, overseas, they would have to pay import and export fees in two countries before arriving at a third destination.It's a good reason why warm water (or non-freezing) ports are highly valued.

+17

Level 81

Jul 11, 2016

What do you think trivia means then?

Level 61

Nov 2, 2017

The concept of "double landlocked" is much less trivial information than a lot of other information on jetpunk. It challenges and exercises your geography knowledge and has implications for double taxes/tariffs.

Now, those quizzes on jetpunk about which sports team wins the league cup each year from 1900 to 2017... That is truly useless and trivial information that has zero intrinsic value.

Getting upset about double landlockedness seems misplaced in comparison.

Level 33

May 22, 2018

I tried Liechtenstein but I couldn't spell it right.

Level 44

Aug 10, 2024

I was trying the two countries in South Africa thinking that they are inside a single country rather than only have countries as borders.

Level 66

Mar 4, 2014

How about accepting "nobody" for Andrew Ridgeley? Really, did anyone even know who he was when Wham! was making hits decades ago?

Level 56

Dec 31, 2018

Yes!

Level 90

Jan 1, 2019

At least accept "other guy". I tried it.

Level 90

May 3, 2022

I literally tried this as well, but then I remembered the other guy was in the three tenors with Pavarotti and Domingo. ;)

Level 87

Sep 18, 2022

Jose Carreras is a damn fine musician with an extraordinary operatic career.

Level 70

Jul 19, 2022

Thanks to "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga," I was able to answer this. Would never have gotten it otherwise.

Level 52

Aug 10, 2024

How many top-selling hits have you had? Give the man some respect (which is what George Michael did!). Watch the recent documentary on Wham, and you'll see that he was no a nobody.

Level 64

Mar 4, 2014

I can't believe the Aussies chose the lame as you-know-what emu as one of its national symbols! How can you be home to such an awesome animal as the platypus and not choose it?!

Level 74

May 26, 2014

Wouldn't look so good on a coat of arms though, especially if drawn to scale alongside a kangaroo

Level 78

Jul 17, 2014

How can you call an emu lame? Have you no decency?!

Level 30

Dec 12, 2014

^^^

+21

Level 60

Nov 18, 2018

It was one of the conditions of surrender when we lost the Great Emu War

Level 83

May 3, 2022

You wouldn't say that to an emu's face!

Level 44

Aug 10, 2024

Ever been eye to eye with an emu. We lost a war to them. They are kick ass characters. And the males incubate and care for the chicks. I can get behind that.

Level 21

Mar 6, 2014

great quiz...... HATS OFF!!!! -_-

Level 60

Oct 27, 2014

Tenzing Norgay was commonly known as Sherpa Tenzing this and Tenzing should be acceptable

Level ∞

Oct 27, 2014

Okay

Level 74

Jul 14, 2016

Any chance "Sherpa guy who got there before Hillary" would work, too? ;)

Level 30

Dec 12, 2014

That's like calling.. say, Haile Selassie 'Ethiopian Selassie'..

Level 55

Apr 28, 2015

Hardwood and softwood are two types of trees that perfectly satisfy the question.

Level 34

Nov 17, 2018

False: Softwoods and hardwoods are only applied to trees that are used for their timber. A tree is usually considered one of the two, but it is not a definitive classification, but a relative scale.

+11

Level 39

Jan 31, 2016

there are not 2 elephants species anymore but rather 3 : the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant.

+14

Level 85

Jun 13, 2017

4. My mother-in-law.

Level 77

Jul 12, 2016

Deep Impact was not about an asteroid. It was about a comet.

Level 58

Nov 29, 2016

I hate when I miss an answer because I didn't spell it exactly right (deciduous). If I said it out loud, Alex Trebek would have said "correct!"

Level 60

Dec 19, 2016

Can Engel work for Engels?

Level 52

Aug 10, 2024

Does Suzyhomemake work for Suzyhomemaker?

Level 45

Jan 31, 2018

Angiosperms and gymnosperms need to be accepted for the two classifications of trees. That is some BS

Level 34

Nov 17, 2018

Those are types of plants, not types of trees. All plants are either angiosperms or gymnosperms. Deciduous and evergreen apply only to trees and not bushes or shrubs or grasses or ferns.

Level 45

Dec 8, 2018

you can argue bushes and other herbaceous plants can be evergreen and deciduous as well, like the broadleaved evergreen genus: Euonymus, the common holly genus: Ilex, amongst others. None of which are trees and all of which receive the classification of evergreen.

Level 85

Jan 15, 2024

Hollies are trees. “Of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown.”

Level 67

Dec 31, 2018

This is incorrect. Angiosperms and Gymnosperms only make up a small part of all plants, though they do include, among others, all trees. However, there are lots of basal plants outside these two taxa, for example all mosses and ferns.

Level 75

Feb 6, 2020

I thought Broadleaf and Coniferous, which are much more fundamental 'types' than deciduous vs evergreen

Level 83

Dec 31, 2018

Tried Tengay, Tenzay, Tengzay, Tengzi, Tenzi... arghhh

Level 67

Dec 31, 2018

There are three recent species of elephants: African bush elephant, African forest elephant, and Asian elephant. You could however change the word “species” in the question to “genera” and have a correct question without changing the answers. The African elephants form the genus Loxodonta, while the Asian elephant is the only extant member of the genus Elephas.

Level 81

Jan 4, 2019

Kept typing Hannukah even though I knew it was wrong when it didn't get accepted :P still did pretty OK though

Level 87

Apr 27, 2022

Hannukah is a fairly minor holiday that has been puffed up in the general culture due to its proximity to Christmas.

Level 66

Feb 20, 2022

For whatever reason, I couldn't spell Rosh Hashanah for the life of me.

Level 70

Apr 27, 2022

Question about elephant genus (genera to be correct) should accept actual genus Loxodonta and genus Elephas not only common names

Level 85

Apr 28, 2022

Great. Now I have to look up what "Wham!" is.

Level 79

Apr 29, 2022

Stout is another type of beer...

Level 88

May 2, 2022

Stout is a type of ale. Most beer styles fall under ale (IPA, pale ale, bitter, brown ale, hefeweizen, most porters...) or lager (pilsner, helles, dunkel, schwarzbier...) depending on the yeast used.

Level 72

Jul 18, 2022

Each pair needs to be taken together, too. If someone said "name a type of beer", I'd probably take it to mean "style" and "stout" seems reasonable (or other more general or more specific styles). But if there's only two, it's obvious that stout isn't one of them, because one of stout's peer entities clearly can't comprise all (or almost all) beer.

And even if you could find a few edge cases (wild or unusual yeasts?) that are arguable, "ale" and "lager" are clearly the best answer if not unarguably correct for every case.

Level 67

Jun 5, 2022

Could you accept stigma? In school here, we're taught stigma and stamen, never heard of 'Pistil', seems to be semantics.

Level 80

Dec 29, 2022

Do you feel self conscious about it?

Level 28

Jun 13, 2022

I'm finding these quizzes too difficult. Kudos to those who did well.

Level 68

Jun 17, 2022

Love the 'groups of' quizzes - thank you Quizmaster.

But does anyone else find the spelling issue very frustrating?

Was refused Rosh Hashanah because I left the H off the end, but 'Tut' is accepted in every quiz that features Tutankhamun.

I mean, you could be about to write 'Tut and car moon' and you get a point but nothing for Rosh Hashana.

Just asking.

Level 49

Jul 18, 2022

What defines the "most influential ancient Chinese philosopher"? Confucious is probably a given, certainly the most well known, but the others would be open for debate. Sun Tzu for instance.

Level 53

Jul 18, 2022

Can you accept carpel for pistil, please?

Level 72

Jul 18, 2022

A suggestion like this is more useful with a citation.

Level 21

Sep 21, 2022

Is there a similar quizz in French ?

Level 70

Feb 23, 2023

Level 59

Feb 27, 2024

99% of the planet calls it football not soccer. They certainly do in Spain.

Level 74

Aug 10, 2024

If only Americans ever called it soccer, that would still be over 4% of the planet... and I'm pretty sure they call it fútbol in Spain, as they rarely feel the need to translate themselves into English.

But other than everything you said, sure.

Level 72

Apr 29, 2024

When is a holiday high?? Never heard of this term. (did try yom kippur but after 5 different spelling figured it did not fullfill the requirements.)

Level 70

May 30, 2024

The High Holidays are the 10 days starting on Rosh haShana and ending on Yom Kippur. They're "high" because they're a time of repentance and awe, for spiritual "elevation" rather than wild partying.

Level 70

May 30, 2024

How about accepting "Kongzi" as a spelling of "Confucius"?

Level 80

Aug 10, 2024

Please change your clue about the Chinese philosophers to make it read more like your clues for Islam, the Communist Manifesto, Judaism, etc. "Most influential" is subjective, whereas those other clues aren't.

Level 74

Aug 10, 2024

I mean... is it though? Like there is a limit to the subjectivity of that. For instance, I might claim to be a Chinese philosopher, but no one would realistically claim I was the most influential one... so who else is there?

Level 47

Aug 10, 2024

I find it strange that the backing singers of Wham! are barely even mentioned on their Wikipedia page (Dee C. Lee, Shirlie Holliman, and later Helen DeMacque)

Level 33

Aug 12, 2024

Romeo and Juliet family names were Montecchi and Capuleti.

Those are the original names, so you should add them as correct. Not just the English variants.

They are original in most other languages.

Level 83

Aug 14, 2024

I feel like this quiz is not about the "English variants" but rather the most famous iteration of the couple in Shakespeare's play.

Level 77

Sep 10, 2024

Stop saying soccer

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