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Multiple Choice General Knowledge #7

Can you answer these multiple-choice general knowledge questions?
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Last updated: January 22, 2022
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First submittedJanuary 22, 2022
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1. Who owns the North Pole?
Canada ✓
Russia ✓
United Kingdom ✓
No one ✓
2. Have humans ever measured a 10.0 earthquake?
Yes ✓
No ✓
The largest ever recorded was an estimated 9.4–9.6 in Chile in 1960
3. Which of these is NOT a type of boat?
Catamaran ✓
Dungaree ✓
Galleon ✓
Junk ✓
4. Which of these periods of time is the longest?
Millisecond ✓
Microsecond ✓
Nanosecond ✓
5. What is a "grand jeté"?
A ballet jump where the dancer does splits in the air ✓
A geyser ✓
A very large hot air balloon or blimp ✓
6. Which of these years was NOT a leap year in the Gregorian calendar?
1900 ✓
1916 ✓
1944 ✓
2000 ✓
Years divisible by 100 are not leap years unless they are also divisible by 400
7. What does the 47 mean in AK-47?
It uses .47 caliber bullets ✓
It was the 47th version of the Kalashnikov rifle ✓
It was invented in 1947 ✓
8. What was Quasimodo's job in "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"?
Bell-ringer ✓
Janitor ✓
Grave digger ✓
9. What is James Bond's fake profession for when he needs a cover story?
Film director ✓
Import export ✓
Novelist ✓
10. Which one of these was painted by Picasso?
✓
✓
✓
11. What is a shibboleth?
A clay monster that protects Jewish people in Prague ✓
An ornamental shoehorn ✓
A word that only people in a certain group can pronounce correctly ✓
It's completely made up ✓
12. Which of these words means "complicated"?
Byzantine ✓
Frank ✓
Germane ✓
Ottoman ✓
13. What is Nostradamus known for?
His height ✓
His inventions ✓
His poems ✓
His predictions ✓
14. How many people have walked on the moon?
1 ✓
2 ✓
12 ✓
379 ✓
15. True or false: The only country where you can see koalas in the wild is Australia.
True ✓
False ✓
laura80
+8
Level 86
Jan 24, 2022
Mardi gras isn't necessarily in spring every year. In fact, it usually falls in late February. That depends on the placement of ash wednesday, which moves every year in relation to Easter.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 24, 2022
This has been fixed. Sorry about that!
blizzrd33
+2
Level 78
Jan 24, 2022
In Australia, Mardi Gras begins in summer because our seasons are six months different to the northern hemisphere. Question needs to be reworked.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Jan 24, 2022
Man. The quizmaster is having a bad day. Replaced the question entirely.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 78
Jan 24, 2022
The replacement question is great!
TurkeyCookTime
+1
Level 75
Jan 24, 2022
Woah this quiz was so recent that I got 5 points by barely getting over half the answers correct.
OfficerDibble
+4
Level 79
Jan 24, 2022
Huh. I thought I knew what shibboleth meant, and it was none of those four definitions. I was wrong.
stevediverse
+12
Level 91
Jan 24, 2022
The "correct" answer is poorly worded.

It doesn't mean that people can't pronounce the word shibboleth - it is saying that a shibboleth is the name for a word that only certain people can pronounce.

A more correct definition is that a shibboleth is a word or phrase that distinguishes one group people from another, and doesn't necessarily have to be something that only the one group can pronounce.

ctleng76
+1
Level 65
Feb 2, 2022
I agree the correct answer needs to be worded. Anyone can learn how to say the word correctly if taught.
MiracleMax
+2
Level 75
Feb 13, 2022
If you know what the word means, the correct answer is obviously correct. Plus, the word we have now comes directly from a word with a mundane meaning that people who didn't speak Hebrew struggled to pronounce. That's not the only meaning, but it is by all means correct and appropriately worded.
lemmons
+2
Level 83
Jan 24, 2022
Add this to the series please?
cpgatbyu
+4
Level 84
Jan 24, 2022
George Costanza is James Bond!
courthousedoc
+4
Level 76
Jan 24, 2022
I'd like to thank The West Wing for shibboleth (season 2, episode 8).
GrammarBeane1
+1
Level 78
Jan 25, 2022
I got the one for shibboleth but missed the Picasso painting
bigbob123
+1
Level 73
Jan 26, 2022
What??? that definition of shibboleth seems completely wrong to me.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Jan 27, 2022
Please explain your reasoning.
AlexThirkell
+4
Level 73
Feb 3, 2022
It's not completely wrong, but it isn't great either. In the sense given in the "correct" answer, it should be made clear that the word is used as a test. It doesn't have to be a word that is impossible or even difficult for people outside "the group" to pronounce.

For example I might test someone's knowledge of Wodehouse by asking them to pronounce the name Psmith, and that would be a shibboleth. In reality, Psmith is incredibly easy to pronounce.

If we say that "only the group of people who know how to pronounce it correctly can pronounce it correctly", then every word in every language could be described as a shibboleth...

wassallthatabout
+1
Level 58
Feb 2, 2022
Shibboleth - Thank you West Wing!!
OmriRahat
+3
Level 71
Feb 2, 2022
Shibboleth in Hebrew means - Oat :)
jaguaronce
+3
Level 64
Feb 2, 2022
I do the quiz and scroll down to the comments and the interesting fact is the leap year answer, nice coincidence
sanjayr88
+2
Level 64
Feb 2, 2022
wow. same with me!
stylus
+2
Level 73
Feb 2, 2022
import export is not a job title - unless it’s a reference i’m not getting having not seen the films, surely it should be ‘import/export employee’ or ‘importer/exporter’? none of which are great phrases, so the question should probably be reworded
ander217
+1
Level 76
Feb 2, 2022
The question didn't ask for a job title, it asked for the profession. When asked what they do for a living I've heard people say they are in import/export. Their job title would be import export specialist, but it seems to me the profession is just the import export profession.
ale8man
+2
Level 61
Feb 2, 2022
Magnetic North Pole is in Canada. I read too much into that one, though...
Kalleanon
+1
Level 66
Feb 4, 2022
It was, but it moves. It's on its way to Russia.
RJF
+1
Level 64
Feb 3, 2023
It's not unthinkable that it will be in Argentina or Chile in a few hundred years time. Geomagnetic reversal shows just how fickle the earth's magnetic field is, and how silly it is we continue to use it for navigation in certain applications.
ander217
+1
Level 76
Feb 2, 2022
I thought the one about the koalas was too easy, so I figured there must be one of the other countries in Oceania that had a small wild population and QM was trying to catch us. Sorry QM for thinking you would ever do anything like that. ;)
zachazach
+1
Level 40
Nov 27, 2022
I only got 5 right.

I'm always bad at multiple choice questions :(

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