The Ultimate General Knowledge Quiz


Questions


5. The Pyrenees Mountains is the natural border separating which two countries?
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • France
  • Germany
  • Portugal
  • Spain
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6. What is the colour of a polar bear’s skin?
  • Black
  • White
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  1. The Pyrenees Mountains is the natural border separating which two countries?
    France & Spain
  2. What is the colour of a polar bear’s skin?
    Black

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Questions


7. Kaiser is the title formerly given to the Emperors of which countries?
  • Austria
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Poland
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8. Which French artist painted Oylmpia and Le Déjeuner sur I’herbe?
  • Claude Monet
  • Édouard Manet
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  1. Kaiser is the title formerly given to the Emperors of which countries?
    Austria & Germany
  2. Which French artist painted Oylmpia and Le Déjeuner sur I’herbe?
    Édouard Manet

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Questions


9. Name three species of termite:
  • Black Garden
  • Conehead
  • Carpet
  • Dampwood
  • Hercules
  • Huhu
  • Southern
  • Subterranean
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10. Memphis was the ancient capital of which country?
  • Egypt
  • Macedonia
  • North America
  • Persia
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  1. Name three species of termite:
    Conehead, Dampwood, & Subterranean
  2. Memphis was the ancient capital of which country?
    Egypt

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Our First General Knowledge Royalty for this series is…
Littlefeets



Congrats @Littlefeets!
As you’ve already got Dungeon access, who would you like to give your Dungeon access to?



As for everyone else, will you be able to de-throne our royal quizzer this month or will she keep their crown?

@Discussions

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Alrighty, as it’s been two days and it’s nearing the start of the month (or it is for me), let’s just select the next highest scoring user, yeah?

Which would mean that @Ouijaloveletters gets the prize since duck and rainy have won the other quizzes this month!

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Questions


11. In geometry, what name is given to a quarter of the circumference of a circle?
  • Quadrant
  • Quartile
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12. Which Toronto landmark was, at the time of its completion in 1976, the world’s tallest tower?
  • Canada Permanent Trust Building
  • First Canadian Place
  • Gooderham Building
  • The CN Tower
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  1. In geometry, what name is given to a quarter of the circumference of a circle?
    Quadrant
  2. Which Toronto landmark was, at the time of its completion in 1976, the world’s tallest tower?
    The CN Tower

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Questions


13. Name three actors who were in the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia:
  • Anthony Quinn
  • Barbra Streisand
  • Faten Hamama
  • Irene Papas
  • Omar Sharif
  • Peter O’Toole
  • Richard Burton
  • Richard Harris
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14. In tennis, what score comes after deuce?
  • Advantage
  • Love
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Wait im.doung my answer

HUH?
I’m sorry for whatever happened, didn’t mean to interrupt. I got notified about your like, clicked the link and saw a small error. Tried to fix but had poll difficulties when trying to the edit the post. Sorry if that affected your answering/voting.

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  1. Name three actors who were in the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia:
    Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, & Peter O’Toole
  2. In tennis, what score comes after deuce?
    Advantage

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Questions


15. Name two books by J G Ballard:
  • 1000 Year Human Beings
  • Firm Isle
  • High-Rise
  • Kingdom of the Star
  • The Atrocity Exhibition
  • Wreck
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16. What property of a liquid describes its resistance to flow?
  • Adhesion
  • Cohesion
  • Dielectric Constant
  • Viscosity
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I… :exploding_head:
I don’t know how I got all three of those actors right, and the tennis question right.
I certainly surprised myself on that guesswork

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HAHA. Either really amazing guess work or it was something you subconsciously knew. (shrug)

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  1. Name two books by J G Ballard:
    High-Rise & The Atrocity Exhibition
  2. What property of a liquid describes its resistance to flow?
    Viscosity

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Questions


17. What is thought to be the first video game, created in 1958 and becoming popular in the 1970s?
  • Computer Space
  • Pong
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18. Fill in the correct word: “By not telling the reader right away the identity of Sarah’s mother, the author _______ anticipation and intensity until it is revealed in the climax.”
  • Builds
  • Displays
  • Gives
  • Shows
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not me sweating over question two :sob:

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