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Just your standard general knowledge quiz, with various question formats!
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Yes, it's another general knowledge quiz. Enjoy! 😎
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There is only one species of land reptile native to Ireland. Which is it?
Common lizard
Common newt
European Tortoise
Grass snake
31% got this right
Unlike Britain, the island of Ireland has no native snakes (politicians don't qualify apparently)
3
In this image, Where's Wally? (Or "Where's Waldo" if you're from North America) Pinpoint his location
22% got this right
The "Where's Wally" books were created by English illustrator Martin Handford. A TV series was later created
4
Kurt Russell first played "Snake Plissken" in this futuristic sci-fi film, where he tried to "Escape from" which city?
New York
59% got this right
The character of "Snake Plissken" was an obvious inspiration for a later video game character, which Hideo Kojima admits
5
The Dead Sea Scrolls - hugely significant historical documents that influenced biblical scholarship - were found where?
12% got this right
The ancient manuscripts were discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves near Khirbet Qumran, near the Dead Sea
6
Complete this famous quote from Alfred Lord Tennyson: "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have . . . "?
Loved at all
41% got this right
The quote is from his poem "In Memoriam A.H.H."
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Starting from the closest, put these locations in order of distance from London, UK.
1.
Stuttgart, Germany
2.
Marseille, France
3.
Reykjavik, Iceland
4.
Athens, Greece
92% got this right
Stuttgart: 452.64 miles. Marseille: 622.09 miles. Reykjavik: 1,173.08 miles. Athens: 1487 miles
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Many actors from "Cheers" appeared in the hugely beloved follow-up sitcom, "Frasier". Which of the following did not?
Kirstie Alley
Rhea Perlman
Ted Danson
Woody Harrelson
13% got this right
9
In which year was this first, most famous - photographic "evidence" of the Loch Ness Monster taken?
1925 —
1933
— 1975
33% got this right
10
Muhammad Ali famously fought who in the 1974 fight referred to as "The Rumble in The Jungle"?
George Foreman
Joe Bugnor
Joe Frazier
Sonny Liston
39% got this right
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Zoom reveal
What type of pasta (shape) is this?
Penne
67% got this right
Penne is the plural form of the Italian penna (meaning 'feather', and 'pen' as well), cognate with the English "pen"
