Can you name the answers to these questions people often get wrong? by ajk29

Clue	Answer	Explanation
Which African mammal kills more humans than any other?
Who invented the Theory of Relativity?		It was in 1632.
Who was the first man to circumnavigate the globe?
What man-made artefacts can be seen from the moon?
How many nostrils have you got?		Two you can see, two you can't.
Which eye did Nelson wear his eye patch on?
Where does Chicken Tikka Masala come from?
Where is the driest place on earth?

Clue	Answer	Explanation
How many states are there in the USA?
Who introduced tobacco and potatoes to England?
What were Nelson's last words?
What's the number of the beast?
What noise does the largest frog in the world make?
What's the most dangerous animal that has ever lived?
Where was the guillotine invented?
No. Magellan was killed in 1521 when half way round!	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
No, Einstein invented the Special Theory of Relativity!	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
It's not a lion, crocodile or elephant!	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
No, it doesn't say RIBBIT!	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
He did say 'Kiss me Hardy' but not right at the end!	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
He didn't ever say 'Kismet Hardy' apparently	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
No, it wasn't his right eye.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
No, it wasn't his left eye.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
Aha, no, there are actually not technically 50 states!	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
The number of the beast is not 666.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
The guillotine was not invented in France.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
Chicken Tikka Masala was not invented in India.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
'Sir Walter Raleigh' is wrong.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
No, it's not the Great Wall of China.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
Not a dinosaur.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
Not human beings.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
Not the Atacama desert.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
Not the Sahara.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
The answer is not 2 I'm afraid.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.

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QI (General Ignorance) Quiz

by ajk29

Created Oct 11, 2009 in Miscellaneous
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	EGaffney:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 12:28 GMT	23 points
	Without wishing to impugn the renaissance genius of Mr Fry, the answer to #7 is almost certainly Man, the most pernicious and lethal mammal from Africa.

	spongebob:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 12:42 GMT	-3 points
	artifacts is spelled wrong, but this is great, AJK29, hope it gets published

	Qazza2k9:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 12:46 GMT	0 points
	love the quiz, but didnt Sebastian Del Cana circum-navigate the world at the same time as henry the black? I thought he took over as captain of the ship when Magellan died in a war in the Spice Islands??

	ajk29:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 14:06 GMT	3 points
	@EGaffney... I think not. Even today, with all the medical advances, mosquitoes kill one person every twelve seconds. As it happens, spongebob, artefacts is NOT spelled (or spelt) wrongLY... the variant artifact is a US spelling. The Book of General Ignorance is a British book. Not that that makes artifact wrong: it just makes artefact ok too. Thanks for your nice comments anyway! Pedants unite!!! :-) PS @Qazza2k9: sounds interesting. I will check that suggestion about Sebastian Del Cana.

	ajk29:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 14:15 GMT	4 points
	Right. I have checked all of this now. It seems that Juan Sebastian Elcano (sometimes erroneously quoted as "Sebastian Del Cana") was the first man to circumnavigate the globe in a single trip. Enrique de Malaca (Henry the Black) however escaped from Elcano's command and arrived in the Far East before Elcano. This, however, is a remarkably pedantic point, and I'm not sure it fulfils the term "circumnavigate", since he wasn't really navigating, and took several different trips to do it. I will add Juan Sebastian Elcano (not Del Cana) to the list of permissible answers. :-)

	iceman1731:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 17:27 GMT	0 points
	Sounds like a good book but you''l piss off a lot of americans with that states question.

	frey553:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 17:44 GMT	8 points
	Nice quiz. I knew it wasn't Magellan, I just didn't know the name of the man who finished the expedition. (I just tried "Magellan's Crew") Also I don't think it will piss off a lot of Americans. I'm an American and I knew what he was going for. I didn't know exactly how many states were technically commonwealths (I knew Virginia and Massachusetts) but it just took a couple guesses and I got it.

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	RebeccaAMax:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 20:00 GMT	4 points
	Jonathan - no, the two are not synonymous.

	JulieD:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 23:24 GMT	2 points
	Who's Nelson anyway?

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	josh23:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 02:00 GMT	3 points
	very educational and interesting!

	DannyOcean:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 06:02 GMT	2 points
	you cannot see the great wall of china from space. That's a myth and a really stupid one at that. The wall is less than 100 feet across, of course you can't see it from space. Looks like you got caught on your own little clever quiz.

	DannyOcean:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 06:06 GMT	7 points
	Just looked up the great wall info. Apparently it's disputed based on how far up counts as "space", and even at the lowest possible level of space the average person still cannot see the wall. You would need 20/3 vision, or more than 7 times the far-sightedness of the average human which essentially does not exist in order to see it even under the lowest possible orbit and most perfect conditions.

	Niques:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 11:10 GMT	2 points
	I'm stumped on the nostrils thing - someone explain?

	cottb128:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 17:51 GMT	4 points
	This quiz is smug.

	redsxfenway:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 21:40 GMT	10 points
	There ARE 50 states. Four states call themselves commonwealths. It's just a great way to be a jackass and wrong.

	ajk29:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 21:42 GMT	5 points
	"what an egotistical idiot u are to make such an asinine quiz". ??? How about, @Rhody2013, you just don't do the quiz if you don't like it. Don't start making frankly offensive comments about my character just because you don't like the quiz. And, @DannyOcean, I didn't get caught on anything. The info in the quiz is taken directly from the "Book of General Ignorance". Contact the writers of the book if you want to quibble. In their defence, they say in the book, "Space is quite close. It starts at about 100km (60 miles) fom the Earth's surface. From there, many artificial objects are visible: motorways, ships on the sea, railways, cities, fields of crops, and even some individual buildings." Contact John Lloyd and John Mitchinson if you disagree.

Clue	Answer	Explanation
How many states are there in the USA?
Who introduced tobacco and potatoes to England?
What were Nelson's last words?
What's the number of the beast?
What noise does the largest frog in the world make?
What's the most dangerous animal that has ever lived?
Where was the guillotine invented?
No. Magellan was killed in 1521 when half way round!	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
No, Einstein invented the Special Theory of Relativity!	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
It's not a lion, crocodile or elephant!	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
No, it doesn't say RIBBIT!	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
He did say 'Kiss me Hardy' but not right at the end!	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
He didn't ever say 'Kismet Hardy' apparently	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
No, it wasn't his right eye.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
No, it wasn't his left eye.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
Aha, no, there are actually not technically 50 states!	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
The number of the beast is not 666.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
The guillotine was not invented in France.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
Chicken Tikka Masala was not invented in India.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
'Sir Walter Raleigh' is wrong.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
No, it's not the Great Wall of China.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
Not a dinosaur.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
Not human beings.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
Not the Atacama desert.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
Not the Sahara.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.
The answer is not 2 I'm afraid.	It was originally called the 'Halifax Gibbet'.

	keener:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 21:52 GMT	1 point
	@redsxfenway You may have a point about Virginia and the others being Commonwealths but also actually states. Such a shame you have to make your point by way of calling people "jackass".

	keener:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 21:53 GMT	9 points
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson One of the most famous men in British history. Why the need for the word "hell"? If I claimed not to know who Thomas Jefferson was, I would be eager to find out more, rather than shouting "Who the hell is Jefferson?". Sigh.

	lalalala:	Oct 13th, 2009 at 02:24 GMT	-4 points
	who said anything about shouting? exasperation, would be more like it.

	keener:	Oct 13th, 2009 at 20:46 GMT	4 points
	I don't understand why you would be exasperated at that. Maybe interested to find out, or maybe even amazed that you'd never heard of such a famous man...?

	Doctor_Tom:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 03:36 GMT	-2 points
	I don't think you got your facts right on the Revelation one.

	DPerrone99:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 05:33 GMT	4 points
	well. i liked it.

	seanob:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 22:17 GMT	6 points
	great quiz. however i agree that there are in fact 50 states. despite the fact that some use the word commonwealth in their official names, they all fit the definition of a state according to the US Constitution. also i think the number of the beast is under debate and 616 is not yet widely accepted by biblical scholars. loved the mosquito question btw

	maio:	Oct 15th, 2009 at 17:12 GMT	4 points
	Last time I went to space the Great Wall was not recognizable, so there. And I got mosquito right - the only animal I kill on sight, regardless of its gender.

	Chocolatl:	Oct 15th, 2009 at 18:44 GMT	2 points
	I would like to see a source on that number of the beast, and not just a couple of people saying so in a book. There are indeed 50 states as the term is generally understood. Mosquito is not correct. People are not killed by mosquitoes, but by the diseases they carry. It is the disease organisms that are the most dangerous creatures.

	eurythmech:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:07 GMT	3 points
	This quiz wasn't very hard for someone who's seen all QI episodes, but obviously still great fun. And I didn't remember them all :) Great to see QI get some recognition. Oh, and quiz maker - perhaps you should add more options to score the eyepatch one right? I tried answering with a sentence at first, but that just wouldn't work.

	trussmaker:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 14:43 GMT	4 points
	Nice. Interesting and condescending.

	Zalx:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 15:31 GMT	1 point
	@akj29 - Egaffney is right - I'm afraid you can't lay claim that mosquito's are an African mammal no matter how many they kill.

	Zalx:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 15:34 GMT	5 points
	@chocolatl - two points. Firstly, the question about mosquitos is not how many people they kill, but what is the most dangerous. Mosquitos spread thousands of diseases making them more dangerous. And secondly, even then they are a cause of death. Saying it is the diseases fault is like saying that it isn't a shark attack that would kill you, it is loss of blood.

	Zalx:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 15:36 GMT	4 points
	And just to fill my comment quota for the day... To people saying this is sanctimonous and smug, QI is a massive programme in the UK hosted by National Treasure (tm) Stephen Fry where the aim is to make the contestants give wrong answers to questions that sound obvious. This is just a play on that.

	naylor182:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 19:54 GMT	3 points
	Indeed, this quiz would seem somewhat condescending to those who have not viewed QI before (and if not, get busy!). Excellent, excellent idea for a quiz. Hats off to you, sir!

	cocky:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 20:57 GMT	4 points
	If you want to do a sequal, Jackie Robinson was not the first black to play major league baseball.

	HollywoodLeo:	Oct 17th, 2009 at 17:11 GMT	2 points
	The states one is lame. Sure, they call themselves "commonwealths" but they're still states.

	NYCub:	Oct 17th, 2009 at 22:43 GMT	9 points
	From Wikipedia: "This designation [of Commonwealth], which has no constitutional impact, emphasizes that they have a 'government based on the common consent of the people' as opposed to one legitimized through their earlier Royal Colony status that was derived from the King of Great Britain. The word commonwealth in this context refers to the common 'wealth' or welfare of the public and is an older term for 'republic'." In other words, yes, they call themselves commonwealths in their official state names, but they are still states. If your source says otherwise, it is mistaken. It's also mistaken if it says that you can see the Great Wall from space, which you cannot. The Great Wall is significantly narrower than an Interstate highway, yet when I fly over the US all I see of the highways is a thin white line.

	TheStace:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 00:11 GMT	7 points
	I wish that knowing as many of the answers as i did meant i was smart, rather than a loser watching far too many "Dave" repeats

	MrJSR26:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 04:06 GMT	7 points
	Satellites are artifacts visible from/in space.

	Leeny:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 03:07 GMT	3 points
	EGaffney is right - pretty sure men kill more people in Africa than hippos. Clearly these are tricky questions...even ajk29 has gotten some of them wrong