 | Stanford0008: | Nov 26th, 2011 at 04:53 GMT | | 1 point |
| Good quiz, but just a quick typo alert, it should be painted, not pained.
What artist pained both 'The Madonna of the Rocks' and the 'Mona Lisa'? |
Comment below threshold: show it | Fojin: | Nov 26th, 2011 at 09:50 GMT | | -7 points |
| The last name of that painter should be accepted as an answer. And "Medium" was much easier than "Easy", by the way. |
 | sproutcm: | Nov 26th, 2011 at 11:18 GMT | | 2 points |
| @Fojin Leonardo does not have a last name. He is called Leonard da Vinci because in Italian that means "Leonardo of Vinci." That is the name of the village where he was born and grew up. This is just like saying Jesus of Nazareth or Joan of Arc. And you'd never ask me to accept "of Nazareth" for Jesus. Unfortunately, hack writer Dan Brown has done a disservice to the world of art history by calling his book "The Da Vinci Code." |
 | OnOnUofK: | Nov 26th, 2011 at 13:51 GMT | | 3 points |
| Apparently college students know more about X-Men and female singers than I do. Alas. :( |
 | joewicht: | Nov 26th, 2011 at 15:47 GMT | | -4 points |
| Ugh. I typed in 'Queen Victoria.' It was not accepted, I suppose, because of the use of the title.
I also typed 'DaVinci' (no spaces). For some reason, this was not accepted. |
 | AmblingPoodle: | Nov 26th, 2011 at 23:40 GMT | | 0 points |
| Small point of clarification: by saying 'has reigned' you imply that she still reigns today.
Otherwise, fun questions, even though I cannot spell Pyrenees. |
 | Q_Pheevr: | Nov 27th, 2011 at 18:31 GMT | | 10 points |
@sproutcm - Brown is indeed a hack, but English-speaking people have been mistaking "da Vinci" for Leonardo's last name since long before that book appeared. Given the intended level of difficulty here, I think it makes sense to err on the side of generosity.
One other thing: The wording of the clue for the Shelleys makes it sound as if they co-wrote the works mentioned. |
 | NinjaPirateZombi: | Nov 27th, 2011 at 23:35 GMT | | 4 points |
| So basically it's ok to refer to Leonardo da Vinci as 'da Vinci' in academic journals and by art historians everywhere, but it's not ok to do it on this website by you. Makes sense. |
 | Phraxos: | Nov 28th, 2011 at 05:54 GMT | | 6 points |
| Um, Joan of Arc was from Domrémy, in modern Lorraine, not some village of Arc. D'Arc was her family name. |
 | katipo12345: | Jan 9th, 2012 at 17:28 GMT | | 1 point |
| This is the only one of these quizzes in which the results don't follow the difficulty classification - maybe switch the Puerto Rico and marathon questions? |
 | BigKuntry42: | Jan 11th, 2012 at 18:11 GMT | | 3 points |
| Wow, I'm really surprised that interjections is the least guessed answer. |
Comment below threshold: show it | jm4425: | Jan 13th, 2012 at 21:00 GMT | | -6 points |
| @bigkuntry42 I couldn't get that one because they are all also onomatopoeia and the quiz didn't accept that. |
Comment below threshold: show it | jnaypauer: | Apr 16th, 2012 at 19:14 GMT | | -6 points |
| im dumb yea onomatopoeia |
 | milgita: | May 6th, 2012 at 13:58 GMT | | 2 points |
| I can't spell Pyrenees. :( And my pop culture knowledge stinks. lol But at least I know my parts of speech! :D |
 | milgita: | May 6th, 2012 at 14:03 GMT | | 8 points |
| And technically they aren't onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it. For instance "Boom", "thud", and "Bang". "Ouch!" does not really fit that description. You aren't naming anything when you say it, you are just reacting to pain by yelling. |
 | horror_spooky: | May 11th, 2012 at 06:54 GMT | | 3 points |
| Katy Perry is no longer married to Russell Brand |
Game published: May 21st, 2012 at 04:03 GMT
Comment below threshold: show it | atoms12123: | May 21st, 2012 at 04:13 GMT | | -28 points |
| Finished with 3:16 seconds left, put down my computer and Tebow'd. |
 | Pogues: | May 21st, 2012 at 04:14 GMT | | 12 points |
| Either this is the easiest in the series, or the hard questions were right up my alley. Either way, love these quizzes. |
 | stwentzell: | May 21st, 2012 at 04:21 GMT | | 10 points |
| The final question is partially incorrect. The ICC, while in the Netherlands, is a separate entity from the UN. The ICJ though is under the UN, and it too is in The Hague. Other than that a fantastic quiz. |
 | randmperson2: | May 21st, 2012 at 04:27 GMT | | 36 points |
| I only got interjections because of School House Rock. :) |
 | HansSprungfeld: | May 21st, 2012 at 05:37 GMT | | 19 points |
| You took "n2" for "Nitrogen". Well played, sir. |
 | Bobman1: | May 21st, 2012 at 05:59 GMT | | 6 points |
| Fun quiz, but I agree with Pogues above--it seemed like it was easy/medium/medium. (Of course I missed one of the easies--never heard of the singer that 95% of the population knew. My bad, I guess.) |
 | fraac: | May 21st, 2012 at 07:30 GMT | | 11 points |
| Always impresses me how accurately these quizzes judge easy, medium and hard. |
Comment below threshold: show it | tashab: | May 21st, 2012 at 07:37 GMT | | -30 points |
| dachshund is pronounced dash not docks |
 | Ulkomaalainen: | May 21st, 2012 at 08:53 GMT | | 6 points |
| You can alway disagree about pronounciation equivalents due to local dialects and such, but "dash" is definitely wrong, the "dachs" needs a "k" sound. |
 | bamber: | May 21st, 2012 at 09:22 GMT | | 1 point |
| No, the -CH- in German is not pronounced with a K sound but with a gutteral sound akin to clearing ones throat - very difficult to spell out in English what it should sound like. But DOCKSHUNNED is really quite a laughable attempt at the correct pronunciation of dachshund. |
 | WCRoentgen: | May 21st, 2012 at 10:55 GMT | | 8 points |
| So how do I tell if I'm smarter than a college student? Any stats on how the students fared on this quiz? |
 | Happ_Hazzard: | May 21st, 2012 at 11:02 GMT | | 4 points |
| A college education is worthless if these questions are supposed to be challenging to them. |
 | WyattsTorch: | May 21st, 2012 at 11:45 GMT | | 3 points |
| Parts of speech? Uhhh...er...ummm...huh? |
 | frankthepieking: | May 21st, 2012 at 12:27 GMT | | 2 points |
| Can't believe I tried Cairo for the river, so much facepalm. |
 | Tommy_C: | May 21st, 2012 at 12:41 GMT | | -1 points |
| Very proud that I knew the ICC sits in the Hague, but didn't know whom Russel Brand was married to. Sporcle Pride. |
 | dlauthor: | May 21st, 2012 at 13:36 GMT | | 9 points |
| Oh Pyrenees. How many different spelling attempts before I got you right? I think I tried doubling the Y at one point out of sheer desperation. |
 | oklaclarinet: | May 21st, 2012 at 13:50 GMT | | 14 points |
| Really?! Interjections is the least guessed. Dang! |
 | mrmanheim: | May 21st, 2012 at 14:13 GMT | | 5 points |
| I went astray on the interjections as those listed appeared to be onomatopoeias I was busy trying to spell that. otherwise, pretty easy and way too much time |
 | mchamden1: | May 21st, 2012 at 14:14 GMT | | 11 points |
| Mediterranean, Pyrenees, Dachshund...I have my random knowledge down, now to work on spelling... |
 | tonycog: | May 21st, 2012 at 14:32 GMT | | 1 point |
| I'm always puzzled that pop culture questions appear on 'quizzes intended for a college audience.' I don't mind missing a question about Newton & physics, but I hate missing questions from genres of movies that I have no interest in, unless I'm taking a movie quiz. |
 | danman23: | May 21st, 2012 at 14:57 GMT | | 1 point |
| Perfect placement of the questions into easy/medium/hard. The breakdown from most to least guessed follows it exactly. Well, it is at the moment. |
 | Bob91351: | May 21st, 2012 at 15:16 GMT | | 8 points |
| I was really hoping for a bonus since I figured that Figs were measured in Newtons... |
 | Riko: | May 21st, 2012 at 15:22 GMT | | 5 points |
| We don't have the German 'ch' sound in English but it's like the Scottish word 'loch' (as in Loch Ness) or the name 'Bach'. Unfortunately a lot of people incorrectly pronounce them like 'lock' and 'Bock' so there goes that example but an English 'k' would probably be the least incorrect pronunciation and is how many English speakers pronounce 'dachshund'. |
 | A_Trep: | May 21st, 2012 at 15:22 GMT | | 4 points |
| @bamber... Actually, while docks-hunned is the English pronunciation. It would be more like dah(soft -ch/back-of-throat noise)-s-hoond if a German were to pronounce it. But then again the Germans just call them Dackels (dock-els) or Teckels (which means tacklers or something like that) (pronounced tech-els). While Dachshund is the breed in English, it is a whole type of badger-hounds in German. Dackel and Teckel being the names for the commonest breed. |