Answers to these 40 general knowledge questions Quiz by suziem

Question	Answer
What the minimum drinking age in the USA?
Which band was Sting a member of?
Who won the 2010 Football World Cup?
What is the capital of Turkey?
Which game would you be playing if you heard these terms?: Racket, Love and Duece
What part of the body produces insulin?
Who is the Greek God of War?
What chemical element is Diamond made of?
Name a US state beginning with K.
Which month is Black History Month in USA?
Who voiced the Genie in Disney's 'Aladdin'?
The biopic 'What's Love Got To Do With It', was about which famous singer?
What currency is used in the UK?
What is Odontophobia a fear of?
In a standard pack of cards, which king is the only one to not have a moustache?
Who was the youngest president of the USA?
Name a country in Europe containing an 'X'.
What are the plastic things on the ends of shoelaces called?
Who wrote 'To Kill A Mockingbird'?
Which TV Show featured Blanche, Dorothy and Sophia?

Question	Answer
What sport do you use a cue to play with?
Which planet did Superman come from?
Who plays Professor Severus Snape?
What type of animal is Bambi?
What was inventor Alexander Bell's middle name?
What is sodium chloride commonly known as?
Paraguay has borders with Argentina, Brazil and which other country?
What is the common name for deoxyribonucleic acid?
In 'Shrek', who voices Donkey?
What is the official language of Brazil?
What are these types of?: Victoria Sponge, Madeira and Eccles
Name a country beginning with O.
Who did Matthew Perry play in 'Friends'?
Who is Winnie the Pooh's depressed friend?
Who wrote 'Hamlet'?
Who wrote the 'Harry Potter' series?
What is the princess' name in the Disney Classic, 'Sleeping Beauty'?
What is the name of the poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair?
How many syllables make up a haiku?
Which country features a maple leaf on it's flag?

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40 General Knowledge Questions Quiz

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	boris4c:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 04:04 GMT		6 points
	The most popular non-alcoholic drink is certainly water.

	amwoods13:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 04:52 GMT		6 points
	Soccer most certainly does not use t-shirts for goal posts, unless you are talking about a pick-up game in a park. But the "sport" does not.

	amwoods13:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 05:01 GMT		25 points
	Also, Tesla did not invent electromagnetism. Electromagnetism exists in nature. Tesla is responsible for many developments in the field of electromagnetism, but it was not something he could invent.

	JRL:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 05:02 GMT		14 points
	As awesome as Tesla was, he did not "invent" electromagnetism. It's a fundamental force of nature. However, he did make many pioneering discoveries in the field.

	JRL:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 05:03 GMT		12 points
	Ha! amwoods13 just beat me to it! Sorry for the double comment.

	crazylegs:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 05:31 GMT		5 points
	What TMS stands for in chemistry is hardly general knowledge. And there's more than one possible answer for it too.

	bmcelwee:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 05:44 GMT		16 points
	should accept billiards. i know it's different than snooker but it is played with a cue.

	NinedenLtD:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 05:52 GMT		5 points
	Einstein had several nationalities. Billiards should be an acceptable answer for a sport with a cue, since Billiards encompasses all games with cues that I know of and includes no games without cues. You should clarify that you are looking for a day of the week on the suicide question. 'Black History Month' is capitalized and you should clarify that it is only in the USA, Canada, and UK. Mel Blanc was not the only voice of Bugs Bunny. You don't need any commas in the 'fresa' question. Otherwise it is either fine or someone has already noted the other problems. Editorially, I would add that there are probably too many pop culture questions that should not be described as "general knowledge." For instance, the male lead in Twilight is hardly general knowledge.

	IronDragline:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 08:01 GMT		8 points
	Firstly, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet also both starred in "Revolutionary Road", not just Titanic. Secondly, Sherlock Holmes did many drugs, including opium and morphine.

	IronDragline:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 08:09 GMT		2 points
	In fact, I don't even recall him ever doing coke in the books themselves.

	dingdong:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 09:28 GMT		6 points
	@amwoods13: that's right, everyone knows it's Jumpers for Goalposts and not t-shirts.

	DRB:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 12:11 GMT		12 points
	On a purely finicky note, you've spelled Deuce wrong.

	chaz541:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 13:42 GMT		9 points
	You changed the TMS question to NMR, but forgot to change the answer to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.

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	slamb:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 14:08 GMT		-4 points
	In another question, please accept "microns" for the anagram.

	riddler:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 14:16 GMT		5 points
	Henry was also a fairly important scientist in electromagnetism - so much so they named a unit after him, as well as after Tesla. And do change the question / answer for NMR / TMS so that they match.

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	EllenMarie:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 14:23 GMT		7 points
	Hmmm- more people know the drinking age than how many months are in the year. Interesting.

	corndog:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 14:30 GMT		1 point
	You should accept "500 seconds" for the time it takes light to travel from the sun to the earth, as that is more accurate, but still an approximation.

	MisterF:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 14:38 GMT		11 points
	Maybe also accept more alternate answers for the question about Jesus- "crucifixion" certainly fits.

	The_Hammer:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 15:09 GMT		27 points
	Anybody else salute after reading the name (General Knowledge) of this Quiz?

	Lindsay:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 15:13 GMT		4 points
	Good concept, but lots of issues that still need to be worked out. As said above, NMR's answer needs to be fixed. It's globe, not glove for a type of artichoke. The leap year question accepts "Feb" instead of requiring the full date. I agree with cupcakes that you should not use the same digit for 2 different variables in the algebra problem. And lastly, what is your source for the #1 non-alcohol/non-water beverage? Because I feel like tea is the more likely answer.

	pmapsu:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 15:15 GMT		9 points
	The minimum drinking age in the US is actually 18. Every state in the US has their drinking age set at 21 so as to still receive federal highway funding. Many states still allow private underage consumption as well. Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands (both US territories) still have their drinking age set at 18.

	corndog:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 15:23 GMT		2 points
	Maxwell was definitely a pioneer in electromagnetism as well. I don't think the Maxwell equations were named after Tesla.

	AlexRandom:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 15:27 GMT		4 points
	Plenty of people have said it before, but the Tesla question really needs to be more specific. I tried Maxwell, Faraday, Ampere, Oestred, Gilbert, Coulomb, Franklin and Gauss before hitting on Tesla. (Since all of them were before him, they have more right to be called pioneers).

	moviegoer74:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 16:03 GMT		4 points
	You can ask "Who is Winnie the Pooh's depressed friend?" or "What is Winnie the Pooh's depressed friend called?" But you can't ask "Who is Winnie the Pooh's depressed friend called?"

	hibernia:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 16:40 GMT		1 point
	How about some variations on "Feb 29th?" I was starting to question my own sanity when "Feb 29" or "February 29" wouldn't work.

	giveupyet:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 18:02 GMT		4 points
	Just long enough and hard enough to allow for completion within the time limit. Great job! My only suggestion might be to say "How many minutes does it take for light to reach the Earth from the sun?" That way you can accept 8, and there is no confusion on the units of time used.

	ras0723:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 18:03 GMT		2 points
	Last question of the first column should read "IN the equation" instead of "IS the equation", I believe. I agree with several of the above comments, but overall I thought it was a really enjoyable quiz! (And it's a shame how many people don't know Josh Holloway!)

	ThatStarGirl:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 19:26 GMT		2 points
	The 1400 hours confused me. I thought it meant '1400 hours is the equivalent to how many months/weeks?'. Still, a fun quiz, not too difficult and not too US-centric, well-balanced :)

	adhair:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 19:55 GMT		7 points
	Kudos for acknowledging the issues in the comments and giving them prompt attention. I took the quiz within hours of first posting, then read the comments to find many things that had already been addressed.

	Leia131:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 21:02 GMT		2 points
	Could you please accept just the number 8, without the unit minutes, for how long it takes light to get to the earth? Since you now specify that it should be in minutes, just 8 should be acceptable.

	boliver:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 22:01 GMT		1 point
	i typed in 3 kings but it did not except it. it had to be three kings

	Crash_McLarson:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 22:54 GMT		7 points
	A-G-L-E-T, don't forget it.

	is89:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 23:13 GMT		0 points
	I tried so many variations on Pirate-Illegal, offshore etc

	dedalus:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 23:50 GMT		6 points
	wow, cool quiz. looks like most of the above kinks have been fixed. nice work.

	StreetMeat:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 02:06 GMT		5 points
	really liked the quiz. Good work

	mein_caps:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 02:56 GMT		1 point
	Please accept stripper for Bambi.