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A Generally General Quiz

From Google to cats, planets to sentences, welcome to the most generally general knowledge quiz you will ever play!

A multiple-choice quiz by jojojenks. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
jojojenks

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
385,043

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
599

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Question 1 of 10

1. If you wanted to scare an ailurophobe, what should you dress up as? Hint

A puppet

An angel

A snowman

A cat

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Question 2 of 10

2. Why would you use a whetstone, a fine-grained stone, in the kitchen? Hint

To sharpen knives

To tenderise meat

To grind coffee beans

To knead dough

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Question 3 of 10

3. What does a phillumenist have a burning desire for? Hint

Teddy bears

Matchboxes

Pencils

Bottles

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Question 4 of 10

4. Any good English teacher will tell you that 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' is an example of what? Hint

Oxymoron

Pangram

Palindrome

Hyperbole

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of the dog, a female Cairn Terrier, who played Toto in 'The Wizard of Oz'? Hint

Terry

Tyler

Tommy

Theo

6. In 2010, the government of this country used Google Maps to find tax cheats and revealed that the suburbs didn't have 324 swimming pools but rather 16,974. Which country am I talking about? Hint

Greece

Iran

Thailand

Brazil

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Question 7 of 10

7. On June 9, 1790, the first ever U.S. copyright was issued for a book about what? Hint

Parlour games

Weather forecasts

Spelling

Tobacco

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these colours can be described as brownish-yellow or tawny? This colour is also the name of a duck. Hint

Vermilion

Periwinkle

Xanadu

Fulvous

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Question 9 of 10

9. How many Earths could fit inside Uranus? Hint

303

103

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Question 10 of 10

10. What Internet company was originally called 'BackRub' before taking its current name? Hint

YouTube

Google

Twitter

Amazon

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If you wanted to scare an ailurophobe, what should you dress up as?

Answer: A cat

Ailurophobia is the fear of cats. Cats were domesticated about 9,500 years ago in ancient Egypt and are the most popular pet in the world!

2. Why would you use a whetstone, a fine-grained stone, in the kitchen?

Answer: To sharpen knives

Whetstone is also a place in London and West Virginia. There is also a 12.7-mile long river called the Whetstone River flowing through northeastern South Dakota and a small part of western Minnesota.

3. What does a phillumenist have a burning desire for?

Answer: Matchboxes

The word originates from 'philos' (friend) and 'lumen' (light).

4. Any good English teacher will tell you that 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' is an example of what?

Answer: Pangram

A pangram is a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet. Another example of a pangram is 'Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.'

5. What was the name of the dog, a female Cairn Terrier, who played Toto in 'The Wizard of Oz'?

Answer: Terry

'The Wizard of Oz' won two Oscars, one for 'Best Music, Original Score' and one for 'Best Music, Original Song'. 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' was written by L. Frank Baum in 1900.

6. In 2010, the government of this country used Google Maps to find tax cheats and revealed that the suburbs didn't have 324 swimming pools but rather 16,974. Which country am I talking about?

Answer: Greece

Taking a lesson from the Greeks, law enforcement also used these tactics on the town of Riverhead, New York, collecting over $75,000 in fines.

7. On June 9, 1790, the first ever U.S. copyright was issued for a book about what?

Answer: Spelling

The first book to be granted copy protection was 'The Philadelphia Spelling Book, Arranged Upon a Plan Entirely New' by John Barry.

8. Which of these colours can be described as brownish-yellow or tawny? This colour is also the name of a duck.

Answer: Fulvous

Fulvous is also the name of various other birds (including owls, wrens and woodpeckers) and not just ducks. Fulvous in English is derived from the Latin "fulvus", which describes the same colour.

Xanadu is grey-green.
Periwinkle is a mix of blue and purple with white.
Vermilion is a brilliant red.

9. How many Earths could fit inside Uranus?

Answer: 63

Uranus has a radius of 25,362 km, to Earth's 6,371 km.

I had to put an Uranus joke in here somewhere and this was the perfect chance.

10. What Internet company was originally called 'BackRub' before taking its current name?

Answer: Google

Google got its current name when someone misspelled the word 'googol'.

Google rents goats to mow their lawns. I'm not kid-ding.

Source: Author jojojenks

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