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Is your general knowledge above average? (6 is above average)
Average Score: 8
65% knows the answer to this question:
"As any Beatles fan knows, what street in St John's Wood, London, was EMI Studios on?
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"Which waddling bird is known for tobogganing on its belly and "flying" underwater?"
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Only if you paid attention in class you will be able to score a decent score.
Average Score: 8
95% knows the answer to this question:
"What growth do pine trees have where most other trees have leaves?
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"The world's only all-black swans are native to which "down under" country, particularly on the Swan River near Perth?"
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General knowledge quiz, only the smartest of the smartest can answer this
Average Score: 8
35% knows the answer to this question:
"Collectively, what bird is called a gaggle on the water, a skein in the air and a wedge if flying in V-formation?
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"Bombay, also called Mumbai, is which country's most populated city?"
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Did you pay attention at school
Average Score: 5
71% knows the answer to this question:
"The Islenos speak a Spanish patois and trace their ancestry to the Canary Islands. And they live in St. Bernard Parish in what state?
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"As the story goes, Boston got what culinary nickname from Puritans, who would prepare it on the afternoon before Sabbath and let it sit overnight?"
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You thought history was boring?
Average Score: 4
65% knows the answer to this question:
"Now properly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, Java Man was first found on an island of the same name in what country?
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"On what date did the Emancipation Proclamation take effect?"
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Do you know a lot about music from the 60's? Then this is a quiz for you
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Average Score: 5
73% knows the answer to this question:
"Toby Keith and what country legend recorded "Beer for My Horses"?
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"Which of these jazz legends was known for playing drums, rather than guitar?"
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Can you score a 6 or better?
Average Score: 4
46% knows the answer to this question:
"Known for its floating, raft-like nests, what is a grebe?
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"What does the H stand for in management organizations called HMOs?"
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Almost nobody is able score a 6 or better.
Average Score: 8
89% knows the answer to this question:
"American Lewis Waterman had his in a fountain; Hungarian Georg Biro's was on the ballpoint. What had they invented?
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"What German festival, known locally as Wiesn, begins with the mayor of Munich declaring "O'zapft is," meaning "The barrel has been tapped"?"
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Share if you dare!
Average Score: 5
87% knows the answer to this question:
"Which of these isn't a common name for Felis concolor, but is actually a variety of lynx?
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"Ballistic pioneer Ernst Mach has a number named for him. What is it for?"
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Can you get more than 50% correct in this nightmare of a quiz?
Average Score: 8
45% knows the answer to this question:
"In 2001, what disease got started with some pigs in Northumberland, England?
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"Squam Lake, near Holderness, New Hampshire, also goes by what name, for the Henry Fonda movie filmed there?"
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Can you answer these 10 hard mixed knowledge questions?
Average Score: 8
62% knows the answer to this question:
"Ships have crossed this body of water for centuries. In 1785, it was first crossed by air, in a balloon. In 1875, Matthew Webb swam across it. What is this place?
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"Whom did John Lennon meet on November 9, 1966, at London's Indica Art Gallery?"
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History doesn't have to be boring. Take this fun quiz.
Average Score: 5
70% knows the answer to this question:
"Peter Leibing took a famous 1961 photo of Conrad Schumann jumping over something. What?
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"Which of these coincidences does not apply to the assassinations of Kennedy and Lincoln?"
