KW Mystery #16 (general knowledge) by WilliamsK

Champion(s):

VenguswamyK
Semper Ubi Sub Ubi

GambinoG


Runner(s)-Up:


Quiz Description

Another fun one to write – I hope you have just as much fun figuring it out!

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 12 17 30 12 02 52 19 03 12 38 07 59
1 GambinoG 371 98 15
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38
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1 VenguswamyK 371 98 15
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59
3 dklee 365 96 15
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59
4 mujason 360 95 15
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5 OrrenH 352 94 15
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59
6 AmmermanA 338 92 15
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59
6 GrahamJ 338 92 15
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59
8 ChernicoffS 337 90 15
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59
9 usuiw 336 88 15
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9 MillerC37 336 88 15
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11 KaufmanK 331 86 15
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11 Egantx7 331 86 15
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13 RichmondJ 328 84 15
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14 WangS 324 83 15
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15 randalleng 323 82 15
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16 Tortoise 314 80 15
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17 grimesr 310 79 15
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18 WeikleB 307 78 15
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19 letouj 306 77 15
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20 PatschakB 296 75 15
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21 EverettJ 291 72 15
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21 BeningoS 291 72 15
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21 rstrata 291 72 15
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21 chc 291 72 15
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25 KonkelT 290 69 15
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26 MercureT 283 68 15
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27 RuizJ 282 66 15
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27 Commodore 282 66 15
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29 MeiyappanS 281 64 15
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30 LearyField 280 63 15
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31 MatherV 277 62 15
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32 RalliP 273 61 15
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33 akambour 270 59 15
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34 KroegerJ 269 58 15
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35 Bix32 264 57 15
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36 Matto 259 56 15
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37 WilesB 255 54 15
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38 DougB 251 53 15
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38 jefe 251 53 15
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40 LuskT 247 51 15
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41 ZellwegerS 245 49 15
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41 SorensonG 245 49 15
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43 RobinJRichards 241 47 15
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44 Kaya 238 46 15
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45 ChrisRosenberg 237 44 15
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45 WinchellV 237 44 15
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47 CarterBurke 233 42 15
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48 McGeeDean 225 41 15
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49 WatsonG 222 40 15
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50 AdamKing 221 38 15
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51 HallR 217 37 15
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52 SingerJ2 212 36 15
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53 FeitelD 211 35 15
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54 JamesCurran 209 33 15
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55 lorijane 202 32 15
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56 v0max 201 31 15
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57 LiptonM 187 30 15
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58 casketromance 185 29 15
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59 EdwardsT 182 27 15
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60 MoyseyC 181 26 00
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61 PotatoD 177 25 15
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62 WhitmireS 171 24 15
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63 DixonD 170 22 15
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64 AKRichards 169 21 15
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65 BoyerA 165 20 15
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66 petkunm 161 19 15
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67 HightB 156 17 15
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68 kbarcomb 155 16 00
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69 Tarn 153 14 00
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69 ElendilPickle 153 14 00
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71 goroshnik 151 12 15
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72 jveditz 148 11 15
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73 JonesRW 140 10 00
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74 PruettC 138 9 15
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75 DoyleE 131 8 00
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76 Warek 125 6 00
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77 HoH 119 5 15
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78 Vintsanity 77 4 15
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81 PalleyA 44 1 00
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Questions:

This photograph was taken in what city? (Please include the state.)

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

"____ ____ ____ ____. We didn't have, we, we lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night."

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WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS

This collection of paintings is found on the exterior of what machine?

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THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS

The item seen here plays an important role on the cover of what 1979 album?

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LONDON CALLING

A six-day standoff after a failed 1973 robbery of a Kreditbanken branch inspired the name of what psychological condition?

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STOCKHOLM SYNDROME

First Battle of Albert
Second Battle of Champagne
Third Battle of Gaza
Fourth Battle of the Isonzo


These were military engagements in what conflict?

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WORLD WAR I

What Belgian port city is known as "The Diamond Capital of the World"? The vast majority of rough diamonds pass through it on their way to cutting centers.

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ANTWERP

Confessions of an Heiress was a 2004 book from what woman, who is now (for some reason) one of the world's highest-paid DJs?

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PARIS HILTON

North of 59th Street, several Manhattan avenues take on new names:

  8th → Central Park West
  9th → Columbus Avenue
  11th → West End Avenue

What does 10th Avenue become, a nod to the island's first European settlers?

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AMSTERDAM AVENUE

These shoes came out in 1992, and I'm still a little mad at my mom for not letting me get a pair. What company made them?

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L.A. GEAR [L.A. LIGHTS]

What quote from a JFK speech is sometimes misconstrued as being about a jelly donut? (Please give it to me in the original language.)

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ICH BIN EIN BERLINER

Continuing the theme set by the first eleven answers, what should the answer to this question be – as well as to a hypothetical Question 13?

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WORLD WAR II [Olympiads I-XIII]