Yeah, I don't really think specific religious questions like these fit the term "general knowledge". I've never heard of it outside a classroom and this quiz. It's not a thing in most European or Asian countries.
To the people saying this is general knowledge, can you list me some sikh holidays? No? That's what I thought.
in Catholic Europe and also elsewhere it is a thing, just under different names. (The orthodox also have carnivals in some regions, but lent starts already on Monday)
I think most people are aware of the Sikh holiday of Diwali, or at least have heard the term in passing. Questions about religious observances that hundreds of millions of people observe are fair game for general knowledge. Sounds like someone couldn’t guess Ash Wednesday and their reward was sour grapes!
That’s true. Also Sikh and Jainism. I just thought of Sikh because there’s a large Sikh presence where I live and the Diwali celebration is a major event.
Shrove comes from the verb to shrive meaning forgiveness. It is a time to seek forgiveness of your sin prior to the solemn fast of lent. The "fat" concept was merely using up the fat and other foods left in the pantry that you wouldn't be able to eat during lent. Take your pick which concept you find more important - but yes, you should include the word "shrove" somewhere in the question, in my view.
I love it when supposedly mature and intelligent people casually denigrate an entire country of millions of people because.....why??? Who knows? Maybe someone from America hurt you? Akkenru, if you think the whole of the USA is backwards and unintelligent, that reflects more about you, man.
@Joey there is no denigration here, only difference. I have never heard Shrove Tuesday called anything other than Shrove Tuesday except on Jet Punk. It's one of those situations where it would be a good idea to put more than one name in the clue.
And I knew that Mardi Gras is literally Fat Tuesday, but until this quiz I didn't realize that Fat Tuesday is an actual Easter/Lent term ... (*mental facepalm*)
I've never been offered Thousand Island Dressing before, I'm in Australia. Once I saw the answer I think I've heard of it somewhere but certainly never seen or tasted it.
Both are typically called igneous rocks. The difference is whether they are intrusive (also called plutonic) - meaning they were formed from magma, or extrusive (also called volcanic) - meaning they were formed from lava.
Igneous rocks include both plutonic and volcanic sub-types. The question is incorrect because it only relates to volcanic igneous rocks, but not plutonic igneous rocks. Swapping "lava" for "magma" would fix this.
The three main types of rocks are igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. Of these, the only one made from lava is igneous, but the question is poor. QM, please can you fix the question about igneous rocks to replace "lava" with "magma". As mentioned above, lava is magma which is above the surface of the earth but not all igneous rocks are formed above the surface of the earth. Plutonic igneous rocks (e.g. granite) are formed beneath the surface of the earth from magma, not lava.
It was that way originally. I've not heard it sung that way in my lifetime. It apparently had already changed to "golden" in North America by 1966. This enables there to be one syllable per musical note. The lyrics were quite fluid. A version from 1840 has "part of a juniper tree", "colley birds", "golden rings", "hares-a-running", "bears-a-baiting", and "bulls a roaring".
Among most versions, it was commonly "colly birds" until 1909.
I always groan a bit in my head when I see a "Twelve days of Christmas" question. I must have heard the song hundreds of times in my life, but I've never had it in school or a language course so I've never paid attention to the lyrics. There's about 99% probability that I won't get the 100% on a quiz with such a question in it.
(For the record: this is not a complaint to the Quizmaster but more of some general musings.)
Not sure how I got 'thousand island', it filled in before I even saw the question and I certainly never typed that! Also, I know Fat Tuesday is American for Shrove Tuesday only because of jet punk - maybe Shrove Tuesday could go in brackets?
To the people saying this is general knowledge, can you list me some sikh holidays? No? That's what I thought.
Ash Wednesday is very obscure Christian Reference.
I only put a brag-post in because that's not normal for me to ace a quiz first try, this just happened to hit my general knowledge base really well.
Scoring
You scored 6/20 = 30%
This beats or equals 15.2% of test takers
The average score is 11
Your high score is 6
Among most versions, it was commonly "colly birds" until 1909.
(For the record: this is not a complaint to the Quizmaster but more of some general musings.)