general knowledge Online Quiz - 3903

Kung Fu Panda was released in 2008 by DreamWorks Animation. The film premiered in May 2008 and had its wide release in June 2008.

Dustin Hoffman voiced Master Shifu, the elderly red panda who trains Po. Jack Black voiced Po, Angelina Jolie voiced Tigress, and Ian McShane voiced Tai Lung.

Robert Neville is the protagonist from I Am Legend (played by Will Smith), not a character in Kung Fu Panda. Tigress, Tai Lung, and Monkey are all characters from Kung Fu Panda.

The flag of Mauritius has four horizontal stripes in blue, yellow, red, and green. Mauritius is an island nation in the Indian Ocean known for its multicolored flag.

Réunion, a French overseas department, uses both the French national flag and its own regional flag. Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Kampuchea (Cambodia) each use only one national flag.

French Guiana, as an overseas department of France, uses the French tricolor flag. Abkhazia, Tibet, and Howland Islands have different flag designs.

The Chinese flag is red with one large star and four small stars arranged in an arc. India has a tricolor with a wheel, Japan has a sun disc, and Malaysia has stripes and a crescent.

Pakistan's flag features a green field with a white vertical stripe at the hoist (about 1/4 of the flag's width) and a white crescent moon and star in the center of the green portion. The description matches Pakistan's national flag.

The Dutch flag is a tricolor of three horizontal stripes in the specific order: red (top), white (middle), and dark blue (bottom). Belgium's stripes are vertical, Portugal's flag has a more complex design, and Denmark's flag is a Scandinavian cross.

Libya historically had a completely green plain flag from 1977 to 2011 (under Gaddafi), being the only national flag that was a single color with no designs, symbols, or other details. This question likely references that era.

The Australian flag has six stars total: five stars forming the Southern Cross constellation (four seven-pointed stars and one five-pointed star) plus one large seven-pointed Commonwealth Star below the Union Jack. The Commonwealth Star has seven points but counts as one star.

This quote appears to be from Ben Jonson (1572-1637), the English Renaissance playwright and poet. It reflects his wit and literary style. The other options are historical figures from different eras and contexts.

Desmond Miles is the protagonist of the Assassin's Creed video game series. The question correctly spells his name as "Desmond" (option B), while option A has a typo as "Desmund". Desmond is a bartender who is kidnapped by Abstergo Industries.

In the original Assassin's Creed, Assassination missions are PRIMARY storyline missions required to advance the plot, while Pickpocketing, Eavesdropping, and Interrogation are optional side missions. Therefore, Assassination is not an optional mission type.

This is a true story about HP's founding. Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard did indeed flip a coin in 1939 to decide the company name. Hewlett won the coin toss, which is why it's Hewlett-Packard rather than Packard-Hewlett.

Lotus Notes/Development was indeed named after the Lotus position (Padmasana), a meditative pose in yoga. The company's founder Mitch Kappor chose this name to reflect calmness and clarity.

The name Yahoo was indeed inspired by Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, where Yahoo represented a repulsive, brutish creature. The founders chose it as an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle" and acknowledged the Swift connection.

Red Hat was named after founder Marc Ewing's red lacrosse cap, which he wore while at university. The cap became a symbol, and when Bob Young joined him, they incorporated the red cap image into the company name and logo.

LG Corporation was formed in 1983 from the merger of two Korean companies: Lucky (chemical/cosmetics) and Goldstar (electronics). The name LG combines these two brand names into one corporate identity.