General Knowledge Quiz #156

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  1. What word prefixes the words ball, board, code, core and hearted to make five new words/terms?
  2. Approximately how many gallons of blood is pumped by the average 'at rest' human heart per day: 2.5; 35; 180; or 2,000?
  3. In which decade was Mount Everest first climbed: 1890s; 1910s; 1930s; or 1950s?
  4. What is the English translation of the German carmaker's name Volkswagen?
  5. Erich Kästner's famous 1929 children's novel set in Berlin is called 'Emil and the (What?
  6. According to majority scholarly opinion, what was Jesus Christ's main spoken language: Greek; Hebrew; Aramaic; or Latin?
  7. The aromatic compound phenol, used in detergents, plastics and an old eponymousdisinfectant soap, is also known as (what?) acid?
  8. What Belgian city boasts the famous urinating boy fountain called 'Manneken Pis'?
  9. What heteronymic word has different meanings associated with court process, cricket, and boating or flying emergencies?
  10. Batwing, Corkscrew, Hammerhead turn, Heartline roll, Horseshoe and Immelmann are elements of what form of entertainment?
  11. What sugar substitute, also known as glucitol, is named after the sorb fruit of the sorbus tree?
  12. Name the English naturalist, and US president, each born on 12 Feb 1809 (two answers required)?
  13. South Africa, Vietnam, and Thailand are considered the only three nations to have produced what distinctively haired muscular type of dog?
  14. What are the fatty compounds/derivatives which store energy, signal, and provide structure in the cells of living things?
  15. The western part of the US/Mexico border runs through which desert, named after the Mexican state it adjoins?
  16. A neat bedsheet fold/tuck around a mattress corner is called a '(What?) corner', alluding to traditional method: Navy; Army; Hospital; or Hostel?
  17. From the Latin for 'godlike' what is the traditional word for the academic study of religion and its ministry?
  18. What pleasingly diffracting sodium potassium aluminium silicate gemstone is named after a celestial body of the Solar System?
  19. The 'degree' symbol ° indicates what variation of a musical chord: Diminished; Augmented; Suspended; or Major seventh?
  20. A chalice - as in the expression 'poisoned chalice' - is literally a: Goblet; Potion; Arrow; or Letter?
  21. Approximately how many gallons of blood is pumped by the average 'at rest' human heart per day: 5; 35; 180; or 2,000?

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  1. What word prefixes the words ball, board, code, core and hearted to make five new words/terms?
    Hard
  2. Approximately how many gallons of blood is pumped by the average 'at rest' human heart per day: 2.5; 35; 180; or 2,000?
    2,000 
  3. In which decade was Mount Everest first climbed: 1890s; 1910s; 1930s; or 1950s?
    1950s
  4. What is the English translation of the German carmaker's name Volkswagen?
    People's car
  5. Erich Kästner's famous 1929 children's novel set in Berlin is called 'Emil and the (What?
    : Soldiers; Sailors; Tailors; or Detectives? Detectives
  6. According to majority scholarly opinion, what was Jesus Christ's main spoken language: Greek; Hebrew; Aramaic; or Latin?
    Aramaic 
  7. The aromatic compound phenol, used in detergents, plastics and an old eponymousdisinfectant soap, is also known as (what?) acid?
    Carbolic
  8. What Belgian city boasts the famous urinating boy fountain called 'Manneken Pis'?
    Brussels
  9. What heteronymic word has different meanings associated with court process, cricket, and boating or flying emergencies?
    Bail
  10. Batwing, Corkscrew, Hammerhead turn, Heartline roll, Horseshoe and Immelmann are elements of what form of entertainment?
    Roller-coasters
  11. What sugar substitute, also known as glucitol, is named after the sorb fruit of the sorbus tree?
    Sorbitol 
  12. Name the English naturalist, and US president, each born on 12 Feb 1809 (two answers required)?
    Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln
  13. South Africa, Vietnam, and Thailand are considered the only three nations to have produced what distinctively haired muscular type of dog?
    Ridgeback 
  14. What are the fatty compounds/derivatives which store energy, signal, and provide structure in the cells of living things?
    Lipids 
  15. The western part of the US/Mexico border runs through which desert, named after the Mexican state it adjoins?
    Sonoran 
  16. A neat bedsheet fold/tuck around a mattress corner is called a '(What?) corner', alluding to traditional method: Navy; Army; Hospital; or Hostel?
    Hospital
  17. From the Latin for 'godlike' what is the traditional word for the academic study of religion and its ministry?
    Divinity 
  18. What pleasingly diffracting sodium potassium aluminium silicate gemstone is named after a celestial body of the Solar System?
    Moonstone
  19. The 'degree' symbol ° indicates what variation of a musical chord: Diminished; Augmented; Suspended; or Major seventh?
    Diminished 
  20. A chalice - as in the expression 'poisoned chalice' - is literally a: Goblet; Potion; Arrow; or Letter?
    Goblet 
  21. Approximately how many gallons of blood is pumped by the average 'at rest' human heart per day: 5; 35; 180; or 2,000?
    2,000 
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