General Knowledge Quiz 156

Questions

1. What sugar substitute, also known as glucitol, is named after the sorb fruit of the sorbus tree?

2. Approximately how many gallons of blood is pumped by the average 'at rest' human heart per day?

   1. 5
   2. 35
   3. 180
   4. 2,000

3. A chalice - as in the expression 'poisoned chalice' - is literally a?

   1. Goblet
   2. Potion
   3. Arrow
   4. Letter

4. The 'degree' symbol ° indicates what variation of a musical chord?

   1. Diminished
   2. Augmented
   3. Suspended
   4. Major seventh

5. What pleasingly diffracting sodium potassium aluminium silicate gemstone is named after a celestial body of the Solar System?

6. From the Latin for 'godlike' what is the traditional word for the academic study of religion and its ministry?

7. A neat bedsheet fold/tuck around a mattress corner is called a '(What?) corner', alluding to traditional method?

   1. Navy
   2. Army
   3. Hospital
   4. Hostel

8. The western part of the US/Mexico border runs through which desert, named after the Mexican state it adjoins?

9. What are the fatty compounds/derivatives which store energy, signal, and provide structure in the cells of living things?

10. South Africa, Vietnam, and Thailand are considered the only three nations to have produced what distinctively haired muscular type of dog?

11. Name the English naturalist, and US president, each born on 12 Feb 1809 (two answers required)?

12. What word prefixes the words ball, board, code, core and hearted to make five new words/terms?

13. Batwing, Corkscrew, Hammerhead turn, Heartline roll, Horseshoe and Immelmann are elements of what form of entertainment?

14. What heteronymic word has different meanings associated with court process, cricket, and boating or flying emergencies?

15. What Belgian city boasts the famous urinating boy fountain called 'Manneken Pis'?

16. The aromatic compound phenol, used in detergents, plastics and an old eponymousdisinfectant soap, is also known as (what?) acid?

17. According to majority scholarly opinion, what was Jesus Christ's main spoken language?

    1. Greek
    2. Hebrew
    3. Aramaic
    4. Latin

18. Erich Kästner's famous 1929 children's novel set in Berlin is called 'Emil and the (What?

19. What is the English translation of the German carmaker's name Volkswagen?

20. In which decade was Mount Everest first climbed?

    1. 1890s
    2. 1910s
    3. 1930s
    4. 1950s

21. Approximately how many gallons of blood is pumped by the average 'at rest' human heart per day?

    1. 2.5
    2. 35
    3. 180
    4. 2,000