General Knowledge Quiz #229

General Knowledge Quiz #229

Questions

1. What supernatural effect is named from German for disturbance and ghost: Poltergeist; Zombie; Doppelganger; or Magic?
2. "The most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management.." is called the '(What?) Principle' - devised by Scott Adams, creator the eponymous work cartoon strip: Engelbert; Dilbert; Albert; or Bertha?
3. Perpendicular refers to an angle of how many degrees: 45; 90; 180; or 360?
4. The Greek 'iatros' means and gives us words related to: Sun/heat; Music/sound; Healer/doctor; or Anger/turbulence?
5. The German 'Flachspüler' is a 'shelf-style': Doll's house; TV; Car-park; or Flush toilet?
6. The two famous 'Kinsey Reports' (1948, 1953), books by zoologist Alfred Kinsey, controversially published surveys/theories about: Sport and fitness; Cereal agriculture; Bats and vampires; or Human sexuality?
7. What word prefixes the following to make five common terms: File; Currency, Handed, Malt; and Parent?
8. French astronomer Nostradamus (Michel de Notredame, 1503-66), is famous for originating: Cathedral architecture; Bell-ringing and bell-making; Stained glass; or Uncannily accurate predictions of the world?
9. What fluid word prefixes these words to make seven new words: Side, Front, Food, Son, Ring, Man, and Led?
10. Chalcedony and Chert feature significantly in the technologies of which age of human civilization: Stone; Iron; Bronze or Computer?
11. Which one of these does not feature essentially in how a domestic fridge works: Gas; Ice; Compression; Condensation?
12. The Cinchona tree chemical extract malaria treatment first used in tonic water (and gin) by Britsh officers in India, and which prompted the invention of Dubonet for French Foreign Legion troops in N Africa is: Aspirin; Quinine; Ibuprofen; or Herion?
13. Draco (c.650-600BC), the first Ancient Greek/Athenian legislator, is eponymouslyassociated with legal/judgmental: Inconsistency; Leniency; Harshness; or Drunkenness?
14. Which two of these instruments are not typically associated with 'bluegrass' music: Banjo; Saxophone; Fiddle; Synthesizer; Guitar; Accordion?
15. A big fried sandwich of banana, peanut butter, bacon and honey was named after, and reportedly enjoyed excessively by: Fats Domino; Elvis Presley; Frank Sinatra; or Madonna?
16. Match these wools to the creatures they come from: Angora, Kashmir, Marino, Qiviut (from which..) Muskox, Rabbit, Goat, Sheep?
17. Oysters wrapped in bacon are called which two of these: Angels; Birds; Overcoats; (on) Horseback; Cushions; or Acid?
18. A substance's mass per unit volume (its 'compactness') is technically its: Weight; Size; Density; or Momentum?
19. A Geiger counter is an instrument for measuring: Audience noise; Ionizing radiation; Moonlight strength; or Smelly socks?
20. The red-brown pigment sepia comes from the so named genus of creatures: Bats; Cuttlefish; Cockroaches or Hamsters?

1. What supernatural effect is named from German for disturbance and ghost: Poltergeist; Zombie; Doppelganger; or Magic?

   Poltergeist
2. "The most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management.." is called the '(What?) Principle' - devised by Scott Adams, creator the eponymous work cartoon strip: Engelbert; Dilbert; Albert; or Bertha?

   Dilbert 
3. Perpendicular refers to an angle of how many degrees: 45; 90; 180; or 360?

   90 
4. The Greek 'iatros' means and gives us words related to: Sun/heat; Music/sound; Healer/doctor; or Anger/turbulence?

   Healer/doctor 
5. The German 'Flachspüler' is a 'shelf-style': Doll's house; TV; Car-park; or Flush toilet?

   Toilet 
6. The two famous 'Kinsey Reports' (1948, 1953), books by zoologist Alfred Kinsey, controversially published surveys/theories about: Sport and fitness; Cereal agriculture; Bats and vampires; or Human sexuality?

   Human sexuality 
7. What word prefixes the following to make five common terms: File; Currency, Handed, Malt; and Parent?

   Single
8. French astronomer Nostradamus (Michel de Notredame, 1503-66), is famous for originating: Cathedral architecture; Bell-ringing and bell-making; Stained glass; or Uncannily accurate predictions of the world?

   Uncannily accurate predictions of the world 
9. What fluid word prefixes these words to make seven new words: Side, Front, Food, Son, Ring, Man, and Led?

   Sea
10. Chalcedony and Chert feature significantly in the technologies of which age of human civilization: Stone; Iron; Bronze or Computer?

    Stone 
11. Which one of these does not feature essentially in how a domestic fridge works: Gas; Ice; Compression; Condensation?

    Ice
12. The Cinchona tree chemical extract malaria treatment first used in tonic water (and gin) by Britsh officers in India, and which prompted the invention of Dubonet for French Foreign Legion troops in N Africa is: Aspirin; Quinine; Ibuprofen; or Herion?

    Quinine
13. Draco (c.650-600BC), the first Ancient Greek/Athenian legislator, is eponymouslyassociated with legal/judgmental: Inconsistency; Leniency; Harshness; or Drunkenness?

    Harshness 
14. Which two of these instruments are not typically associated with 'bluegrass' music: Banjo; Saxophone; Fiddle; Synthesizer; Guitar; Accordion?

    Saxophone andSynthesizer 
15. A big fried sandwich of banana, peanut butter, bacon and honey was named after, and reportedly enjoyed excessively by: Fats Domino; Elvis Presley; Frank Sinatra; or Madonna?

    Elvis Presley 
16. Match these wools to the creatures they come from: Angora, Kashmir, Marino, Qiviut (from which..) Muskox, Rabbit, Goat, Sheep?

    Angora = Rabbit, Kashmir = Goat, Marino = Sheep, Qiviut = Muskox
17. Oysters wrapped in bacon are called which two of these: Angels; Birds; Overcoats; (on) Horseback; Cushions; or Acid?

    Angels on Horseback
18. A substance's mass per unit volume (its 'compactness') is technically its: Weight; Size; Density; or Momentum?

    Density
19. A Geiger counter is an instrument for measuring: Audience noise; Ionizing radiation; Moonlight strength; or Smelly socks?

    Ionizing radiation 
20. The red-brown pigment sepia comes from the so named genus of creatures: Bats; Cuttlefish; Cockroaches or Hamsters?

    Cuttlefish