General Knowledge Quiz #150

General Knowledge Quiz #150

Questions

1. What word follows either 'stone' or 'Chinese' in referring to deliberate obstruction?
2. The old British slang to 'shop' someone, meaning to betray someone, or inform an authority of someone's wrong-doing, derives from 'shop' meaning: Reward; Witness; Prison; or Bible?
3. What is the common name for the electrically excitable cells of the brain which process data via electrical and chemical signals?
4. With the headline 'Simply the Best' who at 73 became Vogue's oldest front cover model (April 2013 German edition)?
5. What sweet creamy alcoholic drink is named because lawyers/barristers were said to enjoy it?
6. What is an unrealistically optimistic person, after the title-character of Eleanor Porter's famous 1913 novel?
7. What are pince-nez?
8. Screeno, Keno, and Housey-Housey are name variations of what more commonly known gambling game?
9. What war produced the most fatalities?
10. What is commonly said in Germany to a person who has just sneezed?
11. What creature is a slang word in French for a newspaper: Canard; Chien; Chat; or Cheval?
12. What technical financial term, from Latin meaning 'it shall be', and also a major automotive brand, refers to official money/currency of a nation?
13. The German Bavarian occupational name Hitler (originally Hüttler) referred to a builder of: Boats; Churches; Bicycles; or Huts?
14. Technically what must be specified in order for a given speed to be termed a velocity?
15. The French word 'derailleur' is also used in English referring to a mechanism on what sort of machine?
16. What nationality (according to modern geography) was Christopher Columbus?
17. What is the common technical term for the contractive skin of a liquid which resists external force?
18. Provenance, originally relating to an artwork, now extending widely to other created or collectible works, refers specifically to: Value; History; Rarity; or Popularity?
19. The Destroying Angel is a fatally dangerous: Spider; Mushroom/Toadstool; Fish; or Karate blow?
20. What are named after English Dr John Braxton Hicks (1823-97): Dental braces; Hiccups/hiccoughs; Cough sweets; or Contractions in pregnancy?

1. What word follows either 'stone' or 'Chinese' in referring to deliberate obstruction?

   Wall
2. The old British slang to 'shop' someone, meaning to betray someone, or inform an authority of someone's wrong-doing, derives from 'shop' meaning: Reward; Witness; Prison; or Bible?

   Prison 
3. What is the common name for the electrically excitable cells of the brain which process data via electrical and chemical signals?

   Neurons 
4. With the headline 'Simply the Best' who at 73 became Vogue's oldest front cover model (April 2013 German edition)?

   Tina Turner 
5. What sweet creamy alcoholic drink is named because lawyers/barristers were said to enjoy it?

   Advocaat 
6. What is an unrealistically optimistic person, after the title-character of Eleanor Porter's famous 1913 novel?

   Pollyanna
7. What are pince-nez?

   Spectacles 
8. Screeno, Keno, and Housey-Housey are name variations of what more commonly known gambling game?

   Bingo
9. What war produced the most fatalities?

   World War Two 
10. What is commonly said in Germany to a person who has just sneezed?

    Gesundheit 
11. What creature is a slang word in French for a newspaper: Canard; Chien; Chat; or Cheval?

    Canard 
12. What technical financial term, from Latin meaning 'it shall be', and also a major automotive brand, refers to official money/currency of a nation?

    Fiat
13. The German Bavarian occupational name Hitler (originally Hüttler) referred to a builder of: Boats; Churches; Bicycles; or Huts?

    Huts 
14. Technically what must be specified in order for a given speed to be termed a velocity?

    Direction
15. The French word 'derailleur' is also used in English referring to a mechanism on what sort of machine?

    Bicycle 
16. What nationality (according to modern geography) was Christopher Columbus?

    Italian
17. What is the common technical term for the contractive skin of a liquid which resists external force?

    Surface tension
18. Provenance, originally relating to an artwork, now extending widely to other created or collectible works, refers specifically to: Value; History; Rarity; or Popularity?

    History 
19. The Destroying Angel is a fatally dangerous: Spider; Mushroom/Toadstool; Fish; or Karate blow?

    Mushroom/Toadstool
20. What are named after English Dr John Braxton Hicks (1823-97): Dental braces; Hiccups/hiccoughs; Cough sweets; or Contractions in pregnancy?

    Contractions in pregnancy