General Knowledge Quiz #178

General Knowledge Quiz #178

Questions

1. The hawse is a hole in the side of a ship for the: Toilet waste; Anchor cable/chain; Foglight; or Harpoon/Gun-barrel?
2. Sprachgefühl is a German term for the (and possessing the) natural: Eye for a ball; Feeling of language; Poise of a ballerina; or Cunning of a fox?
3. Name the late 1800s eponymous and genericized trademark cutting tool with replacement blade, whose founding organization merged with Black & Decker in 2010?
4. German organic chemist Baron Justus von Liebig (1803-73), a 'founding father of the fertilizers', also founded which meaty three-letter brand?
5. Pele is which nation's goddess of volcanoes: Brazil; Hawaii; Iceland; or Italy?
6. What is the approximate total coastline of Australia, excluding its islands: 4,000miles; 7,500miles; 15,000miles, or 22,000miles?
7. Which one of these is not in the conventional western violin string tuning: E A B D G?
8. Who retained a weakness where held and dipped by his mother into the river Styx to make him immortal?
9. Staphylococcus and Streptococcus are types of: Protozoa; Bacteria; Virus; or Fungus?
10. What plant provides the raw material for linen?
11. Stannic and stannous refer to variations of which metallic element?
12. Originating in India, paneer (or panir/chhena/chhana) is a type of: Cake; Wine; Omelette; or Cheese?
13. What word prefixes the following to produce five different words: Pet, Diddle, Site, Graph, Meter?
14. From ancient Greek 'all gods' what word refers to (a temple for) the collective dieties of a religion, and metaphorically to the leaders of a field?
15. The softest known mineral, magnesium silicate, is commonly called what in its loose form?
16. Hank is a unit of measurement of: Yarn/twine; Livestock; Diver's compression; or Musical echo?
17. The legume plant Glycyrrhiza glabra is commonly called what (also a confectionery derived from its boiled root)?
18. The medical term sclerosis refers to the abnormal (what?) of body tissue: Multiplying; Softening; Hardening; or Wasting?
19. What 1500s tradename for a harnesses maker, later a slaughterer of old horses, and dialectal term for castanets, became slang for testes and verb terms for various states of uselessness?
20. The Coca-Cola corporation launched its Sprite drink in 1961 to compete with which similarly famous earlier product?

1. The hawse is a hole in the side of a ship for the: Toilet waste; Anchor cable/chain; Foglight; or Harpoon/Gun-barrel?

   Anchor cable/chain
2. Sprachgefühl is a German term for the (and possessing the) natural: Eye for a ball; Feeling of language; Poise of a ballerina; or Cunning of a fox?

   Feeling of language 
3. Name the late 1800s eponymous and genericized trademark cutting tool with replacement blade, whose founding organization merged with Black & Decker in 2010?

   Stanley knife 
4. German organic chemist Baron Justus von Liebig (1803-73), a 'founding father of the fertilizers', also founded which meaty three-letter brand?

   OXO
5. Pele is which nation's goddess of volcanoes: Brazil; Hawaii; Iceland; or Italy?

   Hawaii
6. What is the approximate total coastline of Australia, excluding its islands: 4,000miles; 7,500miles; 15,000miles, or 22,000miles?

   22,000miles
7. Which one of these is not in the conventional western violin string tuning: E A B D G?

   B
8. Who retained a weakness where held and dipped by his mother into the river Styx to make him immortal?

   Achilles 
9. Staphylococcus and Streptococcus are types of: Protozoa; Bacteria; Virus; or Fungus?

   Bacteria
10. What plant provides the raw material for linen?

    Flax
11. Stannic and stannous refer to variations of which metallic element?

    Tin 
12. Originating in India, paneer (or panir/chhena/chhana) is a type of: Cake; Wine; Omelette; or Cheese?

    Cheese
13. What word prefixes the following to produce five different words: Pet, Diddle, Site, Graph, Meter?

    Para
14. From ancient Greek 'all gods' what word refers to (a temple for) the collective dieties of a religion, and metaphorically to the leaders of a field?

    Pantheon
15. The softest known mineral, magnesium silicate, is commonly called what in its loose form?

    Talcum powder 
16. Hank is a unit of measurement of: Yarn/twine; Livestock; Diver's compression; or Musical echo?

    Yarn/twine
17. The legume plant Glycyrrhiza glabra is commonly called what (also a confectionery derived from its boiled root)?

    Licorice 
18. The medical term sclerosis refers to the abnormal (what?) of body tissue: Multiplying; Softening; Hardening; or Wasting?

    Hardening 
19. What 1500s tradename for a harnesses maker, later a slaughterer of old horses, and dialectal term for castanets, became slang for testes and verb terms for various states of uselessness?

    Knacker 
20. The Coca-Cola corporation launched its Sprite drink in 1961 to compete with which similarly famous earlier product?

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