General Knowledge Quiz No. 266

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General Knowledge Quiz No. 266

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  • 1. What colour/color flag was historically first displayed to indicate sickness aboard a ship ?
  • 2. A radionuclide is a radioactive: Mineral; Gas; Isotope; or Electron ?
  • 3. Approximately how many years old is the living part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef: 200; 2,000; 20,000; or 2 million ?
  • 4. A traditional light-bulb containing a glowing filament is technically called what, from the Latin 'glow white' ?
  • 5. The 3D geometric shape called a torus is illustrated by what sort of cake: Cupcake; Battenberg; Swiss roll; or Ring doughnut ?
  • 6. What highly durable footwear is used to name a species of bat and crab, alluding respectively to nose and body shapes ?
  • 7. Popularized by a 2007 US comedy film what item prefixes a list of things to do before dying ?
  • 8. What name is given to a puzzle or word construction which hides a word within single letters of other words: Metapuzzle; Acrostic; Tangram; or Anagram ?
  • 9. What sugar substitute, also known as glucitol, is named after the sorb fruit of the sorbus tree ?
  • 10. Approximately how many gallons of blood is pumped by the average 'at rest' human heart per day: 5; 35; 180; or 2,000 ?
  • 11. A chalice - as in the expression 'poisoned chalice' - is literally a: Goblet; Potion; Arrow; or Letter ?
  • 12. From the Latin for 'godlike' what is the traditional word for the academic study of religion and its ministry ?
  • 13. South Africa, Vietnam, and Thailand are considered the only three nations to have produced what distinctively haired muscular type of dog ?
  • 14. What word prefixes the words ball, board, code, core and hearted to make five new words/terms ?
  • 15. Batwing, Corkscrew, Hammerhead turn, Heartline roll, Horseshoe and Immelmann are elements of what form of entertainment ?

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8. Anagram
11. Goblet
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1 Yellow
4 Incandescent
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14. Hard?
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5 Doghnut
7 Bucket
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ANSWERS
  • 1. What colour/color flag was historically first displayed to indicate sickness aboard a ship ? Yellow
  • 2. A radionuclide is a radioactive: Mineral; Gas; Isotope; or Electron ? Isotope
  • 3. Approximately how many years old is the living part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef: 200; 2,000; 20,000; or 2 million ? 20,000
  • 4. A traditional light-bulb containing a glowing filament is technically called what, from the Latin 'glow white' ? Incandescent
  • 5. The 3D geometric shape called a torus is illustrated by what sort of cake: Cupcake; Battenberg; Swiss roll; or Ring doughnut ? Ring doughnut
  • 6. What highly durable footwear is used to name a species of bat and crab, alluding respectively to nose and body shapes ? Horseshoe
  • 7. Popularized by a 2007 US comedy film what item prefixes a list of things to do before dying ? Bucket
  • 8. What name is given to a puzzle or word construction which hides a word within single letters of other words: Metapuzzle; Acrostic; Tangram; or Anagram ? Acrostic
  • 9. What sugar substitute, also known as glucitol, is named after the sorb fruit of the sorbus tree ? Sorbitol
  • 10. 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
  • 11. A chalice - as in the expression 'poisoned chalice' - is literally a: Goblet; Potion; Arrow; or Letter ? Goblet
  • 12. From the Latin for 'godlike' what is the traditional word for the academic study of religion and its ministry ? Divinity
  • 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 word prefixes the words ball, board, code, core and hearted to make five new words/terms ? Hard
  • 15. Batwing, Corkscrew, Hammerhead turn, Heartline roll, Horseshoe and Immelmann are elements of what form of entertainment ? Roller-coasters

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