The Old Dog Barks

Last week I posted questions 16 – 30 from the Telegraph. Here are questions 31 – 45.

31 Diamonds are a form of which chemical element?
32 Which paper size measures 297x420mm?
33 What piece of computer equipment was invented by Douglas Engelbart of Stanford Research Institute in 1963?
34 What is the highest digit that can appear in an Octal number system?
35 Alopecia is a condition causing the loss of what from the body?
36 What colour are most thistle heads?
37 Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange and Charm are the six “flavours” of what elementary particle?
38 What is the device that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine called?
39 Which part of a horse’s anatomy is the equivalent of a human ankle?
40 Magnetite, hematite, limonite and siderite are ores of which metal?
41 What name is given to the condition created by too much bile in the bloodstream creating a yellowing of the skin?
42 What acid accumulates in the muscles once the anaerobic threshold is passed when doing exercise?
43 What do 1,000 gigabytes make?
44 Which major spiral galaxy is the closest to the Milky Way and might collide with it in about three billion years?
45 What is the usual colour of copper sulphate?

This time I missed 32, 33, 35, 36, and 39, the same number of misses as last week.

The answers to last weeks questions are: 16) Millibars 17) Sodium 18 ) Epsom salts 19) Warbler 20) Sir Ernest Rutherford 21) Graphite 22) A Screw Propellor 23) The whale shark 24) Semicircles 25) Robert Boyle 26) The femur (or thighbone) 27) Liquid Crystal Display 28 ) Snakes 29) A Fibonacci Series 30) Geyser