General Knowledge Quiz 1175 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who was the Formula One racing driver's champion in 1963 and 1965?
2. How many pockets does the modern pocket billiards table have?
3. What is a lunula?
4. Babe Ruth played for which Major League Baseball team between 1919 and 1935?
5. In what country are there more than 60 Peace Walls, or Peace Lines, mostly in the capital city?
6. What word describes someone who historically was a medical professional who formulated and dispensed medicines (the fore-runner of the pharmacist, pharmacologist, chemist or dispensing chemist), offered general medical advice and a range of services such as surgery and midwifery?
7. Which sea is part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia, bounded on the west by Novaya Zemlya and to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya?
8. A small sandbar island emerged in the Bay of Bengal in the aftermath of the Bhola cyclone in 1970, but in 2010 it was discovered it had been completely submerged by rising water levels. Which 2 countries had claimed sovereignty?
9. The wife of Humphrey Verdon Roe, with whom she founded a ground-breaking clinic in Britain, was also an author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for women's rights. What was the field in which she is known for pioneering effective, widespread and consistent action?
10. Sheep, which are aged by their teeth, are referred to by the number of permanent incisors that have erupted. About how old is a "six-tooth" ?
11. Who was Lawrence Edward Grace Oates, who died on 17 March 1912?
12. Wind erosion as a driver behind shaping land forms, is called what kind of force?
13. On 1/1/2014 the first legal sales of cannabis/marijuana for recreational use since about 1940 took place where?
14. What do the dark fantasy films "Stardust" (2007) and "Coraline" (2009) have in common?
15. What instrument is installed in an electrical circuit to vary the resistance?
16. With which instrument were the following people associated in the 1960s:Pete Quaife, Chas Chandler, John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, Bill Wyman, Rick Huxley, Barry Lakeman, John Stax and Paul Samwell-Smith?
17. What is the minimum number of hurdles that must be cleared by each competitor in the Olympic 400m hurdles?
18. What is the capital of Greece?
19. Which of these cities is in Mexico?
20. What are gastropods?