General Knowledge Quiz 632 (20 MCQs)

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1. Anton Gregorovitch Rubinstein, the 19th century musician who founded a conservatoire of music in St Petersburg, is associated with which instrument?
2. What is the name of the line of latitude that is approximately 23 degrees 30 minutes North?
3. In 1954 the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) appointed the first of its Goodwill Ambassadors, who was ..... ?
4. Which of these could be described as a potentate?
5. What is a Harvey Wallbanger?
6. Which American was the first Western photographer allowed into the Soviet Union, the first female photojournalist for Life magazine, the first female war correspondent and the first to be allowed to work in combat zones during World War II?
7. Where two or more species, sometimes related, co-exist in the same habitat at the same time how can they be described?
8. An arctophile is a lover of what?
9. What is the common name of the chemical NH3, which is found in cleaning products?
10. Which of these seas is not off the coast of North America?
11. What is the name of the Spanish island group in the Mediterranean Sea that includes Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, Formentera and Cabrera?
12. In the first 25 years after 1975-76 when the world snooker ranking system was established, 6 players were Number 1 at various times; among how many further players was the ranking shared in the next 23 years (including in the rolling format from 2010 on)?
13. Which pair of films directed by Quentin Tarantino were originally conceived as one film?
14. What is the base meaning of the word "duma", a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions, and the formal name of the lower house of the Russian national parliament?
15. What is a name for the abstract study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change?
16. What is the official Latin name for Switzerland, which translates as the "Swiss Confederation" ?
17. In 1988, 290 people were killed when an Iranian airliner was shot down by a ship belonging to what navy?
18. In which area did the authors of "Spycatcher:The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer" (1987) describe themselves as working?
19. Malick Sidibé was internationally famous as a what?
20. What is special about many of the ants which belong to the tribe known as Attini?