01·The composer Anton Bruckner, known for his monumental symphonies, served as the cathedral organist for many years in which Austrian city?
02·The White Lotus society was a religious and political movement that contributed to the decline of which Chinese dynasty?
03·The Biot-Savart law is a fundamental equation in which field of physics?
04·The Skeleton Coast, known for its dense fogs and numerous shipwrecks, is located in which African country?
05·Before achieving literary fame, what was John Steinbeck's primary role during World War II?
06·The painter Egon Schiele was a prominent protégé of Gustav Klimt and a major figure in which city's Secession movement?
07·What is the primary evolutionary purpose of capsaicin, the chemical that makes chili peppers hot?
08·The devastating War of the Triple Alliance (1864–1870) was fought between Paraguay and an alliance of which three other South American nations?
09·The urban planning concept of the "superblock" (superilla) is most famously associated with the modern redevelopment of which European city?
10·The controversial "Bodyline" bowling tactic led to a diplomatic incident between which two cricket-playing nations in 1932-33?
11·The English word "assassin" is thought to have originated from a term for members of a medieval Nizari Ismaili sect, who were allegedly given what substance before missions?
12·The pioneering "Kino-Pravda" (Film-Truth) newsreel series was a key work of which early Soviet filmmaker?
13·What is the name of the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto?
14·The 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas drew a line of demarcation, dividing the newly discovered lands of the world between which two European powers?
15·What is the key leavening agent responsible for the dense, dark crumb of traditional German pumpernickel bread?
16·Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, straddles the border of which two South American countries?
17·Who is widely credited with inventing the first commercially successful mechanical reaper, revolutionizing 19th-century agriculture?
18·The Japanese literary genre known as the "I-Novel" (Shishōsetsu) is most accurately described by which characteristic?
19·In the sport of fencing, which of the three weapons designates the entire body, from head to toe, as a valid target area?
20·The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a wave of targeted violence against which religious minority in France?
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