General Knowledge Quiz 721 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these would you expect to be served for a meal?
2. Brazil is the world's biggest coffee producer. What country is the second biggest?
3. What is the name for an intermittent hot spring, characterised by violent explosive eruptions of steam and boiling water, alternating with quiet periods?
4. Pepys, Wesley, Evelyn and Greville have what famous items in common?
5. Vigna unguiculata, sesquipedalis, which is part of traditional Suriname dishes is more commonly known in Suriname as what?
6. Which of these, among many other things, was directly affected by the 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku, Japan?
7. What country separates the city of Dandong and Dochon-ri village?
8. Which country became a short-lived theocracy in 1911?
9. What do the JuJuy, San Juan, Mendoza and Rio Negro areas in Argentina share in common?
10. "Patriotism is not enough. I must have no bitterness or hatred towards anyone" was said on what occasion?
11. Who wrote "The Coming of the Fairies" (1921) which shows he was apparently convinced of the veracity of photographs of fairies, in which he theorised about the nature and existence of fairies and spirits?
12. Two areas with the highest vertical tide ranges in the world are both in Canada and separate the Canadian mainland from what?
13. George H. W. Bush was vice president to whom?
14. A philosophy which explores whether everything you can touch/smell/taste/see/hear, i.e. perceive it, really exists except to the extent you perceive it, is one advanced by whom?
15. Which of these opera composers wrote in the 18th century?
16. For 17 years, until 1815, Switzerland was under the control of what country?
17. The opening ceremony of the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp was marked by what?
18. Which American legal TV drama-comedy (2004 to 2008), a spin-off of "The Practice", followed the exploits of attorneys at Crane, Poole & Schmidt?
19. Who was the manager of the English national football team from 1963 until he was sacked in 1974?
20. What is the affectionate Spanish language diminutive that María Eva Duarte de Perón, the second wife of President Juan Domingo Perón of Argentina, was known by?