General Knowledge Quiz 749 (20 MCQs)

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1. In the TV series of P.G.Wodehouse's "Jeeves and Wooster", Bertie Wooster is most known for playing what musical instrument?
2. Outside a fictional presence in films and books, what is the definition of a muggle?
3. Intense rabbinical debate in New York circles in the summer of 2004, led to some observant Jews installing what?
4. Which Wonder of the Ancient World begun in 356 BC at Ephesus under the direction of Dinocrates took over a century to build?
5. Which continent has the world's highest waterfall, largest river by volume, longest mountain range, driest non-polar place, largest rainforest, highest capital city, and highest commercially navigable lake?
6. What is the former name of Helsinki, Finland?
7. A player from which nation or nations is the 2016 World Champion of the board game Diplomacy?
8. Which British golfer won the US Masters in 1989, 1990 & 1996?
9. The aim of which board game, which is based on one created in India around 500 BC, is to move pawns from the "nest" to "home" ?
10. Where is the Sea of Fertility?
11. What drink originating from India is made from yoghurt, water, salt, pepper, ice and spices and sometimes cumin, sugar, honey, turmeric powder, rosewater, lemon, mango, strawberry, cream, ice cream, pistachio nuts or a liquid derivative of cannabis?
12. Where in the body is Waldeyer's ring?
13. "The Blockheads" released a new album in 2009 after nine years' silence. Who used to be their frontman?
14. Marius Petipa is particularly well-known for his work in what?
15. In 2018 which country is the world's leading producer of fresh dates?
16. Who was the subject of the 2007 film "La Vie En Rose" ?
17. Where are the Straits of Magellan?
18. What word means skill or dexterity in the sense of cunning, deceit and trickery?
19. New Zealand first won medals in shot put in the Olympic Games in 2008; this was in women's shot put with Valerie Adams (now Vili) winning gold (2008 and 2012) and silver (2016). When did it win in the men's shot put?
20. Credits for originally writing which song are ascribed to Fred Glickman and Ellis "Buz" Butler, who in 1947 was the first to record it, and also ascribed to Fred Glickman, Johnny Lange, Hy Heath, and Ramblin' Tommy Scott?