General Knowledge Quiz 982 (20 MCQs)

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1. Whit Monday (also known as Pentecost Monday, "the second day of Pentecost" or "the second Whitsun") observed in most European countries and some former British colonies, especially in the Pacific, commemorates what type of event?
2. The Hindu Kush separates Central Asia from where?
3. What is the prevailing climate in the city of Archangel (Arkhangelsk) in Russia?
4. What is the correct spelling for a sign on a female toilet?
5. What is Chan Chan in Peru?
6. Which of these peoples are indigenous to Ecuador?
7. Where is the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale based?
8. Old English fragments of poem known as "Waldere" are heroic texts concerning whom?
9. Since 1991 what is "OPM" most often used to mean?
10. What language does the word "chutney" come from?
11. As at 2012, according to FAOSTAT (the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database), which of these countries produces the most tomatoes?
12. A number of medical treatments and terminologies have been named after which German surgeon, son of a philosopher and philologist, father and grandfather of also well-known pharmacologists, and from 1895 surgeon-in-chief at the University of Leipzig?
13. What instrument was played most frequently by composer Frederic Chopin?
14. Which British comedy-drama series (1979 to 1994) starred George Cole as Arthur Daley, an unscrupulous importer-exporter, wholesaler, and used-car salesman and Dennis Waterman as Terry McCann, his bodyguard?
15. What is a nickname or a fancy name of a person, group or place which is familiar enough to be used instead of a real name without the need of explanation?
16. Which of these is the earliest opera or stage musical composition performed?
17. Which of these is a variety of tea?
18. Which of the following films was NOT based on a book by Ian Fleming?
19. What was the name of the hotel opened by street artist Banksy in 2017 in Bethlehem in the West Bank, Palestine, next to the Israeli wall?
20. Which vehicle maker has marketed models called HiLux, Surf, Starlet, HiAce, Prado and Echo?