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Pingulala General Knowledge 1 (Hard)

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Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?
Roald Amundsen
What is the capital city of Bhutan?
Thimphu
Which element on the periodic table has the symbol "W"?
Tungsten
Who wrote the novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude"?
Gabriel García Márquez
In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1989
Who painted the "School of Athens"?
Raphael
In which country did the game of chess originate?
India
Which element has the atomic number 79?
Gold
Which bird is known for its distinctive "laugh" and is native to Australia?
Kookaburra
What is the term for a word that is spelled the same forwards and backwards?
Palindrome
Which country has the most official languages?
Bolivia
What is the name of the largest moon of Saturn?
Titan
What is the name of the deepest part of the world's oceans?
Challenger deep
What is the name of the spicy Mexican sauce made from chili peppers, chocolate, and spices?
Mole
In golf, who was the first player to win a major championship in each of four decades?
Jack Nicklaus
Which film won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929?
Wings
Which classical composer wrote the Brandenburg Concertos, a set of six instrumental works considered masterpieces of the Baroque period?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Which artist collaborated with Frank Ocean on the 2016 album Blonde and has released notable experimental works like Channel Orange?
Tyler, The Creator
Which Dutch artist, known for his surreal and meticulously detailed work, created the famous 1934 painting The Persistence of Memory, featuring melting clocks?
Salvador Dalí
Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire, famously declaring "I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble"?
Augustus (formerly known as Octavian)
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4 Comments
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Level 74
Feb 18, 2025
Bolivia (37), Zimbabwe (16), and Bolivia (13) currently have more official languages then South Africa
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Level 74
Feb 23, 2025
This has been fixed
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Level 60
Feb 22, 2025
Dali is Spanish
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Level 84
Apr 12, 2025
And The Persistence of Memory appears to be from 1931, not 1934