Hard general Knowledge #2

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What Russian republic borders Murmansk oblast and Finland and which's flag is pictured in the thumbnail
Karelia
What species of sea snails mucus was used to make purple dye
Murex
What is the name of the purple dye that was made
Tyrian purple
Who is considered to be the founder of philosophical Taoism
Laozi
What is the name of the island in Russia which is directly north of Japan
Sakhalin island
On what hill near Gloucestershire is an annual cheese rolling competition held
Cooper's Hill
Who was alleged to have pretended to be Edward Plantagenet and lead a Yorkist army army against Henry VII in the battle of stoke field
lambert Simnel
Whose last theorem was proved by Andrew Wiles in 1993
Pierre de Fermat
What is the name of the property of something that is easily drawn into wires
ductility
What type of rock is formed from the transformation of other rocks when they are subjected to high temperature and or high pressure
metamorphic rock
Who wrote Dracula
Bram Stoker
What was the first model of car to be driven up Ben Nevis
Model T
what is the genus of the bubonic plague
Yersinia
What musical period preceded the classical period of music
baroque
What team contact sport, that originated in ancient India, league's name is the PKL
Kabaddi
Who was the first Tory prime minister of the UK
John Stuart
Who was the first Whig president of the USA
William Henry Harrison
Which German fighter ace was known as the red baron
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen
Who was the Greek goddess of discord
Eris
Who was the youngest founder of YouTube
Jawed Karim
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