Rob's General Knowledge #1

15 moderately challenging general knowledge questions!
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Which fashion house designed Audrey Hepburn's famous 'little black dress' for the film Breakfast at Tiffany's?
Givenchy
What notable artefact was kept hidden in a trunk for two years in the Parisian apartment belonging to Vincenzo Peruggia?
The Mona Lisa
The traditional Russian folk song 'Korbeiniki' (or 'The Peddlers') is perhaps best known as the theme to which classic arcade game?
Tetris
Glenn Miller played which instrument?
Trombone
What type of organisms are used in hirudotherapy?
Leeches
Which is the only South American country where cricket is the most popular sport?
Guyana
First developed in Germany in the early 20th century, which physical exercise regime was originally known as 'contrology'?
Pilates
In August 1918, socialist revolutionary Fanny Kaplan attempted to assassinate which historical figure?
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
With territory straddling both sides of the International Date Line, which is always the first country to fully enter into the new year?
Kiribati
2-D, Murdoc Niccals, Russel Hobbs and Noodle are fictional members of which band?
Gorillaz
Which Nobel Prize-winning chemist was the first person to map the structure of Vitamin B12?
Dorothy Hodgkin
Which fruit is cultivated in viticulture?
Grapes
Which 1818 novel is alternatively titled 'The Modern Prometheus'?
Frankenstein
Who played the title role in Monty Python's Life of Brian?
Graham Chapman
The 2005 Madonna hit 'Hung Up' samples which ABBA song?
Gimme Gimme Gimme
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