Rob's General Knowledge #5

Which variety of brown sugar takes its name from the region of modern-day Guyana where it was heavily cultivated as part of the slave trade?

Microsoft's virtual assistant 'Cortana' was named after a synthetic intelligence character in which video game series?

Members of the 'Intellectual Fight Club' take part in boxing and which other event?

What distinctive item of clothing was worn by: German WWII officer Claus von Stauffenberg; journalist Marie Colvin; Israeli politician Moshe Dayan; and rapper Slick Rick?

First introduced by the Hanna-Barbera animation studio in 1969, by what name might you better know the character Norville Rogers?

Which country uses the car registration code 'ROK'?

Ossicles are projected horn-like bone structures found on the skulls of which mammal?

The early draft of bestseller 'Fifty Shades of Grey' was originally written as erotic fan fiction for which book/film series?

Which French President famously asked "How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese"?

Erethism, also known as 'mad hatter's disease', is a neurological illness caused by what substance?

Which notable conspiracy theorist claimed in 2017 that the Pentagon was putting chemicals in the water supply which had turned all the frogs in the United States gay?

Created by Tom Clancy, Captain Marko Ramius is the commander of which Soviet nuclear submarine?

Irish-American cook Mary Mallon became notorious in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries as an asymptomatic carrier of which disease?

Which popular social media platform has as its icon a cartoon alien named Snoo?

Which period of US history was known as 'the noble experiment'?

Which instrument is typically used to tune the ensemble in a standard orchestra?

Commonly worn in equestrian events, which style of tight-fitting trousers takes its name from a city in Rajasthan, India?

The strategy board game Reversi is alternatively named after which Shakespearean character?

Pule cheese - a delicacy in Serbia - is made using the milk of goats and which other animal?

Released in May 2024, "Radical Optimism' was the third studio album by which singer?