Rob's General Knowledge #7

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What is Hannibal Lecter's profession?
Psychiatrist
Which former country's communist regime was overthrown during the largely peaceful Velvet Revolution?
Czechoslovakia
What is a yuzu?
A citrus fruit
Which 1964 Stanley Kubrick movie is subtitled 'How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'?
Dr Strangelove
On 8th December 2020, William Shakespeare became the first man in the world to receive what?
A COVID vaccine
First appearing in a 1912 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, by what name is Lord Greystoke better known?
Tarzan
Olga, Irina and Maria are the eponymous 'Three Sisters' in a play by which Russian playwright?
Anton Chekhov
Which Pacific nation was formerly known as 'Pleasant Island'?
Nauru
Born in 1933 and dying in 1945, Terry played which character in 'The Wizard of Oz'?
Toto
In 1982, three-time Russian Olympic gold-medallist Vladimir Smirnov was accidentally killed by his West German opponent in which combat sport?
Fencing
At 3,222m, Afriski is Africa's highest ski resort. In which country can Afriski be found?
Lesotho
The best-selling true crime novel of all time is Vincent Bugliosi's 'Helter Skelter', which tells the story of which notorious serial killer?
Charles Manson
By what name is the digitus minimus manus better known?
Pinkie
Which current world leader once starred in a sitcom entitled 'Servant of the People', in which he played a fictional president of his country?
Volodymyr Zelensky
Lynchburg, Tennessee is the home of which spirit manufacturer?
Jack Daniel's
Which disease was historically known as 'hydrophobia'?
Rabies
In July 2008, a man in South Wales called the police to report a mysterious bright UFO hovering above his house? What did this UFO turn out to be?
The moon
In Stephen King's novel '11/22/63', the protagonist Jake Epping travels in time to attempt to prevent the assassination of which historical figure?
John F. Kennedy
In 2017, the Chinese government banned the image of Disney’s version of which fictional character, after a series of internet memes noted his resemblance to Xi Jinping?
Winnie the Pooh
The sheep cloned by Keith Campbell and Ian Wilmut at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute in 1996 was named after which American singer?
Dolly Parton
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Level 68
Aug 28, 2024
Great quiz.
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Level 58
Aug 28, 2024
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)