General Knowledge - Very Difficult II

The Mammoth Cave System is the longest known cave system in the world. it is found in what US state?

The Aral sea has almost entirely dried up. This is because in 1959, officials in the Soviet Union decided to divert river flows feeding the Aral Sea to the deserts of Central Asia, where the water irrigated farms supplying a growing cotton industry. Who was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at this time?

What is the name of the autobiographical novel by Jack London published in 1913 that deals with his enjoyment of drinking and struggles with alcoholism?

What is the name of the novel by John Steinbeck published in 1945 that is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California that tells the story of Lee Chong, a the local grocer; Doc, a marine biologist; and Mack, the leader of a group of derelict people?

Galdhøpiggen is the tallest mountain of what country?

François Duvalier also known as ______, was a Haitian politician and voodooist who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. He was also known as?

Duvalier was elected president in the 1957 general election on a populist and black nationalist platform. After thwarting a military coup d'état in 1958, his regime rapidly became more autocratic and despotic. The started an undercover government death squad called the ______

The Camp David Accords were a pair of political agreements signed by Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister ________ on 17th September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David, the country retreat of the president of the United States in Maryland.

Anwar Sadat was later assassinated on the 6th October ____ by Lieutenant Khalid Islambouli, a Jihadist who was part of the military.

What is the capital of Corsica?

Apocalypse Now (1979) is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by ________, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War.

In Apocalypse Now, Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade Special Forces officer who is accused of murder and presumed insane. What song by The Doors is playing when Willard kills Kutz?

In the climax of the film Apocalypse now, a water-buffalo is actually slaughtered by people of the ____ tribe?

Finish the famous quote from the film Apocalypse Now "We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write "fuck" on their airplanes ____________"

One of the best antiwar films of all time is All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). Published as a book in 1928, It tells the story of ________ and his friends as they fight in the trenches of World War One.

Erich Maria Remarque wrote a sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front in 1931 called _____?

What Northern Iraqi city was taken over by ISIS in 2014 and liberated by SDF Kurdish forces in July 2017?

What was the Arabic name given to people who fought ISIS that meant "invaders"?

What is this element? Naturally occurring, corrosive, reddish-brown liquid or vapor that's toxic to humans. It's used in many products, including water purifiers, fire retardants, and pharmaceuticals

Who was the leader of the Marxist Guerrilla group, Shining Path, founded in Peru in 1969?

What is the name of a grouping of political and insurgent groups from India. It is influenced by Maoist political sentiment and ideology?

Members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers who opposed the use of certain types of automated machinery due to concerns relating to worker pay and output quality

Who was was the second de facto head of state of Iraq as leader of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States, from May 2003 until June 2004?

Before Israel, Tel Aviv was known as ______, which means "House Estate" or "Homestead". In 1910, the name was changed to Tel Aviv, which means "hill of spring".

A diatomic molecule is a molecule containing only two atoms. There are seven diatomic elements, they are Iodine, Bromine, Chlorine, Fluorine, Oxygen, Hydrogen and ____