General Knowledge - Very Difficult XII

A group of non-metallic elements in the periodic table that are toxic and highly reactive. The word means "salt former". They are located in Group 17 of the periodic table and have seven valence electrons, making them more reactive than other non-metals.

Four sitting US presidents have been killed: Abraham Lincoln (1865, by John Wilkes Booth),_____ _______ (1881, by Charles J. Guiteau), William McKinley (1901, by Leon Czolgosz), and John F. Kennedy (1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald).

Michele Rech known as ______ is an Italian far-left cartoonist best known for his main work, The Armadillo Prophecy.

Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS _____ and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether a better understanding could aid navigation. It disappeared and was never seen again.

On 18th June 2023, Stockton Rush the American chief executive officer of OceanGate, Paul-Henri Nargeolet a French deep-sea explorer and Titanic expert, Hamish Harding a British businessman, Shahzada Dawood a Pakistani-British businessman and Dawood's son, Suleman all died when the submersible they were in imploded. What was the name of that submersible?

What is the name given to the extraterrestrial species that serves as the main antagonist of the Alien and Alien vs. Predator franchises?

Between 1954 and 1963 South Vietnam was a nominally democratic republic, propped up by American political and financial support. In reality, there was little democratic about its government. South Vietnam's leader, Ngo Dinh ___, headed the government.

The name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK).

Luigi _______, an American man who was identified as the suspect in the killing of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, which took place on December 4, 2024, in New York City.

uMkhonto weSizwe, meaning 'Spear of the Nation' was the paramilitary wing of the ____ (three letters), founded by Nelson Mandela in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre. Its mission was to fight against the South African government to bring an end to its racist policies

The ridges of the brain are called ____. The valleys between the ridges are called sulci, or fissures if they are particularly deep.

A boat is a small watercraft used for recreation or carrying small loads, while a ____ is a large boat used for transporting passengers or cargo over long distances.

With a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes (705 short tons), the An-225 is the world's heaviest _____.

A traditional German Christmas bread. It is a fruit bread of nuts, spices, and dried or candied fruit, coated with powdered sugar or icing sugar and often containing marzipan.

“Auf ________” is a German phrase that means "goodbye" or "until we meet again".

Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune (German term).

The Inland _____'s venom is known to be the most potent venom of any snake in the world. A single bite from this reptile is deadly enough to kill one hundred humans. It is commonly found in Australia.

Miloš Vučević who served as prime minister of ____ from 2024 to 2025, resigned on January 28, 2025 due to anti-corruption protest.

Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin was a Russian mercenary leader and oligarch who died aged 62 when his business jet crashed on 23 August 2023. He led the ______Group, a private military company, and was a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin

The four main hobbits in The Lord of the Rings are Frodo Baggins, Samwise "Sam" ______, Peregrin "Pippin" Took, and Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck.

The world's tallest building.

The world's tallest tree is Hyperion, a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). In 2019, Hyperion was measured at 380.8 ft (116.07 m) tall. It can be found in what US state?

The Roman tortoise formation, also known as the _____formation, was a military tactic where soldiers formed a tight, shield-covered square to protect themselves from enemy attacks

Roman Emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in AD 41. Known for being mad. Made his horse Incitatus a consul as well as declared war on Neptune and ordered his men to march to the shore to imprison sea shells as prisoners of war.

Roman Emperor from 41 AD until his death in 54 AD. He was the first Roman Emperor to invade Britain in 43 AD.

A Roman Emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from 54 AD until his death in 68 AD. Known for his cruelty and for burning Christians alive.

Roman Emperor that converted to Christianity before his victory at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312 AD.

Stephanie Louise Kwolek (1923 – 2014) was a Polish-American chemist best known for inventing _____ (poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide). This is a super strong synthetic fiber now commonly used in bullet proof vests.

One of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest-running one, opening on 22 March 1933. Located in Nazi Germany.

A major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. Known as the SS or the _________

Extreme nationalist political group founded in Spain in 1933 by José Antonio Primo de Rivera

A Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who died by self-immolation on 11 June 1963 to protest the war in what country?

Every Man Dies Alone or Alone in Berlin is a 1947 novel by German author ___ ______. It is based on the true story of working-class husband and wife Otto and Elise Hampel who, acting alone, became part of the German Resistance

A Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia. Located within the ancient Khmer capital city, it was originally constructed in 1150 CE as a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Vishnu.

A Spanish anarchist trade union that played a major role in the Spanish Civil War (three letters).