General Knowledge - Very Difficult XIII

A species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions

In what country would you find Baffin Island?

What country does the Island of Svalbard belong to?

What country does the Island of Novaya Zemlya belong to?

Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland ___ ________.

The five largest islands in Indonesia are New Guinea, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, and ____.

Following his death in 1994, Kim Il Sung's role as supreme leader was passed to his son, Kim Jong Il, and then in 2011 to his grandson, ___ ____ ___. The three served as North Korea's supreme leaders since the state's establishment in 1948.

Gotland also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland is the largest island of what country?

In May 2024, protests and riots broke out in ___ __________, a sui generis collectivity of overseas France in the Pacific Ocean. The violent protests have led to at least 13 deaths, the declaration of a state of emergency on 16 May, deployment of the French army, and the block of the social network TikTok.

The two most widely spoken Kurdish languages are Kurmanji with some 16 million native speakers, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Syria and the Caucasus and Khorasan regions & _____ with some 5.3 million native speakers also known as Central Kurdish, spoken in Iraq, mainly in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as the provinces of Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and West Azerbaijan in western Iran.

In late January 2025, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took control of ____, the biggest city in eastern Congo this week.

On April 6, 1994, the plane carrying Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down by missiles near ____ International Airport. The crash marked the beginning of the Rwandan genocide.

Each year an estimated 300,000 smugglers, known as _____haul millions of pounds of contraband from Iraq to Iran. More than 50 of them will die—shot dead, killed in accidents, or freezing to death—and countless more will be arrested and imprisoned.

Mountain range that begins in northwestern Iran and roughly follows Iran's western border while covering much of southeastern Turkey and northeastern Iraq. Has a has a total length of 1,600 km (990 miles).

A medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammals native to Africa. Has a long snout similar to that of a pig.

___ ____is a 1981 novel by the American author Toni Morrison, her fourth to be published. It follows a love affair between two Black Americans, Jadine a middle class Sorbonne graduate and fashion model and Son an impoverished, strong-minded man.

A 500-mile-long range that stretches from Afghanistan into Pakistan and Tajikistan.

The ____ sea, which is shared by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, has been drying up due to unsustainable cotton cultivation. The sea has shrunk to about half its original size since the 1960s.

A city near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy. Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, the city was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

The Kurdistan Free Life Party, or _____ , is a Kurdish leftist anti-Islamic Republic of Iran armed militant group. It has waged an intermittent armed struggle since 2004 against the Iranian Government, seeking self-determination through some degree of autonomy for Kurds in Iran (also known as "Eastern Kurdistan" or "Rojhelat")

The New People's Army rebellion is an ongoing conflict between the government of the _____ and the New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist Communist Party. It has had more than 43,000 insurgency-related fatalities between 1969 and 2008. It is also one of the longest ongoing communist insurgencies in the world.

A human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound.

The _____ was a Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization. They collaborated with the Nazis and fought Yugoslavian Partisans.

The town of Kvanefjeld is a contentious place. A proposed pit mine is intended to process rare earth minerals, which are used in electronics, weapons, and other technologies. You'd find this town in the south of what country?

A northern Israeli port city built in tiers extending from the Mediterranean up the north slope of Mount Carmel.

The main Hindu texts are the ____, which are a collection of four texts: the Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda, and Atharvaveda.

Credit for building The Great Wall goes to the first emperor of the ___ dynasty in 221 B.C.E to 206 B.C.E.

Following their defeat in the Chinese Civil War, in December 1949, the remnants of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC), alongside many refugees, retreated to the island of Taiwan. The exodus is sometimes called the Great Retreat in Taiwan. The Nationalist ___________ party (KMT), its officers, and approximately 2 million ROC troops took part in the retreat, in addition to many civilians and refugees, fleeing the advance of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Marina Bay Sands opened in 2010 and was deemed the world's most expensive standalone casino property at $6.88 billion. It is shaped like a huge ship resting atop three skyscrapers. You'll find it in what city?

The highest peak in _______ is Noshaq, which is 24,580 ft tall.

A cold, dry biome with little tree growth, found in the Arctic and on high mountains.

The Netsilik are an Inuit people who reside mainly in which of Canada's territories (hint, begins with N).

_______ _________ has seen two leaders since its independence in 1968. Francisco Macías Nguema who was known for his madness, and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo who disposed Nguema, his uncle, in a coup in 1982.

The ______ States period was a period in Chinese history that lasted from 475–221 BCE. The Qin state, led by King Zheng, emerged as the most powerful state during this period. The period also saw the development of new weapons, such as the crossbow, the creation of a system of territorial states, each ruled by an unchallenged monarch & the rise of many great Chinese philosophers, including Mencius and Xunzi.

The heart has 4 main sections, or "chambers." The top 2 chambers are called the right atrium and left atrium. The bottom 2 chambers are called the right and left _______

A natural substance that gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes. It also protects the skin and eyes from damage caused by ultraviolet light.

The record for the most Grammy Awards won in a lifetime is held by _____, an American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer, who has won 32.