General Knowledge - Very Difficult XIII

Physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.

A Russian anarchist and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism. Peter _______

Anwar El Sadat served as the third President of ____ from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.

The Simba rebellion took place in _______________ between 1963 and 1965. The Simba rebels were initially successful and captured much of eastern part of the country, proclaiming a "people's republic" at Stanleyville.

The flag of _______is a light blue field with a white five-pointed star in the center. The flag was adopted on October 12, 1954, and designed by Mohammed Awale Liban.

Mikhail _________ was a Russian politician and statesman who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991

Chemical reactions can be identified via a wide range of different observable factors including change in color, energy change (temperature change or light produced), gas production, something burning, and the formation of a _______.

And Quiet Flows the ____ is a novel in four volumes by Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov.

______ is located on on the main island of "Pulau Ujong" as it is known in Malay.

Notes of a Crocodile is a 1994 novel by writer Qiu Miaojin. It is one of the most significant lesbian novels of the 1990s. Miaojin was from ______.

Who was the author of Lolita?

______ is a sour soup, made with meat stock, beetroot, other vegetables and seasonings, common in Eastern Europe and served with sour cream.

Who was the author of Crime & Punishment?

Who was the author of The Master and Margarita?

The current president of _______ is Klaus Iohannis, who has been serving since 21 December 2014. His late presidency (his second term) has been marked by democratic backsliding as well as a slight shift towards illiberalism.

Viktor Mihály Orbán has been the Prime Minister of ______ since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002, and the leader of the Fidesz political party since 2003. He is right wing and a fan of Trump.

In 2023 and 2024, a series of street demonstrations took place throughout _______ largely in opposition to the proposed "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence", which would require non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to register as foreign agents or "organizations carrying the interests of a foreign power".

Evan Wright wrote ________kill in 2004 about his experience as an embedded reporter with the US Marine Corps' 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during the 2003 invasion of Iraq,

_____ waves have the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum. These waves can range from less than one centimeter to greater than 100 meters

Abdul Latif Rashid is the current President of _____. He became the ninth President of ____ after an election in 2022. He was previously the Minister of Water Resources under the government of Nouri al-Maliki.

Saurology is the study of ________

The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs abbreviated as _____ was the interior ministry and secret police of the Soviet Union from 1934-1946

How many bones are in the human body?

The largest living rodent, native to South America

What is the perimeter of a circle called?

Mycology is the study of _____

Mount Vesuvius is a somma–stratovolcano located in Italy, about 9 km east of what major Italian city?

In what country would you find these cities/towns? Thurso, Aberdeen, Girvan, Ayr, Stranraer, Inverness, Glasgow, Edinburgh.

DNA stands for ________ Acid