General Knowledge - Very Difficult XVI

An Israeli Kahanist and anti-Arab party that won six seats in the 2022 Israeli legislative election. Ben Gvir is the leader. Means "Jewish Power" in Hebrew

The smallest of Japan's four main islands. It's located between Honshu and Kyushu.

City in England. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west.

A high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England. Known to have harboured some of the UKs most notorious and violent criminals including Charles Bronson, the Kray Brothers and Peter Sutcliffe.

The far-right French party led by Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen, a French lawyer who ran for presidency in 2012, 2017, and 2022.

The AfD is a far-right and right-wing populist political party in Germany. AfD stands for (in English)?

Sierra Leone is a multilingual country with English as its official language and ____ as its most widely spoken language.

An extremist organization operating in Central Africa and East Africa. Its origins were in the Ugandan insurgency (1986–1994) against President Yoweri Museveni. Founded by Joseph Kony in 1987

A _____ _____ pancake, sometimes called a German pancake, a Bismarck or a Hootenanny, is a dish that is similar to a large Yorkshire pudding. Unlike most pancakes, they are baked in the oven, rather than being fried. They are generally thicker than most pancakes and contain no chemical leavening ingredients such as baking powder.

A soup or strew common in Hungary made from meat and vegetables seasoned with paprika and other spices.

A chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27. This element is needed within the production of rechargeable batteries. Demand for this element is projected to increase 20-fold by 2040, according to the International Energy Agency. Many hundreds of thousands of people, including children, mine this resource in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Marcel _____ was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) which was published in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927.

______ a form of torture wherein the soles of the feet are beaten. Also called falaka or bastinado It is common as a form of punishment in Iraq, Bahrain, Tunisia and Zimbabwe.

The ________ Movement also known as the Renaissance Party is a self-defined Islamic democratic political party in Tunisia. It rose to prominance after the self immolation of 26 year old Mohamed Bouazizi on 4th January 2011 led to the Jasmine Revolution & ousting of ousting of longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Capital of Tunisia

Tunisia was the epicentre of what Semitic civilization and trading empire that dominated the Mediterranean Sea in the ancient world and proved to be a thorn in the Roman's side until they were eventually destroyed by them in 146 BC?

On 5th July 2019, Tunisia's government issued a ban that will prevent women wearing a full-face veil—or _____—from entering government buildings.

The Conservative party in the UK is also called the ____ party

The process of the UK Parliament granting powers (excluding powers over reserved matters) to the Scottish Parliament.

______ ______ Party (BJP), India's ruling political party topped the list of largest political parties in the world with a membership of an estimated 180 million members.

Narendra Damodardas ____ is an Indian politician who has been serving as the prime minister of India since 2014. He is a Hindu Nationalist and leads the BJP.

The Battle of _____ Street was a series of clashes that took place at several locations in the East End of London, most notably Cable Street, on Sunday 4th October 1936. It was a clash between the Metropolitan Police, sent to protect a march by members of the British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist demonstrators including local trade unionists, communists, anarchists, British Jews, and socialist group.

Who was the founder the British Union of Fascists (BUF) in 1932 and led it until its forced disbandment in 1940?

____ ______, born 1907 in New York, was the only female photographer to document the Dachau concentration camp during World War II. Miller was an American photographer and war correspondent who also documented the Buchenwald concentration camp.

"Heval" is an Arabic & Kurmanji word that means "friend" or _______.

In the left revolutionary region of North-East Syria, you might hear the people chant the Kurdish slogan "Şehîd namirin" during the funeral of a fallen soldier. What does this mean in English?

Utqiagvik is the most northernly town of Alaska. In 2016, residents voted to change the name ______ back to its traditional Iñupiaq name.

Qaanaaq is the northernly town in _________. It is also one of the northernmost towns in the world.

___________, Svalbard, Norway is the world's northernmost permanently inhabited town. It's located at 78 degrees north, halfway between the North Pole and mainland Norway

________ is China's northernmost & easternmost province, with remote mountain ranges and a flat interior plain. It's named for the Heilong (Black Dragon) river, bordering Russia. Harbin, the capital, is known for Russian architecture, including Russian Orthodox Saint Sophia Cathedral, as well as European-style houses. The city is also famous for its annual International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival.

_______ is an island province of China and the nation’s southernmost point. It's known for its tropical climate, beach resorts and forested, mountainous interior. The southern city of Sanya has many beaches that range from 22km-long Sanya Bay to crescent Yalong Bay and its luxury hotels.

In Mandarin, 你好 (Nǐ hǎo) means?