General Knowledge - Very Difficult XXI

Representing each year of Jesus’ life, how many buttons does a traditional Roman Catholic cassock have?

Often called the most international river in the world, which waterway passes through 10 countries?

The above river flows southeast for 2,850km (1,770 mi), originating in Germany and then passing through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and ______.

Using a sample of the sonata Pathétique, Billy Joel gives a writing credit to which composer for his song “This Night”?

Which scientist’s theory of gravity was inspired by an apple tree that still stands more than 350 years later at England’s Woolsthorpe Manor?

Which playwright had a son named Hamnet, who died about four years before his father wrote a similarly named play?

El Castillo is the large step_______ of Chichén Itzá, the ancient Maya city located in Southern Mexico, it was built between 8th-12th centuries.

The name of which unit of measurement comes from the Latin for “thousand paces,” each pace equal to about five feet in ancient Rome?

“Whirlo-Way” and “Pluto Platter” were earlier names for what toy?

The Green __________ can weigh up to 550 pounds, it is found in South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad and is the heaviest snake in the world.

A type of Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) powered by a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy, emitting intense radiation as matter spirals into the black hole.

The Gulf of Darién is the southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea, located north and east of the border between ______ & Colombia

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict starting in 1964 - more commonly known by the acronym ______.

The National Liberation Front commonly known by its French acronym ____, is a nationalist political party in Algeria. They fought a war of independence with France between 1954-1962. the party purged internal dissent and ruled Algeria as a one-party state after independence.

The Sandinistas were a left-wing Nicaraguan political organization, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (- also known by the acronym _____ .

The above mentioned group came to power in 1979 after overthrowing the dictator Anastasio ______. They Sandinistas were voted out of office in 1990.

Velupillai Prabhakaran (6 November 1954 – 18 May 2009) was a Sri Lankan guerrilla fighter who founded the _____ ______.

The second studio album by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released in March 1994, by Nothing Records.

Lead singer of the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails.

An occupational term. Traditionally, it referred to a worker with broad-based, non-specific skills. Begins with R.

Michoacán is one of the 31 states that make up _____.

The word ________ has come to refer to any sea monster, and from the early 17th century has also been used to refer to overwhelmingly powerful people or things, comparable to Behemoth. It is also the name of a book by English Philosopher Thomas Hobbes, published in 1651.

An Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. Ludwig ________. Most famous book Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, published 1921.

Named for the political dynasty in charge when it was constructed, the Flavian Amphitheatre is commonly known by what name?

The formation of rust on iron is an example of which process?

Each night at 8 pm, traffic is stopped at the Menin Gate in _____ Belgium, to honor soldiers who died during World War One.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier holds an unidentified member of the French armed forces killed during the First World War, to symbolically commemorate all soldiers who have died for France throughout history. It was installed in Paris under the Arc de ______ on 11 November 1920,

A Spanish dish consisting of a cold soup made of raw, blended vegetables. Begins with G.

A Mexican dish consisting of a tortilla that is filled primarily with cheese, and sometimes meats, spices, and other fillings, and then cooked on a griddle or stove. Begins with Q.

The Inatsisartut is the unicameral Parliament of autonomous territory, set up in 1979?

In 1661 the body of which historical figure, who had died in 1658, was ordered to be exhumed and beheaded after the restoration of Charles II?

The Pickelhaube began in 1842 with the introduction of a new type of _____ for the Prussian army. The most striking feature of this _____ was the metal spike attached to its top.

On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip. They were shot at close range while being driven through ______, the provincial capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, formally annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908.

The Ferdinand assassination led to the outbreak of WW1. Gavrilo Princip was part of The Black ____ society, a Serbian society seeking independence from the Austro-Hungarian empire.

What was the name of Ferdinand's wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg?

Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography published in 1994 which tells the life of what Freedom Fighter?

Later writing against child marriage in his autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, published in 1929, which historical figure was betrothed at age 7 and married at age 13?

Which group of vertebrae is the highest on the human spine?

Which artist’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 is the most expensive painting by a woman ever sold, fetching $44 million at auction?