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Extremely Hard General Knowledge #2

Answer these DIFFICULT random trivia questions.
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Who is the lead singer of Blur?
Damon Albarn
The 2018 Climate Change Conference was held in which Polish city?
Katowice
Which desert is found between Nevada and California?
Mojave
When asked to justify why the Earth rotates round the Sun, Galileo Galilei said what phrase, roughly translating to 'And yet it moves'?
E pur si muove
What was the full birth name of the woman who married Grover Cleveland when she was 21 to become the youngest wife of a sitting president?
Frances Folsom
Who defeated the Houston Astros in the 2019 World Series of Baseball?
Washington Nationals
Which Carry On film was the last (31st) film to be released?
Carry On Columbus (1992)
What is the Speed of Sound (in air) to the nearest metre per second?
343
What is the largest and most populous island of the Philippines?
Luzon
Which building in St Petersburg is the tallest in Europe, standing at 462 metres?
Lakhta Center
In which year did Sirimavo Bandaranaike become the first female prime minister of a country?
1960
What is the name of the pub in Emmerdale?
The Woolpack
Which MLB stadium is the largest, with a capacity of just over 56,000?
Oakland Coliseum
What is the capital city of the channel island Jersey?
Saint Helier
Who was the captain of the RMS Titanic when it sank in April 1912?
Edward Smith
Which jockey rode Red Rum in 1973 and 1974 to Grand National victory?
Brian Fletcher
Who discovered Pluto in 1930?
Clyde Tombaugh
John Williams has won 5 Oscars for Best Original Score, but for which film did he win his first in 1972?
The Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
What is the name of a scientific name in which the same word is used for both genus and species e.g. Gulo gulo (Wolverine)?
Tautonym
What did Joseph John Thomson famously discover in 1897?
Electron
2 Comments
+1
Level 64
Dec 17, 2020
i typed "dodger stadium" and didn't get it right. stupid.
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Level 64
Dec 20, 2020
You must have spelt it incorrectly. JetPunk has a feature where 'The' at the beginning of an answer is optional so Dodger Stadium works if you spell it correctly :)