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Extremely Hard General Knowledge #60

Answer these DIFFICULT random trivia questions.
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Last updated: December 28, 2022
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Which Danish sculptor's most famous work is the bronze statue of The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen?
Edvard Eriksen
Benny Goodman, the American musician known as the "King of Swing" was famous for playing which instrument?
Clarinet
Which Argentine tennis player won the French Open in 2004?
Gaston Gaudio
Which Chinese tile-based game is made up of 144 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols?
Mahjong
Which American was mainly known for his series of paintings Dogs Playing Poker?
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
What was the surname of the Haitian Presidents François and Jean-Claude, known as Papa-Doc and Baby-Doc respectively?
Duvalier
Which Liverpudlian band had three UK Number Ones in 1963 with "How Do You Do It?", "I Like It" and "You'll Never Walk Alone"?
Gerry and the Pacemakers
Who is the lead singer of the Norwegian band A-ha?
Morten Harket
Which Greek island is the largest of the Ionian islands?
Kefalonia
Who hosted the British game show Ask the Family for 16 seasons from 1967 to 1984?
Robert Robinson
In which year did Æthelred the Unready first become King of the English?
978
Which Sri-Lankan writer won the 2022 Booker Prize for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida?
Shehan Karunatilaka
What is the name of the park in Edinburgh where the ancient volcano Arthur's Seat is found?
Holyrood Park
Who was the architect of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin?
Carl Gotthard Langhans
Which team has won the most (14) Rugby Union Premierships, with their most recent for the 2021/22 season?
Leicester Tigers
In the 12th Century, which Muslim resisted the Third Crusade, earning the crusaders' respect?
Saladin
Which Russian-American nuclear physicist is the name sake of the chemical element with atomic number 118, and is responsible for the discovery of several other superheavy chemical elements?
Yuri Oganessian
Who won the Best Leading Actress Oscar for starring as the titular role in the Best Picture winner Mrs Miniver(1942)?
Greer Garson
How many "surahs" (chapters) are in the Quran?
114
Which citrus fruit commonly found in Southern Africa, is widely-believed to get elephants "drunk" when they eat the fermented fruits?
Marula
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Level 59
Dec 22, 2022
The host of 'Ask The Family' was Robert Robinson (not Robertson).
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Level 64
Dec 28, 2022
Thanks for spotting, have amended :)