Only two individuals have an officially recorded distance of over 86 metres in the hammer throw event, Sergey Litvinov and this athlete (visual). His unique technique of spinning three times instead of the usual four is believed to be the secret of his 86.74 metres throw at the 1986 European Championships. Identify him.

Vermeer's The Music Lesson features what box-shaped keyboard instrument popular in the Baroque period but now seldom used? These featured rich decorations, most prominently on the upright soundboard that could be painted upon. The instrument is believed to have gotten its popular name either because young women would often play these or that they sounded like a maiden's voice. It can be seen in two other Vermeer paintings.

Which Native American confederacy (also known as the Six Nations) in Northeastern North America is this utility helicopter of the US military named after? First used in combat during the Vietnam War, this helicopter manufactured by Bell is also nicknamed Huey after its designation HU-1.

Which mathematican lends his name to the title of this work by Leonard Mlondinow? He wrote one of the most widely read texts of all time - a series of thirteen rolls of parchment composed in Alexandria. This treatise, fundamental to our understanding of a particular field, is estimated to be second only to the Bible in the number of editions published since the advent of the printing press.

Which 2017 Disney movie portrays LeFou dressed in a shade of hot pink and as having the hots for the primary antagonist Gaston? In the original 1991 animated feature, this character isn't gay and is merely a sidekick to Gaston. Film critic Michael Musto wrote at Out magazine that making LeFou queer plays into "the stereotype that gay guys always lust for hetero studs."

An Uno deck has number cards, action cards and what other variety of cards? Players can use these to pull savage moves like changing colours and/or forcing others to draw multiple cards. These cards can cause bit of an upset, much like Goran Ivanisevic at Wimbledon 2001.

In the past Disney followed a pattern that was a mainstay in Western culture, that of portraying LGBT people as villains and monsters or vice versa. Which 1953 movie portrayed this character (visual) as someone with great taste and made fun of constantly? Dressed in bright pink, he sports a comically large feather in his oversized pirate's hat.

This layered cocktail made using blue Curacao, blue raspberry vodka, & red absinthe is not a member of class Aves, is not a mechanical flying machine, but is which character of extraterrestrial origin?

What five-string musical instrument (6) features in this Johannes Vermeer painting titled The ______ (6) Player? This instrument of Spanish origin was cheaper than the lute and was slowly finding acceptance as a solo classical instrument when Vermeer painted it in 1676. Modern versions of the instrument are ubiquitous, have a wider body and longer neck, and feature a prominent hole instead of the layers of paper as seen in the painting.

Barrier reefs are considered to be the geological successors of another kind of shallow coral deposit which form natural borders along the length of a shore. What type of reefs are these?

In The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, a British official named Jonny Gilhooley is revealed to have a secret tattoo just above his elbow. The tattoo is of the highest valued playing card in a standard deck, and he explains it is good to have an ___ __ ____ ______ (3,2,4,6). What does he say? (3,2,4,6). Slight variations of the phrase are accepted.

Which epoch - over a time of the order of 10^−6 to 1 second - is characterised by quarks binding to form the eponymous complex subatomic particle class that is categorised into two broad families: baryons and mesons? It means "stout" or "thick" in Ancient Greek and lends its name to an advanced machine in Western Europe that uses proton and heavy ion beams.

In her 2019 series titled Leaking Lines, Reena Kallat depicts tense borders and fortifications to appear like charred fissures on the surface of the paper. Identify this 2900 km demarcation line, which was drawn by an ill-informed British lawyer over a period of 5 weeks. It led to a violent partition of 450,000 sq. km of territory with 88 million people between two countries.

Bucky and Pronk are neighbours to a rabbit cop, Judy Hopps, in which 2016 Disney movie? When Judy first meets them, Bucky, a kudu, responds, "Yeah? Well, we're loud." Pronk, an oryx, adds, "Don't expect us to apologize for it.". The film takes place in the titular city, one where anthropomorphic animals coexist.

These natural structures are mainly comprised of the Anthozoa subphylum that get separated from the mainland by large lagoons over time. What are these, that might cause significant blockage to surface navigation at their shallowest points?

The Book of Exodus informs us that the hems of priestly vestments were decorated with stylized depictions of this fruit, a metaphor for the richness of the promised land of Israel. In this tempera on wood by Botticelli, he depicts a baby Jesus grasping the same fruit, with its rich colour and various chambers painted to resemble the anatomy of the heart, and the many seeds within symbolic of Jesus's resurrection. What is this fruit?

This musical is based on a young adult TV franchise that is based in a city that is home to many celebrities, luxury hotels, and surrounded by the cities of Los Angeles and West Hollywood. Which TV franchise inspired this musical, featuring tracks like Will Tori Spelling Graduate?

Which group of Native American people is this 1950s heavy lift helicopter of the US Army named after? They also lend their name to a desert in Southwestern United States.

Which epoch lasted for the first 10^-43 seconds after the Big Bang and is characterised by quantum effects of gravity? It gets its name from a measurement scale where the predictions of the Standard Model, quantum field theory and general relativity did not apply. The scale in turn is named after a German physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize.

In 1986, this discus thrower (visual) set one of the longest standing world records in men's track and field, managing a mark of 74.08 metres. He won a gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics representing East Germany and silver at the 1992 Olympics representing Germany. Identify him.

This musical is based on a TV series that has been on air since 1999. The show in turn is based on The Intertidal Zone, an unpublished educational comic book for children to learn about life on the ocean floor. Which TV series inspired this musical, featuring tracks like Super Sea Star Savior?

The Torah commands that the pilgrimage festival of Sukkot be celebrated by ceremonially tying together the branches of three plants. One of the three is an evergreen, fragrant shrub which in Biblical ecology is much inclined to grow along waterways. This association with water makes it rather apt that an author used its name for a melancholic character, much prone to crying, who is murdered in a bathroom. What plant is this all about?

Which game, published by Mattel as a sequel to Uno, allows one to play two cards at a time, and the climactic moment is reached when the player is left with a pair of cards?

The Robbins family of Reading, Ohio loved playing Crazy Eights, a game where the objective is to exhaust all cards. A disagreement over the rules led Merle Robbins to devise a new game in 1971. It was an instant hit and has seen sales of over 150 million sets. What card game is this, where you need to declare the name of the game everytime you’re left with a single card?