French artist Yves Klein travelled to a test facility of the 'Centre d’Essais du Gaz de France' to experiment with a technique that produced such artworks on highly resistant cardboard. He replaced the brush with a hand-held industrial device to employ a certain medium to produce an inferno of colours. What is used to produce such artworks?

What term (7) is used for this technique of gliding styling product or conditioner over the hair to enhance curls? The act of _______ (7) often results in a shiny finish similar to (the top of) doughnuts or lemon cake.

The three arches over the entrance of the Nativity facade of the Sagrada Familia depict the birth and childhood of Jesus Christ. What prior event that is usually celebrated on March 25th is depicted above these panels?

This is the crest of an ISL team from a city in Western India. Its central motif depicts the city's local trains and the stars signify certain entities that were (partly) handed over to England under this title as part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza . What do the stars represent in the crest?

This is the crest of an ISL team from a city in Southern India. It depicts the front facade of a structure built in 1887 and is said to be inspired by the Windsor Castle and features elements of Tudor architecture. Which structure, that has been host to several concerts, is this?

Jackson Pollock created his iconic action paintings using the ____ (4) technique with which he worked his way around a canvas laid on the floor. This was executed by holding a very wet brush or a stick, and the technique got its name from how the paint fell on the canvas. What technique did Pollock use? (4)

The Wolverine's powers include his retractable forearm claws and powerful healing factor. Along with fast-acting immunological responses, his body would have to exhibit a hyper-version of which biological process of the cell cycle to ensure damaged tissue is repaired rapidly? It involves a single cell dividing into two identical daughter cells.

One of the oldest cities in Japan, it was chosen in 794 as the new seat of the imperial court by Emperor Kanmu. Its economy flourished as one of three major cities in Japan during the Edo period, and is today the HQ of companies like Nintendo and Kyocera. Which city, one of the alternate targets for the 1945 atomic bombings? It was saved by the timely intervention of the US Secretary of War Henry Stimson, who knew of the city’s culture and history from his time spent there.

This ground is located in a city which was the first one in the Southern Hemisphere to get electric street lights due to its glittering economic role. Funded by a company founded by Cecil Rhodes, it hosted matches at the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup. Which venue? You can name the ground or the city it is located in.

In 2016, this ground was renamed after a local cricketer who led his team to a major global championship. The first ground in the region to install floodlights for an international match, it hosted matches at the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup. Which venue? You can name the ground or the country it is located in.

While __________ (10) printing began in China and the West had adopted it centuries earlier, Andy Warhol innovated by combining painted backgrounds with photographic images. The technique gets its name from the material originally used to make the mesh over which Warhol would run a squeegee to print an image. Name this technique (10).

Spider-Man has the ability to stick to and climb walls. What type of weak forces between atoms or molecules have scientists proposed as a means for this superpower? First postulated by a Dutch physicist, these interactions have been observed between the spatulae (or bristles) of spiders, geckos or lizards and the surface they stick to.

In 1930, Australian gold prospector Mike Leahy made first contact with the Melanesians living in the remote interior highlands of which island divided administratively? Sometimes known as the Central Cordillera, the chain of mountain ranges in this island includes the peak Puncak Jaya.

Nijinsky was dismissed from the Imperial Ballet after he danced in tights (without trousers) while playing the role of Albrecht, the Duke of Silesia in which ballet with music by Adolphe Adam? Albrecht is pursued by the vindictive ghosts of unmarried women betrayed by their lovers but is saved by the actions of the ballet's titular peasant girl.

In Team Fortress 2, what achievement is given to players who do 10 partner taunts with a teammate while capturing a control point? It is a one-word (or two-word) term used to refer to a river steamer on which theatrical performances are given. In slang, it refers to a person who behaves in a way that is intended to attract attention or admiration.

Vincent van Gogh's paintings come alive because of this technique of laying a thick dollop of paint onto the canvas. Identify this technique, also employed by masters like Rembrandt and Titian. It is known by an Italian word that originates from a term for 'dough' or 'to knead'. This same root also gives us a culinary word that comes in many shapes and sizes.

Which 2019 TV series follows Tony Johnson, a depressed writer, and his struggles to make sense of the period that follows the death of his wife? This show partnered with a charity named Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) to install park benches, much like the ones in the show, to promote conversations around mental health.

This is the crest of an ISL team from a city in Southern India. It features stylised indents that are meant to symbolise a structure constructed in 1591 to commemorate the shifting of the capital from Golkonda to this city. Which structure is represented through the indents in the crest?

In 1595, Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira made first contact with which ethnolinguistic group of people in the Marquesas Islands in the South Pacific? The name of this group, as well as their namesake region, refers to the fact that they are a collective formed of many.

The majestic griffin appearing on the logo of this Swedish company derives from the coat of arms of the southernmost province of the country. Identify this heavy vehicles manufacturer. It shares its name with the province, which is the root word for the name of the larger geographic region it is part of.

Her own name is Emma Rouault. She is sure, she is bored, and she loves men paying her all the attention in the world. A mother who didn't want to be a mother. A wife who became a wife only to lead a monotonous life. Her husband and two men she claims to love, or has, before being in debt and realising no one loves her, she dies by swallowing arsenic. Which controversial titular heroine is this?

A) The king of Macedonia from 359-336 BCE.
B) The King of Spain from 1556-98 CE and King of England from 1554-58 CE from his marriage to Queen Mary I.
C) The consort of the British monarch from 1952-2021.

What is their shared name?

This Algerian political thriller film presents a fictionalised account of the assassination of Grigoris Lambrakis. The film takes its title from a common Greek grafitti often seen around the incident. What is this film's one-letter title? The letter has been in the news, being emblazoned on Russian tanks.

This is the crest of an ISL team from a city in Eastern India. It features a famous engraving from the walls of a 13th-century CE UNESCO World Heritage Site constructed by King Narasimhadeva I. Identify this site, that comprises 24 such engravings on its walls.