This 1980s classic features a car chase sequence lasting just over 11 minutes. Which film, whose titular duo are part of a folk music band and not actually siblings, is this?

Which Swedish artist studied Goethe’s colour theory for a full year, resuming painting in 1922 with "floating colours" (wet-in-wet), a technique inspired by anthroposophical art? Often considered to have created some of the first abstract artworks, this mystic developed a symbolic lexicon consisting of motifs and colours that aimed at visualising contexts beyond what the eye can see.

When we’re first introduced to Oliver Putnam in the TV series Only Murders in the Building, we hear an internal monologue that goes: "NYC, what is it about you? which of course is a line from a big hit show about an orphan. And don’t we all feel like orphans here at times?”. This monologue is a tribute to which Broadway musical, featuring the song It's the Hard Knock Life?

Colour theory was examined closely by the Bauhaus movement, becoming firmly rooted in its teaching and designs over the years. Which Swiss-born German artist was influenced by Goethe’s colour wheel, developing his own colour theory based on a six-part rainbow wheel? His approach to using colours is exemplified in works such as Fish Magic (1925) and To the Parnassus (1932).

Which Dice Media show (6,6) is about a co-habiting couple in their 20s navigating contemporary Mumbai? The show follows the couple tackling life's bigger subjects like marriage, kids and jobs but at the end of it all, it is the ______ ______ (6,6) that matter.

Hong Liangji, an 18th century scholar and political theorist, was among the first to study the concerns of exponential population growth rates. Which English scientist made this discovery independently around the same time? The pessimistic overview of the outcomes of population growth is named for him.

The morin khuur is a traditional Mongolian bowed stringed instrument. This instrument (visual) consists of two strings which are made by bunching together _____ ____ (5,4). What entity from the world of fauna is used to make the strings?

Which Dice Media show (4,3,5), featuring two sets of parents and a newly wed couple, is about breaking stereotypes, overcoming generational gaps, and dealing with differing family views? The show's title ____ ___ _____ (4,3,5) riffs on the expansion of the expletive "WTF".

Which member of the pit crew (6) is responsible for the operation of the device used for removal and fitting of clasping nuts on tyres? The Tyre ______ (6) operates a device that resembles a handheld weapon.

Which country in North Eastern Africa gets its name from the Arabic word for 'black', named by medieval geographers to refer to the people living in the stretch between the Sahara and the equator? It was the largest country in Africa by area till 2011.

Identify this move (5) in pole dance. It is reminiscent of a _____ (5), a corkscrew or spiral form assumed by one of the chemical building blocks of life.

Which element is the most abundant in the Earth's crust after oxygen? Integral for the manufacture of electronics, this metalloid is essential for maintaining structural integrity of nails, hair, and skin, collagen synthesis, and bone mineralisation.

Which Portuguese wine is suggested by Food Network Guide as a pair for strong cheeses such as Stilton and Roquefort? The tawny sweet flavour of this fortified red wine is supposed to contrast the pungency and saltiness of the cheese. Often served with dessert, this wine is named after the Portuguese islands located off the coast of Africa.

Johann Listing, a 19th century German mathematician, was the first to describe the properties of non-orientable surfaces and coined the term 'topology'. Which German mathematician independently worked on similar concepts around the same time? A one-sided surface that can be constructed by affixing the ends of a rectangular band is named after him.

Which country in the Horn of Africa gets its name from the Greek word for 'sunburned' in reference to the appearance of its inhabitants? The older name of this landlocked country derives from the Arabic word 'habasah' meaning mixed, referring to the many races living there.

Fluctuating ground water levels due to extended dry seasons have put which 12th century complex constructed out of sandstone from risk of collapse? Thick vegetation makes it difficult for geologists to study this site in Siam Reap province, that was abandoned in the 15th century following climate change: intense monsoons following prolonged drought damaged it heavily.

The charango is a guitar popularly played in Andean regions. The body of the guitar is made out of the leathery protective feature present on a 'little armoured' creature native to the Americas. Which entity from the world of fauna is this?

Which 21st-century Booker Prize winning novel by a New Zealand author is centred on a young adventurer named Anna Wetherell, who has travelled from the UK to start a new life in New Zealand during the 1860s West Coast Gold Rush? Each of the twelve men who comprise the council in the first chapter of the book is a "stellar" character. It was adapted as a television miniseries in 2020.

Originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu, which ancient city famous for its rock-cut architecture is prone to flash floods, increasing potential for landslides and rockfalls that may damage the site? It can only be accessed through a 1.2-kilometre-long gorge, which leads directly to the Khazneh (“Treasury”), potentially leaving visitors at risk during extreme weather events.

Which 21st-century Booker Prize winning novel by an American author deals with a personal loss of the titular character and takes place over the course of one evening at an intermediate place between life and death? In February 2017, this experimental novel was adapted as a 360-degree, interactive virtual reality video, commissioned by The New York Times.

A tribute to 1970s B movies, this 2007 film which is part of a double feature has a final car chase sequence lasting over 15 minutes. Which film, whose title comes from the main antagonist believing that his stunt car makes him unkillable, is this?

The Raichur Doab is a fertile triangular region of land near the confluence of the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers that has been fought over by multiple dynasties during India's history. Which dynasty with its capital at Banavasi ruled over this region in the 5th century CE? Named for an evergreen tree, they became a vassal of the Vatapi Chalukyas following Pulakesin I's conquest in the mid 6th century CE.

Which French wine is suggested by Food Network Guide as a pair for mussels, clams, and oysters? The heightened acidity of this white wine is supposed to complement the fresh flavour of the raw seafood. Originally from the Burgundy region, the eponymous green-skinned grape variety is the key component of many sparkling wines as well.

Following the decline of the Kalyana Chalukyas and the Cholas in the 12th century CE, Raichur Doab became a bone of contention between the Hoysalas and which other dynasty with its capital at Orugallu? One of the earliest ruling dynasties from a certain region, this structure was used as part of the emblem of an entity that was established in the region in 2014.