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A clip from which 1985 film is used for The Clock at 10:22 AM? It depicts a library clock, which indicates that the protagonists still have almost five and a half hours of punishment left.
In ice hockey, the three forwards – centre, right wing and left wing – operate as a unit called a line. What was the nickname of the 1970s Buffalo Sabres line consisting of Gilbert Perreault, Rick Martin and René Robert? The name referred to their origins and was the title of a 1971 film.
Which fashion house has used its signature quadruple monogram since the time its eponymous founder designed it in 1952? Although one may not spot it on their elegant haute couture creations, it is used on its “Antigona”, “G-Tote” and “Voyou” handbags.
This style of dress is based on what loose garment (5), typically sleeveless and reaching to the knees, as worn in ancient Greece and Rome?
In darts, a "fish" or "whale" denotes a score of nine or less i.e., averaging 3 or less per dart. What term is used when the third dart thrown avoids achieving a "fish" or a "whale"? It is named after a global environmental organisation as the player "saves the fish" or "saves the whale".
What sacred landmark is protected by the deity Adnoartina in the Australian Aboriginal mythology of the Indigenous Diyari people? According to this Dreamtime myth, a fight between Adnoartina in the form of a gecko and Marandi in the form of a dog resulted in the blood spilling and giving this sacred geographical feature its red ochre colour.
What term is given to this candlestick pattern created when a security’s price increases initially after opening and then falls close to the opening price before the market close? This alliterative two-word term is used for meteors that burn upon entry in Earth’s atmosphere - often associated with making wishes.
Von Neumann was one of the founding fathers of computing. In 1945, he invented the [BLANK] Sort algorithm, a Divide & Conquer algorithm in which the array is recursively broken into smaller arrays and then sorted. Which type of sort algorithm is this which Neumann went on to implement for EDVAC - one of the earliest electronic computers?
Which 8-letter contronymous adjective can mean EITHER something that is fresh and inventive OR something that is in the same form as the beginning or belonging to the beginning of something?
Identify the tech brand from its colour palette. While the Light Green is the most prominent colour associated with the brand because of its logo, the slightly infamous Blue has been the cause of many heartbreaks and fights.
Queen Charlotte explores the relationship of the titular character and her relationship with King George and his mental illness. Which show is it a prequel to?
The Occupy Movement in 2011 soon adopted this line as its slogan, highlighting the extreme inequality that reckless capitalism was creating. Fill in the blank with the overwhelming majority.
In 1912, which physician working in Kyushu examined histological samples and described a new form of "struma lymphomatosa" or "lymphomatous goitre"? It was only years later that his report was studied and identified to be the first description of a chronic autoimmune disease.
What dish, native to the home country of the Disgusting Food Museum, holds the record for inducing the most number of vomits at the museum? A newly opened can of it has one of the most putrid food smells in the world, even stronger than similarly dishes such as the Korean hongeohoe or Japanese kusaya. A description will also fetch you points.
What penalty is denoted by the acronym "DNF" in competitive cubing, used to indicate that the cuber was unable to complete the cube inspection in 15 seconds, or that the cube was not in the fully solved position when the timer was finally stopped?
Which Dutch player who won the Golden Ball at the 1974 FIFA WC was referenced in Fidusi's poster? With three goals and three assists at the edition, he lead his side in pioneering a revolutionary way of playing the game.
The stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar are influenced by various aspects of Middle Eastern culture. Designed by Zaha Hadid, the Al Janoub Stadium's swooping frilled curves are meant to resemble what type of transport vessels favoured by pearl divers? It was the traditional mode of transport for merchants across the Arabian peninsula in the pre-oil era.
Aromatherapy is a holistic treatment that uses essential oils extracted from plants to improve the health of the body, mind, and spirit. The oil extracted from the leaves of which plant with the scientific name Mentha x piperita is used as a remedy for pain from headaches and migraine attacks? Its leaves are used to brew herbal tea and to flavour ice cream and candy.
Which American business magnate and game pioneer brought Froebel gifts and commercialised them in the US? His eponymous company dominated production of games like The Game of Life, Operation and Battleship. This company merged with Parker Brothers in 1998 to form Hasbro Games.
Krasner’s Umber series was realised following the sudden death of her husband, Jackson Pollock. The series saw her palette shift from bright, vibrant hues to dull, monochrome colours as she primarily painted in the night during bouts of what disorder that is named after the Latin word for "sleepless"?
The AFL Aussie rules football team Collingwood [Blank] play their home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, home ground of the Big Bash League cricket team, Melbourne Stars. Fill in the blank with an avian name that is also the nickname of Newcastle FC in England.
The Mayurbhanj (Odisha) form uses only paint and make-up, whereas masks made of layers of paper pulp, cloth, and clay are an integral part of the Purulia (West Bengal) and Seraikela (Jharkhand) forms. Which semi-classical dance form is this?
Biblical scholarship suggests that the Temple of Solomon was built by a contingent of workers from the Phoenician metropolis of Tyre. The primary material involved in construction was ferried from their homeland to nearby Jerusalem. Even today, this symbol stands resolute, representing a nation as well as an uprising triggered by an assassination by the Hezbollah. What is this symbol, firmly rooted in this region's cultural landscape?
This device is used by those who have difficulty applying pressure using their fingers. It helps individuals use what small metal object that consists of notches, bittings, grooves, slots, or ridges on its blade?
Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series revolves around several teenagers born of Greek Gods and mortals. Luke Castellan is the son of which teleporting Greek God of travel, messengers and thieves? In the series, the God wears a mailman's outfit and has enhanced thievery skills, which he uses to steal Apollo's cattle, just like in the original myth.
SCA, or cryptomphalus aspersa secretion, is used in K-Beauty as a collagen-boosting, hydrating, and healing ingredient. Also known as _____ mucin, it is secreted by which animal when under stress? Some cruelty-free companies produce it by letting the animals crawl on a mesh net in the dark which they do at their own pace.
Love on Tour is the ongoing world tour by which artist that has already climbed to the eighth highest grossing world tour of all time? Kickstarted to promote his studio album Fine Line, the tour's title is an allusion to the artist's support for the LGBTQ+ movement and his own highly scrutinized sexuality due to the nature of his outfits and appearance in public.
Identify this nepo baby. This Big Little Lies star rose to prominence following the Divergent Trilogy and has played roles in the X-Men and Fantastic Beasts franchises. Full name please!
This French loanword originally translated to “puff of smoke” — the kind that made it difficult for one to see things, in reference to action in the trenches of WW1. This word continues to be associated with the military, particularly uniforms. What’s the good word?
"Broken bottles under children's feet, Bodies strewn across the dead-end street, But I won't heed the battle call, It puts my back up, puts my back up against the wall; Sunday, Bloody Sunday" These lyrics from a number by U2, penned in 1972, point to their angst and frustration at the massacre that took place in which town that has also been the subject of a naming dispute between nationalists and unionists?
Temari is a Japanese craft where spheres are made using fabric. What does "Temari" translate to? (8 or 4,4) Often crafted in a size that fits within one's palm, it shares its name with an indoor Summer Olympic team sport.
Which tech billionaire bought Portland Trailblazers in 1988? While owned by him, the Blazers finished second in two NBA finals, fitting, considering that he is the relatively lesser known in a duo. This soft spoken billionaire's daughter Judy has run the team since his death in 2018.
The 1963 Caldecott Medal winning book, about a boy named Max who dresses up in a wolf costume, went on to become a timeless classic. Name the book, whose title was inspired by the Yiddish expression "vilde chaya", used to refer to boisterous children.
This limited edition of Hershey’s Kisses was available only for a few months around Easter 2021 in select geographies. Which flavour is this? Need a four-word name.
Around 5,000 boys were auditioned, following which Mark Lester, who played the titular character, was selected for this 1968 film. Which winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, that also contained musical numbers like “You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two”!
What medium-sized whale is the only living species of its genus Monodon? Found in the Arctic waters around Greenland, Canada and Russia, this creature was described by Jules Verne as the "unicorn of the sea" for its prominent feature.
This Soviet Bloc leader pictured here was a bacteriophobe and was able to succesfully avoid Brezhnev's lip-locking advances. This megalomanical tyrant in the mould of Stalin held a special status within the bloc, and his downfall in 1989 was captured on camera as one of the definitive images of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Which leader?
Merrill Flood is best known for developing a theory on the optimal choice between cooperation and conflict. He explained his conviction in this theory using what conundrum as an example? It was famously played out in the climax of the movie The Dark Knight.
In 1770, the Belvedere hosted a masked ball to celebrate the marriage of WHICH DAUGHTER of Maria Theresa to Louis-Auguste, Dauphin of France? The couple was sentenced to death in 1793.
The crude mortality rate (CMR) is the number of deaths per ten thousand people in a day and the term "wasting" is the measure of deviation in a child's weight-for-height. What term deriving from Latin for “hunger” is used for "Level 3" in this classification system? The CMR in Gaza at its peak stood at 5/10,000/day.
This Chris Riddell illustration accompanies which Phoebe Bridgers song from Punisher? The cherry blossom branch in the corner and the circular dot representing the Sun hints at the song sharing its name with a particular city - its name being an anagram of the country's capital city.
This is the key colour scheme of which 1665 Dutch Golden Age painting?
#040310 – Blackish grey (background)
#DEBDA6 – Light pink (skin tone)
#657B9D – Light blue (head scarf)
#9F463B – Red (mouth)
#E5C68E – Cream (head scarf)
Mastic is a resin obtained from a tree, where it falls in drops, as pictured here. The resin is traditionally associated with a Greek island, infamous for a horrific massacre during the 1822 War of Independence that was famously chronicled in an artwork. What 3-word name is mastic also known by, referencing this island?
Diprosopus is an extremely rare congenital disorder where parts of or the whole face is duplicated due to an abnormality of the sonic hedgehog protein. Owing to its appearance, which deity from Roman mythology lends their name to this condition?
Which Bollywood media franchise is centered on a number of fictional RAW agents that started in 2012 with the film 'Ek Tha Tiger'? We need the name of the production house and the common profession of the lead character in the films, that give the franchise its name.
Which acid, obtained mostly from fruits like grapes and sometimes fruits like bananas and tamarinds, is mainly used in the manufacturing of wine? It is also used as a food preservative and in settings of gel or jellies. The food industry also uses this as an additive and flavoring agent.
This modular sofa designed by Mario Bellini consists of bulbous fabric-covered modules which can be connected to create anything ranging from sectionals to ottomans, allowing it to “adapt and blend in different environments”. What reptile thus lends its name to this piece?
Bon Appétit's "Reverse Engineering" series sees Chris Morocco recreate a dish without seeing it, having to rely on his other senses to come up with a list of ingredients. Which dish has Chris Morocco been tasked to recreate here? This style of meat preparation, plated here on a taco, imparts a charred flavour. Its name is also used to refer to social barbecue events.
Which district in Shibuya, Tokyo is known internationally as a centre of Japanese youth culture and fashion? Fashion-obsessed youth shifted here from Shinjuku in the 1970s. The name of the district is also used as a synecdoche for Japanese street fashion in general.
In a 2017 match, this player was forced to change her bra mid-game as the pink straps that would occassionally become visible was in violation of Wimbledon's all-white dress code. Which player, the first African-American woman to reach world number one in the open era of tennis?
This city saw its first settlement in 2750 BC and eventually expanded across two archaeological sites: on the island (Al-Mina) and the mainland (Al-Bass). Which city, known for being the birthplace of the legendary queen Dido, is this?
Which bird (6,6) in the New World vulture family is depicted on the coat of arms of Chile? The ______ ______ (6,6) primarily inhabits the long mountain range (and adjacent Pacific coast) that spans the country.
Anna Paquin was only 11 years old when she took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for The Piano. Who directed this movie, focused on a mute woman who travels to a remote part of New Zealand with her young daughter? The director won the Palme D'Or at Cannes, becoming the first female director to do so, and also bagged an Oscar in 2022.
In 2005, which company created an instant noodle product with increased viscosity of the soup for astronaut Soichi Noguchi to consume it in zero gravity? This innovation served as the basis for one of its brands, Cup Noodles, to develop a special "space ramen" line in 2020.
This is a still from the rehearsals of which musical? It depicts the lead character practising "Good Morning Baltimore", albeit without her "flamboyant flip" wig.
Which 2019 film featuring Soubin and Sreenath as brothers is this still from? The film, set in the titular fishing village outside Kochi, features a family trying to get their brother married to the sister-in-law of the crazed character portrayed by Fahadh Faasil.
Which 1980s disaster is being recreated here for Sleepie Cat?
This temple in the Valley of the Temples is dedicated to which Greek goddess of marriage, women, and family? This wife of Zeus is regarded as the queen of the twelve Olympians. The Roman equivalent will also be accepted.
A symbol of Palestinian identity, this entity has been used by them for millennia to designate territorial borders in peasant villages. In Arabic, the word for this entity is "saber", the same as the word for "patience", resulting in its adoption as an art motif. What entity, that artist Ahmad Yasin uses as a "canvas" for his hopeful etchings?
A 'secret menu' consists of dishes a restaurant can serve as customisations but chooses not to add to their official menu, either out of profitability concerns or to build intrigue. What secret menu item, added to the Starbucks official menu as "Honey Citrus Mint Tea", was originally just a combination of two teas with steamed lemonade and a touch of honey? Its name comes from its association with curing colds, and is shared with a piece of gym equipment used for strength and rehabilitation.
Identify this style of saree (7) which is draped tightly around the legs and flares out at the bottom. This style gets its name from its resemblance to the tail of a mythical creature.
What is the common name of the national highway network completed in 2013 and connecting the four major metro cities of India, viz., Delhi (north), Kolkata (east), Mumbai (west) and Chennai (south), along with several other major Indian cities? At 5,846 kilometres, it is the largest highway project in India and the fifth longest in the world, and is named after the shape it forms with the major cities.
In a typical south-asian Paan Daan (Betel Quid case), you'll find several ingredients used in the making of a Betel Quid. What ingredient is generally applied first to a betel leaf whose alkaline nature causes abrasions on oral mucosa leading to faster absorption of euphoria-causing compounds present in a Paan?
This night time photo was taken by the Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield from the ISS. The difference in the colour of the lights on the left and right sides of the picture is attributed to mercury arc lamps and Sodium-Vapour lamps respectively. Which city is this, which is still unable to harmonize its street lamps, 33 years after a particular event?