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An apocryphal story is that this quintessential South Indian dish comes from the name of a Maratha ruler, Shivaji's successor, who was a guest at the court of Thanjavur. However, this has been disputed by food historians claiming that references to it predated the ruler by a century. Which dish?
The Child's Brain is a 1914 metaphysical painting by which Italian Surrealist artist, considered the earliest Surrealist works to deal with psychoanalysis themes? The artist covers the man's private parts with a book to represent a fear of castration, a topic studied in depth by Sigmund Freud.
Shonda Rhimes is the producer of which 2014-2020 TV legal thriller? For her performance as Annalise Keating, a criminal defense attorney and law professor, Viola Davis became the first black woman to win the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
In her TikTok/Reels series Eating the Alphabet in India, Beryl Shereshewsky has collated a list of dishes or food items named for each letter in the alphabet. What dessert popular in Hyderabadi cuisine does she pick for the letter Q? She describes the dessert as a rich delicious apricot jam served with fresh malai (cream).
Pounded in large wooden mortars, this staple of West and Central African cuisine is made by pounding boiled cassava, yam, or plantain into a smooth, stretchy dough. Typically dipped into stews and eaten by hand, its name is said to come from a word meaning "to mash". What dish is this?
Products used for curling hair are typically named after desserts. Umberto Giannini’s curling cream is named after what fruit-flavoured dessert made by warming and then cooling a liquid containing a collagen-derived setting agent so that it sets into a semi-solid, somewhat elastic mass?
Uruchimai rice, when cooked, has a sticky texture that can easily be picked up and eaten with chopsticks. This makes uruchimai the preferred variety of rice for which dish, that includes seafood and nori? The modern version was invented by Hanaya Yohei in the 1820s.
Which South Indian region has demanded statehood over its common history as the seat of the Chera Kingdom where they speak a Tamil variant known by this name? Covering major cities like Coimbatore, Salem, and Tiruppur, the proposed state would also include parts of Kerala (Palakkad) and Karnataka (Chamarajanagar).
In Hindustani classical music, this type of short composition is usually played at the end of a long concert. The intent is to allow musicians to play with the raga structure to intensify its melodic appeal. What short name is given to such a composition, a Hindustani word meaning 'tune'?
Which instrument produces high voltage static electricity through continuous charge transfer using moving belts? It is named for its American inventor of Dutch descent, who presented the creation at Princeton in 1929, with his work later laying the foundation for instruments in particle physics.
While several social media platforms collect users' birthdays to ensure they are not underage, which app with 20% of its users aged 13-18 celebrates each user's birthday with an exclusive 24-hour "Birthday Party" filter that they can use?
The Necromancer is an alchemy-themed painting by which Surrealist artist who lived most of her life in Mexico City with her artist-partner Remedios Varo? Enchanted by alchemy, her work showcases the ability of an alchemist to bring the dead back to life, using themes of the union of black and white along with alchemy lab instruments.
Merrill Flood is an American mathematician considered the first person to solve the optimal stopping problem. Originally devised as a question of when to stop looking for a better wife and settle down, it got its more popular name from a similar search, for assistance in a professional setting. What is this popular name?
Which mathematician, who is credited with the discovery of the greenhouse effect, finds a place on the North-East side of the Eiffel Tower? He lends his name to a mathematical operation that transforms a function of time or space into a function of frequency.
What 3-letter spell in Steve Jackson's Sorcery! allows the player to summon a bolt of lightning from their hand? The word is onomatopoeic to how lightning or an electric current might burst forth.
St+art India is a not-for-profit organisation that primarily works on art projects in public spaces. They worked with the artist Reshidev RK to create the mural “Dawn of Valour” at the Tawang War Memorial Complex as a tribute to the Indian Defence Forces. This mural - the highest in the country - draws influence from what form of painting practised in the Himalayan regions that typically depicts the life of the Buddha and other deities? Its name translates to “recorded message” in Tibetan.
This pink variety of the gemstone beryl is named after which Gilded Age American financier, whose middle name was Pierpont?
What term is used to refer to individual living spaces typically located in a building or a large property complex? This term - mostly used in the US and Canada - derives from Latin for "together" and "right of ownership" to reflect the arrangement between the residents.
In a 1957 film, Isuzu Yamada uses the Fukai mask as a reference for her eerie blank stare in a scene. This is the film adaptation’s interpretation of which scene in the original Shakespeare play, featuring the corresponding character? Many call it the ‘Out damned spot!’ scene; we need the one word that describes the character's actions in the play's scene.
What term (6 or 9) is used for a type of enforcer in ice hockey who will hit or fight any opponent seen to be making illegal contact with players of their team? These players patrol the ice for any unlawful moves.
Aryan Khan's directorial debut, The Ba***ds of Bollywood , is littered with tributes and parodies involving the industry's larger-than-life figures and their films. Arshad Warsi plays Gafoor, an underworld don who wears gold-rimmed glasses. This is a homage to which 2017 film starring SRK as the titular gangster-turned MLA?
Which film was based on Goldberg's experiences as an outcast, attempting to get invited to atleast one high school party as a senior? This character (visual) has entered popular culture as slang for someone choosing to attempt something ridiculous with anti-heroic confidence.
The volto is the iconic modern mask of the Carnival of Venice. Originally made of stark white porcelain or thick plastic, it is nicknamed the _____ (5), meaning "ghost-like" or "masked" in Latin, due to its appearance. The term is also used (in a similar context) to refer to the active immature form of an insect before it undergoes metamorphosis. Fill in the blank (5).
This image of the apostle Peter fishing from a boat features as the bas-relief on an object worn by a certain individual. Since the Middle Ages, followers who meet this person traditionally bend down and kiss this object as a way of showing their reverence. What object & individual are we talking about, known as 'Anello Piscatorio' in Latin?
The Keeling Curve, pictured here, was important in bringing attention to the looming threat of climate change in the 20th century. The curve showcases data on something from 1958 to present, based on observations made at the Mauna Loa Observatory. This is measuring the mean concentration of which gas in parts per million?
Native to the Brazilian rainforest, the houseplant Calathea lancifolia is called the ___________ (11) plant due to its distinctive markings being reminiscent of a 'noisy' slithering creature. What is its popular name?
Night of Knives by Ian Esslemont is set on the night of the Shadow Moon, when an ancient prophecy is believed to come true. It is set in which fantasy universe, originally conceived by Steven Erikson starting with his novel Gardens of the Moon?
WHAT ENGLISH WORD is a make-over of the French word 'dormeuse' meaning "sleepy" (similar to "dormant")? The name originally referred to this animal's tendency to hibernate in winter. Folk etymology happened, and the new word ended up sounding a lot like the already-existing English word for the animal.
In this clip from Baje Sargam... the young Zakir Hussain plays tabla with which 1977 Padma Shri winner, who also happens to be his father? Belonging to the Punjab Gharana, he played across the globe as the percussion accompanist of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, perhaps most famously at Woodstock in 1969. We'll need his full name.
Provide the "wordsmash" resulting from these two chemical elements. 2-letter smash.
A: A high-density metal used in fuses and solders that is also found in some indigestion remedies.
B: A post-transition metal which means "a green shoot" because of its spectral emission lines.
Which Indian princely state initially refused to join the Indian Union due to their secret ties with the UK government, who supported them in hopes of getting exclusive access to monazite (thorium) from the area - a big edge in the nuclear arms race? The dewan of this state, a prominent lawyer affectionately called Sir C P, survived an assassination attempt which changed his mind on the stance, eventually joining the Indian Union.
Before Kylian Mbappe repeated Geoff Hurst’s 1966 feat of a hat-trick in a World Cup final in 2022, the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup saw arguably the greatest individual performance in a final by which USA footballer who netted a hat-trick in just sixteen minutes?
Identify this fashion designer, who is wearing a nude quilted mask with a refined silhouette. This pioneer of the "Indian Modern" aesthetic co-founded the men’s ethnic brand Tasva and the luxury prêt brand OTT.
Dissect is a podcast hosted by Cole Cuchna where each season they unpack a hip hop or R&B album with a track-by-track breakdown of the lyrics. They also reinterpret the album cover as the cover art for the season. S8 focused on which 2013 rap album with songs such as "New Slaves", "Bound 2", "Black Skinhead", and "I Am a God"? Do not confuse the album name with the artist's popular sneaker line!
Sarah Polley first found fame as a child actress in the TV series Ramona based on the Ramona Quimby books by Beverly Cleary. The popularity of this show and Sarah's turn as Ramona led her to playing the star role in the TV series Road to Avonlea, based on the Anne of Green Gables series by which Canadian author?
Rapurasu no Majo (English: '[BLANK]'s Witch') is a 2018 Japanese film based on Keigo Higashino's novel of the same name. While the plot initially seems to involve geochemistry (deaths due to hydrogen sulfide poisoning), the title character's name alludes to a transformative French figure from the world of mathematics. Fill in the blank.
Debuting in 1986, this video game has spawned as many as 35 titles in the franchise with 1997's Symphony Of The Night considered the best of the lot. Which game, that casts players as vampire hunter Simon Belmont tasked with killing the baddest vampire of all - Dracula?
These structures built in ancient Mesopotamia has the form of a terraced compound of successively receding stories or levels. Getting its name from Akkadian for 'to protrude' or 'pinnacle', also cognate with modern-day Hebrew, the locals believed that the Gods lived in the temple at the top of these. What structures, some of the grandiose of which include the Great [blank] of Ur, the [blank] of Aqar Quf near Baghdad, and the now destroyed Etemenanki in Babylon?
"Legends" is the subtitle of a 2025 film from which film franchise? "Card Fighters" and "Dojos Rising" are two video games based on this franchise.
The 2023 NBA City Edition jersey for this team pays tribute to the flowers that are a famous attraction of the city. The name of this team has raised eyebrows in the past, because it reminds some of the Ku Klux Klan. Which Eastern Conference team is this?
In 2016, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson confessed to a heavy consumption of this item. He begins the day with it and over the course of the day can consume around twenty cups of it. Which specific beverage is this, made from a blend of black varieties originating from Assam, Ceylon and Kenya?
As per Spotify Wrapped 2023, a 2006 single (visual) by which Canadian artist is the most added song to the "Shiv Roy" playlist? The song also features a rap verse by Timbaland with whom she has also collaborated on other numbers such as "Give It To Me".
One of "les trois grandes dames" (the three great ladies) of Impressionism, she also modelled for many of her fellow Impressionists. Which artist, seen here in a painting by her friend and future brother-in-law Édouard Manet?
This play by the French playwright Florian Zeller was considered as "the most acclaimed new play of the last decade" that he directed into which 2020 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman? The work won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, while Hopkins won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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.
Arrows are a common logo motif used by many brands to showcase values like progression, innovation, or speed. Across 12 redesigns of its logo from 1919 onwards, one element has remained the same - the double arrow inspired by a milling gear, shown in the image here. Which French auto company's logo is inspired from this, almost an inversion of Chevron's logo placed inside an oval?
Another of the five London Zoo penguins was renamed 'Bernie' during the Platinum Jubilee after which creator of an invention used worldwide? In 2017, he was awarded the Turing Award.
Deriving from the French word for 'head', what phrase literally means ‘head-to-head’ in French, but is used in English to imply a conversation or exchange of ideas?
One of the nominees for Worst Picture at the 2022 Razzie Awards was a crime thriller centred around a young black couple who move into an upmarket suburb and their interactions with their neighbour. WHAT IS THE FIVE-LETTER TITLE OF THE FILM - the same as a pejorative term for a (usually) white woman perceived as entitled or demanding?
This South American trade bloc was established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 - consisting of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, as full members. Originating from the discussions for constitution of a regional economic market, WHICH union is this, named as a portmanteau that means "Common Market of the South"?
An element of Native American culture that has started to make its way into mainstream fashion, this ceremonial male headgear caused an uproar when Pharrell Williams wore it on the cover of Elle. He later apologised for being seen to be appropriating it. What martial term is used for this?
These are the remnants of what used to be the most imposing structure at the Valley of the Temples. It is dedicated to which Greek god of artisans, metallurgy, and fire? The Roman equivalent will also be accepted.
Ozempic, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, binds to and activates GLP-1 receptors on which cranial nerve - the longest of its kind - and induces the sensation of feeling full? This meandering nerve shuttles signals from the gut to the brain stem, among other functions.
Leaving the Pennsylvania station about a quarter to four, reading a magazine until Baltimore, some ham and eggs in Carolina, all aboard the titular express to which location as per this 1942 Glenn Miller song?
In 1872, which physician based in Vienna observed a type of "idiopathic multiple pigmented lesions" in five elderly male patients? The appearance of these cancerous lesions in young gay men in U.S. was one of the first indications that a new disease, now called AIDS, had appeared.
EP4 of Bambai Meri Jaan sees Qadri chastising his son Dara for taking on kingpins, but later finds himself going to them to beg for his son's life. What is the episode's title? (8,3) This two-word Biblical phrase is used for a man or boy who leaves home to lead an extravagant life but later makes a repentant return.
The Berlin Brandenburg Airport is named after which Nobel Peace Laureate who served as Chancellor in the early 1970s? This major international figure was lauded for ‘Ostpolitik’, and his efforts to bring about cooperation between West Germany and the Soviet Bloc.
Identify this 2024 song covered by OLN as a metal song.
Marilyn Manson's outfit here is inspired by which character who is introduced in an 1865 novel having tea with the March Hare and the Dormouse?
Koral Dasgupta’s fourth novel from the Sati Series is a feminist retelling of the life of which queen of Lanka, known for her wisdom and grace despite being married to Ravana?
EP5 of Bambai Meri Jaan sees Dara facing the 'heat' of his attempt to dethrone the reigning dons of the city. What is the episode's title? (8,2,4) It is an English phrase of Biblical origin that has come to mean a person who is learning something the hard way through a challenge or difficulty. Minor variation of the title is accepted.
At the time this question was framed, the 15th most expensive NFT ever sold was one that represents WHICH STUDIO ALBUM by an American hip hop group? Only one copy of the album was ever produced and sold, and legal agreements stipulate the album cannot be commercially exploited till 2103. Following the conviction of the original buyer for securities fraud, the album was sold as an NFT by the US Department of Justice for $4m.
In 2021, Clooney represented a group of over 100 victims at the International Criminal Court. This case was against Ali Kushayb, a commander of the Janjaweed militia who has been convicted for his role between 2003-04 in the systematic killing of the people who inhabit a namesake region in Northeast Africa. Which people/region is this?
Oasis regards The Beatles as their greatest influence. Which track by the Beatles completes this lyric in "Supersonic"? It originated from Paul's holiday in Greece, where he had enjoyed an iced spoon sweet of the same name.