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Which famous surname from another country fills the blank in the following stanza of Poland is Not Yet Lost? General Dabroswki served under his command during the Italian campaign in the 1790s. *We’ll cross the Vistula, we'll cross the Warta
We shall be Polish
[BLANK] has given us the example
Of how we should prevail*
Which strait separates the island of Tasmania from the Australian mainland? The only maritime route into Port Phillip Bay, its shallow waters, with an average depth of 50 m, have been notorious for many shipwrecks.
Kissinger’s foreign policy supported which dictator in Argentina’s state sponsored action against political dissidents aligned with left-wing movements? Named the Dirty War, the period between 1974 and 1983 witnessed more than 20,000 people killed or “disappearing”.
Ozempic is similar to human GLP-1 except for a few amino acid substitutions. The lysine on semaglutide position 28 is replaced by what amino acid (8) to prevent enzymatic degradation? It was first isolated by Ernst Schulze and named for its silver appearance.
This disease was historically called Siberian Plague amongst other names due to its prevalence there - a hotspot for the disease even today. What is this bacterial infection that affects livestock and ocassionally humans, which was used in a bioterrorism attack on the USA in 2001?
Which musical symbol (6) indicates a stronger stress to be applied to a specific note, group of notes, or chord? In speech, the term can refer to the emphasis on a word or syllable by varying stress or pitch or the identifiable style of pronunciation, often varying regionally or socioeconomically.
Which 2020 screenlife thriller that came out during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic features Fahadh Faasil as a software engineer in a race against time to find his cousin’s missing fiancée? The title of the film is also a 3-word phrase (3,3,4) used while parting ways with someone you expect to meet again in the near future.
The fifth edition of The Match featured a head-to-head match between Bryson DeChambeau and which winner of five majors? Nicknamed "Cupcake", he is the first golfer in history to hold back-to-back titles in two majors simultaneously winning the US Open in 2017 and 2018, and the PGA Championship in 2018 and 2019.
The creator of these tiny creatures who live in arboreal huts named them so for two reasons: one, as a semi-anagram of another fictional race of aliens in the same universe, and two, to rhyme with a real-life Native American tribe based in the Redwood Forest where some of the scenes for the original film were shot. Which race of fictional primitive beings is this, who feature in a series that debuted in 1977?
Which chemical element is typically used in its sulphate form as a contrast agent for X-rays of the gastrointestinal tract? This heavy, alkaline earth metal is also used to produce green colours in fireworks.
Comprising around 1500 islets, which "bay" in Viet Nam featuring thousands of limestone karsts is one among the New 7 Wonders of Nature? The name translates to descending dragon, since the locals believe that the karsts were created by dragons to fight the invading ships.
Although Bruegel depicts porridge, the meaning of this idiom conveying regret has remained the same despite the porridge being replaced with another consumable in English. What idiom is this?
Identify this move (8) in pole dance. It is reminiscent of a ________ (8), a Gothic architectural feature with a function of projecting water away from a building.
Which author infuriated people in the early 1960s by wearing a white suit - typically associated with summers - during winter, but quickly adopted it as his signature look? A 2015 Vogue feature on this author was titled "The White Stuff", a play on his novel The Right Stuff.
In 1997, two separate helplines were set up for the first time for LGBTQ Indians - "Sangini", for lesbian, bisexual and transgender women, and, similarly, another helpline for queer men to share their secrets. Meaning "confidante" in Urdu, what is the name of this helpline - also a 2002 Ameesha Patel movie?
Which African-American sociologist and historian and a co-founder of NAACP died in Ghana in 1963 while working on Encyclopaedia Africana, his most ambitious work? He is most well-known for his collection of essays that include Black Reconstruction in America and The Souls of Black Folk.
The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) recognises 14 mountains that have summits in the death zone. The criteria for inclusion is having a summit above a certain height over sea level, and sufficient independence from neighbouring peaks. What is the POPULAR TERM for these 14 peaks, referring again to the height at which the death zone is said to begin?
There's another country that sports blue on its jerseys despite not having that shade of blue on its flag. The colour was chosen from the coat of arms of the royal family of Savoy, which ruled this country from 1861-1946. The Savoys, in turn, picked this colour to invoke the protection of the Virgin Mary. Which country?
This shows the making of what latte art motif depicting the largest extant member of the waterfowl family Anatidae?
What is the portmanteau name (5/6) of this type of hybrid garment that combines the appearance of a _____ (5) with the comfort and practicality of ______ (6) underneath?
In 2020, Emily Harrington became the fourth woman to free climb El Capitan in a single day and the fourth person (and first woman) to have done so via which route (6,4) known for its large stretches of shimmering granite? It shares its name with the one-mile-wide strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
Which band fronted by Hayley Williams developed their own brand of emotive pop-rock through their back-to-back hit albums Riot! (2007) and Brand New Eyes (2009)? The group continued to produce albums like After Laughter (2017) and This Is Why (2023) following the departure of the Farros.
Maria Theresa's thirteenth child was the Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (the third of her daughters with that name), who married King Ferdinand III of Sicily, with the agreement that she would have a voice in the council of his states. In addition to Sicily, which other state was Ferdinand the ruler of? Since this state in southern Italy was also formally called the 'Kingdom of Sicily', Ferdinand is known as the 'King of Two Sicilies'.
One of the exhibits at Tate Modern Museum is a series of random objects collected from a dig put together in this large cupboard. Its description reads out from TS Eliot’s The Waste Land:
The [blank] bears no empty bottles, sandwich papers,
Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard boxes, cigarette ends
Or other testimony of summer nights.
Where exactly have these objects been retrieved from, an entity close to Tate?
Which Indian city witnessed Virat Kohli's innings of 154* vs. New Zealand in a winning cause in 2016? The venue for the match is named after a former cricket administrator and is notable for its low floodlights, due to its proximity to an airport.
In this takeover defense tactic, the target company sells its most attractive assets to a friendly third party or spins off the valuable assets in a separate entity to make the company less attractive. What is this tactic called? It shares its name with ceremonial objects housed at the Tower of London.
This American alternative rock band formed in 1992 by Nina Gordon and Louise Post had their biggest hit with their first single Seether from the album American Things. They are named after a fictional spoilt brat from a 1964 children's book who is the second one in a group of five that also includes a certain Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregarde, and Mike Teavee. Identify the band.
Which retired Formula One driver finished runner up at the 2009 Race of Champions held in Beijing? This seven-time world champion retired in 2012 after a brief stint at Mercedes.
This Indian city shares its 3-letter IATA code with an Atlanta-based multinational news channel founded by Ted Turner. Which city? Its IATA code references an anglicised name for this South Indian city.
What term is used to refer to the chess tactic where a piece repeatedly gains material while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks? It gets its name because the capturing piece performs a rotating series of checks with a consistency that is reminiscent of the movement seen in certain structures.
This photograph by Edward Burtynsky shows the gouged-out delta of the Colorado River flowing through which state bordered by Chihuahua, Baja California, and Sinaloa? Water supplies are a major problem in this region with a namesake desert.
Many frequently used idioms are often quoted partially, robbing them of context and at times altering the meaning.
Identify the better known part of the idiom which concludes with "...and fools rarely differ". In the absence of this conclusion, the idiom is often used by people to emphasise a coincidence and praise themselves while seemingly praising others.
Part of the threepeat-winning Chicago Bulls teams of 1993-1996, this player who played center wore goggles fitted with prescription lenses on court starting with the 1990-91 season. Even though he received LASIK surgery eventually, he chose to continue to wear the glasses that became his personal trademark, to inspire children who wore glasses. Who is this athlete?
The tail of the Air India Express aircraft VT-BXR features what handwoven fabric or shawl native to Kashmir? Deriving its name from Persian for "robe" and "yard", this textile is traditionally made using cashmere wool.
Shown here is a physical visualisation of statistics related to climate change displayed in Poznan, Poland. Now a full-fledged series installed in many parts of the world, the structures are inspired from what monumental carvings found in western Canada and the northwestern United States in indigenous lands?
The [BLANK] Giraffe, also called the Kilimanjaro Giraffe, is the national animal of Tanzania. It has distinctive jagged, irregular leaf-like blotches on its coat. Which subspecies is this, named after an ethnic group in the region, with a population of 2 million?
Which Indian grandmaster entered the 2700 Club in Chess in July 2022 (current rating 2724.3) at the young age of 16? He blew the competition away in the recently concluded Chess Olympiad to take gold on Board 1, a performance that also featured a streak of 8 straight wins.
The Sunda Trench formed where the Australian-Capricorn plates subduct under the Eurasian Plate is the deepest part of the Indian Ocean. Its deepest point can be found near which island, the sixth largest in the world and the largest entirely within its country?
Consisting of a long, narrow handle with a series of wire loops joined at the end, these kitchen utensils are used to blend ingredients smoothly or to incorporate air into a mixture, the latter of which gives it its name. What are these, which are of great use to bakers?
The 2015 Mark Twain Prize was awarded to WHICH AMERICAN ACTOR AND COMEDIAN, who first rose to fame as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984? In one of his more famous sketches, he held aloft a live lobster and asked the audience to dial-in their votes to decide whether to save him or have him cooked. Although the popular vote was in favour of saving him, the comedian went ahead and ate him anyway in response to some racist letters he had received.
In the seminal 1950 paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence, Alan Turing takes up common objections to statement "Machines can think" and argues against them. In what he calls the 'Mathematical Objection', Turing refers to which famous 1931 result by an Austrian-American mathematician, which can be used to show certain limits of any discrete system that is based on logic?
What type of wetland ecosystem is characterised by poorly drained mineral soils and by plant life dominated by grasses? The term can be used for any low-lying and waterlogged terrain, and thus forms a topographic surname for those who lived by such areas.
Which country maintained its neutrality during WW2 by maintaining friendly relations with the German Reich through trade of machine tools, iron ore, and ball bearings that were used for manufacture of guns and tanks? The world's largest manufacturer of ball bearings, SKF, is based in this country.
Identify the two desserts that make up this fusion dessert. It replaces coffee in a popular Italian-origin “pick me up” with a frozen dairy dessert from the Indian subcontinent that comes in flavours such as "malai" or "kesar".
The Salad Revolt of 2013 in Brazil began as student-led demonstration advocating for free public transportation. But the police used brutality against two students who were carrying a bottle of a certain product in their bags, claiming it could be used for manufacturing bombs. In response the protest raised a slogan inspired by the title of a graphic novel about a foiled 17th century event, particularly relevant this week. What slogan, which mentions the bottled product in question?
The duo of Arsalan Aafreen (better known as Aatankki) and Tufail Nazir have been climbing Indian charts with their creations that mostly talk about the violence their region has endured for years. Their origin is embedded in their stage name SOS, while also being a nod to a pioneering album from 1988. What does SOS here stand for?
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?
In a key archaeological breakthrough, the discovery of thousands of hunting pits by researchers from Birmingham University indicates that the Salisbury Plains was inhabited by hunter-gatherer communities for thousands of years before the construction of which prehistoric monument?
WHICH INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE FORM is named after a village in the state of Andhra Pradesh, which is also its place of origin? The name of the village itself derives from the Sanskrit for 'Village of Actors'. Traditionally performed by an all-male troupe, it is now very popular amongst women as well.
Baking enthusiasts in India, as well as the world over, have been experimenting with this cookie that was invented in the 2010s. Little treats are stuffed and sandwiched in between the layers, and spill out when you break the cookie. What name is given to these, inspired by another kind of children’s delight?
Which alleged spy is seen here in The King's Man, blackmailing president Woodrow Wilson into not entering into World War 1? Much like in reality, she is caught and killed for working as a German operative, although many have claimed she was a scapegoat for the French.
What is the term (5) given to the small knob-like component situated on the side of watches that are used to adjust the time, date, and in some cases, even to wind the watch’s movement to keep it running? Typically, one would imagine the part to be on top of a watch, given the name.
A central religious text mentions the use of one black and one white string for a particular practise. When it is bright enough for the two strings to be distinguishable, the practice begins and when they are no longer distinguishable, the practice ends. What roughly month-long practise?
Didi "The Devil Senft", also nicknamed El Diablo, is a German superfan who can be seen regularly at which two competitions, both of which are part of the Big Three in the sport? He is recognisable by his red trident contraption that he says was inspired by the "red triangular flag" that appears towards the end in this competition. Either of the two is acceptable.
The story of how this entertainment form got its name is a long one. It begins with the English film shown in the poster, the French version of which had a slightly different name. A historic nightclub in Paris later took its name from the French version of the film, and that's where this style of entertainment was born, even giving its name to a style of boots worn by the performer. What are we talking about?
A 1930 Cole Porter Broadway musical is based on the story of a magazine cartoonist named Peter Arno. Which magazine, that was also paid tribute to in a 2021 film, features in the title of this musical?
Ancient tomb discoveries like that of Tutankhamun's tomb were made possible due to excavations funded by foreign museums or by private collectors. They made an arrangement with the Antiquities Service branch of the Egyptian Government, where all the findings were then shared between the two parties. What was this system of sharing a portion called?
Just 70 days into the 1985 season, she had lost as many matches as she had during the entire 1984 campaign. During a tournament, she kept asking the other players if the lights were dim. This led which tennis player to don glasses for the best part of her career?
This AI generated image is based on the title of a 1968 post-apocalyptic novel by Richard Brautigan set in a commune in which many things are made of the titular item(s). Which book, that inspired the title of a popular song more than half a century later?
Which national capital’s name translates to "black pool"? The name comes from the area being a dark tidal pool on the lowest stretch of the Poddle River, which joins the Liffey River in this city that is also known as "Baile Átha Cliath" in the local language.
Zaha Hadid designed the Riverside Museum in which European city, where the rivers Clyde and Kelvin confluence? The city is home to many other museums as well, including the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and the Burrell Collection.
By what term do we refer to a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated? Originating from Greek for 'neck', canals are typically built on these entities, as in Panama and Suez. In anatomy, the same term is used to refer to a constriction between organs, the fallopian tube being a case in point.
Which Roman Emperor, who lends his name to half of a dynasty, was supposedly assassinated by his own wife Agrippina who fed him poisoned mushrooms and stuffed a feather down his throat to prevent vomiting? His wife probably did this to get her son Nero to start ruling, thus giving her greater control.
In September 2022, the Iranian football team wore all-black jackets to protest whose death at the hands of the 'morality police' for not wearing a hijab? A player, Sardar Azmoun, posted an Instagram story shaming the police for 'killing so easily', even if it would mean his dismissal from the team.