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Soren Iverson is a UI designer whose humorous app feature ideas recently went viral. The image here shows one of Iverson's ideas to add read receipts in which professional collaborative software - a searchable log of all conversation and knowledge?
The 1956 creation of the UN Emergency Force, the first peacekeeping mission comprising an armed contingent, was prompted by which conflict for control over a strategically important construction? More than 10,000 Indian soldiers served as buffer in the heat of the peninsula before being asked to leave a decade later, which led to the Six Day War.
Smith played the role of Beatrice, the niece of Leonato and the cousin of Hero, in a 1965 TV production of which Shakespeare work? In the play, Beatrice and Benedick are tricked into confessing their love for each other.
Created by Christine & Margaret Wertheim as a response to a global man-made crisis, this climate art project uses crocheting to create large, colourful imitations of what entities from the natural world? Much like the organic creatures they emulate, these handmade sculptures take a lot of time to form.
Often resulting in a closed game, the chess opening pictured here has been criticised for its lack of dynamic play. Popularised by James Mason in a tournament held at the Methodist Central Hall in the titular city in 1922, the move can be used against any black defense, a popular way to counter moves such as the King's Indian Defense. What opening move?
These glasses, often accompanied by a cutthroat stare, are a recreation of the pair worn by which TV character? This white collar worker and farmer becomes enraged when a colleague purchases the same pair to mockingly imitate him.
Despite 115 nominations, Emile Roux never managed to win the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. However, the 1901 recipient Emil Bohring was awarded for similar work - a serum to treat which bacterial disease, originally known as Boulogne sore throat? The DPT vaccine used for this disease also helps keep two other diseases at bay.
What kind of pasta gets its name from the Italian word for 'little tongues'?
Which country's national flag features its national motto, "Sentiasa Membuat Kebajikan Dengan Petunjuk Allah" ("Always Render Service with God's Guidance"), inscribed in yellow Arabic calligraphy? The text appears within a centered red crest of the country.
What name (4) is given to any type of paintbrush that has varying lengths of parallel protruding tufts that make repeated little marks? This property is often aptly used to groom or style the look of hair or fur in paintings.
[BLANK] is a type of flute used by Krishna in raslila that is thirty-six inches long, but has only four openings on its body. Fill in the blank with the word which when suffixed with 'Manohar' is another name for Krishna meaning player of the namesake flute who wins over your mind.
CricTracker has released artwork of the actions of some famous bowlers. Which bowler's action is this?** Widely touted to be one of the best bowlers in the modern game, he has had innumerable match-winning contributions over the past decade, culminating in the 2024 World T20 title.
In recent years, NBA teams have started creating ‘City Edition’ designs for the season, used occasionally on jerseys and as floor designs on the courts. Each design typically pays tribute to the team’s home city or state. The 2023 design and colour scheme for which team in the South East Division is a nod to the state’s nickname: ‘The Peach State’?
What flowering tree native to Madagascar blooms in May in Bangalore? You may identify any of its three common names - its former genus named after a French noble who governed St. Kitts; its Indian name which translates to "peacock flower"; or the name hinting at its fire-red colour.
Identify this type of cave formation, which are stalactites made of gypsum, rather than calcite. They hang from the ceiling much like a type of decorative light with branches for holding bulbs or candles.
The area around Point Nemo is also known as a [BLANK] cemetary, because hundreds of them are decommissioned and then deposited there, to lessen the risk of encountering inhabited locations. It also helps that the area is beyond the legal jurisdiction of any countries. What are these things that have been disposed of here for over 50 years?
Which map in CS:GO features many ruined buildings and obelisks made from ornate sandstone and is named for an ancient jackal-headed deity of the underworld?
Which Scholastic book series follows two fourth-graders who create a superhero that fights villains like Doctor Diaper/Doctor Nappy and Turbo Toilet 2000? Though extremely popular with children, the series has often received complaints of inappropriate humour from parent groups.
Originally created as a massage tool, this type of vibrator has a slender form. What is it called, which despite its name confers one no magical powers?
The endsong Now We Are Free from which 2000 movie - 37th on Classic FM's 2022 Hall of Fame list - isn't sung in a real language (at least not yet...not yet) but a special language that the singer and co-composer Lisa Gerrard has used since childhood when she speaks to God?
Topping the list with 155 nominations without a win for the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine is Gaston Ramon, a biologist who proposed adding substances to increase or modulate the immune response to a vaccine. What term, deriving from Latin for "help" or "aid", is used to refer to such a substance?
Hedera helix is an invasive evergreen vine native to most of Europe and western Asia. Since it grows on walls, fences, tree trunks, it tends to escape and grow in unwanted areas very easily. Even though popular during Christmas time, many American states such as Oregon have banned the import of this. What common plant are we talking about?
WHAT WAS THE FAMILY NAME of the father-son duo of Indian tennis players, of whom the father reached the Wimbledon semifinals twice in 1960 and 1961, while the son reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon once (1986) and at the US Open twice (1981 and 1987)?
Which punctuation mark was famously used by Emily Dickinson, becoming so notable that a version of it bears her name? A similar version of this punctuation mark has recently become controversial because of its frequent appearance in AI-generated text.
In order to bless the trees to produce good crop in the forthcoming season, what activity is undertaken at cider orchards in Southern England on the Twelfth Night? Devotees go with the titular bowl to the orchard, sing songs, and even lay out bread to the tree. A non-orchard version of this activity also existed across England that later evolved into carolling.
What is the fandom name of this English singer, a pun on a derogatory term used to refer to someone engaging in a form of transactional monetary gain? These fans presumably live by the mantra "Love Me Like You Do"!
Considered to be the biggest pay-per-view (PPV) draw in Mixed Martial Arts history, this Irish-born fighter has headlined five out of the six highest-selling UFC pay-per-view events. He also made his professional boxing debut a few years ago where he was defeated by Floyd Mayweather Jr. Who is this fighter whose billionaire strut has been imitated by many sportspeople around the world?
Named after Leo I, the King of Ruthenia, which city is currently serving as the de facto capital of Ukraine after Russia occupied Kyiv on February 22, 2022?
The world of competitive Rubik's cubing has its own set of acronyms and abbreviations. Used as a measure of the speed at which a cuber rotates or twists the cube, what does the acronym "TPS" stand for in competitive Rubik's cubing?
Which British designer embodied Gesamtkunstwerk while designing his signature wallpapers, textiles, and carpets? This major figure of the Arts and Crafts movement wanted his designs to nurture harmony and infuse its inhabitants with a creative energy.
The fierce lioness Ibha, meaning "one with good judgement" in Khasi, was unveiled to the world on 11 October 2021 - the International Day of the Girl Child. Which global sporting event from 2022 is she the mascot of? An event of similar nature was also hosted by India in the past decade.
We is an influential dystopian novel written in 1921 in Russian by Yevgeny Zemyatin, and first translated to English in 1924. Kurt Vonnegut claimed that he cheerfully ripped off his debut novel from which 1932 novel, which he claimed had cheerfully ripped off We?
Sakila the Dolphin is the mascot for which relational database management system (RDMS)? This open-source software written in C and C++ is used by many popular websites including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. You may also name the programming language that is used to operate this software.
In 1995, Jane Goodall received the prestigious Hubbard Medal, which has been awarded only 31 times in the past 119 years for "distinction in exploration, discovery, and research". This prize is named after Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the founder of which nonprofit scientific organisation headquartered in Washington, D.C.?
Which is the earliest documented Semitic language? Spoken in ancient Mesopotamia from the third millennium BC, it was gradually replaced in common use in the region by Aramaic.
What musical term is given to a bar that plays country music for the patrons' enjoyment while downing a drink, typically in the Southern US belt? The name comes from a variety of tack piano that is used to produce the music, typically out-of-tune and producing the titular sound.
WHAT TYPE OF ELECTRIC MOTOR that utilises materials such as lead zirconium titanate or lithium niobate to produce motion was invented in 1964 by Ukrainian engineer Vyacheslav Lavrinenko? Some of the common applications for these motors include camera focus systems, computer disk drives, and precision motion control of instruments.
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer is a 1974 novel by Philip Jose Farmer that sees Sherlock Holmes travelling to Africa to form an alliance with which literary character, whose adoptive mother gave him a name that translates to “white skin” in the Mangani ape language?
Michelangelo did not give much credence to Biagio's criticism. He thought the priest lacked the intellectual capacity to understand and appreciate art. In what way did he depict Biagio's foolishness in the same work, referencing a still-popular way of showcasing stupidity?
As part of the mosaic artwork The Awakening of the Muses in the National Gallery, which writer does Boris Anrep depict as Clio, the Muse of History?
Which venue is currently the world’s largest football-specific stadium with a retractable roof? The former stadium of the same name was an open-air arena that hosted a FIFA WC final, a UEFA Euros final, 4 European Cup finals, as well as a Copa Libertadores final.
Exclusive to the Paralympics, in which sport must competitors lower a bar, hold it motionless on their chest and then press it upwards to arms' length with locked elbows? The bench press is the only discipline in it, with 10 different categories for both men and women, based on body weight.
Nicknamed the spider web chart, what term is used to refer to this type of graphic visualisation of multivariate data? It is named for its resemblance to a screen used in a technology for detection of aircraft, missiles, ships etc.
This illustration by graphic designer Noma Bar has been used as the cover of which 1983 novel? A sequel to "Pinball, 1973", the book's title is derived by replacing the waterfowl in an idiom about trying to attain the unattainable - the core theme of the book - with that of an animal shown on the cover.
What family of rocket engines developed by SpaceX is used in its super-heavy-lift Starship, which is planned to be used for missions to the Moon and Mars? Its name was chosen in relation to it being a term used for birds of prey. The same term is also used for certain carnivorous dinosaurs.
During the pre-Columbian period, human sacrifice was a common gift for the gods. Evidence of a mass sacrifice of over 100 warriors has been found inside the Feathered Serpent pyramid at which ancient Mesoamerican city located close to modern-day Mexico City? Its largest structure is the Pyramid of the Sun.
This property on the Las Vegas Strip is recognised by its iconic dancing water fountains synchronised to music. Which hotel, themed and named after a village near Lake Como, is this?
Twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen interchangeably played the youngest daughter in the family in which sitcom that ran from 1988-95? It was the duo's first acting credit of a long and successful career. The show also had a 5-season sequel on Netflix with a slightly altered title using the comparitive form of the adjective in the name of the original.
What term (9'1, 7) refers to a concept related to analysis paralysis where a normally automatic activity is disrupted by the consciousness of it? The term originates from this poem.
A ---- (9) was happy – quite!
Until a toad in fun
Said, "Pray, which leg moves after which?"
This raised her doubts to such a pitch,
She fell exhausted in the ditch
Not knowing how to run.
There are a few different options for the second word, but the 9-letter blank is enough for the point.
This is the likeness of Biagio as drawn by Michelangelo. It was painted into this original artwork depicting the Second Coming of Christ and was completed 30 years after the more popular neighbouring piece, both at Sistine Chapel. Which painting?
What formal headgear, worn by bishops and abbots in traditional Christianity, consists of two similar parts in the front and the back, sewn together at the sides, with two short lappets hanging down from the back? The name differs by one letter from the British spelling of a unit of length.
Which “anonymous animal” does this icon represent? It forms a genus of herbivorous lizards that are native to the tropical Americas and the Caribbean.
When quizzed about the inspiration for the peace symbol, its creator Holtom said, "I was in despair. Deep despair. I drew myself: the representative of an individual in despair, with hands palm outstretched outwards and downwards in the manner of [Blank]'s peasant before the firing squad. I formalised the drawing into a line and put a circle round it." Which painting is he referring to as the inspiration? Need the title, not the artist.
A "performative male" (visual) is a term for a man who insincerely adopts certain aesthetics and behaviours to appear sophisticated and attract women. One of their most defining qualities is enjoying what drink (6,5) made using ceremonial grade green tea powder mixed with hot or iced milk?
After realising he has bested Gilfoyle, Dinesh offers to buy him dinner at his favourite kind of restaurant, a "_______ _____" (7,5). What pun (7,5) does he make? It modifies a type of eatery, where one might order a rib-eye medium rare, to indicate it has flaws.
Which Italian astronomer produced the first detailed map of Mars in 1877? His niece became a fashion designer known for her use of shocking pink.
One of the street names for heroin in The Wire is presumably drawn from a Unilever brand, a product made of plastic and cotton. The association comes from the fact that addicts used _-____ (1,4) to dip and extract pure heroin or to clean their pipes. What is the street name of this drug? (1,4)
Which anime series is referenced in this Bleacher Report video? It depicts Zion Williamson and Ja Morant mimicking the running style used by characters in the series. The manga featuring the titular character ended its 15 year run in 2014.
Making his debut on the Forbes list for highest-earning dead celebs at No. 6 is which Academy-award winning American actor and singer whose estate sold a stake in the royalties for his master recordings for roughly $30 million, including his 1,600-plus songs, name and likeness? Considering that his much-loved 1941 rendition of a holiday season number (originally written by Irving Berlin) was streamed 87 million times in 2020, this is perhaps unsurprising.
The goal of this exploration program is to re-establish a human presence on the Moon for the first time since the Apollo missions. Led by NASA and supported by other space agencies, the uncrewed phase of the program launched in November 2022. Which program, named after a goddess of the Moon?
Which alliteratively named team from Maharashtra (6,8) were second after the league stage, but lost in the semis to Prithviraaj Yodhas? Their "powerful" presence was led by Former World #1 Mike Schloesser (NED) and two-time Olympic bronze medallist Alejandra Valencia (MEX).
WHAT TITLE was bestowed upon the emperors of Germanic and Austrian Empires throughout most of history? This title was particularly used by the Emperor Franz Joseph I who ruled the unified German empire for much of the 19th century. The word comes from a corruption of a similar title bestowed in the Roman Empire.
The modern process for producing expandable paper of this type was invented by Hans Heilbrun in 1901. It is now considered to be one of the most sustainable void fill materials. Identify this type of paper (9 or 5,4), named after a natural mass of hexagonal prismatic cells.
Solve this clue: 2 Down: Protagonist of Melville's Moby-Dick