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Identify this condiment, which primarily consists of ketchup, mayonnaise, and other ingredients. Invented in New Hampshire, this sauce is used in salads and as a spread in Reuben sandwiches. It came to be known after an Eurasian country because of its early use in salads with caviar. Two-word answer.
These two procedures together are one of the most common surgeries on female reproductive parts, and are usually recommended for miscarriages, abortions, minor growths or other uterine problems. What are these procedures? Abbreviation will do.
This Japanese city is the largest on the western coast of Honshu and has historically been a major network junction between maritime and river system traffic. Its merger with nearby areas has given it the largest rice paddy field acreage in Japan. In 1965, it was also the site of the second ever outbreak of Minamata Disease. Which city, one of the alternate targets for the 1945 atomic bombings?
Generally, the suffix _____ (5) means pertaining to the mouth or the act of creating an artificial opening. This suffix is part of the word for a surgical procedure of the Large intestine which provides an alternative channel for feces to leave the body. Which suffix?
Singles' Day celebrated in China is the largest physical retail and online shopping day in the world. One origin story is that in 1993, four single male students of Nanjing University decided that this date would be a day of celebration in honor of being single. In 2009 Alibaba's CEO Daniel Zhang began to use the date to run a 24-hour shopping festival. On what date of the year is Singles' Day celebrated?
Gorging on cheap street eats like gua bao and stinky tofu along with bubble tea; catching a film at Cinema Street which hosts the Golden Horse Film Festival; and lighting an incense stick at the Tianhou Temple are some of the activities recommended by Time Out magazine to try at Ximending, a neighbourhood in which Asian capital city?
What is the English name given to the large brown seaweeds in about 30 different genera that make up the order Laminariales? Despite its appearance and being said to grow in 'forests', it is not a plant but a 'heterokont', a eukaryote belonging to the Chromista kingdom. It has come into the Western consciousness in recent times as a health food due to its similarity to kale.
Which 2005 novel follows a young boy named Oskar Schell as he embarks on a journey across New York City to uncover the mystery behind a key left by his father, who was near to him, but died in the 9/11 attacks?
These are the opening bars of a song, with the shehnai leading into the beat, picturised with lavish costumes against the majesty of Amer Palace (Jaipur) in the background - a signature style of the filmmaker. Which 2015 Hindi film is this?
In 2023, Mattel collaborated with CureSearch for Children’s Cancer to release a "Brave Barbie" to bring hope and comfort to young patients. What physical attribute did this Barbie lack? It was also gifted to children who had autoimmune disorders that attacked their [blank] follicles.
In an episode of Binging with Babish, Babish recreates the Boeuf Bourguignon from which 2009 biographical movie? The dish shown in the movie is itself a recreation, made by one of the protagonists as she attempts to follow exactly the recipe provided by the other protagonist in her influential cookbook.
________(8) is a comic series by Garth Ennis centred around its central character Jesse Custer, who is possesed by Genesis, an infant of the unauthorised, unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon. Which comic series (8), named for the position Jesse Custer holds in his hometown?
This undeciphered linear writing system was used alongside a form of cuneiform between 2300 and 1850 BCE by which civilisation centered in modern-day Iran? It stretched between what is now Khuzestan Province and a modern-day province named after this civilisation. It was also known as Susiana, a name derived from its capital.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, houses in Britain focused on craftsmanship and were characterised by pebbledash, hanging tiles, and white-painted timber balconies with intricate artwork. What style, that shares its name with the era which saw the namesake ruler taking over from Queen Victoria, is this?
What formation is represented by the Karatgurk in the Australian Aboriginal mythology of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation? According to this Dreamtime myth, there were seven sisters who knew the secret of fire and carried a live coal at the end of their respective sticks. The seven firesticks of the seven sisters placed in the sky result in this formation.
Klondike's Hike is an upcoming release that seeks to create a roguelike variant of what game? The objective of this classic single-player game is to build a systematic order using a deck.
Name the companion painting of this 1886 painting, which also shows the subject on horseback. In this painting he looks into Cairo, a city he has just conquered. In the companion piece, he gazes upwards at a structure in a scene remniscent from Greek myth, thus giving the work its alternate title, Oedipus. Your answer should include the name of the person and the structure.
What internet slang (6), used to describe someone who behaves in the same way as most other people in society, gained popularity via 4chan forums in 2012 after it was adopted by cosplayers and anime enthusiasts and used to describe people who liked what they considered basic anime?
Music festivals like Coachella have curated food programs for their attendees. The food program for the 2024 Coachella includes Kazunori, a 2014 establishment that markets itself as 'The Original Hand Roll Bar' and celebrates the introduction of the cylindrical-style "hand roll" to the United States over 40 years ago. What dish does Kazunori serve?
Recognisable by chestnut-coloured spots that don't extend to the bottom of the body, which sub-species of giraffe is named for a region along the Nile that was ruled by the Kingdom of Kush in ancient times?
Which film exploring themes of urban violence and police brutality chronicles a day and night in the lives of three friends hailing from a poor Parisian suburb?
A fashion staple for hip hop artists, what form of trousers that originated in Britain in the 1930s made its way to the American military during the 1940s, where it was initially adopted as paratroopers' uniform? It allowed for easy access to ammunition and radios, thus giving rise to its name.
The Historic Passage _____ __ ____ (5, 2, 4) is a 477 metres long tunnel that was used as part of the combat strategy for the city of Puebla in Mexico during the battle against the French forces. What fills in the blanks that marks the date of Mexico's victory over France in 1862? You may give us either the Spanish name (blanked) or the English name.
Iftar is often consumed as a communal meal, with people gathering to break their fast together. The meal is taken just after the muezzin calls to which prayer—one of the five mandatory salah? This Arabic term, meaning "sunset", is also used to refer to the African part of the Arab world.
The law of the instrument is a cognitive bias that involves an over-reliance on a newly acquired skill or a familiar tool. Although it is popularly known as Maslow's ______, it is also attributed to Abraham Kaplan, who once said “Give a small boy a ______, and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.” FILL IN THE BLANK. (Both blanks are the same)
Translating to "Mountain of Fire" in Javanese, which stratovolcano is the most active in Indonesia? With eruptions occurring regularly since 1548, it is of great interest to scientists and historians alike due to its high activity and close proximity to the densely populated city of Yogyakarta.
The recently opened Grand Egyptian Museum houses many of the country's marvels. It displays the world's oldest intact ship, a solar boat that was intended for which pharaoh in his afterlife? It was found sealed into a pit at the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza, where the pharaoh was buried.
Which heavy metal band debuted this figure on the cover of their first single "Running Free" in 1980? He started off as a papier-mâché prop and has taken on many avatars, including an Egyptian mummy, a soldier, and a samurai.
What term is given to a horse with a rare dominant gene that dilutes the expected coat colour, leading to a hue first described as a "French sparkling wine" by the breeder who first observed it on a dark-brown/black horse coat?
23 May: Patti pays homage to which poet known for works such as Lot’s Wife, Cleopatra, and Requiem, an elegy written over three decades, between 1935 and 1961, about the suffering of people under the Great Purge?
Born Vijayalakshmi in 1960, she became the most recognisable face in dance numbers in 1980s movies. Known for her bold and liberal approach, she is supposed to be the unofficial inspiration for Vidya Balan’s character in The Dirty Picture. Who? Given the quad, even the second word of her screen name is acceptable.
An estuary is a partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salt water from the ocean.
Which river forms an estuary south of the Namib Desert after flowing for over 2,200 km from its source at the Drakensberg Mountains in Lesotho? It is the longest river in the region, draining an area of 855,000 sq km.
Two of the four occasions when the British PM shared a first name with the reigning monarch had the given name as George. One during the reign of George III and one during the reign of George IV. Name either PM whose time at the office overlapped with a George at the helm.
This Indian city shares its 3-letter IATA with an acronym used for a global financial agency founded in 1944 at the Bretton-Woods Conference. Which city? It has served as a state capital since 1972.
Identify this Brahmic script invented by the Buddhist monk Zanabazar in 1686 to write a language that primarily uses the cyrillic alphabet today. A special namesake character of the script serves as the country's national symbol.
Quiz shows around the world have seen a change of guard in recent years with new hosts replacing long-standing ones. Who became the host of the popular show QI in 2016 after Stephen Fry decided to step down hosting the show for almost 13 years? According to the Telegraph, this made her the first female presenter of a British mainstream TV comedy panel show.
Many great works of literature initially came out in the form of weekly serials in magazines. Which alliteratively-titled Charles Dickens novel, his debut work, paved the way for serialised literature before eventually being published as a book in 1837? The book focuses on the journeys of the members of the titular club to parts of London to report on each other.
The Mohs scale ranks minerals based on hardness or scratch resistance, that is, the ability of harder material to scratch softer material. Which clay mineral, with a Mohs hardness and absolute hardness of 1, is regarded as the softest mineral? Combined with corn starch, it is used to make baby powder.
According to some sources, the Calydonian boar hunt also featured which hero, a son of Aeson and heir to Iolcos, already extremely famous from his quest to find the Golden Fleece?
Unearthed in the early 20th century excavation of Mohenjo-Daro by the ASI, this soapstone seal depicts a seated figure with three heads, believed to be an early depiction of Lord Shiva. Given that the central figure is surrounded by animals, what associated epithet of Lord Shiva is given to this seal?
Which French polymath is the original discoverer of statistical correlation between data sets, the results of which were used by Karl Pearson five decades later to develop the correlation coefficient? Despite this misattribution, he would have greater claim-to-fame at the intersection of physics and geometry, with an eponymous 3D lattice system.
Which siren variant (4) alternates between a hi-lo tone rapidly, informing those around them that they must provide the needed right-a-way? This term, used for a short, sharp cry, the kind a dog might make when injured, shares its name with a popular crowd-sourced local business review site.
August Kekulé’s doctoral student at the University of Heidelberg, Adolf von Baeyer won the Nobel Prize in 1905 for the “advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry”. His synthesis of an organic chemical molecule in 1880 effectively destroyed which industry in India that was at the heart of a famous 1859 rebellion?
The body of which eternal leader was embalmed in 2011 and has been on public display alongside his father's preserved body in a memorial referred to as the "Palace of the Sun"?
Shortly after leaving the Galápagos in 1835, Darwin noticed that a pair of birds he had collected from different islands were not all alike – his first hint that species might evolve over time. What group of passerine birds from the family Mimidae were these?
Identify this type of cave formation, which are near-perfect spheres of calcium carbonate. It is formed by an accumulation of salts, much like how certain mussels deposit layers of nacre within its shell.
Maria Picasso is a graphic artist who often posts exaggerated caricatures with basic shapes and outlines to represent a celebrity.
Which celebrity is represented in this work, with their trademark exaggerated hairstyle, which even a caricaturist couldn't overstate?
Coolio's biggest hit was this song written for the movie "Dangerous Minds" in which Michelle Pfeiffer plays an ex-Marine who becomes a teacher in a tough inner-city school. WHICH SONG is this, that became one of the best-selling singles of 1995 and gave Coolio a Grammy Award for the best solo rap performance?
In 2016, the South Korean entertainment company Pinkfong uploaded this video on Youtube by a 10-year-old Korean-American singer Hope Segoine, featuring two child actors. Due to its catchy tune it soon became a viral hit and is currently the most watched video on Youtube of all time with ~13.9 billion views. Which song/ video?
In 1848, which French physicist based on Wheatstone's method used, not a rotating mirror, but a toothed wheel apparatus and estimated the speed of light in air to be 313,300 kilometres per second? He was the first to describe the use of a capacitor or condensor and was involved in the (independent) discovery of the Doppler effect.
WHAT ENGLISH WORD started out as the Old French word 'chatepelose' meaning "hairy cat"? The hairy part, 'pelose', was replaced by an English-sounding word that meant "pillager", since these things were thought to pillage trees and bushes.
Fons Americanus is a 13-metre tall sculpture by Kara Walker exhibited at the Tate’s Turbine Hall. Which monument to a person, located at the end of the Mall in London and sharing its name and concept with a similar landmark in India, inspired it?
Dublin gets its name from Duibh linn, meaning _____ ____ (5, 4) in English. The name refers to the muddy water that collected in the area in earlier times. If Dublin were named in English and the words combined (9), it would share its name with which English town in Lancashire, known for its beaches? Stanley Matthews famously won the ‘Matthews Final’ in the 1953 FA Cup for this city’s football club.
What separation technique is used to agglomerate and sediment out colloidal particles from a suspension, either spontaneously or due to the addition of a clarifying agent? It is employed together with coagulation in water treatment plants, before sedimentation and filtration steps.
Last week's quads caused this question setter to pick up John Green's Anthropocene Reviewed, a free-flowing work in which the author talks about (and rates) various elements of our human-centered planet. Which prehistoric art site does Green rate 4.5 out of 5 stars, because he finds it "overwhelmingly hopeful" that 4 children could discover a cave containing 17,000-year-old handprints, stay devoted to their protection, and then ban visitors when it became apparent that the condition of the art was deteriorating? The site has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1979.
Let's discover the four key steps in applying make-up.
Step 1: What type of make-up product acts as a "preparatory coating" to help keep other subsequent products such as moisturiser or eye shadow in place?
This herb or flavouring gets its name from Glycyrrhiza glabra (GLISS-uh-ryza GLAA-bra), the plant whose root it is extracted from. The spice is most commonly used as flavouring for candy and cigarettes, because of the sweetening flavour it imparts. Often, anise oil is used alongside it, or sometimes in place of it, to reduce its concentration while approximating its flavour. Identify this herb.
The chemical element with atomic number 79, a precious transition metal whose insolubility in nitric acid gives rise to the term 'acid test', has a chemical symbol that is the internet domain (CC TLD) for which Southern hemisphere nation?
In Blackadder II, jealous of the reception given to “the greatest explorer of our age”, Blackadder sets out to explore the Cape of Good Hope and returns with a boomerang as a gift for Queen Elizabeth I. Which explorer, executed for high treason against James I, was Blackadder trying to snub? In the show, he sets out from Plymouth in 1552, though in reality he wasn't born till a year later.
Which 2017 Bollywood film involving a cross-Europe journey has been blanked out from this Letterboxd list? This story about the romance of chance encounters, despite its name, has no connection to an iconic Hollywood romcom.
All editions of r/place so far have featured several 4-pixel units in "I", "L", "J", "T", "S", "Z" and "O" shapes created primarily by random users to fill any available space. Which video game do these shapes belong to?
Set inside a church in Spitalfields (London), Alexander Mcqueen’s 1996 runway show, replete with crucifixion masks and allusions to Satanism, was a commentary on the role of religion in wars. Thus, which poet’s name did he use for this collection, one who inspired works by William Blake and John Milton?
What name is shared by a former Dutch colony in Suriname and the former capital of the Dutch East Indies, corresponding to present-day Jakarta? Both locations were named after the historical Roman region located in modern-day Netherlands.
Which Gaelic sport, one of its four, is exclusively played by men as an outdoor team game where players use ash wood sticks to hit a small ball between the opponent's goalposts either over the crossbar or under it into a net guarded by a goalkeeper for scoring?