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In ancient Greece, an amulet was born by the deities Athena and Zeus as a protective pendant, paying homage to which three monstrous sisters, two of whom - Stheno, Euryale - were immortal although the third one was famously slain? This symbol has transcended its usage as a religious symbol to a modern-day brand as well.
Which American audio equipment manufacturer founded in 1946 by a pioneering engineer uses an "!" as part of its logo? It is known for its speakers, Bluetooth headsets, and car audio.
On 23 September 2017, Google published a Doodle on the centenary birth anniversary of Asima Chatterjee, the first Indian woman to receive a Doctorate of Science. What was the loop of “g” in Google transformed to - a cyclic compound essential to her field of organic chemistry?
Although it doesn't actually contain tea leaves, insam-cha is considered a herbal tea infusion that is made out of the roots of its titular plants and widely consumed in Korea. What roots are used in this tea that also finds popular use in folk medicine? The tea is decocted with the roots for several hours over low heat, sweetened with honey, and served with Korean pine nuts.
Koppen Climate Classification further divides each of the five groups into sub-climates. The Group A (Tropical) climate includes rainforest, monsoon, and which other sub-group? This grassland ecosystem is characterised by relatively less rainfall and a longer dry season and gets its name from a Taino word meaning "treeless grassland".
Which dish has Chris Morocco been tasked to recreate here? It translates to "army camp stew", as it was created during the Korean War using food waste smuggled off the US military bases.
Ranked No. 15 on Rolling Stone's list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time, this band was founded in 1971 in New York by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. In 1974, the duo retired from live performances to become a studio-only band, and released albums like 'Can't Buy a Thrill' and 'Countdown to Ecstasy'. IDENTIFY THIS DUO, whose most famous songs include 'Do it Again' and 'Rikki don't lose that number'.
Guinness Book of World Records lists North America’s Dusky ______ (6), as having the shortest migration. During winters, they inhabit mountainous pine forests, then in spring they descend a mere 300 m to deciduous woodlands. What group of birds are they? The word is also used to refer to a trivial complaint or grumble.
Using this track outline, identify the Formula 1 circuit where drivers typically spend almost 80% of the lap at full throttle! The long straights and infrequent turns in this 'Temple of Speed' mean that cars are usually set up to have minimal drag, and consequently far lesser downforce than in other races.
Which driving maneuver entails rotating the rear or front of the vehicle around the opposite set of wheels in a continuous motion, creating a circular skid-mark pattern of rubber on a carriageway and possibly even causing the tires to emit smoke from friction? It is commonly performed by racecar drivers at various levels as a means of celebration.
What is the name (9) of this finishing move by The Undertaker? This variation of a piledriver sees his opponents held upside down in a rigid, vertical position resembling marble or granite structures in a graveyard.
The Statue of Equality in Hyderabad is the country's second tallest sitting statue. Which philosopher of the Vaishnavite tradition does it depict? He was the chief proponent of Vishishtadvaita (qualified non-dualism) and was active during the 12th century in the Chola kingdom.
Which city, formed from a group of three cities in antiquity - Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna - uses the 'pol' suffix for its current name? It was disambiguated from similarly named cities in Greece and Lebanon with the subtitle '[Blank] of the West'.
In 2014, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) won a petition in the Supreme Court. One of the primary petitioners was Gauri Sawant, the director of the Sakhi Char Chowghi and a goodwill ambassador of the Election Commission in Maharashtra. You may recognise her from a progressive Vicks TV ad in 2017. WHAT ISSUE does the judgment touch upon?
To commemorate Charles III's coronation, Armitage wrote "An Unexpected Guest" from the perspective of a woman invited alongside nurses and ambulance drivers who won "hero's medals for being [themselves]". The poem quotes an entry on Charles II's 1651 coronation from whose famous diary?
Identify the novel from this passage where its title appears:
Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. [redacted] was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of [title] and let out a respectful whistle.
Trauma and/or infection to the eye region can result in the conical deformation of the posterior part of the eyeball. The typical appearance on radiology is called the ______ ____ (6,4) sign. What heart-shaped object from the world of musical paraphernalia fills in the blanks?
This is the Gallagher family residence from which TV series? This black comedy drama takes an unabashed look at how dysfunctional the poor family is owing to its patriarch's substance abuse issues.
Fun Home is a 2006 graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel. The title of Chapter 1, "Old Father, Old Artificer" is borrowed from a line from which 1916 debut novel? Both the memoir and the novel draw a parallel to the mythical tale of Icarus and his father. The novel's protagonist shares his name with the father.
Since it is Valentine’s week, here’s to the love stories we’ve seen in comic books growing up. Identify either half of this couple: A relationship fraught with complications between an Avenger who has telekineses powers and an ex-Avenger who was created using two different A.I. where one almost ended up killing the other at one point.
Baba Budangiri, a hill and mountain rangel in the Western Ghats, is named after the 17th c. Sufi saint Baba Budan who supposedly brought coffee to India by smuggling it out of Mocha in Yemen. The saint’s shrine and the mountain is located in which hill station, part of the namesake district of Karnataka, that is also home to the hill station of Kudremukh?
In K-beauty, the term "____-ging" (4-ging) refers to the step of applying a thick emmolient (like petroleum jelly) at night to lock in moisture. It is similar to how certain shell-less molluscs secrete a layer of mucus to prevent water loss. Fill in the blank (4).
What nickname is used by the Premier League football team whose logo is shown here? They may derive their nickname from the red-striped shirts they wear for their home games, reminiscent of the bright colour of a certain fruit. It could also be due to the fact that their home ground, Dean Court, was built next to an estate filled with trees of this fruit.
Along with milk, what is the primary ingredient in a blue latte? It is a dietary supplement produced from tiny spiral-shaped cyanobacteria or blue-green algae.
Identify this driver who signed with Alpine for the 2025 season. This Australian, the son of a five time Motorcycle Grand Prix World Champion, impressed winning the inaugural F2 Best Performance Award.
Which DJ, the co-creator and lead member of Major Lazer, has served as one of the opening acts for Bad Bunny's World's Hottest Tour? He is also a member of the supergroup LSD, with Sia and Labrinth; a member of electronic duo Jack Ü, with DJ Skrillex; and Silk City, with Mark Ronson.
Tennis TV recently released a poster depicting the Nitto ATP Finalists as superheroes. Which Russian player is depicted here? In 2023, he became the only player, male or female, to record 50 wins in each of the past three years. He has considered changing his citizenship to protest the ongoing Ukraine War.
What term is given to the type of writ issued by the court in order to request individuals to attend court proceedings? In English parlance, this term is used in a similar context beyond legal settings as well.
Anuradha Pal, a multi-percussionist and music composer from Mumbai, is listed in the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Limca Book of Records as the first professional female player of which musical instrument, also an essential instrument in the devotional traditions of Sikhism during kirtan?
Known as the Dirac-Von Neumann axioms, Neumann made a telling contribution to establishing a rigorous mathematical framework for a field in physics that came to prominence in early 20th century. In this axiom, observable quantities such as position or momentum are represented as linear operators acting on the Hilbert space. Which fundamental theory of physics (7, 9) is analysed via this axiom, one that provides a description of the physical properties of nature at the sub-atomic level?
Peter Fleming, an American tennis player, won 7 doubles grand slam titles in partnership with which fellow countryman? Fleming was always very modest about his own contribution to the partnership – he once said: "the best doubles partnership in the world is [blank] and anybody". Who is this American great, who has seven Grand Slam singles to his name.
The text book used to train Air Force officers still carries misinformation about how USA entered the Vietnam War. It talks of an attack on a US Navy ship in which waterbody as being the casus belli (cause for war)? The Navy has long acknowledged that no such event occurred and that military leadership has misled the American public.
Which scent obtained from this tropical tree's flowers is a top note of Chanel No. 5? It has a sweet and floral scent, and its common name is derived from Tagalog for "wilderness", though it is often mistranslated as "flower of flowers".
A popular euphemism for menstruation in Denmark and Italy could also be used to refer to a 2,250 km high-traffic inlet of the Indian Ocean separating Africa and Asia. What two-word term is this?
Which fermented dairy product is prepared by inoculating milk with "grains" of a symbiotic culture? Originating from the North Caucasus mountains where it was originally prepared in goatskin bags, its name is derived from a Turkish word for "pleasure".
Signifying a period of change and upheaval in the areas of life ruled by a planet, which term in astrology refers to the optical illusion when a planet appears to be moving backwards in its orbit?
1543 is considered an Annus Mirabilis for being the starting point of the Scientific Revolution. Two landmark books were published in this year - De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Anders Vesalius and De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium by which polymath?
What type of fries are thick wedges of potatoes fried to crispy perfection? It is named so because it is often served along with a dish which is prepared by grilling or pan-frying a thick cut of meat.
Marilyn Manson's makeup here is a tribute to which character that was introduced in 1940 in Detective Comics #27 as a particular superhero's first villain?
An oceanic current in the Atlantic Ocean, stretching between Europe's South-Western coast all the way down to Senegal, produces excellent fishing grounds in the region, with Morocco especially benefitting from this. What is the name of this current, named after an archipelago in the vicinity that has in turn lent its name to a bird species and a yellow hue?
Identify this type of thin Japanese noodles made from buckwheat and served either chilled with a dipping sauce, or hot in a noodle soup. It is traditionally eaten on New Year's Eve in most areas of Japan.
Metro stations in which capital city are identified by a symbol, along with a name, to ensure that the (formerly) largely illiterate population could identify their stop? This is the symbol of the station serving its main square, built over the ruins of Tenochtitlan.
Which 1995 film with one letter changed is represented here? Please provide the altered title of this film that saw the lead actor study Sean Connery's accent for a more accurate portrayal of a historical warrior.
______ (6) is a collective noun for a group of butchers. It is apt that a commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe who butchered people had this as his surname. What term?
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis is assigned a Zebra Factor of 10 in House, M.D. It is a rare form of progressive brain inflammation caused by a virus responsible for a highly contagious infectious disease common in children. Which vaccine-preventable disease, where small spots called Koplik's Spots form inside the mouth, is this?
This is the unpainted national flag of which African nation? Adopted in 1973 after its independence from Portugal, this nation made an addition to its name to avoid confusion with a neighbouring country.
What is the popular three-worded name given to the photograph of Earth taken in February 1990 by the Voyager 1 space probe from a distance of about 6 billion km, after years of campaigning by Carl Sagan? He opined that while the picture may not have scientific value, it would be meaningful as a 'perspective on humanity's place in the universe'. In the photo, Earth's apparent size is less than a pixel, and the planet appears as a tiny [Blank] against the vastness of space.
What term is used for pouch-like formations of this form hanging underneath the base of a cloud, typically a cumulonimbus rain cloud? You may also identify the Latin root word, meaning "udder" or "breast", or the wide class of vertebrates that derives its name from this root word.
Which work is depicted as abandoned here? The tempera painting, which usually depicts six female and two male figures (along with a winged humanoid), is here notably missing Zephyrus, the namesake of this league.
Which royal family member broke a billion hearts elsewhere in another Asian nation with his win in Athens 2004? He became the first and thus far only individual Olympic gold medallist for his nation.
Which Pritzker Prize winner designed the Louvre Abu Dhabi which opened in 2017? He has indicated that the lack of a signature style was his trademark and some of the works in his hometown include the Institut du Monde Arabe, the Musée du quai Branly, and the Philharmonie de Paris.
A decade referred to a period of 10 days in which calendar that was used between 1793-1805? Decades would be used to mark out intervals during Brumaire, Pluviose, Germinal and Messidor, for example. Two acceptable answers.
Which 1887 novel subtitled A History of Adventure is about a mysterious white queen in Africa named Ayesha who reigns as the all-powerful '[BLANK]-who-must-be-obeyed'?
Identify the athletic event from its world record. Only the specific discipline will be accepted.
Men: 18.29 metres (1995)
Women: 15.74 metres (2022)
After the Night of the Long Knives, Hitler ordered that all copies of Reifenstahl's propaganda film, Victory of Faith, be destroyed because it showed him in close proximity with which leader of the "Brownshirts" or the SA? The Night of the Long Knives was itself called the [Blank] Purge since its primary aim was to reduce this man's power, and thus, also the power of the "Brownshirts".
Which podcast (3,4,4,9) hosted by Meredith Constant and Amanda Matta covers "the top news" about the Royal Family? Its name is a play on a command from Alice in Wonderland that Henry VIII might have shouted at least twice.
Liverpool achieved their breakthrough against Besiktas in the 19th minute, thanks to which player slotting in a rebound, who would also go on to score the 8th goal of the match? Now retired from football, he still holds the record for scoring the most headed goals in the Premier League. His autobiography is titled 'Walking Tall - My Story', and he would most probably have to [BLANK] to meet most of us eye to eye.
Which first head of state of a West African nation developed a namesake form of Afrosocialism built on nationalism and cultural liberation with emphasis on large-scale development & rapid industrialisation? Mounting debts and his increasing intolerance towards criticism led to him being overthrown after just 9 years in office.
Which sport uses this truncated icosahedron created using strips of rattan or synthetic fibre woven in a particular pattern? This sport is typically played by two teams called 'regu', each consisting of three players.
What word gets suffixed to Shirley Temple when a cocktail version of it uses dark rum instead of vodka or any other white liquor? Appropriately enough, it also happens to be the actress’s married surname.
This franchise, while it was based in a city located near the confluence of two major rivers, is technically credited with the 1958 NBA championship. Led by Bob Petit, they bested the Boston Celtics in six games. Identify the older name of this franchise.
McRefugee is a McWord used in Hong Kong, Japan and China to refer to poor people who reside in McDonald's outlets. A film with what 3-word English title, a play on the McDonald's slogan, was created in 2018 in Hong Kong, where there were over 384 McRefugees that year?
Although the word “evolution” in its present sense was first used by Charles Bonnet in 1762 for his concept of pre-formation, in which females carried a miniature form of all future generations, which famous book first published in 1859 on the same subject surprisingly did not mention the term "evolution" at all?
The Ba***ds of Bollywood follows Aasmaan Singh, who becomes a star overnight, attracting the attention of powerful producer Freddy Sodawallah, who traps him in a "three-film contract". Which real-life company is Sodawallah Productions based on? This fact is confirmed by the presence of the poster in Freddy's office.