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WHICH 'PERFECT' SINGER collaborated with Elton John for a 2021 addition to his album 'The Lockdown Sessions' with the song 'Merry Christmas'?
At 97 feet, the tallest obelisk which is still located in Egypt was commissioned by the female pharaoh Hatshepsut and placed at the Temple of Amun within which great temple complex in Luxor? This complex is named after a nearby village whose name means "fortified village".
An ______ (6) is a federal subject of Russia, most similar to states in other countries with a Duma or legislature which is democratically elected. At 46, these are most common type of Federal subjects in Russia with the most populous one being Moscow. FITB.
Which anime-manga series had a collaboration with Crocs for designs based on the clothing of the main cast? The Jibbitz charms represent the design of the characters' swords used to vanquish their titular foes, as well as the wooden box used by the protagonist to keep his sibling safe.
The freeing of Aslan from the Stone Table in Narnia, where he is killed, draws parallels to a scene from a short story published in 1842. The story revolves around a prisoner, who much like Aslan is freed from his binding ropes by rodents. What is the name of this short story told from the first person perspective of the prisoner, who is terrified of the torturous situation he finds himself in?
Identify the driver blanked out of the table, Hamilton's longest-serving teammate. The pair ensured Mercedes won 5 straight Constructors' Championships, however, the driver never posed a serious threat to Hamilton's title ambitions. He was dropped from the team in the 2021 season and now races at Alfa Romeo.
On which island's Four Seasons Hotel was the second run of 'White Lotus' shot? The hotel is located in the commune of Taormina and overlooks the Ionian Sea, Mount Etna, and an ancient amphitheater, built in the Greek style by the Romans.
What is the name of Hasan Minhaj's third stand-up special (3,4,3,4) released in 2024? The title is one of the most famous lines repeated by the Queen of Hearts in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (with a pronoun swap) and could refer to the persecution faced by Minhaj after The New Yorker did a factcheck of bits from his first two specials.
The springform pan is designed to open up and pull away from the sides, resulting in a clean-sided, photo-perfect finish. It is used commonly in the preparation of which dessert with a crumbled cookie base? Its most popular variants include "New York" and "Basque".
Pictured here is a Turkish miniature version by artist Murat Palta of which 1971 dystopian crime film set in a near-future Britain based on a best-selling 1962 book of the same name?
This Englishman cemented his place as a national treasure with the winning drop goal against Australia in the final of the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The Guardian duly picked him at No. 6 in its list. Which legend?
Various terms are used to refer to groups of penguins, depending on their location or their activity. What term (6) is used for groups that have got together to breed? It is also used for groups of insects like ants or termites.
This image depicts a look alike contest in NYC for which actor with everyone having a cigarette in their mouth and donning white and blue chef outfits to mimic his character from a hit series?
Which ballet is about a village girl, Swanhilda, who saves her fiancé, Franz, from a deluded inventor who wants to transfer a human soul into his beautiful, life-sized mechanical doll? Anna Pavlova played Swanhilda multiple times at the Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg.
Which fruit, obtained from a tree from the ebony family, is the national fruit of Japan? 90% of its production happens in the Oriental nations of China, Japan, and Korea where they are commonly served as dried fruits bearing names such as 'gotgam' and 'hoshigaki'. Their name is however not oriental in origin but from the Virginian Powahatan language meaning 'dry fruit'.
What is the title (10,8) of Paromita Vohra's Midday column on pop culture, urban life and societal intricacies? It neatly incorporates the first four letters of her first name into the title of a supernatural film series that began in 2007 and helped popularise the found footage genre.
Good Will Hunting features several references to the Boston Red Sox, such as Robin Williams describing the game-winning home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series. Which Hall of Famer, nicknamed Pudge, scored this iconic home run?
In the world of law, what Latin phrase indicates that an item or a service has been traded in return for something of value? In general parlance, it is used to refer to an exchange in which one transaction is contingent on the other, a sort of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
Identify this game (5) by Take5Games that involves swapping tiles to make all rows or all columns the same colour. Its title is a tribute to an Hungarian architect whose invention has the same objective.
This dromedary camel is the logo and mascot for which high-level general-purpose programming language? Gaining popularity in the 80s and 90s for building the modern framework of the Internet, this "precious" programming language has often been nicknamed "the Swiss Army chainsaw of scripting languages" due to its flexibility and power.
Which cartoon character, the lead character in the series, is fond of eating brontosaurus ribs? He also works as a bronto-crane operator - sitting atop the animal and guiding it to pick up and drop things. Given the fact that the cartoon series is set in pre-historic times, all this is quite normal.
While the white cliffs of Dover are made of chalk, which place near Jabalpur in India is famous for its cliffs of marble? The song "Raat Ka Nasha Abhi" from the 2001 Hindi film Asoka is one of the most popular depictions of this place through which the Narmada river flows.
What English idiom is used to convey that the innate nature of people or things is of higher significance than what they are called? Shakespeare uses this popular adage to show that Romeo and Juliet's love transcends their familial lineages.
What is the name (11) of the high couture store in the Shrek universe? It modifies the name of the fashion house started by Gianni [blank] to highlight that it is dedicated to the craft of using a bow and arrow.
Major volcanic eruptions drove the break up of Gondwana (visual), beginning about 180 million years ago. The first of these eruptions pared off Africa and South America, while the second pulled Australia and Antarctica away from Gondwana and the Indian Plate. Which island, now the fourth-largest in the world, was conjoined with the Indian Plate during this period? It is geologically a part of the Somali Plate.
In 1985, the Gondwanaland Occasionals faced the Beardmore Casuals in a cricket match. The stumps were improvised; the pitch had been rolled by a Hercules transport aircraft, and natural light allowed play to continue until 11pm. This became the first full match to take place in which geographic area, according to the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Almanack?
One of the X-men, Gentle, who was born to a Russian father and Wakandan mother has a gene that grants him the ability to increase his muscle mass, which causes a surge in strength. In order to keep his powers in check, he is given tattoos made of what very fictional material that bond to his skin - one only his mother and other Wakandans have access to?
In 2005, the ______ Committee was set up by PM Manmohan Singh to investigate the economic and social status of Muslims as a minority in India. Multiple controversies surrounded the report, including its comments on high birthrate of Muslims compared to Hindus. The Gujarat government even went onto describe the report as unconstitutional. Which controversial committee are we talking about?
In 2010, PETA issued a statement against which singer's 'meaty' outfit at the MTV Video Music Awards? She won eight awards that night.
The second of Strugnell's Haiku is a lamentation. Strugnell observes that the leaves have fallen, and the snow has fallen. He figures that their state mirrors a certain aspect of his own physical self. What is this lamentation about, an issue that affects 50% males and 25% females globally?
Marilyn Monroe’s character in The Seven Year Itch has no name. What generic term is her character officially credited with? She lives, in fact, in the apartment above the lead actor, not next door to him.
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s 1929 novel names a kind of folk music named for puppets, since the music form would often involve puppet dances as well. It was adapted into Satyajit Ray’s debut feature film of the same name in 1955. Name the novel. The English form is also acceptable, since that's what fits the quad.
William _____ (5) was the first person to teach psychology in USA, and is called the "Father of American Psychology". His brother Henry, is famous for novels such as The Turn of the Screw, The Portrait of a Lady, etc. What is their shared surname?
A social media reaction used to express one's extreme aversion towards something features the audio of which actor exclaiming "No god! No god! Please no! Please no! Noooo! Noooo!" in a 2008 episode of an American sitcom? The moment occurs as a reaction to the return of HR representative Toby.
A popular conspiracy theory alleges that which famous musician died in 1969 and was replaced by his bandmates with a lookalike? The '[BLANK] is Dead' conspiracy theory was parodied by the artist in his 1993 live album '[BLANK] is Live'
This statue in Verona sees a large number of tourists rubbing it for good luck in their romantic life. Who is this statue meant to portray, who also receives a large number of letters every year?
Despite Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika (God Bless Africa) being extremely popular as a resistance song, it was merged with 'Die Stem' in 1997 to create a hybrid anthem in which country? Given the painful history of the country until 1994, some of the elements of 'Die Stem' were removed and five of the nation's eleven national languages are used for each of the stanzas of the anthem.
Which part of a flower consists of an ovary, a stigma and usually a style, occurring singly or as a group? It derives from Greek for "fruit" and differs by one letter from a type of popular decorative floor textile that is regarded to have originated in Iran.
Identify the staple missing ingredient in this recipe of Tabbouleh, a Middle-Eastern salad that forms a part of a traditional mezze.
Finely chopped parsley, tomatoes, onion, mint, and soaked uncooked [blank]. This is a type of cracked wheat used as a rice replacement in cuisines of the Arab world.
The expression of the Kathakali artist here represents which navarasa, a Sanskrit word that refers to heroism and valor? It is represented by Lord Indra and the color white.
In the 69th minute of the Besiktas match, Steven Gerrard put another one away for Liverpool. This was after a hattrick scored by which player? Playing as an attacking midfielder, he became the first player to score hattricks in Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League. Identify this Diamond from Dimona, who is also Israel's most capped player.
This podcast originally began as a subreddit where people would share their own paranormal experiences. Matt Hansen suggested to convert the stories into an audio format, others volunteered to produce it, and the rest is history. What is the podcast called, named in reference to what most people experience after they listen to horror stories at night?
A popular feature on Indrajal Comics issues, which comic series featured its titular magician using an unusually fast hypnotic technique against various villains? It was created by Lee Falk before he created The Phantom. The magician shares his name with a plant in the Harry Potter universe that is known for restorative properties.
Pictured here is Giovanni Donato da Montorfano's "Crucifixion" that can be seen at at the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. Which more famous fresco by Leonardo Da Vinci, depicting another pivotal Biblical event, adorns the other side of the wall?
In 2017, Mattel released a variant of Uno with some special symbols printed on the cards. The discreet iconography ensures that the entire deck remains unchanged for the regular player, but which set of people looking at them would easily be able to distinguish?
The indigenous inhabitants of which sparsely populated desert territory have fought for their independence against Morocco since the 1970s? Known as the Saharawis, their organization, the Polisario Front, has waged an armed insurgency but also been part of negotiations. In 1991, both parties agreed to a peace proposal under the UN.
Which circuit, the only one in its continent to hold this distinction, has hosted twenty F1 GPs (1967-1993) and four 500cc races (1983-1992) across both its layouts? The 1975 GP saw Jody Scheckter become the only one from his country (and continent) to win his home GP, later becoming the World Drivers' Champion in 1979.
Watch Dogs was revealed to be in the same universe as which other Ubisoft video game franchise? In Origins, Bayek of Siwa is provided certain important CCTV footage shot by Aidan Pierce from Watch Dogs.
Identify this game (7 or 3,4) by Take5Games that involves balancing the sum of black tiles and white tiles. Its title borrows an East Asian symbol used in this context.
By what term is the land lying between and reaching to the confluence of "two rivers" known in the Indian subcontinent? The British Raj used this Persian-origin word to particularly describe such lands at Ganga-Yamuna confluence points. Areas are typically named as a conjecture of the two river names, like Jhech for the land between 'Jhe'lum and 'Ch'enab.
Which jazz saxophonist is being paid homage in this panel of Horn Players by Basquiat? He laid the foundation for the bebop style in the 1940s. An icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, some of his most recognisable tracks include Ah-Leu-Cha and Ornithology.
This island was the first in the Galápagos Archipelago that Charles Darwin visited during his voyage aboard the Beagle. Which island, that bears the Spanish name of the patron saint of seafarers, is this? It is one of the three islands in the archipelago that has an airport.
There are a total of just 6 names in the exhaustive table of most successful teams in this competition. If the bottom 5 are Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, San Diego Yacht Club, Société Nautique de Genève, Golden Gate Yacht Club and Royal Perth Yacht Club, then which team is at Number 1, with a record run that lasted for more than 100 years?
This city was setup as part of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in 1821. The place where the two rivers in the picture meet is also known as al-Muqran in Arabic, meaning confluence. As shown in the picture, two rivers with different colours intermingle to form the larger channel on the right. Which city?
In some climbing routes, especially in the Alps, a set comprising two carabiners and what equipment is used, a sling or cord that attaches from a harness to a rope and withstand fall loads? The term is used for any such cord used to conveniently carry items such as keys or identification cards.
What according to Amitav Ghosh is the drastic shift that would be needed in the human social and economic way of thinking to ensure that we reduce our carbon emissions after years of non-commital and ineffective actions?
Please don't use this as a tiebreaker or a spare or indeed anything other than a friendly end to the quiz. Sporting equipment, a movie theatre, a venue for a wedding, and a worker's outfit. Connect to a 2012 song that you've seen enough of in this quiz.
Which nut starts as a drupe (visual) with a leathery, green covering that is harvested upon maturation and dried under the sun? It is then sent for being processed into "oil", "butter", or "milk".
This is the logo of which former UEFA nation’s top-level football league? Everything you need to work it out is in the image.
In 2019, which Bollywood actress launched Kay Beauty, a makeup brand in partnership with Nykaa, promising "kare" ingredients in products?
Which city and special administrative region is the subject of this poem from The Song of the Cities? It is governed under the principle of "One country, two systems."
Which ice hockey player is seen in this "flying" photograph where he scored a overtime winner to give Boston Bruins a Stanley Cup win in 1970? This Canadian legend, the only defenceman to win the Art Ross award for most league points in a season.
In 1865, which Scottish scientist proposed that light was an electromagnetic wave and demonstrated that electromagnetic waves propagate in empty space at a speed in proximity to the value derived by Fizeau and Foucault? His theory was underpinned by a set of four partial differential equations that he derived a few years prior.
Alexander McQueen's SS 1999 show saw one of the most iconic moments in fashion history: Shalom Harlow being spray-painted by robots. This moment of a helpless Shalom being "slashed" with streaks of paint was regarded by McQueen's biographer to be a tribute to the shower sequence featuring Janet Leigh from which film?