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What type of fungi is a highly sought species of edible mycorrhizal mushroom that is prized in Japanese cuisine? Its name comes from Japanese for pine tree + mushroom but its scientific name Tricholoma nauseosum translates to smelly odor due to its characteristic smell that is widely considered unpleasant across the world.
The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial [BLANK] has been awarded to people like Rube Goldberg, Gary Trudeau and Frank Miller. Out of these, Goldberg and Miller have got it for one-offs, and Trudeau for a series. Fill in the blanks. The category has changed its name since 2021, so, we'll accept that too!
What small floral bouquet (4) kept in such ornate holders was used as a popular fashion accessory in Victorian England to spread pleasant aromas? Its name features in a well-known tune and game for its role in combating miasma.
Identify this psychological drama about a group of five mothers at school who become embroiled in a homicide investigation. Based on the namesake book by Liane Moriarty, the show has had a two-season run from 2017 to 2019 and is due to come back for a third season.
Which cocktail, a citrus-based variation of the Bellini, replaces the peach purée with an equal amount of mandarin juice? It was named after an Italian composer who had a 1904 opera that was set in East Asia.
The Daut Pasha Hammam dating back to the 15th century today houses the National Gallery of a particular nation. It is located in which city, a European national capital that was conquered by the Ottomans in 1392 and ruled for the next five centuries as “Üsküb”?
This spoon, that is popular in the Mediterranean, is used for handling what food item? The sieve-like design allows the draining of brine when lifting the item from jars.
I’m Back is the title of a song that featured on the third studio album by which American rapper? Released in 2000, the album includes the the line "I'm tryna clean up my f-ckin' image / So I promised the f-ckin' critics / I wouldn't say 'f-ckin' for six minutes". He then delivers on that promise, censoring himself for multiple songs, but goes right back to saying it again at the end of the allotted time period.
The rise of polyamory has also seen the use of many new terms to describe one’s relationship(s). What term (6) is used for the partner who one regards as a central figure in one’s life, a stable “rock” or “______” (6) who helps ground and balance one’s life?
The Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram generated controversy in 2010 when it was revealed that they had altered a photo of leaders from the Arab world walking along with Barack Obama. This was to give the impression that the Egypt President was leading the entourage when he was actually rearmost. Who is this?
What is the paired title of the 2016 release, the first instalments in the seventh generation of the Pokémon video game series? The first entity can be seen on the national flags of Bangladesh and Taiwan, whereas the second entity can be seen on the national flags of Malaysia and Turkey.
First worn by Whoopi Goldberg at the 74th Academy Awards, Harry Winston's "Isadora" yellow diamond worth 6 mn USD makes an appearance as a plot device in which 2003 Kate Hudson film? The picture on which the rom-com is based has no narrative, only a list of comedic dating "DON'Ts".
The Boot is the informal name of the trophy awarded to the winners of the American football match between the University of Arkansas and the [redacted] State University. It is based on the maps of the two states, which together look like a boot. Which other state, just below Arkansas on the map?
Which railway hub serves as the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway (NER) zone, consisting of the Varanasi, Lucknow, and Izzatnagar divisions? Lying along the banks of the Rapti river in the Purvanchal region, it has the country's second-longest railway platform.
In Hindustani classical music, this type of short composition is a variant of the lehra, but instead of the same melody repeating, each repetition is a variation, allowing musicians to explore a raag in more detail. What is this type of composition, named for a Hindustani word for "melody", and also the mononym taken by a popular Indian actress from the early 90s, born Nandita Morarji?
What is Rajon’s surname (5)? This point guard was a key member of the Boston Celtics champions of 2008, as well as LeBron James’ LA Lakers champs in 2020. His surname is a form of classical music where a refrain keeps returning. Mozart’s Turkish March has this word in its name.
In 1969, Salvador Dali published a suite of 12 paintings that were converted through photoprinting into a rare book. The paintings depict the twelve chapters from WHICH LITERARY WORK of the 19th century? One such painting called The Queen’s Croquet Ground is pictured here, while the remaining 11 include Pig and Pepper, The Lobster Quadrille et al.
WHICH West Indian bowling all-rounder captained the West Indies in 30 Test matches, although he is better known for donning the role in other formats of the game? He is the first cricketer from St. Lucia to play international cricket, after whom the cricket stadium in St. Lucia is named.
Ranked No. 2 on Rolling Stone's list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time, this duo used to be a married couple but broke up after the abuse suffered by the wife at the hands of the husband, Ike. Post the breakup, the wife launched one of the greatest comebacks of all time with her solo album 'Private Dancer', that eventually led to her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. IDENTIFY THE WIFE, whose most famous songs include 'River Deep – Mountain High' and 'Proud Mary'.
Armani helped create the sleek, cool, high-fashion look of the titular detective of which 2000 film? He built upon the original 1971 film's street-casual underground style to create a sophisticated yet tough image.
This trio of cakes is inspired from the 1963 oil on canvas Display Cakes which was 'painted' using a palette knife. Which American painter known for his colourful works depicting pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, and pastries, inspired this dessert?
Which attacking shot in badminton is played low and close to the net in such a way that the shuttlecock dips to the ground exponentially? It is a useful feint when the opponent is still in the backcourt, and shares its name with a similar shot in tennis.
Which anthology crime drama series uses hues of pink and purple in scenes depicting Andrew Cunanan and his relationships, all of which were with older men? He was the killer of a famous Italian fashion designer, whose assassination was the subject of the second season of this show.
What vegetable originating from the Mediterranean region gives its name to this line of Le Creuset cookware? The hearty flower bud of a thistle plant, it gets its name from Arabic for "scale" or "thorn".
Which German company was involved in the development of the optical elements on the MIRI filter wheel assembly on board the James Webb Space Telescope? This company's filter and grating changing mechanisms allowed the instruments to be precisely configured for various types of observation.
The arrows on this brand's logo represent the different directions one can take from a crossroad, also the inspiration for the brand's name itself. Which brand's logo is this, that cleverly hides the C within the logo while also using the French national colours?
Moldoveanu Peak is the highest peak in which mountain range spread across Romania, that is also known as "Southern Carpathians"? Its name derives from a term meaning "beyond the forest" that is used to refer in general to a historical and cultural region around that area.
The third fairy in Sleeping Beauty is called the Miettes qui tombent or the __________ (10) Fairy, and offers generosity to Princess Aurora. Her name is based on the Russian tradition of sprinkling what food item (10) to wish the baby a prosperous life? This food item appears in a German fairytale (visual) as well. The blank is the singular form.
What word, used in the title of many newspapers, refers to a written record of historical events that are arranged according to the timeline in which they occurred without any bias, interpretation, or analysis? It also appears in the title of some literary works and series.
Many German scientists taken by the USA in Operation Paperclip went on to have distinguished careers in American goverment agencies, but none more than which aerospace engineer who eventually served as the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle and was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1969? Due to his role in the German World War 2 effort, he has been mocked by satirists with the saying "He aims for the stars, but sometimes he hits London."
Anthony Bourdain made a living off of travelling to new places and embracing the local culture, usually in the form of specialty dishes that would seem incredibly exotic to the majority of his Western audience. One of these was a preparation made of an entire cobra - beating heart, blood, bile, and meat - in which Asian country? The Le Mat village where he filmed this episode has now turned into a major tourist attraction and brands itself simply "snake village".
Warning: Graphic video, showing a beating snake heart.
Originally called Aorangi Terrace and more recently referred to as Murray Mound, what is the most common two-word alliterative name of this elevation at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, where ticketless fans of an English player would sit for free and watch him play in the 90s and 2000s?
Deriving from the Latin for dove, what term is used to refer to structures that act as the final resting places for urns of cremated remains? Named after its resemblance to compartmentalised housing for doves, they can be freestanding buildings or a part of churches or cemeteries.
In Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Biron says love is "as mad as [BLANK]", a hero from Greek mythology, because it kills sheep such as himself. Name this hero, driven mad by defeat, who ends up slaughtering sheep in the Little Illiad?
WHICH ENTITY features on 2021's most mispronounced list because the name printed on the side of the entity was that of its similar-sounding parent company? The entity in question had to be salvaged after six days of causing significant losses to many companies and governments in March 2021. All it took was a $600 million compensation to finally be free.
Which Indonesian President was hosted by Gerald Ford at Camp David in 1975? The two leaders discussed the US withdrawal from Vietnam and the topic of stability in southeast Asia, among other things.
The oldest known Swahili documents are fourteen letters written between 1711 and 1728 by Queen Mfalme Fatima of Kilwa (modern-day Tanzania). In WHICH INDIAN STATE'S government archives can they now be found?
Many languages in Asia derive their scripts from Brahmi, a writing system from ancient India. Identify this Brahmic script used by over 16 million people in an island nation to write the namesake language as well as the liturgical texts of Theravada Buddhism in Pali and Sanskrit.
In the flow map for Napoleon's 1812 campaign, the coloured path shows men entering Russia, while the black path shows them retreating back to the Kingdom of France. Which city appears at the right edge of the map, the last point before the army retreated? An important center for Russia then, Napoleon's troops occupied the recently abandoned city for just 36 days, during which they had to put up with a massive fire.
Which 1995 novel (6) by Joyce Carol Oates is about a serial killer’s efforts to create a ______ (6) by rewiring the brains of his various victims? Based on the life of Jeffrey Dahmer, this book's title traces back to a Kongo word meaning “ghost, revenant, corpse that still retains the soul”.
As part of a marketing stunt for Marty Supreme, Chalamet was photographed at the top of which arena that has the world's largest setup of LED displays? It opened in 2023 and has hosted multiple band residencies and screened several immersive movie experiences.
What term is used for a musical performance without instrumental accompaniments? It derives from Italian for “in the manner of the church” since churches often prohibited playing of musical instruments.
Neural is a publisher that primarily republishes works what they think need to reach a wider audience, with a lot of their books being at the intersection of science and art. One of the books they brought out is called Kinetic Art, a compilation of essays from an MIT journal named for someone who seamlessly married science and art. Whom is the journal named after?
"Gully Number 002 - 1928 Turf Olive" is an homage to India’s first year of Olympic hockey domination. The pair features patterns based on an embroidery art from the Punjab region, as a nod to the community's contribution to the team. What intricate "floral work" are these patterns based on?
What substance has German artist Wolfgang Laib collected himself and incorporated into his minimalist sculptures and installations over the last 30 years? MoMA (and other museums) often clarify there are no known allergen fears for visitors to these artworks.
The Unbearable Burden of Massive Talent stars Nicolas Cage as a fictionalised version of himself and makes references to many of his films. It opens with a shot of a couple watching which film featuring an ensemble cast of villains led by John Malkovich's Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom being flown to another prison?
In this form of weight training, one lifts the barbell from the ground to overhead in one continuous motion. The goal is to lift as high as possible, pulling oneself under it in a squat position, receiving the bar overhead with the arms straight. Which exercise - also an Olympic event - with varieties such as split, muscle, and power?
This product came about in 1957 when two inventors were attempting to create a 3-D plastic wallpaper. Although their idea failed at the time, they found its use in a different form: a product made of low-density polyethylene film that is useful in logistics, such as its earliest usage in shipping of the new IBM 401 in 1970s. WHAT PRODUCT IS THIS, whose name is used generically for all such products, even though it is trademarked?
The Football Association launched a competition in 1953 to celebrate 90 years of their existence, asking for entries covering any aspect of association football, and called it simply 'Football and the FA'. What did the FA stand for, thus allowing entries covering paintings, sculptures, architecture, music or poetry?
The Gross Clinic and Agnew Clinic are two of the most popular paintings by Thomas Eakin that depict the titular surgeons doing a thigh surgery and a mastectomy respectively. Eakins smartly makes one significant change in his depiction of the two events, fourteen years apart, to reflect a change in practice in the medical field deriving from how the presence of anaesthesia made it more bloodless. What change did he make in his depictions?
The Statue of Ahimsa near Nashik is the tallest Jain statue in the world. It depicts which tirthankara, the first of twenty-four teachers in the present half-cycle of time? He is identified in Jain texts to be the legendary king of Kosala who established the Suryavamsha ("Solar dynasty").
Mendel's work revealed that all factors of inheritance would be traced back to traits that were either dominant or recessive. In 1909, Danish biologist Wilhelm Johannsen coined WHICH TERM to describe these units of inheritance?
This novel by Kavita Kane is a "humanised" reinterpretation of the actions of which princess of Lanka, whose disfigurement is the impetus for a chain of events leading to the war in Lanka?
The Gilded Age is an HBO drama set during the titular period (1870s-1890s) of U.S. history. A pivotal moment in Season 1 is the replacement of gas lamps with electric lighting. Edison lights up 41 Park Row, the headquarters of which publication as the crowd watches on? It is nicknamed the "Gray Lady".
Sported by Michael Jackson in the cover and video of Thriller (1982), which hairstyle gets its name from the American hairdresser who first come up with pH-neutral shampoo? Eddie Murphy in 1988’s Coming to America and Samuel L Jackson in 1994’s Pulp Fiction lampooned the hairstyle to cult status.
Netflix has adapted many works by Harlan Coben, an American writer of mystery novels. This miniseries sees an unknown individual approaching the protagonist and telling him a secret that results in his wife going missing. What is the show’s title (8), which shares its name with a work by Albert Camus?
Otto Böhler was an Austrian silhouette artist who depicted many great musicians of his time. This is the silhouette of which Austrian composer, best known for his Leider or musical setting of poems? Despite his early death at 31, he had a prolific career producing works such as "Erlkönig", "Ave Maria", "Gretchen am Spinnrade", and "Forellenquintett" ("Trout Quintet").
The esolang _________ (8/9) uses code that, once executed, converts each line into loops with a head and a tail. A code with the input 'Abcdefghij' results in the following: j is consumed by A, and so not executed, which then proceeds to i. Once this loop is over, the code discards i and moves on to h and so on. What is this language called (8/9), named after something that led to a chemical structural epiphany in the 19th century?
One of the “anonymous animals" on Google Docs is an extinct cattle species, the wild ancestor of modern domestic cattle. What is it called?
Identify either of these with the same name.
The US national park located near the Salinas Valley in California, named after the spire-like individual rock columns that stand isolated from the rest that make it a climbing haven.
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The pictured architectural element of the Gothic style, built to provide a counterweight to flying buttresses. These resemble a small spire, much like the geographical feature mentioned in the first part.
Though Hungarian legend Florian Albert was originally ‘The Emperor’, which retired Brazilian is the modern-day L’Imperatore or 'The Emperor?' Best known for his prolific time in Inter Milan between 2004-09, this striker was part of a hyped quartet of Brazilians, with Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Kaka.
Wikipedia uses many quirky terms to refer to its users. What title (5) is given to an editor who covertly fights vandalism and then sneaks back into the shadows of Wikipedia? These stealthy warriors are prone to get into edit wars.
From time to time, the coffins in the Rotunda have honoured which representative concept after WWI, WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War? In the last case, it was later revealed that, contrary to expectation, there actually was an officer lain there, a man named Michael Blassie. Looking for a specific 2-word term.
Identify this Dutch track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1948 London Olympics where she participated after giving birth to two children, the younger of whom was born three years prior. While her first appearance was at the 1936 Olympics, her 1948 feat is even more remarkable as WW2 severely impacted her training and nutrition in the interim years.