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The Little Red Book: Liber Novus is a red folio manuscript crafted by the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung between 1914 to 1930 that became the inspiration for two American to develop a framework evaluating individuals across four parameters that create sixteen different personality types. Named after its two creators, what is this test that is often derisively termed the 'Astrology for MBAs'?
The Hanged Man (XII) is the twelfth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional tarot decks. It usually depicts an image of a man hung upside-down by one ankle, a common punishment for traitors at one point. However, the solemn expression on his face suggests that he is there by his own accord, representing self-sacrifice. In other interpretations, The Hanged Man is a depiction of WHICH FIGURE FROM MYTHOLOGY who suspended himself from a tree in order to gain knowledge?
The Central Library of Rotterdam is recognisable from its striking yellow air conditioning ducts. What is its nickname, arising from its visual similarity to a namesake household appliance that typically has a suction tube sticking out of its body? The term "Hoover" is a genericised trademark for it.
Identify this gymnast who won gold as a part of the Unified Team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Asian Games and World Championship medals representing Uzbekistan, and a silver in vault representing Germany in Beijing 2008. She holds the distinction of being the oldest gymnast to have competed at the Olympics.
Since his 2019 appointment as the UK's Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage has written around 20 commemorative poems. In 2021, he wrote a poem on the Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow where 40,000 participants discussed climate change. What single-word title, possibly more familiar as an animated science fiction show, did he give this poem on distrust and hope for what is to come?
Which Ryan Murphy show set in 1980s-90s New York City explores the ballroom subculture of the era? The characters compete for trophies and recognition by modelling to showcase their fashion, beauty, and confidence.
What type of watch dial is defined by soft engraving in a crosshatched style giving it a scratchy look? Its name stems from the surface having a texture similar to a form of lightweight summer fabric woven from the bark of the flax plant.
The characteristic black colour of this tree's wood has led to it being traditionally used in the production of the black keys in a piano and black pieces in chess. Identify this dense black/brown hardwood, that was known in Egyptian as "hbnj".
Pasargadae is an archaeological site and one of Iran's UNESCO World Heritage Sites, near the city of Shiraz. The most important monument in Pasargadae is a construction considered to be the tomb of [blank]. Though there is no conclusive evidence of this, Alexander the Great believed it and had it renovated as well. WHO IS BURIED HERE, the founder of the first ever Persian Empire?
Charnockite is a quartz-feldspar rock that has a significant presence in India and Sri Lanka. Which location, a small hillock close to Pallavaram in Chennai, was declared a national geological monument for its connection to Job Charnock - the founder of Kolkata? The site is named for events dating back to 72 AD.
What term is used to refer to a dome-shaped hut used by some North American Indians for ritual steam baths as a means of purification? Deriving from the German word "Laube", modern variants are made typically out of wood, covered with tarps and blankets.
Which opera house was built in 1869 on the orders of the ruler Isma’il Pasha to celebrate the opening of an important link in the same year? It shares its name with the title of the rulers of the Muhammad Ali dynasty that ruled this country from the 19th to the mid-20th century. The oldest opera house (visual) in this continent, Verdi’s location-appropriate opera Aida was premiered here in 1871.
Which "-punk" genre (6) explores an alternate universe in which ancient civilisations have access to advanced metalwork and machinery? Its name refers to an alloy that played a key role in the rise of societies, such as the Minoans and Mycenaeans, from the namesake historical age.
Beyond the CEO, CFO, and COO roles, many organisations have unique C-suite roles for specific purposes.
Insurance companies typically have a Chief ____________ (12) Officer (CUO) focused on driving the quality of a particular activity across different lines of the insurance business. Fill in the blank to complete the title of this role where the middle letter refers to a word meaning to accept liability in the form of an insurance policy, thus guaranteeing payment in case of loss or damage.
Which medicinal preparation (8), usually used as an antiseptic, is created by dissolving plant or animal matter in an alcoholic solvent? A well-known preparation of this kind makes use of a dissolved halogen element.
This large livestock guardian dog breed was developed from breeds native to which mountain range at the intersection of Asia and Europe? It shares its name with the large region comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and parts of Southern Russia.
Identify this necklace style (3), which comes come in the disco chic, vintage and retro variants. It gets its name from its visual similarity to an ancillary piece of apparel often used by small children at restaurants.
This institution at the Darling Harbour in Sydney has galleries that allow one to dive deeper into the world of maritime history. In 2019, it replaced this logo (visual) to showcase a modern branding that simply added one letter into a six-letter word. This was intended to bring more focus to its area of interest. What is the resulting "misspelt" name? Please spell your answer.
The present tune of India’s national song Vande Mataram is set appropriately to which Hindustani raga? The raga’s nationalistic name brings to one’s mind a sense of the land and therefore evokes a patriotic emotion.
In 1974, President Gerald Ford passed a controversial proclamation pardoning which individual from "all offenses against the US" between 1969 and 1974? Ford reportedly justified this pardon privately by carrying in his wallet a portion of the text of a Supreme Court case which stated that a pardon carries an imputation of guilt and its acceptance, a confession.
The one-word name of which station on the Paris Metro commemorates the 1798 victory of Napoleon's Armée d'Orient over the Mamluks of Egypt? It is only a coincidence that The Louvre courtyard is located 450m away.
What according to Amitav Ghosh is a freak genetic phenomenon which cannot be isolated and detected by standard techniques but is transmitted through malaria and can be found in the brain, resulting in unique modifications to individuals allowing for human immortality?
What is common to the stage names of the following rappers? If it helps, the height of each rapper is also included in the visual.
Which tree represents November in hanafuda? This sturdy plant with drooping branches, which is often found next to water, has medicinal uses and contributed to the invention of aspirin.
The first word of this island country's name is a reference to the "Virgin of the Old Cathedral", while the last word means "bearded", which is probably an explorer's description of the island's fig trees. Which country are we talking about?
Mahjong features certain types of bonus tiles that are not used to build sets but are instead set aside for extra points. Identify this type, which shares its name with the quartet of violin concertos composed in the 1720s.
The last book of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon series, Origin, is set in Spain in a William Blake inspired world. Many of the pivotal scenes in the book occur at the "Valley of the Fallen" outside of Madrid, most infamous as the burial site of which dictator who was buried here from his death in 1975 until 2019? His remains were exhumed in an effort to remove all public veneration of his dictatorship.
The third pearl is found by Percy Jackson in a casino in Las Vegas. Here, Percy and his friends are given a sweet that causes them to ignore the more practical concern of completing their quest and instead indulge in five days of luxury. Which group from Greek mythology run this casino?
Rockabye Baby! is a Spotify account that creates lullaby versions of famous songs, often incorporating visual elements associated with the band.
Identify this 1971 classic by Rockabye Baby!.
In 1997, the president of a country shifted the capital from the largest city to a town whose name meant 'white grave'. After its name was changed to mean 'capital city', oil money turned its fortunes around. Gratitude to the president resulted in yet another name change in 2019, although a change in sentiment now sees the city referred to as simply "The Capital". Which capital?
Which TV series is set in the fictional Moordale Secondary School in the Wye Valley? This comedy-drama's first season revolves primarily around a certain therapy clinic set up by Otis Milburn and Maeve Wiley to help the students. A number of its cast members are now-breakout stars leading other projects.
The Raichur Doab is a fertile triangular region of land near the confluence of the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers that has been fought over by multiple dynasties during India's history. Which dynasty with its capital at Banavasi ruled over this region in the 5th century CE? Named for an evergreen tree, they became a vassal of the Vatapi Chalukyas following Pulakesin I's conquest in the mid 6th century CE.
In 1844, Alí Muḥammad Shírází declared himself a messenger of God, took the title ___(3), and founded which religion? The title, meaning door or gate, is also part of the name of a narrow waterway that gets its evocative name from the tragedies that befell sailors who navigated it. The Baha'i faith claims that Baháʼu'lláh is the prophet that ___(3) foretold about.
This 2020/21 winner of the GLAAD Media Award for comedy series was conceived when its creator was watching reality television and wondered, "Would the Kardashians still be the Kardashians without their money?" Which show is this, whose name is a pun on an English expression for "bad situation"? The possessive apotrophe in the name is sometimes stylized with a $ sign.
Languages from the Hindi-Urdu language family serves as the official languages in India, Pakistan, and WHICH THIRD NATION? The dialect of Hindi spoken in this country is of Awadhi origin, from where many labourers moved to this nation to form almost 40% of its population today. Indian-origin Mahendra Choudhary became the Prime Minister of this nation in 1999.
Why I Am an Atheist is an essay written by which Indian revolutionary in 1930 from the confines of the Lahore Central Jail? It was a reply to his religious friend Baba Randhir Singh who had accused him of becoming an atheist because of his vanity.
What marine mammal is the only living species of its namesake genus and makes up the order Sirenia along with manatees? Found all around the Indo-West Pacific, its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow, was hunted to extinction.
Which deity of rain, water, and agricultural fertility was said to inhabit his mystical, earthly paradise of eternal spring, often located on mountain tops, including a namesake mountain near the city of Texcoco de Mora? His Nahuatl-origin name can be interpreted as "He Who Makes Things Sprout".
Which author does Hemingway describe in A Moveable Feast as “his talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on the butterfly’s wings”? This comparison appears in a section that explains how a good writer can be destroyed by alcoholism and a jealous wife. Hemingway met this American author while the latter was working on his novel Tender is the Night.
Raised in the wake of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, which CAPF unit of India is responsible for manning India’s boundaries with Bangladesh and Pakistan? Often called the “First Line of Defence”, this is the world’s largest such unit with over 270,000 personnel assigned to it. Acronym is acceptable.
This is the partial filmography of a particular director. Which 2024 film would follow this list?
Dheepan (2015)
Paris, 13th District (2021)
Taylor Swift's song “So It Goes..” is a direct application of the idiom that is used a whopping 106 times in which 1969 anti-war book? In the work, the phrase is used by the Tralfamadorians usually when someone has died, evoking a sense of powerlessness.
What was the headline following this player's excellent performance against Manchester United in the 2011 Champions League final? It added two-letters to the title of a 1994 film to show he now ruled the football world.
American band Our Last Night (OLN) is known for their metal and punk renditions of pop songs. Identify this 2025 song covered by OLN as a metal song.
The gesture you see in the image is commonly referred to as the biker wave or biker salute. There are many stories regarding how it originated, but most refer to it first being used as a quick greeting by William [BLANK1] and Arthur [BLANK2] as passed each other on the road. Fill in the blanks with two names that are frequently used together in this context.
What is the code used by Disneyland employees used when guests, typically a child, does a 'poo' in public areas of the park? It is named in reference to a character that lives in the 100 Acre Wood.
This is the upper half of a 1594 Caravaggio painting. The painting shows a Romani woman seemingly rendering her services to the man, but a closer inspection would show that she’s actually stealing his ring. What service is she pretending to render? This skill is commonly associated with Romani people, as part of a trifecta; the other two involve tea leaves and crystals.
Which author of A Princess of Mars (1912/17), the first book from his Barsoom series set on Mars, has a Martian crater named after him?
Which salad shown here uses the same ingredients as the Pizza Margherita and is believed to have originated either as a homage to the flag or to appease royalty vacationing in the island it is named after? The 'insalata tricolore' replaces the basil with avocado.
In the 1960s, Avinash Godbole created a series of postcards for Air India centred around ragas, each featuring the Maharaja. Which raga is described as "Expressing light-hearted happiness and love; Time of Play: As the night sets in, and during the Monsoon season"? It gets its name by combining the names of 2 different ragas.
The Ken is an Indian digital publication known for its niche newsletters.
One of its newsletters attempts to understand business in India via short infographics and pithy text. It explains the strategies employed by companies "__ _ ________" (2,1,8). What phrase (2,1,8), used to explain something briefly, is this newsletter named after?
Titled "Chaos Theory", this 2024 CGI animated TV series is based on which media franchise whose first two films were based on bestseller novels?
This statue references the opening song of a 1972 self-titled debut album. You can see what the location is, you can see what the man is doing and where, you can also see a flat-bed Ford - indeed a fine sight to see. Well, loosen your load and tell us which song inspired this sculpture?
Which literary work has been a popular choice on Desert Island Discs, including the time that Salman Rushdie was a castaway on the show? In 2015, he wrote a book (visual) loosely inspired by this literary work. In Rushdie's book, a group of normal people take on supernatural creatures in a battle that lasts for the titular duration.
This challenge in CharDee MacDennis involves The Gang having to answer questions that they wrote themselves. Which board game, that forces this group to chase each other down in a contest of inane knowledge, is this challenge based on?
Which iconic 70s rock band is comprised almost entirely of Lord of the Rings fans? References to Tolkien's works find their way into many of their songs, with 'Ramble On' paraphrasing a poem originally written in the Elvish tongue of Quenya. Fun fact: The lead singer's dog is named Strider!
The Umbrella Corporation postures itself as a benevolent pharmaceutical company. In reality, it manufactured bioweapons sold to inhabitants of Raccoon City and profitted greatly from a certain plague it engineered. Which video-game franchise does it appear in?
Brightly painted figures of what animal, also referenced in the story of Chang’e the Moon Goddess, are gifted and displayed during the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations?
Which 1885 novel is retroactively considered the first work in the lost world subgenre? It follows a search party through unexplored parts of Africa looking for an adventurer lost in a quest to uncover the fabled titular location full of riches.
Mohammaed Shahid, a member of India's gold-winning team at the 1980 Olympics hockey, was known for his half push-half hit stroke wherein he hit the ball using the same grip used to dribble. This stroke, ideal for an early pass, was adapted by which successor of his who is now a Member of Parliament for the Aam Aadmi Party?
Which new musketeer, who became only the 6th active player to record 550 wins, is pictured here? Known for elegant groundstrokes and one-handed backhands, he won the mixed doubles title at the 2004 French Open, partnering with Tatiana Golovin.
Which brand and model of American 'pony car' automobile first went on sale in 1967 as a competing model to the Ford Mustang, and features prominently in the Knight Rider franchise as the sentient car character KITT?
This is the second-highest civilian awarded by an Asian country. It is named after which legendary hero considered a symbol of the country's nationalism and culture? The story of this figure itself is believed to have been based on Bars Bek, the first ruler of the Kyrgyz Khaganate.
One of the big winners of the 'funeral games' to succeed Alexander The Great went on to rule Asia Minor, Syria, and Mesopotamia. Which of Alexander's generals was this, founder of an eponymous empire, who lost an infamous battle with Chandragupta Maurya? After marrying Maurya's daughter, he received a consort of 500 elephants that proved decisive in his victory at Battle of Ipsus.