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Which element is the most abundant in the Earth's mantle after oxygen? The lightest available structural metal, it is used medicinally as bath salts, laxatives and antacids and its ions play a role as co-factors of hundreds of enzymes in the human body.
The largest city in Crimea is named for one of the honorifics used for Catherine the Great. In Rome, this honorific is called Augusta, while the city is named for the Greek version of this honorific. Which city?
[BLANK] Village is a company town that was founded away from the hustle of Manhattan in the 19th century, and now a part of Queen’s, where it has a lumber factory to source its raw materials from. The company itself was started by a German immigrant, who gave his surname to the brand. This store’s logo might help you to guess the product. Fill in the blank with the brand name.
Khufu was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty. Everything known about Khufu comes from inscriptions in his necropolis at [BLANK]. This place of burial was covered mainly with smooth white limestone casing, though this limestone has been removed by people throughout history and now only the underlying core structure remains. WHAT IS his place of burial?
Which peak in the Gilgit-Baltistan region is the second-highest in Asia? It gets its name from a notation used by the Great Trigonometrical Survey for peaks in its range. In 2021, it became the final eight-thousander to be summited in the winter.
Which Scholastic book series is based on a group of young girls in the fictional suburban town of Stoneybrook? They navigate friendships and familial strife while also providing a valuable service to the neighbourhood.
This untitled 1962 abstract work by which artist was created following the end of his relationship with artist Robert Rauschenberg? Among the "most expensive living artists", he took one of his signature "American Flag Paintings", turned it grey, and dangled a fork and spoon to transfer his heartbreak onto the canvas.
What legal doublet uses the French word for “not any” or “none” and the Latin word for “unoccupied” or “to be empty”? It is used to refer to an agreement or contract that is considered to be legally invalid and as if it never existed.
Which iconic song, which featured a creaking door, thunder, feet walking on wooden planks, winds and howling wolves as a part of its composition, is recorded here in the style of a 1930s lounge jazz track? Play the video a second time if needed.
Identify this Katrina Kaif dance number from its screengrab. Sung by Shreya Ghoshal for a 2012 film, it was a remake of a Marathi song Kombadi Palali from the 2006 film Jatra. The film itself is an adaptation/remake of a 1990 film.
There are 7 instances when the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to an individual and the organisation in the same year. Which individual, the second African to hold a coveted position from 1997 - 2006, won the award in 2001? His predecessor (from 1992 - 1996) with a reduplicated name was also from an African nation.
This question setter's theory is that the quads themselves don't need to be significant. To demonstrate this, here's a quad on the favourite books of the setter's friend, Prakash. Prakash's favourite book is a classic 1961 war novel whose name was almost quite different but was changed at the last second to avoid confusion with a the Leon Uris novel Mila 18, and also with the recently released heist movie Ocean's Eleven. Which book?
This type of vibrator is remote-controlled and may be used as a tool for pelvic floor exercises. What is it called, which despite its name has no crackable shell?
Ariana Grande reinterprets which Renaissance artwork in the music video for “God is a Woman” by replacing all the male figures?
Since the 1940s, Dia De Los Meurtos festivities feature huge statues of 'La Catrina', a skulled female figure that first arose from a fresco done in 1945 called 'La Catrina Calavera' by which artist?
The Chilean Mens Rugby team is known by what collective nickname? They get their name from a carrion-eating bird native to the mountainous areas surrounding the country.
With a stage name referencing an animal of the genus Canis, which rapper's debut album was titled M.I.A.M.I.? This global artist's song served as the official theme of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Midnight's Children tells the story of Commander Sabarmati, a naval officer who murders his wife's lover. The incident and the name is an obvious reference to a murder by whom, depicted in the 2016 film Rustom? The case is widely, but falsely, believed to have been the last jury trial in India.
Which type of caffeinated beverage consists of a shot of espresso mixed with about three parts of warm water? It originated during the Second World War wherein soldiers of a particular nation wanted to extend their rations farther by diluting the drink with water, while maintaining the caffeine content.
In 2008, the Hindustan Times published an article criticising the Delhi Police for its numerous botched encounters which resulted in the death of innocent individuals. It strongly questioned who gave them the permission to exterminate criminals in the first place. Which James Bond film serves as the article’s title?
Which World Cup winner has represented Spain the most number of times in international football matches? To help rule out some guesses, Iker Casillas is second in the list, Sergio Busquets third, and Andres Iniesta fourth.
In Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva with 108 avatars who represents compassion and action. He has two primary female forms - If Tara is one such form revered in Tibetan Buddhism, what other female form is given to the bodhisattva in East Asian religions, a word that means "[The One Who] Perceives the Sounds of the World"?
The EKD or the Equestrian Knight Design logo is used as the symbol of which fashion brand where the word Prorsum, meaning 'forward', signifies the company’s direction of travel? Established in 1856, the company's popularity rose after producing trench coats for military personnel during the World Wars.
What yogurt cheese popular in the Levant and the Middle East is used in this variation of the 'Butter Board Challenge'? A popular mezze dish, it is made by straining the liquid out of yogurt until it takes on a consistency similar to a soft cheese.
The Nehru Pavillion's interior spaces were arranged to allow for movement around its central structure. What principle, that advocates a clockwise circumambulation of a sacred altar in Indic religions, is the basis for the circulation system of the exhibition? It also lends its name to a music group formed in the early 1990s.
Which currently active Czech player sat atop the rankings for eight weeks at the end of the 2017 season, without ever winning a Slam? Her best performance in Slams saw her reach the 2016 US Open final, where she lost to Angelique Kerber, and the 2021 Wimbledon final, where she lost to Ash Barty.
The expression of the Kathakali artist here represents which navarasa, a Sanskrit word that refers to the feeling of disgust, abhorrence, or an aversion towards something? it is represented in art with the color blue.
This engraving by I. F. Schley of the drawing by Yury Felten in 1770 shows the transportation of the “Thunder Stone” in the presence of Empress Catherine The Great. At about 1500 tonnes, this is the largest stone ever moved by humans. Today, the stone can be found on the pedestal of which iconic statue in Saint Petersburg? You could either name the statue or the figure represented in it.
Identify this rapper who has produced hit albums like Luv Is Rage 2, Eternal Atake and Pink Tape. His stage name, resulting from his fast rapping skills, has been misinterpreted to being a tribute to Satan.
In 2012, Pussy Riot was announced as a finalist for the European Parliament's Prize for Freedom of Thought. Which Soviet dissident, awarded the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on human rights, is the prize named after?
In 2020, Clooney began to represent the Maldives in a case currently being heard by the International Court of Justice. This case was originally brought forward by The Gambia, on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to investigate the ethnic cleansing perpetrated against which people by the Tatmadaw since October 2016?
Dante's "Divine Comedy" may be the most famous work of literature depicting a journey to hell, but there are others that do the same. In this 18th century novel, the writer portrays hell not as a place of punishment, but as a source of unrepressed energy, opposed to the authoritarian and regulated perception of its transcendental counterpart location. What work of literature, that C.S.Lewis drew inspiration from to write the oppositely-named book 'The Great Divorce'?
_________ (9 or 10) is a 1921 opera by Italian composer Franco Alfano. It is based on a text from the 4th or 5th century CE and focuses on a story segment where its titular figure faces recognition issues from another major character. What is the name of the opera?
This is Omar Rodriguez's minimalist version of the cover of the April 1968 issue of Esquire. The cover features whom, in the style of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, for his conscientious objection to the Vietnam War and the subsequent stripping of his titles?
Between 1988 and 2011, if you were a member of this iconic band's official fan club, you would have received (by post!) some exclusive Christmas singles, including in 1995 a cover of Chris Isaak's Wicked Game. ID the band, hailing from Georgia and considered one of the first truly alternative rock acts. (Ignore the images, no idea what's happening there)
Peretti designed this as "a symbol for life and the emotions that make us all human" and it is employed by Tiffany's for its pendants and rings. Identify this symbol (8 or 4,4), which appears during moments of sadness or great joy.
These kitchen utensils, which come in both hand-held and industrial varieties, function by first removing the stem, then driving a plunger through the [blank] in a way that the stone is ejected out the other side. Historically, they are used to get the "stone" from either of which two food products?
WHICH PENINSULA is almost entirely surrounded by both the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov, primarily inhabited by the Tatar communities? At the forefront of many annexations since 1783, the region around the peninsula is an unofficial republic, outside which Russian troops are stationed as we speak.
In stock trading, a candlestick pattern is a movement in prices shown graphically.
What term is given to this pattern that occurs when a security trades significantly lower than its opening, but rallies within the period to close near the opening price? It is named for its resemblance to a common hand tool with a weighted head.
While the tennis great Martina Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, she was more prolific in the Doubles category winning 31 major women's doubles titles. With which fellow American did she win 21 of these 31 titles? This person herself won 133 ATP titles, but she is probably most well known today for role as a broadcaster for ESPN.
One of the most common alternatives to GDP, the [BLANK] approach, was developed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen along with Martha Nussbaum. Fill in the blank to give us the measure that gives credence to a person's degree of freedom, choices, and an individual's faculty to act towards achieving the values they desire?
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.
In the Netflix show ‘The Crown’, which 1990s real-life Head of State is essayed by Anatoliy Kotenyov? He appears in an episode called ‘Ipatiev House,’ where the Queen confronts him for having disrespected her grandfather’s relatives, the Romanovs, by ordering the demolition of Ipatiev House, where they’d been slaughtered in 1918.
In his debut work The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore, Manu S Pillai talks about the Halcyon Castle, a royal retreat in Kovalam, near Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. It was converted into a hotel in the 1960s. Manu later added in a tweet that it was in one of the rooms of the hotel that a pioneering Indian, considered the father of a field in the country, was found dead in December 1971. Who?
Which writer inspired this sock design by ChattyFeet, with the macabre design depicting a corvid at a windowsill? The design's name is a wordplay that replaces the author's last name with the part of the foot that the sock snugly wraps around.
What item on Starbucks' secret menu, recently trending on Instagram, can be made by adding soy milk, vanilla syrup and berries to an iced passion tea? The colourful name of the drink has no relation to the recreational drug beverage of the same name.
During which feast, typically held in late March or April, does one dip their finger into wine and then put away ten drops, one for each plague as an offering? During this festivity, one also drinks exactly four cups of wine and eats matzo, the flatbread pictured.
In 1968, this mountain was ascended by a group called the "Fun Hogs". One of its members, Yvon Chouinard, went on to found Patagonia and promptly used a stylistic depiction of this peak as its logo. Which peak, named in honour of a Royal Navy officer who led a voyage which along its way charted chunks of the Patagonian coast in the 1830s, is this?
A 3-d generalisation of the 1-d Cantor set and 2-d Sierpinski carpet, this fractal curve in the form of a "sponge" or "cube" was put forth by which Austrian-American mathematician who has also made contributions to game theory?
Despite first contact by Magellan, The Philippines islands were colonized only after 44 years along with WHICH ISLAND? Magellan was also the first European to make contact with the island which is now a part of the United States of America.
____ (4) is a collective noun for a group of batteries. One would have come across this term in the name of a portable device encountered in the same context. What term?
In the 1890s, when Marconi began working on "wireless telegraphy", it was not considered a new idea. The most recent developments came from which German scientist, who, in 1888, demonstrated that one could produce and detect electromagnetic radiation? He gives his name to the SI unit for frequency.
Originating from the writings of Paracelsus, what name is given to a spirit that can control the waters, and sings to attract humans, so that they can marry them and thus receive an immortal soul? This concept is believed to have inspired the tale of The Little Mermaid.
What music genre of the Jamaican sound system succeeded ska and rocksteady? By far the most popular export, it is recognisable from the bass and drum downbeat (a rocksteady characteristic), the offbeat rhythm (a ska characteristic), and political lyrics. The term is believed to get its name from the Latin for "to the king".
The Indian Postal Department released its first scented stamp in 2006 carrying the scent of a tree deeply rooted in Indian traditions and myth. Which tree is this deriving its name from a Sanskrit word that refers to its most common usage, "wood for burning incense" which in turn relates to "shining/glowing"? The paste of the wood is also widely used to perform rituals on shrines.
Which American horror anthology television series created by Nick Antosca is based on "creepypastas" - i.e horror content posted on the internet? The most famous of it was the first season, based on Kris Straub's Candle Cove starring Fiona Shaw and Paul Schneider.
Apart from inventing cocktails like the Blue Hawaii, Banana Daiquiri, and Hawaiian Eye to cater to tourists who wanted exotic drinks, which flower did Harry Yee use as a garnish for the first time in 1955 to serve as a cleaner alternative to sugarcane sticks which created a mess on ashtrays?
In the MCU series Moonknight, the titular character is an avatar and derives his power from which ancient Egyptian god? This God is shown to help Moon Knight by manipulating the night sky to show what stars looked like 2000 years ago.
Gambonanza is an upcoming roguelike variant that seeks to add a combat system to what game? It adds a large collection of variant pieces in addition to the six basic types of pieces.
The Ottolenghi Effect is a term used in the world of chefs to refer to Yotam Ottolenghi's role in pioneering vegetable dishes to create gastronomic dishes at his namesake deli in London. Along with Sami Tamimi, he wrote which James Beard award-winning cookbook titled after their home city where they grew up on opposite sides?
The Copley Medal is an award given by the Royal Society for outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science. French-Australian scientist Jacques Miller received the 2001 Copley Medal for demonstrating that an organ, previously believed to be vestigial, had an important role in the immune system. Which organ located in front of the heart, and possibly named after its resemblance to a herb?
These kinds of stairs are made to have the stair treads appear to be floating in the air without support. The treads extend from a flat vertical surface, where a hidden support system is firmly attached. What are these types of stairs (10) called? This term refers to a form of construction, one which is often employed for bridges.
This actress was horrified by what her native Germany had turned into, and dedicated herself to supporting the Allied cause, putting on more than 500 performances for the troops over the course of the war. This iconic 1945 photograph was taken on one such tour. Identify the actress.
What term in Sufism refers to the “chain” or “continuation” of the spiritual genealogy of masters in the tariqa (“school”) descending through either Ali Ibn Abu Talib or Abu Bakr? It is also the title of a 1981 Amitabh Bachchan film that drew considerable media attention because of the choice of casting for its two lead actresses.