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Which unit of the Central Armed Police Forces of India (hereby referred to as CAPF) is responsible for the border security along India’s 3,488-km border with China from Karakarom Pass to Diphu La? A major part of this border comprises an autonomous region of China, thereby giving it the name. Acronym is acceptable.
In 2019, Rei Kawakubo was enlisted as a costume designer for an adaptation of which 1928 literary work - "a biography" that became the first opera to be commissioned from a female composer by the Vienna Opera? These are the costumes of both the "incarnations" of the titular protagonist.
Identify this show, a satirical take about a 47-year old cardinal who rises to the apex position and immediately attempts to shake the established customs and change the way the Holy See runs.
The "Blueshirts" were the members of the Army Comrades Association (ACA), the paramilitary organisation in the Irish Free State. Most of the political parties whose meetings the Blueshirts protected would merge to become which political party? Translating to "Family of the Irish", the party's current leader is Leo Varadkar, who also serves as the Taoiseach.
Which scientific establishment in New South Wales, Australia was the 2000 film The Dish shot at? It is home to the film’s titular instrument, which received the first live images of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
The Civic Musical Road located in Lancaster, California plays which piece of music when driven over? This overture written by Rossini has been used as the theme music for The Lone Ranger and is associated with horseback racing.
Name the queen of Caria mentioned in De Mulieribus Claris who defended her kingdom in various battles and ruled for two years. She is known for an extravagant construction and is often confused with another queen of the same kingdom from a century ago who led the command along with Xerxes in the naval Battle of Salamis.
F1 driver Alex Albon was ruled out of the 2022 Italian Grand Prix due to appendicitis, just hours before FP3. Which Dutch reserve driver received the call-up to replace him as the Williams driver? He scored points with a ninth place finish, impressing the pit bosses enough to win him a (short-lived) seat at Alpha Tauri the following season.
One of the first recorded landings on the North Sentinel Islands in the Bay of Bengal was in August 1883, when the British responded to what seemed like the sound of 'distant gunfire'. Their boats found nothing and departed, only to find out later that the unusual noise had been coming from which other island located farther south-east?
Which live-action film opens with a graphic title sequence inspired from Bryan Lee O'Malley's comic book style and typography? It is combined with a track by the titular protagonist's band, the Sex Bob-Omb's.
This denim brand traces its origin to the mid-1940s when the Blue Bell Overall Company employed Bernard Lichtenstein ("Rodeo Ben"), a Jewish tailor from Łódź, to help design jeans suitable for rodeo use. Its name thus reflects its original customer base, hardworking cowboys. Which brand is this?
Which forum uses an approval system called "reputation"? A measurement of trust for a user's programming knowledge, it can be piled up by posting good questions and useful answers.
This photo from Accidentally Wes Anderson offers a glimpse of a car on the Ascensor da Bica, one of three funiculars in which European capital city? This line from Rua de São Paulo to Calçada do Combro is popular with tourists looking for the "perfect Instagram shot".
Which water body located in the Kenya-Ethiopia border of the Great Rift Valley is the world's largest permanent desert lake? This African Great Lake, fed by the Omo river, is also the world's largest alkaline lake, and was named after a native tribe by Jomo Kenyatta in 1975.
In 2021, BookRiot produced a map of the most translated books in every country. The most translated work from Chile is a posthumously published 2004 novel that about an elusive German author and the unsolved murders of women in Santa Teresa, a violent city inspired by Ciudad Juárez in Mexico. Which work is this?
Pterocarpus indicus is a tree species native to SE Asia, northern Australasia and the Western Pacific. It is often used to make the keys on the musical instrument _______ (7). Which instrument (7), sharing its name with the original default ringtone on phones from a certain company?
At least six very different species are popularly referred to by the same name: the bay leaf. In South Asia, the plant popularly known as the bay leaf (locally tejpatta, or pulav ele) has a genus name indicating the other spice that it is most closely related to. Which spice, a bark that's a fixture of Asian cuisine?
The Bugatti Circuit in which city hosted the French Moto GP 2022? It is a part of a circuit that is known for an endurance race, and also hosts the motorbike version of the same.
The Rider-Waite deck of tarot cards contained several differences from its predecessors when it was first published. One such change was the illustration used on the sixth of the Major Arcana cards, The Lovers. While traditional depictions showed a couple receiving a blessing from a noble or a cleric, the Rider-Waite deck reduced the number of figures from three to two, thus enforcing its correspondence to WHAT SIGN from the world of astrology?
The Histrionicus histrionicus takes its common name from which colourfully named character from Comedia dell'arte? A similarly named character has made appearances on the silver screen in 2016, 2020 and 2021.
The Mezquita or Mosque-Cathedral was built by Abd-al-Rahman in 785 CE as a mosque before being converted into a cathedral after Christian forces took over in 1236 CE. Considered the blueprint for Moorish architecture that followed, it can be seen at which European city, once home to a namesake caliphate ruled by the Umayyads?
The MRTA or Movimiento Revolucionario _____ _____ (5,5) was a Peruvian Marxist-Leninist guerrilla group founded in the 1980s. Aiming to establish a socialist state in Peru, it took its name from the last indigenous leader of the Incas who was executed in 1572 following a failed rebellion against the Spanish. Who was it named after (5,5)?
Stephen Sondheim collaborated with James Lapine to produce the Putlizer-prize winning 1984 musical set in post-impressionist France which tells the fictionalized tale of a real-life painter who is deeply immersed in creating his 1884 masterpiece. WHICH PAINTER known for his Pointillism style is the subject of the musical, whose masterpiece showcases a number of Parisians at a park on the banks of the River Seine?
Which structure can be seen through the window in the AR Rahman song Kabhi Neem Neem from the film Yuva? Commissioned in 1943, the structure was renamed in 1965 after a Nobel laureate. You can give us either name.
Which Russian Prime Minister did Barack Obama host at Camp David in 2012, as part of the G8 summit? The prime minister, who signed up on Instagram on the way to the US, used the occasion to post a photo of the meeting.
The American and British names for this game are very similar. The American one is shorter, and is also famous as a movie of the same name. What is the British name for it, a portmanteau between the American name and another universally popular board game people play especially during their childhood?
Which war slogan was made famous on propoganda posters by Maurice Neumont, most notably used by France in World War I to express a determination to defend a position against an enemy? A slight variation of the phrase was also used in a 1954 epic fantasy work, written by a WW1 veteran who saw action in France, as well as in its popular movie adaptation.
In 1874, François de la Bastie developed a process that involved quenching almost molten glass in a heated bath of oil or grease, resulting in an increased strength of the glass. Identify the type of glass (8 or 9) he invented, which has several uses including in touchscreen devices and screen guards.
The Criterion Collection features many trilogies in its box sets.
Who directed the films in the Europe Trilogy? Among other things, he is known for co-starting the Dogme 95 film movement with other Danish filmmakers.
While there were some fears that the rise of streaming services would lead to a surge in these kinds of scenes on screen, a study by Stephen Follows, a data analyst, has shown that there has in fact been a sizeable decline. The depiction of what, or what kind of scenes have declined from the start of the 21st century? A couple of reasons cited are the #MeToo Movement and the rise in the superhero movies.
Which Air India destination is the subject of this vintage poster? The poster alludes to the companion of Jeanneke and Zinneke in this city, who the Air India Maharaja is trying to protect himself from.
Identify this character who is the father of the titular character in an adult animated series. This ever-present Viltrumite with Superman-esque abilities once fought supervillains alongside the Guardians of the Globe.
Which city in India counts Montreal and Wenzhou as its twin cities? Its name is an anglicised spelling of the local name, and is supposedly derived either from the name of a Hindu goddess or from the name of a secondary character in a Hindu epic.
Identify the athletic event from its world record time. Only the specific discipline will be accepted.
Men: 45.94 s (2021)
Women: 50.68 s (2022)
[BLANK] Groyne in Brighton Beach is named after which instrument, in the shape of which it has been designed?
In linguistics, what 10-letter word refers to the study of how context affects the interpretation of meaning? For example, ‘Can’t you see I’m busy?’ is not really a question, but an angry exclamation. We use this word (minus the ’s’) as an adjective in a related sense, to refer to being sensible and realistic in approach.
Klinklang, Melmetal, and Perrserker are classified as what type of Pokémon? It is named after an alloy that was mass produced for the first time using the Bessemer Process.
Episode 7 of Prop Culture deals with one of the most successful films that combined live-action and animation. Dan hops to Disney Studios and discovers this early sketch (visual) of a character from the film. Which film features this character? The character's final design borrowed from the appearance of stars like Veronica Lake, Rita Hayworth and Lauren Bacall.
The programming language R, used widely in data science, is augmented by a large number of extension packages. One of the packages _________r (8 without the 'r') helps one use the pipe operator %>% in the code to chain multiple R functions together. Which Belgian is it named after who warned about the treachery of images?
Which Indonesian on-demand multi-service platform and digital payment technology group was first established in 2010 as a call center to connect consumers to courier delivery and two-wheeled ride-hailing services? The country's first unicorn company, it has transformed into a super-app providing more than 20 services.
What slang term (5) is used for the fifth and final community card placed on the felt by the dealer in Texas hold 'em? It is believed to reference the fact that poker was played on boats that floated along the Mississippi.
Identify this style of saree (4 or 6) that accentuates the waistline of the wearer by cinching the saree in that area. This style gets its name from the accessory used to achieve this look.
This solitaire variant, played with two decks, is a relatively mechanical game that involves slowly 'tilting' the cards clockwise. It is so called because of its distinctive initial layout, which resembles the blades/sails of a ________ (8). What is this variant (8) named?
The freckled duck is also known by what name thanks to the breakfast item that it resembles?
In 2012, Anand Gandhi distributed Nishtha Jain's documentary film about a vigilante group in Bundelkhand making it one of the first instances that a documentary got a theatrical release in India. What was the alliterative title of this work, about a group of female vigilantes led by Sampat Pal Devi fighting against gender violence in Bihar?
The insignia of the soon-to-be-commissioned Indian Navy stealth guided-missile destroyer INS ______ (6) depicts a Sangai - the state animal of the state capital the ship is named after - next to the entrance to the Kangla Fort. Which ship? (6)
In 2020, Blackpink collaborated with which American artist for the double-meaning filled number, Ice Cream? The artist in question came to prominence through her role in the show 'Wizards of Waverly Place' and has a long-standing TV career accompanying her music career, most recently as an actor and producer in the show Only Murders in the Building.
In WWE, this tag-team ccomprises of two real-life childhood friends who became classmates at wrestling school and WWE rookies at the same time. Known as E&C, if one of them was Edge, who was the other?
[BLANK] is a spice native to Jamaica and Central America, but integral to Middle Eastern cuisine, where it lends a flavour profile similar to the combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. Although it is the dried berry of a single plant, many people mistake it to be a blend of multiple spices because of its peculiar name. WHICH SPICE?
The "Highly Commended" category at the 2023 WCPA included a photo clicked by Brian Matthews, where a puffin is watching jellyfish underwater. According to its description, the puffin looks like it is doing an impression of which canine comic character, but in an inverted fashion?
These glasses, now an icon of geek chic, are a recreation of the animated pair worn by which TV character? Despite her sharp mind, she becomes functionally blind without the glasses, often losing them in a variety of spooky settings.
This alternative to plastic straws is made using the dried leaves of what tree? Its Kerala-based founder used a member of the Arecaceae (palm) family that has traditionally been used for food, fuel, cosmetics, and construction.
What type of location serves as the common primary setting of these novels: Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman, Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace, and Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich?
With a width of 49 cm, the Vinárna Čertovk near Charles Bridge is the narrowest street in this capital city. This tourist attraction has traffic lights at either end to ensure no one gets stuck midway. Which country is it found in?
Chinese hopping vampires or Jiangshi are reanimated corpses that traditionally feed on life energy rather than blood. One of the methods to stop these vampires is to throw which particular food item at them (6, 4) to draw out their evil? This food item popular across East (and South-East) Asia is used not only to prepare many dishes, but was also used in the construction of the Great Wall to hold the bricks together.
One Night in Miami shows the fictionalised meeting of four civil rights icons. This film opens with a 1964 bout with a 22-year old upstart besting the World Heavyweight Champion. Which two boxers feature in the opening sequence of this film?
Even though her team is yet to lift a FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy, in sharp contrast to the stupendous success of the men’s team, which six-time World Player of the Year winner has scored the most goals in World Cup history, men or women?
With the annual demand for [Blank] [Blank] soaring from 150 GWh in 2022 to close to 5000 GWh in 2030, its cost is expected to drop by close to 50%, a significant learning rate. The mythical barrier of $ 100/kWh was breached in the end of 2023, one of the reasons that Electronic Vehicles (EVs) are getting cheaper than IC engines. What technology are we talking about, a crucial component of consumer electronics and EVs?
Which 1965 film is one of the prime examples of a film shot on Ultra Panavision 70? Eager to portray the life of Christ on widescreen, the director travelled to Vatican City to get the Pope's advice for this star-studded epic with a superlative title.
In the 76 repealed laws by the Indian government in 2023, the Sugarcane Act of 1934 was included. It regulated the price of sugarcane to be paid by sugar mills to farmers in a particular region in the subcontinent. This region later became a country and made key amendments to the Sugarcane Act in 1972 to change rupee to their local currency. Which sub-continental country are we talking about?
From 1994, this Turkish writer collected objects from the daily life of upper-class individuals in Istanbul in a bid to form a museum that would be a real-life accompaniment to his 2008 novel, published two years after winning the Nobel Prize. Which novel spurred this collection, now open to public, with the entire collection supposedly objects that the characters wore, saw, or heard of?
Alexander McQueen’s 2010 runway show, his last one, debuted the armadillo shoe popularised by Lady Gaga. The title of the show, _____’s ________ (5's, 8), refers to the show's main inspiration: a philosopher and a fictional naval empire that he imagined in his works Timaeus and Critias. Fill in the blanks.
Which overseas department and region of France in the Indian Ocean was originally named Bourbon, after the then-ruling dynasty? As the name was too attached to the regime, the National Convention decided to rename this territory presumably in 'homage to the meeting of the federates of Marseilles and the Parisian National Guards' that preceded the insurrection of 1792.
The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City is known for its colorful balloons. Which titular character from a 2017 film is the subject of this Macy's Parade balloon? This lead(er) character uses a formula for his intelligence and speaking ability.