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What is the national dish of Egypt? A hugely popular street food, it combines pasta, rice and lentils into a single dish, topped with sauces and fried vegetables. As its name may indicate, it originated from a similar dish from India, also made with rice and lentils, brought to Egypt by the British in the 1800s.
The second woman to win the Pritzker Prize, Kazuyo Sejima designed the Sumida _______ (7) Museum with slanted walls to minimise the amount of sunlight which could potentially harm the two-century-old works it houses. Who is this museum dedicated to?
As per the Guinness Book of World Records, this comedian and voice actor from Telugu cinema, has the most screen credits for a living actor - exceeding 1000. Who is this actor, whose performances in Manmadhudhu (2002), Ready (2008), and Race Gurram (2014) among others fetched him Filmfare/ Nandi Awards?
While it is well-known that Gibraltar gets it name from "Jabel Tarik', meaning Tarik's Mountain, which area in present-day Spain gets its name from the Arabic, a translation of "cape of laurel" or "extremity of the west"? In turn, it commemoratively gives its name to an area in London.
Pete Sampras was seeded No.1 at the 1997 US Open, the first championship played at the new Arthur Ashe stadium. However, he met a roadblock in round 4 in the form a Czech. Which father of an Olympic Gold medallist?
In Hindu mythology, raslila is a performance by Krishna where he sings and dances with the maidens while playing the flute. Many different flutes are used as per the context. One of these is a [BLANK] which is not more than nine inches long and has six openings on its body. Which type of flute which when suffixed with Gopal is a name for Krishna that means a cowherd who plays the namesake flute?
Which Zimbabwean doubles specialist was Leander Paes' partner when he won the US Open for the first time in 2008? Hailing from a tennis family, she is one of four women in the Open era to have a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles, and also paired up with Sania Mirza near the end of her career.
Which chemical element, a brittle transition metal, is used as a contrast agent in a radiography technique called "MEMRI" to study neuronal pathways, as its ions can move via calcium transport channels?
In 2006, Melvin Bragg published "12 Books That Changed The World" diving deep into works that have shaped human history. Which 3-volume scientific work written in Latin by an English author titled De motu corporum [book 1 and 2] and De mundi systemate features in the list? Emilie Du Chatelet's translation into French formed the basis for most of the commentary on the work.
What forensic technique, that uses biology, physics (fluid dynamics), and mathematical calculations to reconstruct events at a crime scene, came under a lot of fire when a 2009 National Academy of Sciences report concluded that the expert opinions are often subjective and not scientific? The titular character from the TV series Dexter is an expert in this field.
The Burgtheater in Vienna is not only impressive for its architecture and history but also for the cycle of paintings that adorn its ceiling and staircase. Shown here is the "Cart of [blank]", by a legendary Austrian painter in a very uncharacteristic style. It draws on the Greek story of which character who went around on a cart that doubled as a stage and performed his plays? You could also simply name the painter.
In 2014, the fans of which football club unveiled a tifo of their ex-manager Graeme Souness planting the club’s flag? This was a nod to his antics from 1996 when he planted an actual flag in the centre circle after a win against their city rivals.
Which song, by a band that traces its name to a television commercial for Olympia Beer, was played in honour of Opportunity's confirmation that liquid precipitate once flowed through the rocks at Meridiani Planum?
Very long books, understandably, have been popular choices of participants (castaways) in the BBC Radio 4 radio programme, Desert Island Discs, Which mammoth 7-volume novel originally published between 1913-1927 has been chosen the most number of times by a castaway? You can also identify the Shakespearean title of the 1920s translation by C. K. Moncrieff or the literal title of the 1992 translation by D. J. Enright. If none of that jogs your involuntary memory, maybe the image will.
The Calvin Cycle uses the enzyme RuBisCo to combine carbon dioxide and hydrogen carrying compounds into sugars, thereby achieving what biological process that also requires light and water? The evolution of this pathway in the chloroplasts is seen as a major transition in the complexity of life.
Which poem, supposedly written as a joke inspired by his friend Edward Thomas' inability to make a decision, has been translated into ASL here?
Fill in the blank in this lyric excerpt from the Led Zeppelin song The Battle of Evermore. The blank may be considered the English name for the characters from Lord of the Rings.
The pain of war cannot exceed
The woe of aftermath
The drums will shake the castle wall
The ___________ ride in black, ride on
This photo sees Halsey impersonating which singer-songwriter, as seen on the cover of the 2003 album "Fallen"? Referred to by Halsey as the “OG Dark Rock Queen”, her work with the Nu Metal band she co-founded is much better known than her solo work.
Which chemical element is administered as "GBCAs" for use as a contrast agent in MRI imaging? The ions of this magnetic rare-earth metal are bound to chelating molecules to make them safer for the body.
Which city is the subject of this poem from The Song of the Cities? It is the largest city in its country and its erstwhile capital.
Which Dice Media show (6,4,8) is about the characters venturing out of their comfort zone in a corporate office, dealing with love, work, and late night emails? This show's title ______ ____ ________ (6,4,8) contracts to the acronym "PFA", the same as a popular corporate jargon.
Which allotrope of phosphorus is made by heating a different allotrope of phosphorus up to 4820F in the presence of nitrogen? Due to its stable but reactive nature it is used in the striking surfaces of matchboxes as well as flares used for emergency signals.
Bollywood music director Anu Malik has taken "inspiration" from many famous songs from across the world for his superhit compositions. Which 1993 song, by a Spanish duo that became a worldwide hit following the release of a 1996 remix with English lyrics, "inspired" this Anu Malik song from the 1997 movie Auzaar?
The Mad Men episode titled The ___ ___ (3,3) has Don encountering an eccentric group of wealthy nomads during a business trip to Los Angeles. The episode is named after the term used to refer to groups of such people who travelled the world to participate in social activities unavailable to ordinary people during that era. What is the title? (3,3)
Raghu Rai's India's Great Masters is a photographic journey into the heart of classical music. This photo by Raghu Rai features which flautist? Apart from Hindustani classical music, he has composed for several Bollywood films in a partnership with santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma and collaborated with international artists including The Beatles and John McLaughlin.
In 2018, which Bollywood actress launched Just F, an athleisure clothing brand aiming to represent a feminine take on fitness in the designs?
Formerly Yekatarinoslav, named for the founder of the city Catherine the Great, this city in Ukraine is today named after the large river that flows through the city. This river is the fourth largest in Europe, after Volga, Danube and Ural. Which city?
S2E3 of the TV series House features a patient who drops from the roof of a building. The doctors try their best, but still can’t put the patient back together to his previous self. What is the rhyming title of the episode?
What 3- or 4-letter term refers to a natural building material made of subsoil, water, organic matter like straw, and sometimes lime? Its use as been revived in recent years by the natural building and sustainability movements, as the material is inherently fireproof and resistant to seismic activity, although the building process can be extremely labour intensive.
Only two individuals have an officially recorded distance of over 86 metres in the hammer throw event, Sergey Litvinov and this athlete (visual). His unique technique of spinning three times instead of the usual four is believed to be the secret of his 86.74 metres throw at the 1986 European Championships. Identify him.
David Bader's 2015 work saw him describe "100 Great Books" in the form of haikus.
Identify this 1850 historic fiction work summarised as a haiku:
Grim, grey New England -
all adulterers receive
free monogramming.
In 2005 the publisher Century (of the Random House Group) published the collected works of Banksy showcasing his graffiti against strife and the human condition. Banksy parodied the title of which famous 1869 novel set during the Napoleonic Wars to refer to his works and the kind of structures on which they were executed?
In this line from 'Empire State of Mind', Jay Z ends with a word that very roughly rhymes with the next line. This 9-letter word refers to the NYC culture of women yelling at those who catcall and harass on the street, instead of silently tolerating them. The word is also a part of a famous Gwen Stefani song. Fill in the blank.
*Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, _________
For foreigners it ain't fair, they act like they forgot how to act*
Another fateful night, like that of the long knives, was the November pogrom that took place in the free city of Danzig on 9–10 November 1938 where the German SS and SA forces demolished Jewish establishments using sledgehammers. What name is given to this event, Night of the ______ _____ (6, 5), in reference to the objects littered on the street from the damaged windows of the Jewish synagogues? You could also give us the German name or its literal translation.
While in Indian Punjab, the Gurumukhi script is used to write Punjabi, which script, a derivative of Nastaliq, is used to write Punjabi in Pakistan? While Gurumukhi means 'from the Guru's mouth', this script imitating its counterpart means 'from the king's mouth'.
Which former country is described as "an odd couple that got together in 1918 after its Austro-Hungarian landlord vanished"? He explains that their relationship came to an end four years after a revolution broke out in 1989 and chose a dish called vepřo knedlo zelo, a plate of roast pork, dumplings, and sauerkraut.
Going by the ancient texts on architecture and sculpture, if the Indian temple complex is designed to mirror the cosmos, which mythical location do the towering gopurams (temple towers) symbolise? It is even more accurately imagined in the five towers of the largest temple complex in the world at Angkor Wat.
One of the Airbnb Icons is a residence in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which featured in a 1984 film. Which film, supported by a soundtrack album of the same name, is this?
Which supermodel wore this revenge dress to the 2017 Met Gala, when her relationship with singer The Weeknd was on the rocks with him having cheated on her with Selena Gomez? You'll need to give us her full name.
193 AD in the Roman Empire was the 'Year of the Five Emperors', when civil war saw five emperors in a single year: Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Pescennius Niger, and two others. Name either of these last two claimants, who in spite of being enemies in theory agreed to work together for a period to accelerate the end of the civil war, till one killed the other by the end of the year. Two major characters from the Harry Potter franchise derive their names (and parts of their storyline) from these two emperors.
What type of relish or hot sauce originating in Java is made from a mixture of chilli peppers with shrimp paste, palm sugar, scallion, shallot, garlic, and ginger? Now found in various South East Asian cuisines, its Sri Lankan variety is unique in its usage of uncooked ingredients such as scraped coconut and dried fish.
The New Yorker cover from Feb 8, 1993 featured a 1911 painting titled I and the Village. One of the earliest works of an artist, this Cubist-Fauvist painting made use of elements from Belarusian and Yiddish folktales and culture, which were familiar to the artist. Which artist?
What root from a plant of the bean family names the dark colour of this line of Le Creuset cookware? Historically extruded into black aromatic candy "wires" or mouth freshener, many commercial candies named after this root do not in fact contain the root, but have the same rope shape in a red colour.
This 16th century Dutch cartographer is recognised as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. This Brabantian was also the first person to propose Continental Drift as the explanation for the geometric similarity between the coasts of America and Europe. Who is this?
The white variety of which flower serves as the peace symbol in many Commonwealth member states, typically worn along with a red variant of the same flower on Armistice Day, i.e 11th November? One variety of this plant, Papaver somniferum, is the source of the narcotic drug opium.
This painting by Gentileschi depicts which noblewoman, the wife of Roman general Collatinus, at the moment of her suicide? She took her own life after she was raped and blackmailed by Sextus Tarquinius, the son of the last king of Rome, Tarquin the Proud. This incident’s aftermath led to the formation of the Roman Republic.
Twins Cali and Noelle Sheldon interchangeably played the daughter of two of the leads in which popular sitcom, where the couple decide to co-parent after breaking up (or did they)? Surprisingly, twins Dylan and Cole Sprouse also interchangeably played a child character in the same show, with the same 'father'.
What term has the following meanings?
- In anatomy, it refers to the compact membranous structure that surrounds an organ or joint, such as the one covering the glomerulus in the kidney.
- In astronomy, it refers to spacecraft that have the ability to survive reentry and return a payload to Earth.
Which singer who saw her popularity rise after Dhoom is the 16th most streamed Indian artist on Spotify?
What hard, crunchy confection is made by caramelising sugar with butter, heated to the "hard-crack" stage? It is sold as candy like Alpenliebe and is used in its sauce form to make the namesake type of sticky pudding or cake.
The "French Southern and Antarctic Lands" includes two groups of islands in the sub-Antarctic that are considered to be among the most isolated on Earth. While one group is 1,050 km from its closest point, South Africa's Prince Edward Islands, the other is 4,800 km away from southeast of Africa and southwest of Australia. Identify either.
What nail shape (8) is characterised by its long, sharply pointed, and dramatic appearance, resembling the shape of a popular type of shoe with long heels?
When asked about his depiction of the organization as being steeped in kidnapping, murder and enslavement, Conan Doyle said that his research was historical and that he would not withdraw it, although he did admit that it was depicted "more luridly" than needed. Years after Conan Doyle's death, Levi Edgar Young, a descendant of Brigham Young, claimed that Conan Doyle had privately apologised to WHICH ORGANIZATION?
Which instrument determines unknown resistance values by balancing two legs of a circuit i.e., by reducing the voltage difference to zero? Although invented by Samuel Hunter Christie, it was later improved and popularised by his fellow countryman, who also invented the stereoscope.
Which former paramount leader was shown kissing Barack Obama? His rule oversaw several controversial events such as the 2008 unrest in Tibet.
The 1434 rise of a banker to the position of Signore, the de facto first ruler of Florence, was one of the key igniters for the Renaissance. He began his family's tradition of commissioning art and one of his prized acquisitions included Donatello's David, the first freestanding nude male sculpture since antiquity. Who was this? Full name please.
Just one day before Milind Soman posted his Goa beach photo, which other model-actor was booked by Goa Police for a controversial nude videoshoot at a restricted dam site? This model first rose to prominence during the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Which German artist believed that the ideas of social sculpture could potentially reshape society and politics? This founder of the Fluxus movement combined humour and empathy to create provocative artworks - now considered a Gesamtkunstwerk.
What term (8) is given to these pedestrian passageways that form an integral part of high society gardens in China? Also a common feature in Bermuda, this celestially-inspired doorway is a symbol of welcome and gentleness; the yin in Chinese.
Which painting depicts the following two artworks in its background, while the subjects wait in the foreground? They were both copies made by the painter's son-in-law, Juan Bautista del Mazo, that decorated the chambers of the Royal Alcázar of Madrid.
This is the Penguin Clothbound Classic cover of which 1853 novel? The cover illustrates the various bird cages owned by Miss Flite, which serve as a metaphor for the desolation experienced by many of the characters due to their never-ending legal troubles.
Botticelli's Birth of Venus is a depiction of the Venus Anadyomene or 'Venus Rising from the Sea', an iconic motif that occurred commonly in classical art. Pliny the Elder in his work Natural History describes one such work by the Greek painter Apelles (now lost but likely painted between 332–329 BC). Apelles is said to have employed as his model Campaspe, a mistress of which historical figure?
The Passion facade of Sagrada Familia depicts Peter the Apostle with three women and a rooster. He has an embarrassed face and his body is covered with a sheet as a symbol of cowardice. What do the three women specifically represent?
Between 1603 and 1714, houses in Britain were characterised by stone and brick framed double-storey buildings. What style, named after the ruling house whose Catholic leanings opened the doors to European-inspired architecture, is this? The house started with the reign of Robert II and included Mary, Queen of Scots, and its final monarch Queen Anne.