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Quartic plane curves are plane algebraic curves defined by equations of the fourth degree. Identify this quartic plane curve (9) that gets its name from a resemblance to a special character that was considered the 27th letter of the alphabet in the 19th century.
This edit shows Chani waiting alongside a sandworm for which preacher known as Lisan al-Gaib or Muad'Dib by the Fremen?
In Mayan culture, Hun Hunahpu is the god of what staple crop that they regarded as their vital force? The father of the Hero Twins in the Popol Vuh, he was often depicted as emerging from various parts of this plant itself.
Which "strong acid", a colourless solution with a pungent smell, is a component of the gastric acid in the digestive systems of most animal species, including humans? In our body, it helps break down the food that we eat while industrially it is a key component in pickling of steel and regulation of acidity in solutions.
What thick, creamy, caramel-like sauce originating from Latin America is made by slowly heating sweetened milk until it turns a deep brown and thickens? This versatile spread, filling, or topping is known by a three-word name.
Grammy Award for Best Score for the musical A Little Night Music (1974).
Oscar for Best Original Song for "Sooner or Later" from Dick Tracy (1990).
Tony for Best Original Score for Company (1970), Sweeney Todd (1979), and Passion (1994).
Who is this, who never won an Emmy to achieve the "EGOT"? He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985 for Sunday in the Park with George.
WHICH FORMULA 1 TEAM competed in the sport between 2006 and 2020, after buying out the Italian team Minardi? It was bought by Red Bull to be their second team and given a name that translates to Red Bull in Italian. Sebastian Vettel secured the team's only pole position in 2009 and Max Verstappen, THE CURRENT CHAMPION, became the youngest F1 driver while driving for them.
This city inhabited continuously since 1000 BC was first ruled by the Olmeca-Xicalanca and later the Toltecs, who together built the world's largest monument by volume. Which city, located in the Metropolitan area of Puebla, is this?
Identify either half of this comic book couple: The only female member of the original X-Men falls in love with the first X-Man recruited by Professor X, and the two get married . However, they have a relationship beyond the boundaries of monogamy in books as they’re seen with Logan and Emma Frost respectively at various times. Their loving marriage, unfortunately, culminated in one of their deaths.
Pictured here is a painting by Isidore Pils that shows composer Rouget de Lisle singing what revolutionary anthem for the first time at the home of a mayor? Initially composed as a 'War Song for the Army of the Rhine', the anthem got its current popular name after a series of marches to the capital from the titular location.
Another story about seven husbands is Susanna's Seven Husbands, about an Anglo-Indian woman who kills her six husbands and (inadvertantly) her househelp, allegories for the seven sins. She then becomes a nun, taking Jesus Christ as her seventh husband. Which Anglo-Indian wrote the story, the basis for the Bollywood film Saat Khoon Maaf?
Which country is home to the Al Minhad Air Base? One of the sites where the hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC 814 landed in 1999, it is currently the HQ of the Australian Defence Force's Joint Task Force 633 and supports Australian operations in the Middle East.
What alliterative name was given to the leaked financial documents released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists? It opened the "proverbial box" of offshore tax frauds being committed by heads of states.
What is the common name for a network of federal highways that span the width of Russia from the Baltic Sea to the Sea of Japan? It stretches over 11,000 km (6,800 miles) from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok - a route that another transport network in the area also takes, just like its name.
Atul Dodiya's Angelina replaces the titular figure in ________ ____ (8,4) with an Indian woman. Which 1960s pop-artwork (8,4), with influences from Hokusai's Great Wave off Kanagawa, did Dodiya recreate? The work features a young woman engulfed in the ocean and a thought bubble where she dismisses the idea of asking a man named Brad for help.
The 2021 Goodreads Choice Award in the "Best Science Fiction" category was voted to be 'Project Hail Mary', a Hugo Award nominated work by which author? The book is set in space, much like his other works including his famous work that was directed by Drew Goddard into a Hollywood film. Project Hail Mary will also be adapted and directed by him, starring Ryan Reynolds as a teacher-turned-astronaut.
Which 2021 TV series depicts the effect of PTSD in the lives of young school girls who survive a grisly air crash? They are the members of the titular soccer team, which gets its name from certain colourful social wasps.
What term, now a synonym for jousting, came from the barrier used to separate the two jousting knights? The term used for this barrier, which would stabilise the horses as the rider shifted their weight to strike his opponent, is best known to us via a delusional phrase from literature.
This painting is Goya's reinterpretation of the motifs associated with which group of goddesses that traditionally consists of Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos?
Which royal house's name was mispronounced by band member Sam Halliday leading his North Irish band to be named as Two Door Cinema Club?
Named in honour of a 19th century Englishman whose work frequently appeared in Punch and London Society, the Caldecott Medal is an annual award given to whom or for excellence in what field? It is given by a division of the American Library Association, and considered a companion award to the Newbery Medal.
When the Pevensie children first enter Narnia, they find it in the middle of an endless winter which has lasted a century. This is thought to be an allusion to a great winter described in Norse mythology. It lasts three consecutive seasons with snow coming in from all directions. What is this winter called, a precursor to Ragnarok, the end of the world?
Which art museum, housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, traces its origins to its founder's dizzying succession of artwork purchases between 1938 and 1946 in Europe and later in America? The museum is the second most visited attraction in its city after the Doge's Palace and its founder championed artists like Wassily Kandinsky, Jackson Pollock, and Max Ernst among others.
Which Dice Media show (6,6) is about a co-habiting couple in their 20s navigating contemporary Mumbai? The show follows the couple tackling life's bigger subjects like marriage, kids and jobs but at the end of it all, it is the ______ ______ (6,6) that matter.
Obhishopto Nightie is a cult 2014 Bengali horror-comedy movie about a nightie that grants seductive powers to its wearer, but at a terrible cost. What does the first word in the title of the movie, derived from Sanskrit, literally mean?
S5 of Dissect analysed songs such as "BLOOD", "LUST", "GOD", and "HUMBLE" from a 2017 album. It won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album as well as another acclaimed prize "for being a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism." Identify the artist or the album.
This is the silhouette of which German composer of the mid-Romantic period? Aside from pieces such as the "Wiegenlied" ("Lullaby") and "Ungarische Tänze" ("Hungarian Dances") he is known for his large choral work A German Requiem, based on a setting of texts from the Luther Bible.
What is the two-word alliterative name of this turn at Interlagos in Brazil, honouring a local boy and legend of the sport? The second word is just the letter formed by the shape of the turn, and an additional tribute to the racer.
Which goddess of ancient Egyptian religion is depicted as a cat-headed woman holding an ankh and sistrum? The goddess of pregnancy and childbirth, she was also worshipped as Ailuros in ancient Greek religion.
Which English rock band reunited for Live Aid in 1985, a 25th-anniversary tour in 1989, and the Quadrophenia tour in 1997, after a messy breakup that followed their 1982 Farewell Tour? The answer might lie in rephrasing this question, asking for, say, the lead singer, instead of the band.
Identify this iconic sofa (4) designed by Franco Audrito. This model produced by Gufram has a form based on a part of the human body and was therefore christened "Marilyn" before it was rebranded to "Bocca" in Italy.
In Game of Thrones' episode S3E3 called Walk of Punishment, which band's frontman, Gary Lightbody, appears among the Bolton Army members? He is seen singing a traditional Westeros tune, which makes sense considering there are no cars to chase in Westeros.
Banksy’s samplings from the art-historical canon are rare, but astute. At the Barbican Centre in 2017, he threw up a mural showing a man his arms in the air, being dispassionately frisked by two cops wearing bulletproof vests. In the original painting, the figure’s posture reads as a sort of anguished shrug. Here, the composition becomes a commentary on police overreach. Which painting did he draw inspiration from, that was sold for more than 100 Million Dollars in 2020?
Featuring under the category "Portals Into The Past" in Smithsonian's list of '28 Places To See Before You Die', this place was re-discovered only in 1812. On the way to Cairo through the inland route via Aqaba, Swiss Explorer Johann Burckhardt encountered rumours of ancient ruins in a narrow valley near the supposed biblical tomb of Aaron, the brother of Moses. Which specific place did Burckhardt run into?
An application of AI systems is to act as obscenity and spam filters for communication tools. However, a limitation of the AI’s lack of context causes the unintended effect of blocking emails and users due to obscenities appearing as substrings in the text. This problem is named after which English town which faced similar problems when AOL didn’t allow users to input the name of this 'Industrial Garden Town' as a location?
Unlike what their name (or their Indian sound) suggests, which pop group formed in 1994 was based in Stockholm featuring Oscar Söderberg, Mats Nordenborg, and Neeraj Sridhar? They were one of the first bands to perform in Hinglish, mostly doing remixes of old Bollywood hits such as Woh Chali.
Taylor Swift’s short-film, All Too Well, opens with the quote “Love is so short, forgetting is so long.", a quote taken from the Spanish poem “Tonight I Can Write” by which author that forms a part of his collection of “Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair”?
This colouring ingredient is obtained from burning the husk of a tropical fruit, after extracting the oil and water that it is more commonly used for. Originally used in South East Asia to make black icecream, the 'black food' trend has seen its usage spreading into cocktails, juices, and pizza. What ingredient or, more simply, which fruit?
This bookbinding technique was prominent among the European clergy in the Middle Ages. Essentially, the leather binding of the book extends loosely below, so that the book could be swung upside down and tucked into the ______ (6) around one's waist, while they walked. Fill in the blank with the name for this kind of binding.
Which kingdom founded by Đinh Bộ Lĩnh after he ended the Anarchy of the 12 Warlords in 968 reigned in the region for the next 900 years? It is believed to have contributed a part of its name when leaders were choosing the name for a modern-day nation as this word was never used when the land was under Chinese administration.
This pastry in the shape of a wheel was created in 1910 to commemorate the [BLANK]-[BLANK] bicycle race named for the two cities between which it runs. One of these cities is a European capital, with its coat of arms shown here. The fleur-de-lis pattern has been associated with the royalty and religion of this country for centuries. Name the pastry.
Following the deposition of King Taksin of Thonburi, Rama I ascended the throne in 1782, kickstarting the rule of which royal house as the monarchs of a South-East Asian nation? The current head of the house is Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) who has reigned over the country since October 2016.
Fronton Labrit in Pamplona is one of Spain’s most famous venues for what sporting activity that’s an integral part of the regional and national culture?
Identify this step from K-beauty, which involves applying serums to target specific skin concerns. The name comes from the packaging of serums in this type of namesake sealed, single-use vials, which are also used for vaccines.
The Hammam al-Nahhasin and Hammam Yalbugha (visual) are among the many structures damaged between 2012-16 in which city that grew to prominence under the Amorite Kingdom of Yamhad (1800-1595 BC) and the successive empires that ruled the region?
Which peak is the highest in Canada and the second-highest in North America? Named after the founder of the Geological Survey of Canada, it is considered to have the largest base circumference of any non-volcanic mountain on Earth.
This Australian was ranked No. 3 in the Guardian's Rugby World Cup list. He was a member of the Wallabies that won the 1991 edition and was picked as the Player of the Tournament for his six tries. Who?
No one is entirely sure of the origin of this term, but it dates back to at least the early 1700s. Etymologist Ernest Weekley has suggested it comes from the French word embabuiner, meaning 'to make a baboon of'. What synonym for 'to dupe someone' is this?
Which Danny Boyle directed film inspired these sequences in The Last of Us? After spending four weeks in a coma, the film's protagonist awakens to a London, devastated by a virus named Rage. The diseased victims of the virus become insensate and aggressive, informing the atypical portrayal of zombies in The Last of Us.
In which 2023 film did the logo appear in this manner? It is depicted along with the logo for MW Industries to hint at how the titular character is living inside a terrifying reality that his controlling mother has created for him.
Moon Music is the tenth studio album by British rock band Coldplay. There are several theories behind the typographical choices made by the band for this album.
What specific typographical choice in all of the album's songs, which can also be seen in the album's name, reflects the band's vision that each of us should take ourselves less seriously and be more humble?
What substance has British artist Susan Stockwell used regularly to 'stain' her signature dress sculptures as well as drawings? She created this fragile map of the world using materials that allude to Britain's colonial legacy, particularly imported trade commodities.
Ian Paice has served as the drummer throughout the history of which British rock band, whose patch ended when they broke up in 1976 for 8 years? The band’s other legendary Ian - Gillan - has left and rejoined as lead singer multiple times.
Identify this breed of general-purpose riding horse, a descendant of horses bred prior to the founding of Rome. It originates from the region that occupies the "toe" of the country’s boot-shaped peninsula. With Catanzaro as its capital, the region also names a type of broccoli.
According to Alexander McQueen, his AW 1999 line was an attempt to showcase the romantic side of which film? Titled "Overlook", the audience sat facing a large glass cube with artificial snow, inside which models walked - a scene that was likened to one observing the hedge maze from the psychological horror classic.
Which TV show features increasingly over-the-top telenovelas on TV, a genre that the show itself parodies? An unexpected medical development drives the drama for the protagonist, who is a writer for one of the telenovelas.
Which American writer directed the 1974 documentary Promised Lands, which was about the question of Palestinian sovereignty? This much-celebrated writer was known for speaking her mind and her final two novels include The Volcano Lover (1992), and In America (2000).
As of 2022, who is the only Indian cricket umpire in ICC's Elite Panel of Umpires? At just 38 years, he is also the youngest umpire in the panel, who most recently officiated the 2022 IPL Final. His father, Narendra [Blank] was also an umpire!
Identify the two sports that were combined to form this hybrid sport. It involves players, in an enclosed glass court, using a perforated racket to hit the ball across the net and off the walls to win at least six games in each set.
Identify this 1991 album, whose tribal-style artwork includes photographs of the band taken by Gus Van Sant. It includes the tracks "Give It Away" and "Suck My Kiss".
Charlotte DiLaurentis reveals that she was assigned male at birth after being unmasked as "A", the central anonymous figure in which teen drama series adapted from Sara Shepard's novel series?
Sinae Kim is a Korean artist who has created versions of Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss featuring people from Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This version of The Kiss features a couple from which MENA country? It uses the colours of its national flag, white and maroon, and shows the traditional coffeepot, dallah, which has a monument dedicated to it in its capital.
First appearing as a small, crouching woman at the top of the left pilaster of The Gates of Hell, Auguste Rodin made a stand-alone sculpture of which priestess of Artemis whose name refers to the location she hailed from? The name is used in general to the draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building.
Which Ryan Murphy show follows the rise and fall of the titular designer portrayed by Ewan McGregor? The show opens with him having gained notoriety for the pillbox hat sported by Jackie Kennedy at the 1961 inauguration.