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Bazball is considered by many to be the modern avatar of what style of playing associated with Clive Lloyd and the West Indies cricket team of the 70s and 80s? This 2-word alliterative term describes how their free-flowing, beautiful approach was like their native music.
In an episode of Top Gear titled "USA Muscle Car Road Trip", Jeremy Clarkson quotes the Shakespeare line "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slips the dogs of war" just as he gets off the line in his Chevrolet Corvette C6. He follows this with "They probably think that's a Bon Jovi lyric here." Where was this episode filmed, a densely packed salt plain in Utah that is popular amongst motorsport enthusiasts for setting land speed records?
Mexico: For the prescription-less availability of a drug called pentobarbital; Switzerland: Largely due to efforts of an organisation called Dignitas; Oregon: Owing to the alliteratively named _____ (5) with Dignity Act. What specific reason, that is legal in the Netherlands, inspired tourism to these locations?
Who is this Cameroonian footballer? This Al Nassr striker scored the only goal in his nation’s win vs. Brazil at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
One of the most watched series finales of all time, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, which aired in February 1983, was the last episode of which TV show? Set during July 1953, it bids an emotional adieu to a nation as a chopper airlifts the protagonist, Dr. Hawkeye, from the mobile army surgical hospital that had become his home.
Which film follows its titular protagonist attempting to obtain 100,000 Deutschmarks in 20 minutes to save the life of her boyfriend Manni?
Which South Indian language is a variety of Hindustani that arose as a lingua franca for ease of communication between the Delhi and Bahmani Sultanates? Its literary tradition gave way to standard Urdu, but it is still widely spoken in Telangana and northern Karnataka. It has undergone a renaissance of sorts through the works of comedian Danish Sait and the Hyderabadi History Project.
While reading the book The Double Helix, Jennifer Doudna says she was aware of the casual condescension and sexism displayed by Watson when referring to a female colleague, who was responsible for the X-ray diffraction images that led to DNA's discovery. WHO WAS THIS COLLEAGUE OF WATSON'S, often described as "dark lady of DNA" and "Sylvia Plath of Molecular Biology"?
In 1935, Henri Matisse was commissioned by the Limited Editions club in America to illustrate a handful of private copies of which literary work completed in 1922? Matisse actually ended up never reading the book, but instead depicted episodes from a Greek epic on which he thought the book was based, based on the title!
The final American film directed by Fritz Lang was a 1956 film about Dana Andrews working with his father-in-law, a press magnate, to frame himself for a murder and expose the hollowness of circumstantial evidence and the death penalty. The film’s title is a 4-word phrase (6, 1, 10, 5) of importance to juries and judges; it's the most important condition to be met while concluding that a person is guilty. Name the film (Just the last 2 words are also acceptable)
Eco-activists linked to Letzte Generation glued their hands to a painting at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt featuring which pair of ill-fated lovers whose story forms part of Ovid’s Metamorphoses and who make an appearance in A Midsummer Night's Dream? The group likened the government's actions to “just as [blank] started from false assumptions and eventually killed himself".
One of the oldest videos on the Binging with Babish channel is one in which Babish makes Pasta Aglio e Olio as shown in which 2014 film that's also a food-lover's delight? The episode ends with Babish saying "the only thing missing was Jon Favreau for me to make sexy eyes at".
Whose celebrity cameo on The Simpsons? No stranger to making cameos, this gentleman is shown visiting a comic book store during the episode.
The Athletes is a series of ten portraits by Andy Warhol in his signature screenprinting style. Which athlete, who holds a record seven French Open titles and a joint-record six US Open titles is depicted here?
Nijinsky made his mark with the Ballet Russes through his role as the titular puppet in which ballet choreographed by Michel Fokine with orchestral concert work by Igor Stravinsky? It was based on a stock character of Russian folk puppetry, traditionally a rag doll distinguished by a red dress, a red kolpak, and often a long nose.
___-___ (3,3) is a 1950s Cole Porter Broadway production about the showgirls from the Montmarte Dance Halls during the 1890s. Which dance form fills in the blank?
The highest civilian order awarded by Bhutan shares its name with a two-word term used to address the current sitting monarch of the country. Which civilian order is this? The title is in the local language of the country, but you may also provide the English equivalent.
This alley in the town of Ripatransone in the province of Ascoli Piceno is only 43 cm at its narrowest part. The local tourist office even issues certificates to those who have walked along the street. Which country is it found in?
Clementine sports this hair colour (visual) when she is dating Joel, and it represents the passion between them that occasionally causes tensions. What does she call it (3,6), which is the same as a term used during the Cold War to describe the Soviet Union or a communist 'threat'?
Which South Indian language closely related to, but unintelligible to, Tamizh also borrows from Kannada and Sanskrit? It follows certain rules in borrowing nouns from these languages, such as changing the ending vowels of Kannada words from 'a' to 'u', of Tamizh words from 'ai' to 'a' and of Sanskrit words to 'o'.
Silk City is an electronic music superduo formed in 2018 comprising two DJs, one British and the other American, known for their collaboration with other artists such as Dua Lipa in the song “Electricity” and “New Love” with Ellie Goulding. Identify either artist who form this duo, one who became Producer Of The Year for Amy Whinehouse’s Back To Black and the other who is a part of the trio Major Lazer & the duo Jack Lau.
Even though Michael Jordan is a legend at the Chicago Bulls, he became part-owner of the [BLANK] Bobcats, a team based out of the most populous city in North Carolina in 2010. How do we know this Jordan-owned team from the NBA's Eastern Conference today, whose name he successfully reverted to their older original name in 2014? [FULL NAME REQUIRED]
The Indian government's removal of 76 outdated laws in 2023 included one from 1871 concerning a certain profession. These officers of the 'Crown' had the right to conduct inquests into suspicious deaths, order autopsy if required, and also arrest suspects. However, they were not permitted to enquire about any money left behind by the deceased. Which profession are we talking about?
Americans would be surprised to find what popular cream-filled snack cake featured in the Malmo's Disgusting Food Museum? The movie Zombieland shows a character’s tireless search for this snack, perhaps as a reference to the urban myth that it has an infinite shelf-life.
Annie Leibovitz’s December 2013 cover story for Vogue saw Jessica Chastain morph into subjects of various artworks. The subject of which painting by a Victorian artist, that is now housed at Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico, is the cover shot based on?
The fourth hardest video game "boss" in Vulture's list is "Through the Fire and Flames" from the third roster of which game by Activision? Even with an all-hands approach, players have struggled to reach 100% accuracy since its 2007 release due to the relentless onslaught lasting over eight minutes. The visual is a meme referencing the game.
The founder of this luxury denim brand, Renzo Rosso, chose a form of “alternative energy" that was gaining popularity in the late 1970s as his brand's name. He liked the idea of their brand being perceived as an "alternative jeans" brand in contrast to the prevalent casual wear brands. Which brand is this?
Which material are skirts like this made from? It is a French word, familiar from a food context, deriving from roots referring to a ‘crisp and crimped’ appearance. This material has traditionally been associated with mourning clothing, but is popular as a light skirt material.
Before embarking on his landmark Arctic expeditions in the 1900s, Robert Peary was an engineer on the surveys for a project in Central America. Which project that remains unrealised till date?
This picture shows a girl dressed up as which children's book character featured in a series of books in the 1950s? The titular character lives in the room on the tippy-top floor of the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
Which ruler of the Neo-Assyrian Empire is included as a member of TMBG's band? His royal library in Nineveh maintained extensive historical records of the previously mentioned kings and his own 38-year reign: the longest of any Assyrian king.
In the lexicon of fragrances, what word is used to refer to scents that evoke smells of food? This word is also used in a wider context to refer to people who love good food.
This 'item song' featured in the 2012 Salman Khan movie Dabbang 2, a film for which the production house signed a co-promotion with Pidilite industries. As a result of this deal, the song sees the character played by Kareena Kapoor recommending the use of what titular brand for sticking a photo to one's chest?
One of the stories of how this book was conceived goes that its author decided to scan a word list and create a story out of the first two words that rhymed. The words he found were ___ (3) and ___(3). Which 1957 book by Dr Seuss? The blanks are part of the answer.
One of the three teams that took part in Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics was called the [Blank] Yahooeys, named after the team captain who made his Hanna-Barbera debut in a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. WHO was this captain, who also got a stand-alone show with his side-kick Boo Boo, with a name similar to that of a contemporary baseball player?
Solar eclipses were seen as a “broken sun" - a sign of possible cataclysmic destruction by people of which civilisation who kept accounts of astronomical observations in codices? The Dresden Codex provides evidence they could accurately predict solar eclipses since as early as the 11th century.
Nandini Ramnath reviewed Sherni with the headline, "Vidya Balan burns bright in thoughtful film about a tiger hunt". The use of the phrase "burns bright" in the context of tigers is a tip of the hat to which poet?
"Twin films" are films with similar plots produced and released within a close proximity of time. Which 1998 film starring Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, and Elijah Wood is considered a twin to this film (visual) about an astronomical object's catastrophic collision with Earth?
This is Andrićgrad, a town constructed by film director Emir Kusturica based on the locations described in the best known novel by 1961 Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andrić. Which novel named after a 16th century structure built on the order of the Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović?
"Take a minute to swim in your success!" says Fitbit to honour those who have walked 1600 miles. This badge is named after what natural wonder regarded as the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms?
What activity is known to cause such calluses on the palms due to gripping the handles of equipment and moving them in a synchronised manner? Teams that compete in this sport consider it as a mark of pride.
Ashok Kumar was a member of India's bronze-medal winning hockey team at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and also scored the winning goal in the 1975 World Cup final against Pakistan. Who was Ashok Kumar's father, whose achievements Ashok didn't quite match?
Identify the full name of the POTUS from his first 100 days in office:
Brokered a bipartisan deal to end wars in Central America, established the National Space Council, and managed the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Which reptile is encountered on Indonesia's Rinca Island on Last Chance to See? Protected under local law, it is the largest extant species of lizard.
The Stielhandgranate is a stick grenade that was used by the Weimar Republic and the Nazis. It is nicknamed the ______ ______ (6,6) because of its perceived similarity to a kitchen implement used to puree and prepare an ubiquitous carb-heavy side dish. Fill in the blank.
Here we see a recurring motif on a ceramic vessel of the Moche civilisation, which flourished in the first centuries AD in the northwest of a present-day country. During the same era, the arid valleys in its southern coast were being decorated by which civilisation with a giant version of the same creature, along with several companions, including a condor and a hummingbird?
Which waterfall is considered to be the largest single-drop waterfall in the world and is located on the Potaro River within the namesake national park in the central Essequibo Territory in Guyana? It drops from a height of 226m, making it roughly four times taller than Niagara Falls.
For his role in a thus far unreleased remake of which film celebrating its centenary in 2022 was Doug Jones required to wear pale make up and dental prosthetics? The film features an antagonist who gets his name from the Hungarian word "ördög", meaning devil.
Which style of Chinese hot pot uses a wide variety of wild edible mushrooms with a spicy kick, unsurprising considering that the slopes of this mountainous southwestern province - not far from Tibet - is home to the largest population of mushroom species in the world?
James Collingwood ______ (7) along with Frank Whittle and Rolf Dudley-Williams was responsible for manufacturing the world's first working jet engine. His brother "Ted", properly Cuthbert Collingwood _______ (7) is arguably the most famous designer of tennis dresses ever. What is their shared surname?
When this star won the second of his 8 Grand Slams at the 1994 US Open, he was unseeded at the tournament despite his victory at Wimbledon in 1992. Who is this player who completed a career Grand Slam and has always been very open about his mistakes and his life?
The train service (12919/20) connecting Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow) in MP and Katra in J&K is named after which region that has demanded to be carved out as a separate state with Indore as its capital? Geologically, it corresponds to the namesake plateau of volcanic origin.
30 for 30 creates a profile of the rise and fall of USC's football program during Pete Carroll's coaching tenure in the 2000s. What is the title of this episode (6,3), a reference to an important event from Greek mythology that includes the name of USC's football team?
Referred to as The Great Court, this quadrangle featuring a tesselated glass roof that surrounds the circular reading room in the center was added to the museum in the 90s. In which museum would you find this structure, the largest covered square in Europe? The museum's permanent collection of ~8 million works is the highest in the world.
Identify this classic handbag (8) by Bottega Veneta. The ________ (8) bag gets its name due to its resemblance to a rectangular entity that consists of Mylar magnetic storage tape wound across two spools.
Which live-action film opens with a retro homage to similar classic animated openings by the likes of Saul Bass? It showed a game of cat-and-mouse across the country, providing viewers a teaser of what was in store for them.
Identify this type of small pocket (5) in jeans that was used to carry coins, tickets, or an object that took on its modern form after Cartier developed a model for aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont.
Which Central Indian region has demanded statehood since the 1960s due to being under-represented in politics despite its richness of minerals? Named after a mountain range which is in turn named for a Rajput clan, the region is spread between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh with both states suggesting different divisions for the proposed state.
This is the flag of an African city. It depicts what megaproject that has been synonymous with the city since 1970?
Identify this style of estate manor houses in Latin America, stemming from the namesake colonial concept of large plantations or estates that were prevalent in these regions.
Aquafaba, the water produced as a left-over while cooking chickpeas or similar legumes, is a common ingredient used by vegan bakers. Its viscous nature makes it a plant-based substitute for what specific ingredient, a critical item in baking foods such as meringue?
Identify this type of jewellery clasp (7), where a part with a pin inserts into a tube and rotates or clicks into place. It mimics the mechanism used to attach the namesake sharp-edged, dagger-like weapon to the muzzle of a rifle.
Following her best-selling 1998 work, How to Eat, Nigella Lawson continued on the theme of "How to" by writing a work on the art of baking titled "How To Be A [Blank] [Blank]". What two words fill this award-winning 2003 work, a term that is (rather unfortunately) now commonly used for women who are adept in cooking and handling a kitchen?
It is said that only two silent monks know all the 130 ingredients that go into this green-coloured drink. Identify this liqueur that is brewed in a namesake monastery located in the namesake mountain range, also giving its name to a distinctive shade of green.