The Best Set From Great Exchange of Quiz Questions Round VII

Part I (Culture, Entertainment, History, Media)
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Culture
Entertainment
History
Media
Part II (Lifestyle, Sciences, Sport & Games, World)
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Lifestyle
Sciences
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World
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Culture
1 The Tết is the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year in which country?
2 The earliest mention of which supreme deity in a particular religion can be found in the
Behistun Inscription of Darius I? The literal meaning of his name is ‘Lord of Wisdom’.
3 Laurence des Cars is set to become the first woman Director of which museum in September
2021, in the establishment's 228-year history?
4 Equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche, who is the Roman goddess of fortune?
5 The circumstances behind which painting were described thus by the creator in a diary entry,
which reads – “One evening I was walking along a path, the city was on one side and the fjord
below. I felt tired and ill. I stopped and looked out over the fjord—the sun was setting, and
the clouds turning blood red. I sensed a _____ passing through nature”?
6 In which philosophical and spiritual tradition, ethics vary depending on the particular school,
but in general tend to emphasize wu wei (action without intention, or spontaneity) and the
Three Treasures comprise compassion, frugality and humility?
7 Who painted Claude Monet Painting in his Studio, or Monet in his Boat in 1874?
8 Which hero of an eponymous biblical Book is taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar of
Babylon and serves the king and his successors with loyalty, until the time of the Persian
conqueror Cyrus, all the while remaining true to the God of Israel?
9 The actor, Leonardo DiCaprio was christened so, because his mother during her pregnancy,
first felt him kick while she was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting at which museum
located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria?
10 Which philosopher is best known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation?
11 Considered to be a founding father of Renaissance architecture, which Italian architect and
designer (1377-1446) is most famous for designing the dome of the Florence Cathedral, and
for the development of the mathematical technique of linear perspective in art which
governed pictorial depictions of space for many centuries?
12 Deriving the name from portmanteau words meaning ‘great scholar’, what is the title of the
second most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama?
13 Probably commissioned by Agnolo ____ to commemorate his marriage, which is the only
finished panel painting by Michelangelo, known to have survived? Mary is the most
prominent figure in this round painting, taking up much of the centre of the image.
14 Deriving from the Latin for ‘other people’, which principle and moral practice relates to
concern for happiness of other human beings or other animals?
15 The primal couple Rangi and Papa, sometimes also referred to as Ranginui and Papatūānuku,
appear in a creation myth explaining the origin of the world, in which mythology? Together
they became the primordial sky father and earth mother bearing over 70 children, and are
often depicted as a couple in a close and loving embrace.
16 In art, what is the name of the visual effect or optical illusion that causes an object or
distance to appear shorter than it actually is because it is angled toward the viewer, a typical
example being Mantegna’s The Lamentation of Christ?
17 Which annual event started by Larry Harvey is held at the Black Rock Desert?
18 Named after and overseen by a Norse mythology figure renowned for his knowledge &
wisdom, which source of water is located beneath one of the three roots of the world tree
Yggdrasil? It is said that its water contains so much wisdom that Odin sacrificed one of his
eyes to it in exchange for a drink.
19 Which 1762 George Stubbs painting portrays the racehorse of the Marquess of Rockingham?
20 Its name literally meaning ‘old bridge’, which bridge in Bosnia & Herzegovina across the river
Neretva, is the site of a traditional diving competition for young men? Considered an
exemplary piece of Balkan Islamic architecture, this UNESCO World Heritage Site was
destroyed in 1993 by Croat paramilitary forces during the Croat–Bosniak War, and was rebuilt
in 2004.
21 The three Graces in Greek mythology are Aglaea, Thalia, and who else, signifying joyfulness?
22 Which Italian late Baroque painter of the Bolognese School was nicknamed Lo Spagnuolo (or
‘The Spaniard’), because of his habit of wearing tight clothes characteristic of Spanish fashion
of the time? Also a portrait painter and a caricaturist, he created the Seven Sacraments series
of paintings in around 1712.
23 What is the name of the concluding portion of the prayer in Islam, where one recites As-
salāmu ʿalaikum wa-raḥmatu-llah ("Peace and blessings of God be unto you") once while
facing the right, and once while facing the left? It helps to remind a devout muslim of the
presence of the recording angels on his right and left, who record his deeds.
24 Which American philosopher, writer, and educator is best known for her 1942 book
Philosophy in a New Key?
25 ▼ Seen here is the artwork titled Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995, made by
which English artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artworks? Since the
founding of the Royal Academy in 1768, she is one of the first female professors of drawing
here.
26 ▼ The name of which Chinese salvationist religious sect, literally means ‘consistent way’ or
‘persistent way’? It emerged in the late 19th century in the eastern coastal province of
Shandong, and saw rapid growth in the 1940s during the political and social turmoil caused
by the Japanese invasion of China.
27 ▼ Which museum in the Samut Prakan Province of Thailand is well known for its giant three-
headed elephant art display? It displays antiquities and ancient religious artefacts, and the
top floor of the museum is located inside the belly of the elephant!
28 ▼ The name of which landscape design element, sounds like an expression of amusement,
and creates a vertical barrier while preserving an uninterrupted view of the landscape
beyond? It serves to prevent access to a garden by grazing livestock, for example, and also
deters vehicular access to a site, all while minimising visual obstruction.
29 ▼ Issued in the early 1990s, this banknote of 500 Lei value depicts a portrait of which artist,
considered as a pioneer of modernism? His work Princess X, depicting Princess Marie
Bonaparte, courted controversy when the Salon des Indépendants (Society of Independent
Artists) removed it from display owing to its phallic resemblance.
30 ▼ In Hindu mythology, he is considered to be an avatar of the three Hindu gods - Brahma,
Vishnu and Shiva, collectively known as the Trimurti. In some iconography, he is surrounded
by four dogs and a cow, which symbolise the four Vedas and the mother earth. Who is this
son of sage Atri and his wife Anasuya?
25. 26. 27.
28. 29. 30.
Entertainment
1 Which NBC-owned cable tv channel’s name is an initialism for ‘Entertainment Television’?

2 Translated in English as ‘Let no one sleep’, which famous aria is sung by Calaf, il principe
ignoto (the unknown prince), who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold
Princess Turandot?
3 Charlie Watts was the drummer of which rock band from 1963 till his death in August 2021?
4 Which American record label, now owned by the Universal Music Group, was founded in
1959 by Berry Gordy Jr. under the name ‘Tamla Records’? Its name, a portmanteau of the
words ‘motor’ and ‘town’, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally
headquartered.
5 Actor, Kate Winslet plays a Pennsylvania detective sergeant named Marianne Sheehan in
which 2021 HBO crime drama limited series created by Brad Ingelsby?
6 Which German (1819-1896) was one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era,
having also composed musical pieces, like the Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7?
7 In which broadcast programming technique, an unpopular television programme is
scheduled between two popular ones, in the hope that viewers will watch it?
8 The American singer-songwriter, rapper and actress, born as Dana Elaine Owens, is more
popularly known under what name? In 2020, she portrayed Hattie McDaniel in the miniseries
Hollywood.
9 Who hosted the 2021 reunion special of the American television sitcom Friends, the episode
alternatively titled The One Where They Get Back Together?
10 Mayhem, TNT, DumDum Boys and Turbonegro are all musical bands based in which country?
11 Which American composer (1900-1990), referred to by his peers and critics as ‘the Dean of
American Composers’, composed the ballets Billy the Kid and Rodeo? He won the Pulitzer
Prize for Music for his composition Appalachian Spring, and also won the Oscar for his music
in the film The Heiress.
12 Starting operations in 1925, just five years after the inauguration of broadcasting in Europe,
what became the first radio station in Asia?
13 Originating from the French for ‘according to the plummet’, what ballet term refers to the
apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident dancer, through her stability
maintained during a vertical pose or movement?
14 Kerosene (2005), Four the Record (2011), Platinum (2014), The Weight of These Wings (2016),
and Wildcard (2019) are some of the album titles of which US country singer?
15 With libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini and its mostly-lost music composed by Jacopo Peri, it is the
earliest known work that, by modern standards, could be considered an opera. Its story
encompasses a Greek deity falling in love with the eponymous nymph, and it was first
performed during the Carnival of 1598. Which work?
16 Her music for the film Joker (2019) won her the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Who
is this Icelandic musician and composer?
17 Based on a 2007 novel by Jay Asher, the fourth & final season of which American teen drama
tv series released on Netflix in 2020? The series revolves around Clay Jensen, a student at the
Liberty High School, played by Dylan Minnette, and the aftermath of suicide by his crush &
co-student Hannah Baker, played by Katherine Langford, who leaves behind a set of tapes
detailing why she killed herself.
18 Mary Lou Williams, who wrote hundreds of jazz compositions and recorded more than one
hundred records (in 78, 45, and LP versions), primarily played which musical instrument?
19 Usually written in triple metre, which musical form originating in Spain in the 17th century
and still performed today, derives its name from words meaning ‘to walk’ and ‘street’? One
of its early practioners was the Italian composer Girolamo Frescobaldi, who transformed it
into a series of continuous variations over a bass.
20 Which Montreal-based entertainment company is the largest contemporary circus producer
in the world?
21 Which Cuban percussionist and bandleader was primarily a conga drummer? His biggest hit
was his rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man", and his first pachanga hit was
titled "Para ti".
22 The HBO limited tv series Watchmen, that premiered in 2019, is set 34 years after the
timeline of the original DC Comics series, and focuses on events surrounding racist violence in
which Oklahoma city, also the venue of a real-life eponymous masscacre of 1921 against the
blacks?
23 Regarded as one of the founders of the Georgian classical music, he gave music for operas,
including the Abesalom da Eteri. The Georgian National Opera and Ballet Theater of Tbilisi
was named in his honor in 1937. Who is this composer, whose music serves as the basis of
Tavisupleba – the national anthem of Georgia?
24 A portmanteau of the Korean words for ‘eating’ & ‘broadcast’, an English morphological
equivalent of which could be ‘eatcast’, what is the name for an online audiovisual broadcast
in which a host consumes various quantities of food while interacting with the audience?
25 ▼ Which American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader, popular
through the late 1930s to the early 1950s, was known as ‘The King of the Jukebox’? He
started his own rhythm & blues and jazz band known as the Tympany Five.
26 ▼ Which Primetime Emmy-winning American satirical comedy-drama tv series created by
Jesse Armstrong, that premiered on HBO in 2018, centres around the Roy family, the
dysfunctional owners of Waystar Royco, a global media & hospitality empire, who are fighting
for control of the company amid uncertainty about the health of the family's patriarch, Logan
Roy, played by Brian Cox?
27 ▼ Born on 13th September 1874, which Austrian-born composer emigrated to the United
States after being targeted by the Nazi Party? He helped to further develop dodecaphony or
the ‘twelve-tone technique’, first devised by his fellow countryman, Josef Matthias Hauer. He
had acute triskaidekaphobia, fearing that he would die during a year that was a multiple of
the number 13. His death came in 1951, but it was indeed on a Friday the 13th.
28 ▼ The American rapper, singer and songwriter, born as Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, is
known professionally under what name? Her debut studio album was titled Amala (2018),
and she followed it up with Hot Pink (2019) and Planet Her (2021).
29 ▼ What is the name of this gourd-resonated xylophone from West Africa, fairly popular in
the region, from Guinea to Mali? It is closely associated with the Mandinka, Mandé, Senoufo,
and Gur ethnic groups.
30 ▼ Which Spanish operatic soprano is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and
of the bel canto repertoire? She gained acclaim for her performance of Donizetti's Lucrezia
Borgia at Carnegie Hall in 1965, and became popular with non-classical music audiences in
1987 through her duet “Barcelona” with Freddie Mercury, that became an official theme
song for the 1992 Olympic Games.
25. 26. 27.
28. 29. 30.

History
1 What is the most famous discovery of Pierre-François Bouchard, an officer and engineer in
the French army?
2 Who was the first president of USA to live in the White House?
3 Which time scale used mainly in archaeology, geology, and other scientific disciplines to
specify how long ago events occurred, before the origin of practical radiocarbon dating in the
1950s, uses the base reference point of 1st January 1950 for its calculations?
4 Who became the new Prime Minister of Israel in June, 2021?
5 What was the name of the flag-like object used as a military standard, by units of the
Ancient Roman army? Literally meaning ‘little sail’, a derivative of this term now stands for
the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags in general.
6 Which company expanded into the fashion world for the first time in its history in 2021, with
its first fashion held at Maranello?
7 Laura Chinchilla was the President of which country from 2010 to 2014?
8 What incendiary mixture of a gelling agent & a volatile petrochemical (either gasoline or
diesel) gets its name from a portmanteau of two thickening agents used: co-precipitated
aluminium salts of naphthenic acid, and palmitic acid?
9 Which series of fighting between the military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and
the rebel forces of the Hutu Power group Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda,
is named after one of the African Great Lakes?
10 Which small circular volcanic lake in the Lazio region of Italy is famous for its sunken Roman
ships dating back to the times of Caligula and Tiberius?
11 Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah succeeded as the Emir of which country in 2020?
12 What were first discovered in 1946-47 by the Bedouin shepherd Muhammed edh-Dhib, his
cousin Jum'a Muhammed, and Khalil Musa, in the Qumran Caves near the Ein Feshkha
nature reserve?
13 Which device that owes its name to its place of origin, was devised by Captain McClintock
of the British Indian Army in 1912 and used extensively in both the World Wars?
14 What is the collective name for two treaties signed in October 1648 in the cities of
Osnabrück and Münster, that ended the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War?
15 Named after the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia, which civil war began around the
midnight of 3–4th November in 2020?
16 Literally meaning ‘contractor’ and notably serving European monarchs & Popes during the
Italian Wars of the Renaissance & the European Wars of Religion, what was the name of an
Italian captain in command of mercenary companies during the Middle Ages?
17 The name of which statesman, who served as the first President of his country, was derived
from the name of a character, also known as Radheya, in the Hindu epic Mahabharata?
18 Referring to the number of shootings during the period, what term is used for a period of
social & political turmoil in Italy that lasted from the late 1960s until the late 1980s, marked
by a wave of both far-left & far-right incidents of political terrorism?
19 Who was the ethnic Afghan ruler who established an empire in India, with its capital situated
in Sasaram?
20 Which Persian empire ruled from 224 to 651 CE, making it the longest-lived in the country’s
history? It was the last Persian imperial dynasty before the Muslim conquest in the mid
seventh century. The dynasty was founded by Ardashir I, who named it in honour of his
grandfather and after the name of his tribe.
21 Founded in 1631, the Alaouite dynasty is the ruling Arab family of which country?
22 The opera The Death of Klinghoffer, by American composer John Adams, is based on the
hijacking of which Italian cruise ship, by the Palestinian Liberation Front in 1985, while she
was sailing from Alexandria in Egypt to Ashdod in Israel? A 69-year-old Jewish American man
in a wheelchair, named Leon Klinghoffer, was murdered by the hijackers and thrown
overboard.
23 They derived their name from the name of a German state, which along with some other
German states had a reputation as a ‘mercenary state’, especially for renting out regiments
to the British for combat duty. What thus was the common name for the German soldiers
who served as auxiliaries to the British Army during the American Revolutionary War, as the
British had a small army, most of which were needed back home?
24 The Treaty of Sugauli in 1816 ended a two-year war between the British forces of the East
India Company and which other side? The treaty helped to establish the territorial boundary
of this side, and the location of signing of this treaty now lies in the Indian state of Bihar.
25 ▼ Which former Soviet secret police official under Joseph Stalin, has been given the
nickname ‘The Vanishing Commissar’ by art historians, because after he fell out of favour and
was executed, an old press photo of him with Stalin was retouched, making him ‘disappear’?
26 ▼ Seen here is which fort, having forty bastions in the Cholistan Desert, that was first built
in the 9th century CE as a tribute to Rawal Deoraj Bhati, the king of Jaisalmer and
Bahawalpur? It was later rebuilt in its current form in 1732 by the Abbasi ruler, Nawab Sadeq
Muhammad.
27 ▼ Literally meaning ‘customs union’, which coalition of German states (1834-1918) formed
to manage tariffs and economic policies within their territories, ultimately set the
groundwork for the unification of Germany?
28 ▼ In Asterix comics, the shield on which the village chief Vitalstatistix is carried around, is
said to be belonging to which real life king and chieftain of the Arverni tribe, who united the
Gauls in a failed revolt against the Romans? At the Battle of Alesia in 52 BCE, he wilingly
surrendered to save the rest of his troops, but was still executed at the orders of Julius
Caesar. Pictured here is a gold stater with his portrait and his name blanked out.
29 ▼ Born with the name Élias Okit'Asombo, who rose to become the first Prime Minister of
his country in 1960? In 2002, Belgium formally apologised for its role in his assassination.
30 ▼ Deriving from the Quechua for 'knife', what generic sharp tool used in pre-colonial and
post-colonial eras of the Central Andes region, was used for a variety of purposes – like, as a
kitchen knife, agricultural tool, hunting weapon, etc.? Sacrificial versions of it are most often
associated with Pre-Inca cultures, and in some cases with also the Inca culture itself.
25. 26. 27.
28. 29. 30.
Lifestyle
1 Mawashi is a type of loincloth usually worn by which people?

2 A shade of yellow, with the hex code F5E050, is sometimes also known by what name, in
reference to characters from the Despicable Me film franchise?
3 What delicacy is obtained from the salt-cured roe of the sturgeon family?
4 Deriving from the French for ‘brewery’ and originating from the fact that beer was brewed on
the premises of these, rather than brought in, what term for a French restaurant with a
relaxed setting, can be expected to have professional service, printed menus & traditional
white linen?
5 Which brand founded in 1977 was named so, because its products which would normally be
hidden from unrestricted public view, had a refinement associated with the Victorian era?
6 The DynaTAC 8000X was the first true mobile phone that could connect to the telephone
network without the assistance of a mobile operator and could also be freely carried around
by the user. Which company released this product?
7 Which Swiss watchmaker founded in 1983, takes its name from a contraction of the words
"second watch", as the watches were initially intended to be casual, disposable accessories?
8 Which horseshoe-shaped bone situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin
& thyroid cartilage, derives its name from the Greek for 'shaped like the letter upsilon’?
9 Which American vodka brand available in Erlenmeyer Flask inspired bottles, has the
international biohazard symbol as its logo, and claims legacy from a mythical Patient Zero?
10 Which narrow coastal strip between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain formed by the
Maritime Alps and the Apennines, thrives as a tourist centre, benefitting from factors like
over 300 days of sunshine per year, luxury villas, beaches and colourfully painted towns?
11 What is the study of body motion and the perception of movements called?
12 Which staple food popular in Nigeria & Ghana, is made from garri, a powdery flour material
made from the tuberous roots of the cassava plant? Rich in starch & carbohydrate, it is a stiff
dough made by soaking garri in hot water and kneading it with a wooden baton, and is then
served as part of a meal with various soups, stews & sauces.
13 Synonymous with the French expression raison d'être and similar to the premise of
logotherapy, the name of which Japanese concept derived from words meaning ‘life’ &
‘effect’, literally means ‘a reason for being’?
14 The cover of the album Hotel California by the rock band The Eagles, features a photo of
which real hotel located on the Sunset Boulevard?
15 Which form of often highly detailed embroidery takes its name from words meaning ‘gold’
and ‘Phrygian’, as the Phrygians were known for their needlework with gold and silver
threads?
16 Production of what glassware has been largely concentrated on the island of Murano since
the 13th century?
17 Introduced by the Portuguese residing in Nagasaki, which Japanese dish consists of seafood,
meat, and vegetables that have been battered and deep fried? Its name may originate from a
Latin phrase referring to the Ember Days, or from the Portuguese word for ‘seasoning’.
18 What word deriving from the Greek for ‘temporary cessation of breathing’, can be found in
the name of a sleeping disorder?
19 Which emblem used to identify properties protected by an associated convention, was
designed by the Belgian artist Michel Olyff, and officially adopted in 1978? While the central
square symbolizes the results of human skill & inspiration, the outer circle celebrates the gifts
of nature.
20 Which company, founded in 1917 and based in Kitakyushu, Japan, claims to be the world's
largest toilet manufacturer, and owns the trademark Washlet, among others? Its name is an
abbreviation of the two Japanese words meaning ‘Oriental Ceramics’.
21 Which liquor produced by distilling palm wine or sugar cane, is the national spirit of Ghana,
and is known as Ogogoro in Nigeria where it is known as the country's homebrew? With
British colonization of what became known as the Gold Coast, local brewing was outlawed in
the early 1930s, and thus the liquor got its name from the Ga language term for ‘the act of
hiding’.
22 Deriving its name from the Persian for ‘to spread roughly’, what is a flat tapestry-woven
carpet or rug traditionally produced in countries of the former Persian Empire, including Iran,
the Balkans and the Turkic countries?
23 Which French entrepreneur (1806-1877), dubbed ‘The Magician of Homburg’ and ‘The
Magician of Monte Carlo’, became the first person to establish a casino operation in Monaco?
He also invested his money to build connectivity infrastructure around Monaco, so that the
elite of Europe could come to Monaco to indulge in gambling.
24 Consisting of a variety of foods including both main dishes & side dishes, what Korean term
refers to any food consumed with alcohol? While until the Chosun Dynasty when alcohol was
mainly served in a type of tavern called jumak, such foods are now widely available and fairly
popular, especially when the alcoholic beverage soju is served alongside.
25 ▼ The name of which large handbag, also often used as a reusable shopping bag, is perhaps
derived from a Low German word for ‘bag’? Usually made of sturdy cloth or leather, it
typically has parallel handles emerging from the sides of its pouch.
26 ▼ What is the trade name of the American franchised fast-food restaurant ‘QIP Holder, LLC’,
based in Denver, Colorado, that specialises in offering toasted submarine sandwiches?
Launched in 1981, its name was coined by its founder, Jimmy Lambatos, as a faux-Italian
name using what he felt were the two most memorable letters of the English alphabet.
27 ▼ What type of a wraparound cloth or skirt gets its name from a Tahitian word for the
same? Usually found in bright colours, it is a popular beachwear nowadays.
28 ▼ Which Creole and Cajun rice dish of obscure etymology, has considerable West African,
French and Spanish influence, and mainly consists of meat and vegetables mixed with rice?
29 ▼ This iconic coffee table, a piece of modernist furniture, was designed by which Japanese
American artist and industrial designer? Introduced by the Herman Miller company in 1947,
it comprises a wooden base composed of two identical curved wood pieces, and a heavy
plate glass top.
30 ▼ Located in Palm Beach in Florida, with the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Intracoastal
Waterway to the west, what 126-room mansion named after the Spanish for ‘sea-to-lake’,
with a members-only club & hotel-style amenities, was built by the cereal-company heiress &
socialite, Marjorie Merriweather Post, in 1927 and purchased by Donald Trump in 1985?
25. 26. 27.
28. 29. 30.
Media
1 In the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz, what breed of dog is Snoopy?
2 The MAMI (______ Academy of Moving Image) is a public trust that organises an annual
international film festival in which Asian city?
3 The 2021 International Booker Prize-winning novel, At Night All Blood Is Black, that centers
around a Senegalese Tirailleur named Alfa Ndiaye who loses his close friend while fighting in
World War I, is written by which French author?
4 The Connacht Tribune, The Anglo-Celt, and The Limerick Leader are weekly local newspapers
published in which country?
5 Both of them are actors. The sister appeared in films like The Dark Knight, Won't Back Down,
and The Kindergarten Teacher. The brother acted in films like The Day After Tomorrow,
Brokeback Mountain, and Nocturnal Animals. While both of them acted in Donnie Darko.
What is their common surname?
6 By what name is the character Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky better known, as in the title of an
Anton Chekhov play?
7 Which Swedish actor is perhaps best known for portraying Death in the film The Seventh Seal
(1957)? A year before, he had also directed the world premiere of the Eugene O'Neill play
Long Day's Journey into Night.
8 The Château de Cheverny in France served as an inspiration for which residence in the Tintin
comics series?
9 Usually translated as Book of Changes or Classic of Changes, which ancient Chinese divination
text, dating back to the times of the Zhou dynasty, is one of the oldest of the Chinese classics?
10 Which review-aggregation website for film and television was launched in 1998 by Senh
Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang?
11 Which actor portrayed the lead role of the vampire Count Orlok in the 1922 silent German
Expressionist horror film Nosferatu? The character played by Christopher Walken in the Tim
Burton film Batman Returns, was apparently based on this actor’s portrayal of Count Orlock.
12 Which 2009 graphic novel written and drawn by Bryan Talbot is set in a world in which France
won the Napoleonic Wars and invaded Britain? Combining steampunk, alternative history and
thriller genres, the book follows the investigation proceedings of a British anthropomorphic
badger named Detective Inspector Archie LeBrock, from the Scotland Yard.
13 Spyros P. Skouras, the then president of 20th Century Fox introduced what anamorphic lens
format in the film The Robe? Bausch & Lomb won an honorary Oscar in 1954 for its
development.
14 The title of which play, first staged in 1962, is a pun on a song from Walt Disney's Three Little
Pigs (1933)?
15 In which comic strip written by Roger Kettle, does the inept and cowardly title character join
the tough and hardy French Foreign Legion in the deserts of North Africa, to escape his
terrifying wife Doris back home in Britain?
16 Which Olympic champion and one of the highest-paid stars in Hollywood of that time, acted
in films like including Thin Ice (1937), Happy Landing (1938), My Lucky Star (1938), Second
Fiddle (1939) and Sun Valley Serenade (1941)?
17 Gascon, Vivaro-Alpine, Provençal, Auvergnat, Limousin and Languedocien are the six major
dialects of which Romance language?
18 Which actor (1895-1966) with the real first names Joseph Frank, got his popular name, when
according to a probably apocryphal story, he fell down a flight of stairs as a todder but sat up
shaking off the experience, with someone remarking “He’s a regular _____!”? His often
deadpan expression during acting also earned him the nickname ‘The Great Stone Face’. Both
his popular name and his surname are required in the answer.
19 The Carpet Weaver is the debut novel by which Afghan-American journalist, known for his
LGBTQIA+ rights campaigning in Afghanistan?
20 Which Hollywood personality was portrayed by the actor John Malkovich in the film RKO 281,
that depicts the troubled production behind a 1941 film, whose original production number is
referenced in the film title?
21 What is the name for an alphanumeric code in Jewish culture, for assigning a numerical value
to a name, word or phrase, according to the corresponding rank of the letter in the Hebrew
alphabet? A typical example is the letters in the Hebrew word Chai (meaning: alive/living)
adding up to 18, thus ‘18’ being considered a lucky number, with donations of money often
occurring in multiples of 18.
22 What special honorary award was first presented in 1935 to Shirley Temple, and was given
intermittently over the next 26 years to a total of 12 recipients, with the last being Hayley
Mills for the film Pollyanna (1960)?
23 Bibi Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs and Ingrid Thulin – together won the Best
Actress Award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, for acting in which Swedish drama film
directed by Ingmar Bergman, that is set in a maternity ward of a hospital?
24 What Dravidian language is spoken primarily by its namesake people in the central part of
Pakistan’s Balochistan Province, and in parts of Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, and
usually the Arabic or the Nastaliq scripts are used for writing? The speakers are isolated from
the more familiar Dravidian speakers of South India by around 1,500 kilometres.
25 ▼ Formerly called The Auteurs, which global curated film streaming platform, production
company and film distributor was launched in 2007 by Turkish entrepreneur, Efe Cakarel, and
is headquartered in London? Its streaming platform is now available in over 190 countries and
it also issues a film news and critique publication called the Notebook.
26 ▼ Which 1961 English novel is partly inspired from the experiences of the author's father,
and follows the story of Mohun _____, a Hindu Indo-Trinidadian who strives for success in life
and sets a goal of owning his own residence? A song, "Good Sign, Bad Sign", that Monty
Norman composed for its stage adaptation was later reworked as the James Bond theme.
27 ▼ Froid Équateur (‘Cold Equator’) is a science fiction graphic novel published in 1992, as the
third and final part of the author’s Nikopol Trilogy. It served as an inspiration for the hybrid
sport chess-boxing, which became a real sport in 2003. Which Yugoslavian-French cartoonist
and storyteller wrote and illustrated this graphic novel?
28 ▼ Which Mads Mikkelsen starrer Danish language black comedy of 2020, directed by
Thomas Vinterberg, won the European Film Award for Best Film, as well as the Best
International Feature Film Oscar?
29 ▼ Initially published anonymously, which sexually explicit comedy webcomic is produced by
the Australians Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne? Praised for its depictions of gender equality
and racial inclusivity, it won a Silver Ledger at the 2016 Ledger Awards in Australia, and its
website was named as one of the top porn sites for women by Cosmopolitan in 2017.
30 ▼ At the Cannes Film Festival 2021, which French film director, for directing her horror-
thriller film Titane, became only the second woman director ever to win the Palme d'Or?
25. 26. 27.
28. 29. 30.
Sciences
1 Which eminent physicist and mathematician became warden of the Royal Mint in 1696?
2 Which of the big cats has the binomial name Panthera onca?
3 What chemical property of an element is the measure of its combining capacity with other
atoms when it forms chemical compounds?
4 In mathematics, what is the name for a number that can be expressed in the form a + bi,
where a and b are real numbers, and i2 = −1?
5 Which flightless bird has the two extant species: the greater or American ____, and the lesser
or Darwin's ____?
6 Taking their name from Greek words meaning ‘other’ and ‘manner’, and referring to the
property of some chemical elements to exist in two or more different forms, diamond,
graphite and graphene are what forms of carbon?
7 Greenlandian, Northgrippian and Meghalayan are the three ages or distinct subsections of
which geological epoch?
8 The 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences went to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B.
Wilson for their improvements to the theory and invention of new formats of what?
9 Deriving from the Greek for ‘impassable’, which type of thermodynamic process occurs
without transferring heat or mass between the thermodynamic system and its environment?
10 The Actinide series encompasses the 15 metallic chemical elements, starting with actinium
with atomic number 89 to which chemical element with atomic number 103?
11 The observation that a liquid which is initially hot can freeze faster than the same liquid which
begins cold, under otherwise similar circumstances, is named after which then Tanzanian
schoolboy, whose story of it in 1963 became highly popularised?
12 The Adansonia genus of deciduous trees found in arid regions of Africa, Arabia & Australia is
commonly known by what name that is derived from the Arabic for ‘father of many seeds’?
13 Derived from a Latin root, what adjective is given in biology to those species in which the
young are underdeveloped during birth, but mature afterwards with the aid of their parents?
By contrast, species in which the young are relatively mature from the moment of their birth
are called precocial.
14 Deriving from Latin for ‘chain’, what name is given in chemistry to the bonding of atoms of the
same element, giving rise to a series? The presence of the vast number of organic compounds
in nature mainly occurs due to this.
15 What law in data science, also called the law of anomalous numbers, or the first-digit law,
states that in many naturally occurring collections of numbers, the leading or first digit is likely
to be small? In fact, it is often the case that 1 occurs more frequently than 2, 2 more
frequently than 3, and so on.
16 The name of which Dutch astronomer and mathematician (1580-1626) is now associated with
the law of refraction of light? After Eratosthenes in the 3rd century BCE, he was probably the
first to attempt a large-scale experiment to measure earth’s circumference using triangulation.
17 Also called the Vu Quang ox and the Asian unicorn, which critically endangered forest-
dwelling bovine was first described following a discovery of its remains in 1992, and is now
found only in the Annamite mountain range of Vietnam and Laos?
18 Being Silicon dioxide by chemical composition, which purple variety of quartz owes its violet
colour to irradiation and impurities of iron, and in some cases the presence of other transition
metals and trace elements?
19 The principle of least time, which establishes the link between ray optics and wave optics, is
also known as whose principle, who first proposed this in 1662?
20 Which chemical element with an atomic mass number of 252, was first identified in 1952 by
the American nuclear scientist Albert Ghiorso and his team in the fallout from the Ivy Mike
nuclear test? As the project team behind the nuclear test had operated under the name
Project PANDA, the element initially was jokingly nicknamed as ‘Pandemonium’.
21 Sometimes referred to as the founding father of paleontology, which French naturalist and
zoologist (1769-1832) was one of the first persons to suggest that the earth had been
dominated in prehistoric times by reptiles, rather than mammals? Among other things, he also
coined the names of the extinct creature Mastodon, and of the extinct genus Pterodactylus.
22 Named after a German physicist, what effect accounts for the expulsion of magnetic field
from a superconductor during its transition to the superconducting state when it is cooled
below the critical temperature?
23 Which solo winner of the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences has published an
autobiography in 2021, titled Home in the World: A Memoir?
24 Named after a Nobel Prize winning French chemist, what name is given to a chemical
compound with the generic formula R−Mg−X, where X is a halogen and R is an organic group,
normally an alkyl or aryl? Used in organic synthesis for creating new carbon-carbon bonds, its
typical examples include methylmagnesium chloride and phenylmagnesium bromide.
25 ▼ Active during the night or during twilight, what is the common name of birds in the family
Caprimulgidae, that usually nest on the ground? Their Latin generic name alludes to the old
myth that these birds suckled goats, causing the latter to cease to give milk.
26 ▼ Which genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family derives name from
the Latin for ‘sword’, and is hence also sometimes referred to as the 'sword lily'?
27 ▼ Which German-born American is called the ‘Father of American Anthropology’? Originally
into physics, while also studying geography, he participated in a geographical expedition to
northern Canada, where he became fascinated with Inuit culture, before taking up the subject
of anthropology on a permanent basis.
28 ▼ Shown here is the logo of which international federation formed in 1919, that is now the
recognized world authority in developing standards for related nomenclature?
29 ▼ In mathematics, what is the informal name of an array of one-dimensional "trees" of unit
height planted at the lattice points in one quadrant of a square lattice? Here, in the diagram,
which shows one corner of the array, trees marked by a solid blue dot are visible from a
viewpoint at the origin.
30 ▼ The blue light produced here by charged particles while passing through the optically
transparent medium at speeds greater than the speed of light in the medium, is due to what,
named after someone who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics for its discovery?
25. 26. 27.
28. 29. 30.
Sport & Games
1 In 2017 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Olympians are now
allowed to use what post-nominal letters, thus allowing them to use these on any official
documentation after their name, much like when one gets a royal honour or PhD.?
2 Which chess opening starts with the moves: 1. d4 d5, 2. c4? It is now part of popular culture
as well, owing to a 1983 novel by Walter Tevis and its subsequent adaptation.
3 The name of the venue that hosts the Wimbledon Championships, also has what other sport
in its name, besides tennis?
4 Perhaps named after the bony appearance of the sled, in which winter sliding sport does a
person ride a small sled down a frozen track, while lying face down and head-first? Races
always involve single riders, unlike the other sliding sports of bobsleigh and luge.
5 In the name of NCAA, the nonprofit organisation that regulates student athletes from more
than a thousand North American institutions and conferences, what does the letter ‘C’ stand
for?
6 A fragment of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 was assigned what sporting
designation during July-August in 2021? This was after an earlier makeshift choice of the
patriotic Russian war song "Katyusha" was rejected.
7 In 2021, who became the first female jockey to win the Grand National?
8 Which is the only professional basketball team in the state of Tennessee in USA? Originally
established as the Vancouver ______, an expansion team that joined the NBA for the 1995–
96 season, the team moved to its current city after the 2000–01 season concluded.
9 Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia won the 2021 Tour de France representing which team?
10 What trophy is awarded to the winner of the men's Rugby World Cup?
11 Also called the throw line or the toe line, what is the name for the line in the game of darts,
behind which the throwing player must stand?
12 Which American swimmer who won five gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, also
became the first swimmer in history to win gold in the 50-metre freestyle, the 100-metre
freestyle and the 100-metre butterfly at the same Olympics?
13 Which Major League Baseball (MLB) team was founded in 1871 under the name Boston Red
Stockings? They claim to be the oldest continuously operating professional sports franchise in
America, and since 2017, their home stadium has been the Truist Park.
14 Inspired by the traditional spinning top beigoma, what line of spinning-top toys were
launched by the company Takara in 1999?
15 Played in ancient times on chariots and known back then as ‘rathera’, which traditional
Indian sport derives its name from imitation of the sound invoked while playing the game?
16 By winning the 500m speed skating competition in 1924 Winter Olympic Games, which
American speed skater became the first ever gold medallist in the history of Winter
Olympics?
17 Which golfer won the 2020 PGA Championship and the 2021 Open Championship, winning
both on his debut?
18 One of the best known performances of what football manoeuvre occurred at the Wembley
Stadium during a 1995 international friendly match between Colombia and England, when it
was performed by the goalkeeper who is generally credited with its invention?
19 Which chess variant uses the standard chess pieces and board, with each side having secretly
equipped one of their men with a “bomb” before the start of the game, akin to wearing a
suicide vest, that can be “detonated” at a later time? On any turn, a player may say "Boom!"
and overturn their assigned bomb carrier, wiping out all men on surrounding squares as well.
20 Which cricketer who passed away in 2021, was born in Milan in Italy, and captained Sussex
and England in the early 1960s? He played instrumental role in the formation of the modern
ICC Player Rankings system.
21 Which Italian won the French Open in 1976, and was the only player ever to defeat Björn
Borg at Roland Garros, doing so on two occasions?
22 Which American long track speed skater won an unprecedented five individual gold medals
at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games? He was the most successful athlete at that
edition of the Olympics, single-handedly winning more gold medals than all nations except
for the Soviet Union (10) and East Germany (9). He is still the most successful Winter
Olympian from a single edition of any Winter Olympics.
23 The first version of which role-playing video game created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and
developed by Square Enix, saw four Light Warriors defeat evil forces while carrying four
elemental crystals?
24 Which American former professional basketball player won the All-Star game MVP award in
2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2001? He was inducted
into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
25 ▼ Which Uzbekistani professional boxer, also his country’s flag bearer at the opening
ceremony, won the gold in the Super-heavyweight category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
Professional boxers were allowed to participate in the Olympics from the Rio Games, and
since then this 8-0 professional boxer became the most experienced pro to win the gold.
26 ▼ Which indoor game, also laterally related to miniature golf, takes its name from a
Neoclassical style château built by Comte d'Artois, who threw a party here in 1777 in honour
of his brother, King Louis XVI and the queen? The highlight of the party was this new game
which soon became popular all over the country.
27 ▼ Christa Luding-Rothenburger is a former speed skater and track cyclist, and one of the few
athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. She competed
for East Germany before the German reunification in 1990, and afterwards for Germany. She
is also the only athlete to achieve what specific feat, that is perhaps no longer possible in the
future?
28 ▼ Which former American football quarterback, who played for 16 seasons with the New
York Giants, twice lead the Giants to underdog Super Bowl victories, becoming the Most
Valuable Player (MVP) in both the championships?
29 ▼ Which Australian swimmer became the most decorated athlete at the 2020 Summer
Olympics, by winning four gold and three bronze medals? Also the winner of a gold at the
2016 Rio Olympics, she is now her country’s most successful Olympian as well.
30 ▼ What is the name of this weaponless, bare-fisted striking style of traditional martial art
popular in Madagascar? It originated during the rule of the Maroseranana dynasty (1675–
1896), and today people of both genders between the ages of 10 and 35 usually participate.
25. 26. 27.
28. 29. 30.

World
1 The Lakhta Center, which is the tallest building in Europe, as well as the northernmost
skyscraper in the world, is situated in which city?
2 Taking its name from the Hawaiian word for ‘scout’, which asteroid is the first known
interstellar object to pass through the Solar System?
3 Who was issued the Patent no. 174,465 by the U.S. Patent Office, for ‘Improvement in
Telegraphy’ in 1876?
4 RFID chips use electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to
objects. What do the letters ‘RFID’ stand for?
5 Literally meaning ‘duchy’ or ‘dukedom’, and derived from the German word for a duke, which
is the southern & smaller of two main regions in its country, that is surrounded by Bosnia in
the north, Croatian region of Dalmatia in the south-west, and Montenegro in the south-east?
6 Which desert is bounded by the Kunlun Mountains to the south, the Pamir Mountains to the
west, the Tian Shan range to the north, and another desert to the east?
7 Which American microblogging and social networking service, that takes its name from the
French for ‘to speak’, is popular among users supporting fringe or far-right views?
8 Founded by the businessman, Zamarai Kamgar, Kam Air is the first private commercial airline
established in which country? Its hub is at an airport named after the country’s President who
served from 2001 to 2014.
9 Named after the Japanese word for the peregrine falcon, and sharing name with a Suzuki
brand, which was the first spacecraft to return an asteroid sample to Earth for analysis?
10 The Asaro Mudmen, belonging to the Asaro or the Holosa tribe, and known for wearing a
traditional costume centered around masks made of mud, live in the Eastern Highlands
Province of what country?
11 Being the sum of the weights of cargo, fuel, fresh water, ballast water, provisions, passengers
& crew, what measure of how much weight a ship can carry, is often abbreviated to dwt?
12 Novi Sad, Niš, Kragujevac, Subotica are the second, third, fourth and fifth largest cities in this
country, in terms of population. Which is then the largest city in this country?
13 The world’s first duty-free shop was started by Irish businessman Brendan O’Regan at which
airport in County Clare, Ireland, in 1947?
14 Which volcanic archipelago administered by Russia, stretches northeast from near Hokkaido
in Japan to the Kamchatka Peninsula?
15 The Schengen Area comprising multiple European countries, that functions as a single
jurisdiction for international travel purposes with a common visa policy, takes its name from
the 1985 agreement signed in a namesake wine-making village and commune in which
country?
16 Which indigenous people who live in a region lying between Australia’s Cape York Peninsula
and the island of New Guinea, are often grouped with the Aboriginal people, as Indigenous
Australians?
17 Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and Îles des Saintes are some of the
islands of which archipelago and French overseas department? Les Abymes commune forms
the largest urban area here.
18 NFT is a unique digital identifier that cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided, and it is
used to certify authenticity and ownership of a specific digital asset. It is stored on a digital
ledger called a blockchain, and it can represent items such as photos, videos, audio, and other
types of digital files. What do the letters ‘NFT’ stand for?
19 Which US city is named after a Roman dictator praised for his civic virtues, who after saving
Rome from a crisis, retired to farming because he did not want to remain in power?
20 Dagen H (or ‘right traffic day’) was the name given to 3rd September 1967, when traffic in
what country switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right, in what was
by far, the largest logistical event in the country’s history?
21 Which group of four volcanic islands, also known as British Polynesia, was named after a
fifteen-year-old crew member of HMS Swallow, who first spotted the land? The island group is
usually known by the name of the only inhabited island of the group of four, while the other
three islands are Henderson Island, Ducie Island, and Oeno Island (or Holiday Island).
22 In the heterosexual matches section of which online dating application, founded by Whitney
Wolfe Herd, can only female users make the first contact with matched male users?
23 Which is the shallowest sea in the world? It is called so after a namesake town which in turn
got its name from the Kipchak Turkish for ‘lowlands’. A Russian folk etymology however
alludes this to an eponymous Cuman prince who is said to have been killed while defending
his town.
24 Which Singapore-headquarted company started life as MyTeksi app, and has now expanded
from cab aggregator services to food delivery and digital payments services? Operating in
Southeast Asia, it is the region's first ‘decacorn’, i.e. a startup with a valuation of over US$10
billion.
25 ▼ Pictured here is the St. Rumbold's Cathedral, constructed in phases between the 1200s and
1520 CE, situated in which city in the Flemish Region of Belgium? The river Dyle flows through
the city, and hence it is often also referred to as the Dijlestad (or, City on the river Dijle). One
may also associate it with the 2021 World Quizzing champion, Ronny Swiggers!
26 ▼ Which form of sporty open carriage popular in the late 18th & early 19th century, was
drawn by one or two horses and featured a minimal lightly sprung body atop four
extravagantly large wheels? With open seating, it was both fast and dangerous, giving rise to
its name, drawn from the mythical son of Helios, who nearly set the Earth on fire while
attempting to drive the chariot of the Sun.
27 ▼ This French telegraph engineer (1845-1903) invented a multiplexed printing telegraph
system that used his namesake code and allowed multiple transmissions over a single line.
The unit of symbol rate or modulation rate which indicates the speed of transfer of data over
a communication channel, is now named after him. Who is this?
28 ▼ Which surviving member from the Mercury 13 group of female trainee astronauts, broke
John Glenn’s record to become the oldest person to go to space, while being part of the first
crewed flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft in 2021?
29 ▼ Pictured here is the coat of arms of which African nation? Two zebras support the central
shield on top of which there are three cogwheels that represent industry. The head of the bull
represents the importance of cattle herding, whereas the three waves symbolise water, also
highlighted through the nation’s motto (standing for ‘rain’) inscripted on a blue ribbon.
30 ▼ Also known as Te Riu-a-Māui and Tasmantis, what name has been proposed by American
geophysicist Bruce Luyendyk in 1995, for the almost entirely submerged mass of continental
crust that broke away from Gondwanaland 83–79 million years ago? By around 23 million
years ago, the landmass may have been largely submerged, and today only around 6% of the
original landmass is above water.
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28. 29. 30.
ANSWERS
Part I - CULTURE HISTORY

1 VIETNAM 1 ROSETTA STONE
2 AHURA MAZDA 2 John ADAMS
3 The LOUVRE 3 BEFORE PRESENT (accept: BP)
4 FORTUNA 4 Naftali BENNETT
5 The SCREAM 5 VEXILLUM
6 TAOISM 6 FERRARI
7 Édouard MANET 7 COSTA RICA
8 DANIEL 8 NAPALM
9 UFFIZI 9 KIVU conflict
10 Arthur SCHOPENHAUER 10 Lake NEMI
11 Filippo BRUNELLESCHI 11 KUWAIT
12 PANCHEN LAMA 12 DEAD SEA SCROLLS
13 DONI TONDO (accept: DONI MADONNA) 13 BANGALORE TORPEDO
14 ALTRUISM 14 PEACE of WESTPHALIA
15 MAORI mythology 15 TIGRAY WAR
16 FORESHORTENING 16 CONDOTTIERO
17 BURNING MAN 17 SUKARNO (from Karna)
18 MÍMISBRUNNR (accept: MIMIR’S WELL) 18 YEARS OF LEAD (or ANNI DI PIOMBO)
19 WHISTLEJACKET 19 SHER SHAH Suri
20 STARI MOST (or, MOSTAR BRIDGE) 20 SASANIAN empire
21 EUPHROSYNE 21 MOROCCO
22 Giuseppe CRESPI 22 MS ACHILLE LAURO
23 TASLIM 23 HESSIANs
24 Susanne LANGER 24 NEPAL (accept: Gorkhas)
25 Tracey EMIN 25 Nikolay YEZHOV
26 YIGUANDAO 26 DERAWAR Fort (in Pakistan)
27 ERAWAN Museum 27 ZOLLVEREIN
28 HA-HA 28 VERCINGETORIX
29 Constantin BRÂNCUȘI 29 Patrice LUMUMBA
30 DATTATREYA 30 TUMI (accept: Tome / Tume)
ENTERTAINMENT LIFESTYLE
1 E! 1 SUMO WRESTLERS
2 NESSUN DORMA 2 MINION YELLOW
3 The ROLLING STONES 3 CAVIAR
4 MOTOWN Records 4 BRASSERIE
5 MARE OF EASTTOWN 5 VICTORIA'S SECRET
6 Clara SCHUMANN (née WIECK) 6 MOTOROLA
7 HAMMOCKING 7 SWATCH
8 QUEEN LATIFAH 8 HYOID bone
9 James CORDEN 9 VIRUS Vokda
10 NORWAY 10 ITALIAN RIVIERA
11 Aaron COPLAND 11 KINAESTHETICS
12 RADIO CEYLON 12 EBA
13 APLOMB 13 IKIGAI
14 Miranda LAMBERT 14 The BEVERLY HILLS Hotel
15 DAFNE 15 ORPHREY
16 Hildur GUÐNADÓTTIR 16 VENETIAN glass
17 13 REASONS WHY 17 TEMPURA
18 PIANO 18 APNEA (Sleep apnea)
19 PASSACAGLIA 19 WORLD HERITAGE emblem (acc. UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE emblem)
20 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL 20 TOTO Ltd.
21 Mongo SANTAMARÍA (accept: Ramón Santamaría RODRÍGUEZ) 21 AKPETESHIE
22 TULSA 22 KILIM
23 Zacharia PALIASHVILI 23 François BLANC
24 MUKBANG (from meokneun and bangsong) 24 ANJU
25 Louis JORDAN 25 TOTE bag
26 SUCCESSION 26 QUIZNOS
27 Arnold SCHOENBERG 27 PAREO
28 DOJA CAT 28 JAMBALAYA
29 BALAFON 29 Isamu NOGUCHI
30 Montserrat CABALLÉ 30 MAR-A-LAGO
ANSWERS
Part II - MEDIA SPORT & GAMES

1 BEAGLE 1 OLY
2 MUMBAI 2 QUEEN'S GAMBIT
3 David DIOP 3 CROQUET
4 IRELAND 4 SKELETON
5 GYLLENHAAL (Maggie & Jake) 5 COLLEGIATE
6 UNCLE VANYA 6 ANTHEM of the RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE / ANTHEM of ROC athletes
7 Bengt EKEROT (Nils Bengt Folke EKEROT) 7 Rachael BLACKMORE
8 MARLINSPIKE Hall (or Le château de MOULINSART) 8 MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
9 I CHING (accept: YI JING) 9 UAE TEAM EMIRATES
10 ROTTEN TOMATOES 10 WEBB ELLIS CUP
11 Max SCHRECK 11 OCHE
12 GRANDVILLE 12 Caeleb DRESSEL
13 Cinemascope 13 ATLANTA BRAVES
14 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? 14 BEYBLADE
15 The Adventures of Legionnaire BEAU PEEP 15 KHO KHO
16 Sonja HENIE 16 Charles JEWTRAW
17 OCCITAN 17 Collin MORIKAWA
18 BUSTER KEATON (born as, Joseph Frank Keaton) 18 SCORPION KICK (by René Higuita)
19 Nemat SADAT 19 BEIRUT Chess
20 Herman J. MANKIEWICZ 20 Ted DEXTER (accept: Edward Ralph Dexter)
21 GEMATRIA 21 Adriano PANATTA
22 ACADEMY JUVENILE AWARD (accept: JUVENILE OSCAR) 22 Eric HEIDEN
23 BRINK OF LIFE / NÄRA LIVET (accept: SO CLOSE TO LIFE) 23 FINAL FANTASY
24 BRAHUI 24 Allen IVERSON
25 MUBI 25 Bakhodir JALOLOV
26 A HOUSE FOR MR. BISWAS (by V. S. Naipaul) 26 BAGATELLE
27 Enki BILAL 27 WIN SUMMER & WINTER OLYMPIC MEDALS in the SAME YEAR
28 ANOTHER ROUND / DRUK 28 Eli MANNING
29 OGLAF 29 Emma MCKEON
30 Julia DUCOURNAU 30 MORAINGY
SCIENCES WORLD
1 Isaac NEWTON 1 SAINT PETERSBURG
2 JAGUAR 2 ʻOUMUAMUA (accept: 1I/2017 U1)
3 VALENCE (accept: VALENCY) 3 Alexander Graham BELL
4 COMPLEX number 4 RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION
5 RHEA 5 HERZEGOVINA
6 ALLOTROPEs 6 TAKLAMAKAN Desert
7 HOLOCENE 7 PARLER
8 AUCTION 8 AFGHANISTAN
9 ADIABATIC 9 HAYABUSA
10 LAWRENCIUM 10 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
11 Erasto Bartholomeo MPEMBA 11 DEADWEIGHT tonnage
12 BAOBAB 12 BELGRADE (in Serbia)
13 ALTRICIAL 13 SHANNON Airport
14 CATENATION 14 KURIL ISLANDS
15 BENFORD’S law (or NEWCOMB–BENFORD law) 15 LUXEMBOURG
16 Willebrord SNELLIUS (acc. Willebrord Snel van ROYEN / SNELL) 16 TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS
17 SAOLA 17 GUADELOUPE
18 AMETHYST 18 NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN
19 Pierre de FERMAT 19 CINCINNATI
20 EINSTEINIUM 20 SWEDEN
21 Georges CUVIER 21 PITCAIRN Islands
22 MEISSNER effect 22 BUMBLE
23 Amartya SEN 23 SEA OF AZOV
24 GRIGNARD REAGENT (accept: GRIGNARD compound) 24 GRAB
25 NIGHTJAR 25 MECHELEN
26 GLADIOLUS 26 PHAETON
27 Franz BOAS 27 Émile BAUDOT
28 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY / IUPAC 28 Wally FUNK (accept: Mary Wallace FUNK)
29 EUCLID'S ORCHARD 29 BOTSWANA
30 CHERENKOV RADIATION 30 ZEALANDIA

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Part I (Culture, Entertainment, History, Media)

Part II (Lifestyle, Sciences, Sport & Games, World)

Set by – Devarshi Ghosh

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1 Which NBC-owned cable tv channel’s name is an initialism for ‘Entertainment Television’?

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1 Mawashi is a type of loincloth usually worn by which people?

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