Season 1 - Week 6 Flashcards

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Country Code Top-Level Domains (CC TLD) is thedomain assigned to each country on the internet. For example, India has “.in” as its CC TLD. The chemical element with atomic number 12, an alkaline earth metal commonly used in alloys with aluminium, has a chemical symbol that is the internet domain (CC TLD) for which large island nation?

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Madagascar

[.Mg - Magnesium]

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WHICH ANCIENT GAME of calculation and strategy played widely in West Africa (and now also around the world) involves 2 players attempting to capture the seeds of their opponent, moving them from six playing holes to their own bank?

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Mancala or Warri

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In the SI system of units, prefixes are added to unit names to produce multiples and submultiples of the original unit. So, 10 to the power of 3 would have the prefix kilo to refer to a thousand, 10 to the power of 6 would have mega to refer to a million, etc. Similarly, the prefix peta (10 to the power of 15) refers to WHAT LARGE NUMBER, the abbreviation of
which all of us in this quiz have heard for a few weeks now?

A

Quadrillion

[Prompt on ‘Quad’]

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Named the Female World Swimmer of the Year in 1984, 1986, and 1988 by Swimming World, WHICH East German athlete became the first woman to win six individual gold medals at a single Olympics in Seoul 1988? Her achievements were, however, marred by the revelation that the East German contingent was being doped by their coaches.

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Kristin Otto

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The [Blank] Index is a mock mathematical measure of how far people will, on average, read through a book before giving up. It was invented by American mathematician Jordan Ellenberg, who created it in a blog for The Wall Street Journal in 2014. The Index is named after WHICH physicist, whose book [blank] is often dubbed, “the most unread book of all time”?

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Stephen Hawking

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In mountaineering, WHAT TERM refers to altitudes above a certain point where the pressure of oxygen is insufficient to sustain human life for an extended time span? This point is generally tagged at altitudes with less than 356 millibars of atmospheric pressure. All 14 peaks with summits in this zone are located in the Himalayas and Karakoram of Asia.

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Death Zone

[Accept ‘lethal zone’]

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The Oxford English Dictionary defines the term as, “a huntsman’s assistant who keeps the hounds from straying by driving them back using a [blank] into the main body of the pack”. In a political context, it ensures that members of the party vote according to
the party platform, rather than their own individual ideology or the will of their donors or constituents. What term?

A

Whip

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In French cuisine, the mother sauces are a group of sauces upon which many other sauces (‘daughter sauces’) are based. The most common list is attributed to Auguste Escoffier, who listed 4 mother sauces and added notes that indicated 1 more. WHICH OF ESCOFFIER’S MOTHER SAUCES, a cold emulsion of egg yolk with oil and vinegar, was
originally placed by Escoffier not in the main mother sauce list but in a chapter on cold sauces, and described in notes as a mother sauce for all cold sauces?

A

Mayonnaise

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The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) recognizes 14 mountains that have summits in the death zone. The criteria for inclusion are having a summit above a certain height over sea level, and sufficient independence from neighboring peaks. What is the POPULAR TERM for these 14 peaks, referring again to the height at which the death zone is said to begin?

A

8-Thousanders

[8000 is good enough]

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This phrase, in its literal sense, is the buying and selling of [Blank]. Due to the difficulties in evaluating the merits of a [Blank] offered for sale, its sale offered great opportunities for dishonesty, leading to the use of this term to refer to complex bargainings, such as political votes. WHAT IS THIS TERM that is often used in India when there are attempts to bring down a government or a scramble to make up a majority?

A

Horse Trading

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In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate (“shave off”) unlikely explanations for a phenomenon. Hanlon’s Razor states “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” While commonly attributed to a 1980 joke writer, it is also speculated that this razor (as well as its name) might be a corruption of a quote from the 1941 novella Logic of Empire. WHO IS THE AUTHOR of the novella?

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Robert A. Heinlein

[Hanlon possibly being a corruption of Heinlein]

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WHICH temperate grassland in Southern Africa is a flat area covered in grass or low scrub, especially in the countries of South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, and Botswana? It is named after the Afrikaans word for “field”.

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Veldt

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In human anatomy, the quadriceps (Or Quads) refers to the large muscle group at the front of the thigh, which is divided into four distinct portions and acts to extend the leg. What major artery is inside this muscle, which derives its name from the Latin for “thigh”?

A

Femoral Artery

[Prompt on Femur]

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WHICH ANCIENT GAME requires its two players to race to “bear off”, or remove all 15 of their pieces from the board? Elements of the game are evident in ancient games across ages and cultures, but the modern version features 24 narrow triangles with players rolling pairs of dice to determine movement,
making victories a near-even mix of skill and luck.

A

Backgammon

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The chemical element with atomic number 47, a precious white transition metal, is the internet domain (CC TLD) of which Caribbean nation? Incidentally, the element’s chemical name and symbol come from a different South American nation where large reserves of this metal supposedly existed.

A

Antigua and Barbuda

[Accept Antigua, the part which gives the code; .Ag - Silver]

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In 2019, which British-Nepalese climber became the fastest to climb all 14 eight-thousanders, climbing them in 6 months and 6 days, with supplementary oxygen? The person’s story has been adapted into a Netflix show, as well.

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Nimsdai “Nims” Purja

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WHICH Australian swimmer won the World Swimmer of the Year award four times between 1998 and 2003? His tally of five Olympic gold medals is the most for any Australian, a feat he shares with a modern-day swimmer Emma Mckeon.

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Ian Thorpe

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A quad, or quadruple, is a jump with at least four revolutions in a particular sport. These have become increasingly common among World and Olympic level competitions, to the point that not performing a quad in a program has come to be seen as a severe handicap. Which sport are these jumps a part of, the first-ever winter sport that was included in the Olympics?

A

Figure Skating

[Prompt on ICE SKATING or SKATING]

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Written, produced, and performed by American singer Pharrell Williams, this song was released as the first and only single from the soundtrack for the film Despicable Me 2. WHICH SONG, that became the most downloaded song the year it came out?

A

Happy

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The term derives from the practice of placing a [blank] around the neck of a castrated ram that leads a flock of sheep to aid the shepherd in knowing the movement of the flock even when they’re out of sight. In politics, the term characterizes a region where political tendencies match in microcosm those of a wider area, such that the result of an election in the smaller region might predict the eventual result in the larger region. What political term?

A

Bellwether

[Wether is a castrated ram]

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Which sauce was originally described by Escoffier as a daughter/small sauce, but was moved to the mother sauces list in the first English translation of his book ‘A Guide to Modern Cookery’? It is a warm emulsion of egg yolk, melted butter, and lemon juice or vinegar.

A

Hollandaise

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WHAT CLASSICAL FORM OF VERSE appearing in England in the 18th century has a strict rhythmic pattern in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme and align, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme? The subject matter of such poems is usually humorous and frequently rude.

A

Limerick

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This South Indian actor has been in the film industry for 50 years as of today, making his debut in 1971 as a child artist. He is a three-time National Award Winner, one for his work in the English language film Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and the other for works such as Ponthan Mada (1994) and Mathilukal (1998). WHAT IS THE STAGE NAME of this legend from one of the Southern film industries?

A

Mammootty

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Zlín, a company town based in Czech Republic was the original headquarters of WHICH COMPANY? This company has also set up many other company towns, such as X-wa (a play on Ottawa) and X-pur in Pakistan for workers who work in their factories. [X, being the name of the company, of course]

A

Bata

[Yes, Batawa and Batapur are real places]

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This gospel-fueled song by R. Kelly seems out of place in a movie like Space Jam in which Michael Jordan plays with WB cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Yet, it a gives the movie an emotional lift when it suddenly plays at the end. WHICH SONG is this that is also R. Kelly’s most successful single?

A

I believe I can fly

[Prompt on “I CAN FLY, and nothing else]

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These items are a group of more than a thousand metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of [BLANK] in what is now Nigeria, created from the start of the 13th century by the Edo people. They were looted by the British forces in 1897 and since then they have found their way to different museums in the world with the British museum having the biggest collection of these. What are these stolen items?

A

Benin Bronzes

[Prompt on Benin]

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27
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WHAT CLASSICAL FORM OF UNRHYMED POETRY evolved in the 17th century and is generally written in a single vertical line in 3 sections? Traditionally, poems of this form must contain a ‘cutting word’ at the end of one of the three sections, as well as a ‘season word’ somewhere in the line.

A

Haiku

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WHICH OF ESCOFFIER’S MOTHER SAUCES is a white sauce, based on milk thickened with a white roux?

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Bechamel

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This political term ultimately derives from the Dutch vrijbuiter (a pillaging and plundering adventurer), though the precise history of its borrowing into English is obscure. WHAT IS THIS TERM that today means “obstructing progress in a legislative assembly”?

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Filibuster

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30
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The chemical element with atomic number 50, obtained from the mineral cassiterite and part of alloys such as pewter and solder, has a chemical symbol that is the internet domain (CC TLD) for which West African nation?

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Senegal

[.Sn - Tin]

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The Chinese pastime of Weiqi first originated around 3000 years ago. As opposed to chess that represents a single battle, the game focuses on capturing and recapturing territory consisting of multiple small battles. In China, the pastime is of significant cultural importance being one of the four arts Chinese
scholar-gentlemen were required to master. HOW DO WE BETTER KNOW WEIQI TODAY?

A

Go

32
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The British Museum houses 120 sculptures and inscriptions from a stupa in India, featuring representations of important episodes in Buddha’s life and of the Jataka stories. Made from limestone called Palnad marble, WHICH LOCATION was it taken from, the erstwhile capital of the Satavahana dynasty?

A

Amaravati

33
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As a humorous tribute to the person behind the catchphrase “billions of billions” in a show he helmed, a [BLANK] has been defined as a unit of measurement equivalent to a very large number – technically at least four billion (two billion plus two billion) – of anything. WHO IS THIS SCIENTIST, who also lends his name to a measure for the number of stars in the universe?

A

Carl Sagan

34
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WHICH temperate grassland of Australia is a pastoral region in South-Eastern part of Queensland, covering a mammoth area of about 14,200 square kilometers? While it has a two part name, we are looking only for the commonly used last name - one that’s very apt for Australia.

A

Downs

[Darling Downs, being the full name]

35
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The chemical element with atomic number 79, a precious transition metal whose insolubility in nitric acid gives rise to the term ‘acid test’, has a chemical symbol that is the internet domain (CC TLD) for which Southern hemisphere nation?

A

Australia

[.Au - Gold]

36
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From 1801 to 1812, agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of [blank] removed these structures from their original place of installation and had them transported to Britain. WHAT ARE THESE STRUCTURES that have been housed in the British Museum after the Earl sold it to the government, a subject of contention between Greece and Britain for many many years?

A

Elgin Marbles

[Prompt on Elgin; Also accept PARTHENON MARBLES, prompt on just Parthenon]

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This song was written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. WHICH SONG is this, the lyrics of which comment directly on a scene in the movie that showcases the death of a frontier lawman?

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Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

[Need full name]

38
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Hickam’s dictum states, “A man can have as many diseases as he damn well pleases.” It is a counterargument to the medical profession making use of WHICH ADAGE, frequently attributed to English Franciscan friar William of [BLANK]?

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Occam’s Razor

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WHAT CLASSICAL FORM OF POETRY originating in Arabic has between five and fifteen rhyming couplets that share a refrain at the end of the second line? This refrain may be of one or several syllables and is preceded by a rhyme. Each line has an identical meter. This form of poetry often reflects on a theme of unattainable love or divinity.

A

Ghazal

40
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Coolio’s biggest hit was this song written for the movie “Dangerous Minds” in which Michelle Pfeiffer plays an ex-Marine who becomes a teacher in a tough inner-city school. WHICH SONG is this, that became one of the best-selling singles of 1995 and gave Coolio a Grammy Award for the best solo rap performance?

A

Gangsta’s Paradise

[Need full name]

41
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WHICH OF ESCOFFIER’S MOTHER SAUCES is a sauce made with fatty salted pork breast, a mirepoix of carrots, onions, thyme, and white stock, in addition to its eponymous ingredient? He also lists Bolognaise sauce among its many derivations.

A

Tomato Sauce

42
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What type of cotton-based fabric is made with dyed yarn is woven using a plain weave to form a checked pattern? Red-white and blue-white are the two most common patterns used in the style, getting its name from Malay for “striped”. The term is also the same as that of a popular filter on Instagram.

A

Gingham

43
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Shortz is a unit of fame, hype, or infamy, named for Will Shortz. The measure is the number of times one’s name has been referenced by Will Shortz in something that he is in charge of everyday. What does Will Shortz do?

A

Editor of the NYT Crossword

44
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The 6th highest mountain in the world, Cho Oyu, is considered a relatively easy peak to climb due to its proximity to a nearby trading pass. It also presents a unique problem to verifiers of ascents, as Cho Oyu has a flat summit plateau but the ‘technical’ summit is a small unmarked hump which many climbers miss entirely. To verify summits, Himalayan chronicler Elizabeth Hawley uses a simple question for potential climbers: “Did you see [BLANK]?”

A

Everest

45
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Upon his passing, the LA Times called this Dadasaheb Phalke Awardee, “The Marlon Brando of South Indian Industry”. WHO IS THIS LEGENDARY ACTOR, the first Indian actor to win a Best Actor prize at an international film festival? Some of his iconic works include Tirisoolam (1979), Thevar Magan (1992), and
his last ever work Padayappa (1999). Full name please.

A

Sivaji Ganesan

[Prompt on part answer; Please note “GEMINI
GANESAN” is WRONG]

46
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Though Nagasaki had been established in the 16th century, it became a war production city in mid 19th century, largely thanks to one company that established a steel plant, arms plant, and electric shipyard. WHICH COMPANY IS THIS, part of a larger namesake group having many varied interests such as banking, automobiles, heavy electricals, etc? Despite what their logo suggests, they have nothing to do with diamonds.

A

Mitsubishi

47
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Alder’s Razor states that if something cannot be settled by experiment or observation, then it is not worthy of debate. Proposed by Australian mathematician Michael D. Alder, it was originally named after Isaac Newton. He also chose to humorously refer to it as WHAT, AS OPPOSED TO A RAZOR, because it is “much sharper and more dangerous than Occam’s Razor”?

A

Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword

[Prompt on just ‘sword’]

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WHICH South American grassland is named after the Quechua word meaning “plain”? These are fertile South American lowlands that cover more than 1,200,000 square kilometres and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazil’s
southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul.

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Pampas

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Billund is a town in Jutland, Denmark. A company town, it is also the site of a theme park, waterpark resort, and Billund Airport which is the second largest airport in Denmark. WHICH COMPANY has built its headquarters and main factory in this town, employing most of its population?

A

Lego

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This Dadasaheb Phalke awardee is most known for his biographical films, portraying roles of various Indian saints & poets. These include portraying Tukaram in Bhakta Tukaram (1971), Tenali Rama in the namesake 1956 film, and Kabir in Ramadasu (2006). WHO IS THIS LEGENDARY ACTOR, who alongside a fellow pioneer (a future CM) popularised their movie industry? Full name, please.

A

Akkineni Nageswara Rao

[Prompt on ANR or Rao, DO NOT accept Rama Rao - that is WRONG]

51
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What type of fabric is characterized by a soft,
lustrous surface on one side, with a duller surface on the other side? The glossy fabric is produced through its namesake weave - one of three fundamental types of textile weaves alongside plain weave and twill weave.

A

Satin

52
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Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. WHICH PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, one of the largest in the world, played a big role in developing this city of 161,000 inhabitants? This company also owns a club in the Bundesliga, based in the city.

A

Bayer

53
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WHICH British Swimmer held the title of European Swimmer of the Year for six consecutive years, between 2013 to 2019, during which he won gold at Rio 2016 Olympics in the breaststroke category? He repeated the feat at Tokyo 2020, becoming the first British swimmer ever to retain an Olympic title.

A

Adam Peaty

54
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What type of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabric is often made in colored silks and sometimes with gold and silver threads? The name comes from Italian for “embossed cloth”, sharing its root word with a much-reviled vegetable.

A

Brocade

55
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The [Blank] Index is a measure of the discrepancy between a scientist’s social media profile and publication record. Proposed in 2014, the measure compares the number of followers a research scientist has on Twitter to the number of citations they have for their peer-reviewed work. WHO IS THIS INDEX NAMED AFTER, someone considered famous just for being famous?

A

Kim Kardashian

56
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The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, also called the QUAD, is a strategic dialogue between four countries, focused on both diplomatic and military cooperation. Its origin was in response to China’s increasing military and economic power. If India, Japan, and the USA are 3 of the 4 countries involved in this group, which is the 4th country that has blocked trade with China very recently?

A

Australia

57
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WHICH PHILOSOPHICAL RAZOR states “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence”? It is named after a British-American author and public figure who used it specifically in the context of refuting religious belief, in his 2007 book ‘God is Not Great’.

A

Hitchens’ Razor

58
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WHAT CLASSICAL FORM OF VERSE became
standardized in 13th century Italy as being a fixed number of lines following a fixed rhyme scheme and logical structure? The English version departed ABBA-ABBA-CDECDE scheme to use a ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG scheme that used a greater variety of rhymes and also added a final couplet.

A

Sonnet

59
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After watching this actor’s performance in the Girish Karnad directed film Ondanondu Kaladalli (1978), a New York Times critic likened him to Toshiro Mifune. Who is this actor, whose biggest claim to fame is his work as both an actor and director in the TV serial Malgudi days? Full name please.

A

Shankar Nag

[Prompt on Nag, but please note ANANT NAG is WRONG]

60
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WHICH ANCIENT INDIAN CROSS AND CIRCLE BOARD GAME is played using a symmetric cross-shaped board and three four-sided long dice? It is similar to other games such as Pachisi and Ludo and is famously claimed to be the game of dice played in the Mahabharata by Yudhishthir.

A

Chaupar

[Accept Chaupad; Please tell them we don’t have local language translations :) ]

61
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Though this item was made in Memphis Egypt, it was actually discovered in a different city in Egypt by French forces in 1799. However, in 1801 the British forces beat the French forces and carried off this artefact to the British Museum where it sits today. WHAT ITEM, that has not been returned by the British government in spite of consistent pleas by Egypt for at least a loan?

A

Rosetta Stone

[Prompt on Rosetta]

62
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This grassland that covers parts of North America, Europe, and Asia is characterized by coniferous forests and is called the world’s largest land biome. While it is colloquially called a ‘boreal forest’ in the United States and Canada, WHAT IS THE TERM used to describe the more northern, barren areas approaching the tree line and the tundra?

A

Taiga

63
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With 7 Olympic gold medals and 15 world
championship gold medals, highest in history by a female swimmer, WHICH 24-year old American Swimmer has been Swimming World’s Female World Swimmer of the Year a record five times between 2013 and 2018? At Tokyo 2021 Olympics, she won 4 medals making her the most decorated female Olympian from the USA.

A

Katie Ledecky

64
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What type of wool is a spun variant of the cashmere wool, obtained from a namesake species of goat in the Kashmir valley? Its name literally means “wool” in Persian, finding use primarily in the Kashmir shawls - a hallmark product of the area.

A

Pashmina

65
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The chemical element with atomic number 77, second densest on Earth after osmium and found heavily in meteorites, has a chemical symbol that is also the internet domain (CC TLD) for which Asian nation?

A

Iran

[.Ir - Iridium]

66
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Another song that you can’t hear without thinking of images from the movie, Kenny Loggins sealed his reputation as “King of the Movie Soundtrack” with which song for the movie “Top Gun” that hit number two on the Billboard Hot 100?

A

Danger Zone

67
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Which ancient strategy game was first played during the Qing dynasty, and usually involves a set of about 144 tiles decorated with characters, bamboo branches, and dots? Four players draw and discard tiles, and attempt to get all 14 of their riles into four sets and a pair.

A

Mah-Jong

68
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This American swimmer set 67 world records during his career, winning 5 gold medals in the 1924 and 1928 Olympics, topped up with a Bronze as a member of the Water Polo team. But, he is more popularly known for portraying Tarzan in six different movies. Who is this swimmer-turned-actor?

A

Johnny Weissmuller

69
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WHICH CLASSICAL FORM OF VERSE were originally written to accompany dances, and so were composed in couplets with refrains in alternate lines? The style’s popularity grew in England and Ireland where these became printed on long sheets of paper called broadsides. Over time, the term has come to denote slow love songs.

A

Ballad

70
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The hh blood group is one of the rarest in the world, featuring none of the ABO antigen groups that is common in most other blood types. While the incidence of this is as rare as 4 in a million in most parts of the world, the cases are as high as 1 in 10,000 in a particular place in India that lends this blood group its name. What is it called, after a city’s older name?

A

Bombay Type

71
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In 2002, who became the first former President of the United States to win a Nobel Peace Prize? According to the Nobel Committee Chairman, he should have won it decades earlier in 1978, when he mediated a peace deal between Egypt and Israel.

A

Jimmy Carter

72
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In his book, Last Chance To See, Douglas Adams discusses the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto wherein he says that the only thing that has remained constant over time is the original intention of the builders while the wood itself has decayed and been replaced much like many of the temple’s original souvenirs. Which thought experiment was he quoting here, one that was initially mentioned by the Greek historian Plutarch?

A

Ship of Theseus

73
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In the Jewish world, a standard Temple candleabra (candle holder) has seven branches to hold a candle each. But, during Hanukkah, this becomes nine-branched, one each for eight nights of the festival and the last for the candle that lights up the other eight. By what term are both these known by, also seen in Israel’s Coat of Arms?

A

Menorah

74
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Highly popular among luxury clothing brands, WHAT type of wool comes from a breed of sheep found primarily in Australia? In the medieval age, Spain had a strict monopoly over the breed and usage of wool from the same, before it became an iconic product of Australia. It is the most expensive and softest type of wool available in the market.

A

Merino