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Emerald | In the 1984 adventure film Romancing the Stone set in Columbia, what type of precious mineral is the stone? |
Reds | While shooting a movie in 1981, Warren Beatty lectured his extras on the capitalist exploitation of labour, attempting to inspire them. A magazine called it the 4th dumbest decision in movie history because the extras went on strike, demanding higher wages! What film was Beatty making? |
The Interpreter | What 2005 movie starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn that deals with African politics has been banned by President Mugabe of Zimbabwe? |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Which 1975 cult movie has taken in over $139 million since its release making it the highest grossing movie to have never played in more than 1,000 theatres at the same time? |
From Here to Eternity | On which 1953 film poster are Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr sharing a passionate kiss on a beach? |
Gone with the Wind | "Referring to a character in which film did Malcolm X say ""When Butterfly McQueen went into her act, I felt like crawling under the rug""?" |
Cabaret | Which 1972 movie musical has the distinction of winning the most Oscars (eight) without winning the Best Picture award? |
Carl Sagan | In 1966, which scientist was asked to contribute an interview to a proposed introduction to the film 2001: A Space Odyssey? He wasn't offered billions and billions though! |
Qantas | In the movie Rain Man, what airline does Raymond insist on flying as it has a perfect safety record? |
Raquel Welch | Spoiler alert. Skip this question if you haven't seen The Shawshank Redemption. In the climax of that movie, which bombshell's poster does warden Norton rip to reveal the secret behind the escape of Andy Dufresne? |
Volunteers | Which 1985 film starring Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, and John Candy has a cult following among many generations of Peace Corps personnel? |
"""gay""" | "When he won an Oscar for Philadelphia, Tom Hanks gave a speech thanking two people and inspired the 1997 comedy In and Out. What is the missing word in the following excerpt from the speech? ""... two of the finest ___ Americans, two wonderful men that I had the good fortune to be associated with ...""" |
The Blair Witch Project | Burkittsville in Maryland, USA gained notoriety in 1999 after the release of which 'fake real' film that supposedly took place there? |
Star Wars franchise | Tataouine in Tunisia was the setting for many scenes in the movies of which blockbuster franchise? |
Almost Famous | What 2000 film tells the fictional story of a teenage journalist writing for the Rolling Stone magazine while covering the rock band Stillwater? |
Lawrence of Arabia | Which epic 1960s film is unique in the sense that the only female featured in the entire film is a camel named Gladys? |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Devil's Tower National Monument in Wyoming, USA features prominently in which landmark 1977 science fiction film? |
Teff | A flatbread called injera that is traditionally eaten in Ethiopia is made from the flour of what grain that is now being called as the new quinoa? |
Collection of Roman cookery recipes | Compiled in the late 4th or early 5th century AD and sure to delight gourmets, what is Apicius? |
Mint | The consumption of Touareg tea which is tea flavored with which herb is widely prevalent in several Arab countries? |
Organic agriculture | Englishman Albert Howard who had publications like Manufacture of Humus by the Indore Process among others is considered a pioneer of what? |
Apple | Just like Americans like to call a full-course meal 'from soup to nuts', citizens of the Roman empire used the expression 'from the egg to the ___' what? |
Canning | Water-bath and pressure are two types of techniques for food preservation in what process? |
Songbirds | The Cypriot dish ambelopoulia that is the subject of much controversy in the country is made from what? |
World's hottest chili pepper | In 2011, the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion upended the Naga Bhut Jolokia for what culinary distinction? |
Sandwich | The 18th century English nobleman John Montagu who was so fond of gambling that he played even while eating was the earl of what town in Kent? |
Varietal | If 'single malt' describes a whisky made at one distillery, what is the word for a wine that is made from a single grape type? |
Gravlax | The name of what distinctive Nordic dish translates as 'buried salmon'? |
Donkey | Pule cheese, said to be the world's most expensive was in the news in Dec 2012 when Novak Djokovic bought the world's supply for his restaurant chain. It is made from the milk of what animal? |
Falafel | What fried street food popular with vegetarians is claimed by the Copts of Egypt as their invention to be a replacement for meat during Lent? |
Carpaccio | What meat dish got its name when a chef got an order for raw meat and remembered a Venetian painter whose work was dominated by reds and yellows? |
Vanilla | Edmond Albius, a 19th century slave working on the island of Réunion is known for inventing the pollination technique for the cultivation of what flavoring delight? |
Sake | Yamadanishiki, Gohyakumangoku, Miyamanishiki and Omachi are the popular varieties of rice used for making what? |
Mayonnaise | What popular condiment in which egg yolk is the chief emulsifier originates from it being called as the 'sauce of Mahon'? |
Caprese | What salad made from mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and basil is also the name of the town in Tuscany where Michelangelo was born? |
Bordeaux | Claret is the name used in England for red wine from what region of France that is also the capital of Aquitaine? |
Caviar | The four main types of what luxury delicacy are Beluga, Sterlet, Ossetra, and Sevruga? |
Pretzels | According to the book The History of Science and Technology, the origin of what snack can be traced to the shape of folded arms of children in prayer? |
Red wine | The French Paradox is the observation that the French suffer a relatively low incidence of heart disease, despite having a diet rich in saturated fats. After a description of it aired on 60 Minutes in 1991, there was a significant spurt in the sale of what item? |
Ketchup | In 1981, in a move that met with considerable controversy, the Agriculture Department in the US proposed classifying pickle relish and what other condiment as vegetables in order to save money on school lunch programs? |
Hoisin | What Chinese dipping sauce that is common in Cantonese cuisine derives its name from a word meaning 'seafood' (though it contains none)? |
Gratin | What is the term for the food preparation in which an ingredient, usually in a shallow dish, is topped with a browned crust? |
Rutabaga | What vegetable that is also called a Swedish turnip is avoided by many older Germans as they consider it 'famine food'? |
Oysters | Because they spoil at high temperatures, what were once assumed to be safe for eating only in the months with the letter 'r' in their English/French names? |
Turkish delight | What is the better known 'national' name of the confection called lokum that is a gel of starch and sugar with nuts usually mixed in? |
Frangelico | Which hazelnut liqueur comes in a bottle with a knotted white cord around its waist that is meant to mimic the religious garments of a friar? |
Meritage | What term used by California wineries denotes red and white Bordeaux-style wines and is intended to not infringe on the 'heritage' of Bordeaux's legally protected designation of origin? |
Taste | 'Umami' is a Japanese word that translates as 'good flavor' and is used as a fifth category of what by those who think that the existing four basic categories are insufficient? |
Rum | Which potent potable acquired the nickname 'Nelson's Blood' as Lord Nelson's body was purportedly placed in it for preservation after the Battle of Trafalgar (1805)? |
Mathematics | In early 2014, Prof. Maryam Mirzakhani achieved a unique and highly meritorious distinction. What subject does she teach at Stanford University? |
Panacea | Since doctors are meant to 'cure-all', the first line of the Hippocratic oath appropriately mentions what other goddess along with Apollo, Aesculapius, and Hygeia? |
Lance Armstrong | Travis Tygart was chiefly instrumental in leading the expose of whom, now a fallen hero, in 2012? |
(Alison) Bechdel | Who created the comic strip called Dykes to Watch Out For which featured in 1985 a character who watches a movie only if it has two women who talk to each other about something besides a man? |
Garbage | A group of people in Cairo, Egypt who are collectively called the Zabbaleen are known for their association with what material? |
Wright brothers | Bicycle mechanic Charlie Taylor is best known for his collaboration with which two gentlemen in the early part of the 20th century? |
Orient Express | The legendary Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul, also the site where an all-time great mystery novel was conceived, was built in 1892 for passengers who arrived in the city by what specific transport? |
Phantom | What one word connects the following? 1. In a certain comics universe, the dimension in which criminals are held in a state of suspended animation. 2. Lee Falk's popular creation with the nickname The Ghost Who Walks. 3. Erik, who haunts the Paris Opera House. |
Air disasters | The Montreal Convention signed by several countries in 1999 concerns rules surrounding the compensation for the victims of what? (hint: likely to be in focus till an object missing since 8th March 2014 is found) |
National Health Service | Labour Party politician Aneurin Bevan is known for his role in establishing what seminal institution in Great Britain? |
Sports Illustrated | Photographer Walter Iooss who also shoots swimsuit models among others is known for his contributions to which magazine? |
Lucky | Try your 'fortune' and take a guess. What is the name of the Maltese dog owned by celebrity Wendy Diamond that holds a Guinness record for posing with celebrities? |
Somali | "The words burcad badeed mean ""ocean robber"" in what African language?" |
"""Ghost in the machine""" | Gilbert Ryle's The Concept of Mind (1949) is a critique of the notion propounded by Descartes that the mind is distinct from the body. What phrase did Ryle famously use to describe his concept? |
Donald Trump | A memorable phrase in the annals of American polity, who was called a 'bloviating ignoramus' by columnist George Will in 2012? |
Copyright | The Berne Convention of 1886 was an international agreement that established rules governing what? |
Peanuts | The names of the command module and lunar module of Apollo 10 were named for the characters of what story that was told in nearly 18,000 strips? |
Noam Chomsky | "Who is the icon of linguistics who composed the sentence ""Colorless green ideas sleep furiously"" to demonstrate the difference between structure and meaning?" |
Suicide | What was the subject of French sociologist Émile Durkheim's 1897 work that studied Catholic and Protestant populations and that resulted in sociology getting established on its own? |
'Yellow Hat' | Can you connect the Dalai Lama with Curious George with a colorful 2-word term? |
Runes | The writing system of Elder Futhark (that was later simplified to Younger Futhark) is the oldest form of what alphabet? |
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Hibakusha is an Asian language term for the people effected by either of what violent incidents? |
Interpol | Which entity headquartered in Lyon, France is the second largest intergovernmental organization after the UN by member states count (190)? |
Shorthand | Pitman, Gregg and Teeline are all forms of what type of 'writing'? |
Platonic love | What type of relationship first explored in Symposium by a famous philosopher was described as 'Christian apology' of Greek love? |
Whales | The term 'flensing' is used to describe the processing of what creatures? |
Veil of ignorance | Imagine a society and decide on its principles for the distribution of rights, positions and resources. You must do this without knowing your position in this society. What is the term for this method of determining the morality of an issue that was first proposed by John Harsanyi and later made famous by John Rawls? |
Necks | If traditional Chinese women practiced foot binding, what anatomical feature did the Padaung/Kayan women of Burma seek to highlight? Easy, this is a family site! |
No first use | What nuclear weapon policy was first declared by China in 1964, later adopted by India and North Korea, dropped by Russia in 1993 and has been rejected repeatedly by NATO? |
Burj Khalifa in Dubai | According to its chief architect Adrian Smith, the triple lobed footprint of what iconic new millennium construction was inspired by the flower Hymenocallis? |
Bullfighters | The traje de luces that means 'suit of lights' in its native tongue is the traditional costume of whom? |
North Korea | The policy of Songun that emphasizes the role of military guides the political and economic life in what country? |
Laugh track | What ubiquitous feature of television sitcoms was invented by sound engineer Charley Douglass who noticed that live audiences were unreliable for providing something? |
Great Man theory | Attention megalomaniacs! What theory popularized in the 1840s by Thomas Carlyle states that history can be explained by the impact of just a few? |
Silk | Similar to thread count, mommes are units of weight traditionally used to measure the density of what? |
Peripatetic school | What school of philosophy of ancient Greece associated with Aristotle takes its name from a legend that he meandered while lecturing? |
Knots | Loop, bight, elbow, standing end and working end are the components of what, the varieties of which are the subject of a 1944 encyclopedic work The Ashley Book of ___? |
Genealogy | The German word ahnentafel is a term for a numbering system used in what particular field? (hint: using it eliminates the need to draw a tree) |
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) | What popular assessment that is based on the theories of Carl Jung was created during WWII to help women identify the type of war-time jobs where they would be 'most comfortable and effective'? |
Bermuda | A 2003 book by Gian J. Quasar subtitled Pursuing the Truth Behind the World's Greatest Mystery focuses on a region with vertices at Florida, Puerto Rico and what other island? |
Gothic | What architectural term originated from the 16th century after Renaissance revived Classical construction and created a perception of past styles as a product of barbarous tribal cultures? |
Vitruvius | Who is the 1st century BC Roman architect who wrote that the figure of a man can be inscribed both in a circle and a square in his best known work De architectura? |
Kidnapping | Following a famous crime, the United States Congress adopted a statute in 1932 that was dubbed the Lindbergh Law. The legislation made what act a federal offense? |
Innocent passage | In maritime law, what chaste term denotes the passage of a vessel through the territorial waters of another state subject to certain restrictions? |
Benazir Bhutto | In 2008, Islamabad International Airport was renamed as a tribute to which person who passed away in 2007? |
Confucius | When dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, a Chinese businessman proposed the creation of an equivalent prize to 'promote world peace from an Eastern perspective.' In whose name was the prize created? (hint: not Buddha) |
Belgium | In a 2005 vote, Father Damien, Jacques Brel, Mercator and Peter Paul Rubens all finished in the top-10 list of the greatest people of what country? |
Hamas | Ahmed Yassin who was killed by an Israeli helicopter gunship in 2004 is best known as the founder of what organization? |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia | Kryptos is a 1990 sculpture by American artist Jim Sanborn that is famous for its four encrypted messages, three of which have been solved. Where is it located? |
Diving | The JIM suit, which is designed to maintain a pressure of one atmosphere regardless of external conditions is used by members of which profession? |
Michael Jackson | Dr. Conrad Murray whose trial started in September 2011 in the US was tried for giving a fatal dose of a sedative to which talented celebrity? |
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