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Question | Answer |
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Ritual of public penance of condemned heretics that took place following Spanish Inquisition deciding their punishment, and before their execution | Auto-da-fe |
Female US swimmer who won 200m breaststroke gold in 2008 and 2012 | Rebecca Soni |
Famous Czech cross-country steeplechase, first held in 1874 | Velka pardubicka |
International sports event organised by Soviet Union, originally held from 1928 to 1937, and later at Strahov Stadium (gymnastics events) in Prague from 1955 to 1990 | Spartakiad |
Written by Takao Saito since 1968, the oldest manga still in publication | Golgo 13 |
Heaviest known bony fish | Ocean sunfish (mola mola) |
Four sons of Genghis Khan and Borte | Jochi, Chagatai, Ogedei, Tolui |
Spartan traitor at Battle of Thermopylae | Ephialtes (of Trachis) |
Real name of Marquis de Lafayette | Gilbert du Motier |
President of Somalia from 1969 to 1991 (overthrown) | Siad Barre |
Indian/Nepalese meal containing a selection of dishes with the flavours sweet, salt, bitter, sour, astringent and spicy on a single platter | Thali |
Co-founders of The North Face and Esprit | Douglas and Susie Tompkins |
King of Joseon Dynasty from 1418 to 1450 | Sejong the Great |
Brazillian who was President of FIFA from 1974 to 1998 | Joao de Havelange |
Building in Basel that is the tallest in Switzerland | Roche Tower |
Magazine-type app founded in 2010 by Evan Doll and Mike McCue | |
Fruit also called custard apple, and declared "the most delicious fruit known to man" by Mark Twain | Cherimoya |
Planet where Chewbacca comes from | Kashyyyyk |
Second king of Rome after Romulus | Numa Pompilius |
Ennio Morricone hit that is also an online community devoted to him | Chi Mai |
Hideous child actor in Love Actually | Thomas Brodie-Sangster |
Lake on border of North Macedonia and Albania, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and very biodiverse | Lake Ohrid |
Dynasty founded by Saladin | Ayyubid |
Novel by Eudora Welty that won Pulitzer Prize in 1973 | The Optimist's Daughter |
President of Angola since 2017 | Joao Lourenco (nicknamed JLo!) |
1934 Soviet comedy film with score composed by Prokofiev - his first work for film | Lieutenant Kije |
Boxing punch that is also Filipino word for machete | Bolo |
Mughal artist, first to depict a dodo in colour | Ustad Mansur |
Stadium that has the Dawg Pound, area for passionate fans | FirstEnergy Stadium (home stadium for Cleveland Browns) |
Arabic word for "tremor" or "shaking", refers to Palestinian uprisings in West Bank and Gaza Strip against Israel | Intifada |
Meaning of OEM in computing industry | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
Indian mathematician who died in 1920 aged 32, known for postal partnership with Englishman GH Hardy | Srinivasa Ramanujan |
Original name of the NFL team Tennessee Titans (1960 to 1996) | Houston Oilers |
Only international airport in Bhutan | Paro |
Author of the Kalevala | Elias Lonnrot |
International women's football tournament held annually in USA since 2016 | SheBelieves Cup |
Composer of The Harmonious Blacksmith | Handel |
Austrian female skier, multiple world champion in 1970s and won Olympic gold in 1980 (downhill) | Annemarie Moser-Proll |
Medication nicknamed "milk of amnesia", marketed as Diprivan | Propofol |
Ivorian who was African Footballer of the Year from 2011-14 | Yaya Toure |
Egyptian who was African Footballer of the Year in 2017 and 2018 | Mohamed Salah |
Japanese game similar to croquet | Gateball (getoboru) |
Traditional Japanese undergarment for males, nowadays used at Hadaka Matsuri or sometimes as swimwear | Fundoshi |
Birth country of actor Oscar Isaac | Guatemala |
Scientific name for Venus fly trap | Dionaea muscipula |
City north of Delhi that hosted three battles in 1526, 1556 and 1761 | Panipat |
Father of Danish Painting | Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg |
Lake that connects Huron and Erie | Lake St Clair |
Creator of leather-clad secret agent Aeon Flux in 1995 | Peter Chung |
Only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety | The Golden _Ass_ (aka The Metamorphoses of Apuleius) - by Apuleius |