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Golfer Tiger Woods has described his heritage as one-quarter Thai, one-quarter Chinese, one-quarter _____, one-eighth African American and one-eighth Native American.
Kalamata, Castelvetrano, Niçoise, Manzanilla, Alfonso and Cerignola are all types of what?
WHICH JAPANESE POWDER?
Ground from shade-grown green tea leaves, this bright green powder is whisked into traditional Japanese tea ceremonies — and lattes everywhere else.
WHICH BOARD GAME?
Patented in 1935, its standard board is modelled on the streets of Atlantic City, and a piece shaped like a top hat as one of its most iconic tokens.
Legend has it a librarian at the Academy said the statuette reminded her of her Uncle ___ — and the nickname stuck ever since.
WHICH COMPANY?
Founded in 1997 as a DVD-by-mail rental service, it pivoted to streaming a decade later and now produces its own films and shows worldwide.
WHICH APP?
Built by two ex-Yahoo engineers and launched in 2009, this messaging app was bought by Facebook in 2014 for $19 billion.
WHAT BRAND?
WHICH SUPERSTAR?
The Bollywood superstar who played the gangster and gambler Meyer Wolfsheim in the The Great Gatsby in what his first and only Hollywood role
The country with a flag that has a prominent green cedar tree symbolising peace, strength, and eternity
WHICH SPIRIT?
Distilled from the blue agave plant near a Mexican town of the same name, it's the base spirit of a margarita.
WHICH INGREDIENT?
This pungent root is a common ingredient in wasabi paste — since real wasabi is rare and costly, most of what's served is this, mixed with mustard and dye.
WHICH HOLLYWOOD ICON?
Born Norma Jeane Mortenson, this Hollywood icon was found dead in her Los Angeles home from a barbiturate overdose on this day in 1962, at the height of her fame.
WHICH GUITAR LEGEND?
Widely regarded as the greatest guitarist in rock history, he died in London in 1970 at just 27 — the first official member of the "27 Club".
WHICH KING OF POP?
He died in 2009 while preparing for his "This Is It" comeback tour; his personal physician was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter over the sedative that killed him.
WHICH SOUL SINGER?
Known for her beehive hairdo and the Grammy-winning album "Back to Black", this British singer died in 2011 aged 27 — joining Hendrix in the "27 Club".
WHICH DOORS FRONTMAN?
Found dead in a Paris bathtub in 1971 at age 27, this rock frontman joined Hendrix and Joplin in the "27 Club" that same year.
WHICH INDIAN POLITICIAN?
WHICH F1 CHAMPION?
A three-time Formula 1 World Champion widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers ever, he died in a crash at Imola in 1994, aged 34.
WHICH JOKER ACTOR?
This Australian actor died in New York in 2008, months before the release of "The Dark Knight" — the role that won him a posthumous Oscar.
WHICH ROYAL?
This member of the British royal family died in a car crash in a Paris underpass in 1997, while being pursued by paparazzi.
WHICH VOCAL POWERHOUSE?
Star of "The Bodyguard" and one of the best-selling music artists of all time, she was found in a hotel bathtub in Beverly Hills in 2012.
WHICH INDIAN DISH?
Derived from Tamil words for pepper and water, what Anglo-Indian curry soup traditionally made from a spiced meat or vegetable broth, onions, curry powder, rice, and apples is said to be this billionaire superhero's favourite comfort food?
WHICH POPSTAR?
Which superstar was such a massive fan of Spider-Man in the 1990s that he tried to purchase Marvel Comics just so he could star in a Spider-Man film?
WHICH ACTOR?
He played Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, across 10 films between 2008 and 2019, reportedly earning over $75 million for "Avengers: Endgame" alone.
WHICH FICTIONAL METAL?
This metal absorbs, stores and releases kinetic energy; it makes up Captain America's shield and most of Wakanda's technology.
WHAT DEVICE?
WHICH PLANET?
Superman was sent to Earth as an infant just before this planet, also a colorless, odorless and chemically inert noble gas with an atomic number 36, was destroyed.
WHAT COLOUR?
Dr. Bruce Banner became Hulk, the famous green monster, after a catastrophic accident where he was blasted with high levels of gamma radiation. But what was his colour originally?
WHICH WEAPON?
Aquaman, the son of a human lighthouse keeper and the queen of Atlantis, is the alias of Arthur Curry, who also goes by the Atlantean name Orin and uses what as his main weapon?
WHICH CITY?
A crime-ridden, perpetually rainy metropolis, this is the home turf Batman has sworn to protect and is named after a real-life jewelery shop
WHICH DAY?
What day of the week gets its name from Odin, the Norse God and also the Marvel hero of the same name, who is also the king of Asgard and the father of Thor
Invented in 1974 by a Hungarian sculptor and architecture professor, it made its international debut at the toy fairs of London, Paris, Nuremberg and New York in January and February 1980
Measuring 5.6 cms on each side, it has six faces, each covered in nine stickers of a single color.
RUBIK'S
CUBE
Introduced in 2009 by a mysterious creator using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
Only 21 million of these can ever exist and El Salvador briefly became the first and only country to make it a legal tender in 2021.
Its price first surged past $100,000 in December 2024.
BITCOIN
Who owns a 1.2% minority equity stake valued at around £1 million in the Birmingham Phoenix cricket franchise competing in the ongoing The Hundred tournament in England.
Name the two countries whose national flags are perfectly square, not rectangular.
Name the three words that make up DIY.
Name the four countries where Netflix is not available.
Name the five countries that finished top of the medals tally at the Commonwealth Games 2026.
