Pop Culture
It is a certain type of haircut that was the subject of a meme involving popular American streamer Ninja. The meme originated when pop artist Ericdoa sang the words 'imagine if Ninja got a _' on stream.
What is a low taper fade?
It is a flag from the manga 'One Piece', widely used as a symbol of resistance against corruption, eg. the Gen Z protests in Nepel and pro-Palestine protests against Indonesia, London, and Italy, gaining prominence as a global symbol of defiance.
What is the 'straw hats' Jolly Roger?
It is a football club that competes in the Premier League, known for having the longest consecutive run of seasons in the English top division. Formed by a group of 16 munitions factory workers in Woolwich in 1886, they relocated to a different part of the city in 1915.
What is Arsenal football club?
It is the colloquial name for a high-pressure belt located at the convergence of the north-eastern and south-eastern Trade Winds. They were notorious among sailors for their calm winds, which meant that ships could become becalmed in there for weeks.
What are the Doldrums?
It is the largest moon in the solar system, discovered in 1610 by Galileo. It is also the only natural satellite in the solar system to possess an internal magnetic field.
What is Ganymede?
Vishal Bharadwaj’s iconic trilogy of films based on the works of a legendary playwright. These films are adaptations of his plays, with the characters and their contexts reimagined in an Indian setting.
What is the Shakespeare trilogy (Maqbool, Omkara, Haider)?
This is a group of characters in the classic anime films My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away, whose official name is ‘Susuwatari’. While they don’t ever speak and are generally wary of the sisters in My Neighbour Totoro, they are shown to be quite friendly and helpful in Spirited Away.
Who are the 'soot sprites' / who are the 'dust bunnies'?
India won its fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in field hockey by beating this team in the final in 1948. The victory was extra special considering political developments in India around that time.
What is the Great Britain hockey team?
It is a strait that serves as an important maritime link between the Mediterranean sea and the Indian Ocean. It is notorious for being extremely difficult to navigate, due to which its name translates into English as 'the gate of tears'. It was also in the news recently due to the ongoing US-Iran conflict.
What is the Bab-el-Mandeb?
It is a dark nebula located in the constellation Orion. It has a very distinctive shape resembling the body of a certain animal; this resemblance gives the nebula its name.
What is the Horsehead Nebula?
In an interview with Mary Harron, director American Pscyho, the inspiration for Christian Bale's character was revealed to be this actor. Having watched him do an interview with late-night host David Letterman, Bale saw the exact qualities he wanted to portray in Bateman. Harron described him as having this "very intense friendliness with nothing behind his eyes."
Who is Tom Cruise?
He was an American voice actor and radio personality, who voiced over 400 distinct characters throughout a career spanning 60 years. He was the primary voice for most Looney Tunes characters, such as Bugs Bunny and Tweety Bird.
Who is Mel Blanc?
This cricketer scored a famous innings of 143 from 131 balls in April 1998 for the Indian cricket team against Australia in challenging conditions with dust storms and temperatures of over 40 degrees celsius. This innings earned him the nickname of the 'desert storm of Sharjah'.
Who is Sachin Tendulkar?
It is a land bridge connecting North and South America. Covered in dense forests and mountains, it is one of the most inhospitable regions in the world, notorious for its challenging terrain and violent crime, including human and drug trafficking.
What is the Darien Gap?
It is a 5 kilometre-wide asteroid discovered in 1989 by French astronomer Christian Pollas. It is named after a Celtic diety worshipped by the Gauls whose name is iconic in the famous comic book series Asterix.
What is (4179) Toutatis?
Charanjit Singh was the musician and and composer who is thought to have invented this genre of electronic music. This music style was very popular among African American in Chicago, who fleshed it out into today's genre. Its name is thought to be in reference to psychedelics used in early concerts, or the negative reception to the genre initially.
It is a film that suffered a highly unusual incident during production: in 1998, an employee from the animation studio accidentally deleted 90% of X from the studio’s servers. The situation had worsened when the team discovered that their routine backups had failed for weeks, meaning no official copy existed. Luckily, Galyn Susman, a technical director working from home had a complete backup of the film on her personal computer.
What is Toy Story 2?
It was a controversy that unfolded during the 2012-13 Border Gavaskar Trophy in India, where Australia head coach Mickey Arthur instructed his players to submit three written suggestions on how they could improve personally and as a team. Four players failed to submit the assignment on time, and were consequently dropped for one test.
What is 'Homeworkgate'?
It is an entirely planned city that serves as the capital of an Asian country. Despite covering a huge land area of over 7,000 square kilometres (larger than Shanghai), it has a population of less than a million, making it one of the most sparsely populated cities in the world, and giving it the appearance of a ghost town.
What is Naypyidaw?
It is the term for a planet outside our solar system. First confirmed to exist only in 1995, since then astronomers have discovered 1000+ of these and there are probably a billion in total. They range from small rocky worlds very similar to Earth, to large gas giants bigger than Jupiter.
What is an exoplanet?
They are a metal band who performed in the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony as the first metal band to perform at such an event. They performed a rendition of French Revolutionary song 'Mea Culpa (ah ca ira)' for which they won a grammy. They are widely acclaimed as one of the best prog metal acts of all time, and are also known for their environmental activism.
Who are Gojira?
Guy finishes school, gets mad about theft, sues the entire human race, wins, and immediately regrets it when nature starts collapsing, and ends up running a flower shop.
What is the plot of Bee Movie?
It is a ball game that is played annually in the town of Ashbourne, England. Two teams compete with each other to try and carry a ball from the starting point. There are no restrictions in the playing area, and few rules, which means it can get very violent and chaotic.
What is Royal Shrovetide Football?
The bridges of this city led to the creation of a famous mathematical problem called 'The Seven Bridges of _'. Euler resolved this problem in 1736, and in the process of doing so developed graph theory.
What is Konigsberg / Kaliningrad?
It is the largest galaxy in our local cluster of galaxies, at 1.4 lakh kilometres wide. It can be seen quite easily from earth on clear nights, as its iconic barred spiral shape.
What is the Andromeda galaxy?