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Etymology
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Dictators
Cryptic Clues
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Connect the Following:
Overwhelm
Long Shot
Toe the line
Cut of his jib
Pipe down
Taken aback
Flotsam and Jetsam

They come from nautical terms

10

This word originally came from a wartime canned product (still consumed today) by Hormel Foods, that in itself is a portmanteau(fusion of two words). Its transition into the modern world comes from a 1970 Monty Python sketch where a group of Vikings chant the word repeatedly, drowning out all other dialogue.
Id the word and how it relates to what the Vikings were doing.

Spam, they kept saying it again and again 

10

X's frontman aiming to create an album centered around life and death. He eventually came up with idea of an album centered around a man dying of cancer, known as Patient, as he nears the end of his life. Death then presents itself to the Patient in the form of his fondest childhood memory: his father taking him to see a marching band when he was a child. This gave rise to one of X's most critically acclaimed albums and the most famous song is the embodiment of this.
Name the Song


Welcome to the Black Parade

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In the Roman calendar, the “Ides” marked a midpoint of the month, and for March, this date would go on to acquire lasting historical significance. The assassination of a prominent leader on this day continues to be remembered and even symbolically mourned in that city thousands of years later, with the site of his death still drawing attention. Identify this leader.

Julius Caesar

10

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Lauri Torni (Larry Thorne) created a legacy by working for 3 different countries in the same way.
Some would consider him addicted to the __ ‘game’.

Identify his contribution/what he did.

Ans - Soldier of 3 Armies

20

The following image was posted by the father of an american navy personnel, of his son’s lunch. However, instead of getting replies praising the luxurious meal most of the comments on the tweet were apprehensive or pitiful.

Give funda why


Steak and lobster (surf and turf) is generally the last meal served to personnel before being sent to dangerous or high stakes missions (when a war is imminent)

20

In Ancient Rome, a particular mineral was often referred to as "White Gold" due to its value. Roman Soldiers were even given a special allowance to buy this stuff. Over time, the term for this "Special Allowance" gradually evolved into a modern word that is widely used (and fought over) today.

Salt, Salary 

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Y was originally composed on _'s order, he wanted an “upbeat and strenghtening, sure and rousing” Anthem to move his people. The composer took inspiration from the anthem of the organization __ was part of, that propelled him to power. The current anthem of this country still follows the same tune, although the lyrics have been changed to mark the drastic transformation the country took. ID

USSR/Russion Anthem 

20

Before becoming associated with a political ideology that would later stand in direct opposition to Marxist thought, this leader was an active participant in socialist circles, even working as a journalist for a party newspaper aligned with internationalist principles. His eventual break from this movement was catalyzed by his support for his country’s entry into a major European conflict—an act that sharply diverged from the anti-war stance of his contemporaries.
This ideological shift would later culminate in the development of a doctrine that emphasized nationalism, centralized authority, and the subordination of individual interests to the state. Identify this leader.

Benito Mussolini

20

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in the vedas, X is a major and most invoked god along with Indra and Soma. X is viewed as the medium that conveys offerings to them in a homa (votive ritual). To ask the blessings for the offering in the Yajna via X often includes invoking Y (X's wife) even in modern times.

Id X and Y

God Agni and Goddess Swaha Devi

30

Yakub is a figure in the mythology of the X and its offshoots. According to the X's doctrine, Yakub was a black scientist from Y who lived 6,600 years ago and created the white race. According to the story, following his discovery of the law of attraction and repulsion, he gathered followers and began the creation of the white race through a form of selective breeding referred to as "grafting" on the island of Patmos; Yakub died at the age of 150, but his followers continued the process after his death. According to the X, the white race was created with an evil nature, and were destined to rule over black people for a period of 6,000 years through the practice of "tricknology," which ended in 1914.

During his time as a X minister, Z fully believed in and taught the story of Yakub. However, after leaving the X and converting to ____ in 1964, he renounced these racist teachings and the mythology, embracing orthodox ____.

ID XYZ

X=Nation of Islam

Y=Mecca

Z=Malcolm X

30

In most Pokémon games, players frequently visit Pokémon centers to "recover HP", cure status ailments, and replenish their party’s strength. The word we now use for a place that shares this core idea was first popularized in 18th century Paris by a soup vendor who sold medicinal broths designed to "renew" or "heal". Over time, the name for the soup shifted to the place itself. 

 Id this highly common 10 letter word. 


Restaurant

30

Parry Grips' X, along with Baby Shark, were used by the West Palm Beach authorities to deter homeless people from staying at a park during the night. Upon hearing of its usage, Gripp requested the city stop using his song and made donations to local homeless shelters. X became popular online due to its popularity within Roblox's player base.
Name X


Its Raining Tacos

30

This leader, known for his long and unconventional rule, proposed ambitious pan continental projects including the formation of a “United States of Africa,” alongside a plan to introduce a gold backed currency intended to challenge the dominance of existing global reserve systems, particularly in the trade of petroleum. These ideas, while never realized, have often been cited in discussions surrounding the geopolitical tensions that eventually led to his downfall. Alongside such grand proposals, his regime also cultivated a highly distinctive personal image, including the use of an all-female bodyguard unit that was often portrayed as a symbol of his ideological stance, though accounts of its actual functioning remain debated. Identify this leader.

Muammar Gaddafi

30

There's No Scope

'Black Death' is,
a,
well known plague that spread across Europe wiping out large numbers of people,
The term originates from the dark necrotic patches (acral gangrene) that appeared on the skin

Around, 1939 the 'White death' emerged.
Give reason for the name/term


Ans - nickname given to Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä during the 1939–1940 Winter War. The nickname was due to his near-invisible white camouflage, high effectiveness, and ability to survive in sub-zero Finnish forests.

40

What came first? Orange the color or Orange the fruit?

the tree

40

This word, now commonly used to mean “to आकर्षित or captivate,” traces its origin back to Ancient Rome. It is derived from the name of __, a rather unusual protective figure believed to ward off evil through its striking appearance. Picture follows (Not really thaat helpful but still)


Fascinate

40

Only philosophers embark on this perilous expedition to the outermost reaches of language and existence. Some of them fall off, but others cling on desperately and yell at the people nestling deep in the snug softness, stuffing themselves with delicious food and drink. (X) they yell, (Y) But none of the people down there care. This line taken from philosophical novel by Jostein Gaarder, was the inspiration for the album/song title XY, by british space rock group. The album described as "a record that redefines notions of bittersweet and love–hate to the point where everyday emotions seem very small indeed", with the album art rightly show a form of escape from such pain. Special editions of this album was package in a special box, with a booklet containing "dosage advice".

Give XY-NAME of album/song- For the category Name
What was this packaging


Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space
prescription medicine box

40

In a Southeast Asian nation(X) emerging from years of conflict following a tumultuous decolonization, a group of revolutionaries sought not merely political change but a complete societal reset. Led by an individual(Y) educated abroad and influenced by contemporary communist thought, the regime undertook radical policies aimed at erasing class distinctions such as emptying cities, abolishing currency, and restructuring life around agrarian collectives. The period was retrospectively termed “Year Zero,” symbolizing an attempt to begin history anew, though it resulted in one of the deadliest episodes of mass violence in the 20th century. Identify the country X and the leader Y behind this experiment.

Pol Pot

40

Back in the alphabet, goes kzMwVi

The word X comes from the Greek figure Pandarus, a decently important character in the Iliad. In Homer’s version (the original), Pandarus is described as a skilled archer and honorable leader who was misled by Athena to shoot Menelaus in a 1v1.
However, in his Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare describes him as a whispering flatterer, a pimp and a distasteful matchmaker, someone who just nods his head to accommodate someone’s desires and needs, no matter how dishonorable or basal they may be. The modern definition of X is a reflection of this description of Pandarus, although the pimp part has been lost to time, with only archaic definitions accommodating that meaning.

Pander

50

When a character is not present in a font, and no fallback option is available, the missing character is replaced with a symbol that has come to be known as “tofu” due to its resemblance to a block of tofu.

____(4) is a free font family commissioned by google comprising over 100 individual computer fonts, which are together designed to cover all the scripts encoded in the Unicode standard. As of November 2024, ____ covers around 1,000 languages and 162 writing systems. One of the aims of this font family is to cover as many characters as possible, thereby removing tofu’s

ID the font

Noto

50

This word, now used to describe a style of Western Classical music, originally had nothing to do with music at all. Its roots lie in a word meaning “pearl,” which later came to describe something irregular or oddly shaped. Over time, it was adopted to describe a highly ornate and expressive artistic style, extending to a genre of music known for its complexity and drama.

Baroque

50

After a cataclysmic event, Angles descend upon earth to reunite with their progenitor, Adam. To mark the end of the this story, the director wanted to use Hey Jude by The Beatles, but was unable to do so, and thus created a similar-sounding track himself, hiring South African-born British singer Arianne.
Name the Replacement Track


Komm, süsser Tod [Come, Sweet Death / 甘き死よ、来たれ]

50

During a period of exile from his homeland , this figure’s influence persisted in an unusual manner: fragments of his speeches, recorded on easily reproducible media, were circulated across borders and replayed in private gatherings, allowing him to shape events in a country he was physically barred from entering. Biographical accounts occasionally note that his family bore a nisba suggestive of connections beyond the region, specifically to the Indian subcontinent—an origin that, while not central to his political identity, remains a point of historical curiosity. When he eventually returned, the transformation that followed did not simply replace one ruler with another, but institutionalized a framework in which unelected oversight coexists with electoral processes, a structure that continues to define the state’s functioning today. Identify the person and his homeland.

Ruhollah Khomeini

50

Owner of youth giving apple’s dune loses energy, entering in

Garden of _ (2 vowels) was a place where certain fruits for cultivated that provided features like youth, vitality.

A certain incident here by a mischievious divine being led to negative implications with other divine beings

FITB

Ans - Idunn [norse]

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