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100

Baba ganoush, a smoky, creamy dip from the Middle East, is made primarily from this vegetable roasted over an open flame.

eggplant / aubergine

100

This term describes the outward expansion of a city into previously rural land, often characterised by low-density housing and car dependence.

Urban sprawl

100

Slang term in the sexual subculture of chronic and compulsive masturbators, used both as a verb and a noun.

Goon

100

In London, there are reportedly over 500,000 of these devices watching the public.

CCTV cameras

100

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

A candle
200

This sweet, sticky dip made from caramelised sugar, cream, and butter originates in France.

Dulce de leche

200

This term describes the inner core of a city, typically dense with offices, shops, and government buildings.

Central Business District (CBD)

200

A kid in a game who tries way too hard, so that later, everyone starts to hate.

Sweaty

200

This social media platform admitted in 2018 that it improperly shared user data with Cambridge Analytica.

Facebook

200

What is full of holes but still holds water?

A sponge. 

300

This famous rollercoaster goes around the perimeter of Luna Park.

Scenic Railway.

300

List four examples of anti-homeless architecture. 

Spikes, slanted and sectioned benches, boulders in public spaces, locked gates, and the placement of planters to block sleeping areas

300

A genre of videos that invokes a feeling of glee, wholeness, and the happiest emotions. They can range from nostalgic clips, beautiful scenery, and usually have an audio of spliced together videos and songs.

Hopecore

300

This term from Orwell describes the act of altering historical records to fit the Party’s current narrative

Doublethink

300

I am hard like stone, but I grow on your body. What am I?

A tooth

400

The name of this salsa means "beak of the rooster."


Pico de gallo

400

What is the world’s most populated city with an agglomeration of 38 million inhabitants.

Tokyo

400

An Arabic word means "I swear to god", it's also used to ask somebody to swear to god.

Wallah

400

This French philosopher explored the idea of constant surveillance and self-discipline in prisons, known as the Panopticon

Michel Foucault 

400

The more you take, the more you leave behind?

Footsteps

500

This Middle Eastern/Turkish sweet dessert made from layers of spun pastry or shredded phyllo dough is famously used to make 'Dubai chocolate'. 

Knafeh

500

??% of the world’s population now lives in urban areas

54%

500

Where you go to if you don't believe in Gosh.

Heck

500

Surveillance cameras were first used in this European country in this decade.  

Germany; 1940s 

500

What breaks but never falls, and falls but never breaks?

Day and night

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