Name the Urdu Word
a deep romantic, platonic, or familial bond; feeling of great, immense affection
what is MOHABBAT? (PYAAR also accepted)
This Persian poetic form was popularized in the West by Kashmiri poet Agha Shahid Ali, and is also a segment of the host's name.
What is GHAZAL?
This NBC American sitcom about a one department in local government popularized the expression "treat ya self!"
What is Parks & Recreation?
5 beaches within Santa Cruz County
What are -- Santa Cruz main beach (boardwalk); Panther Beach; Natural Bridges; Capitola Beach; Bonny Doon; Twin Lakes; Pleasure Point; Seabright; Davenport; others accepted
is bunch pops qeer pans
What is SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS?
a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers
What is KITAAB?
The college AND major(s) of each contestant. Minors not included. 10 extra points if you name the host's.
What are-
Shyaan - Computer Science, C10;
Abir - Econ, C9;
Rimsha - Legal Studies, C10
Huzaifa - Sociology, C9;
Ali-Moosa - MCD Biology, Merrill;
Tariq - Computer Science, C10
Sarah - Literature + Politics; C9
Directed by Steven Spielberg, this 1993 American film follows the true story of a Czech businessman who saved over one thousand Jews during the Holocaust.
What is Schindler's List?
This [blank], popularly referred to as "Bay & Nobel," was frequented by [#], [#], and [#].
What is BUS STOP, 15, 16, 19.
ford went he
What is 4-20?
in a position so as to be very near to someone or something; with very little space between
what is QAREEB?
This 2004 Australian horror film about grief became iconized as an LGBTQ parable, & the antagonist became a widely memed queer icon on social media.
What is the BABADOOK?
This 1974 American epic starring Al Pacino popularized the expression "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer"
What is THE GODFATHER PART II?
4 caffeine establishments in Santa Cruz that are not Peets or Starbucks. Bonus points if you can identify which one Sarah thinks is trash.
What is - SC Coffee Roasting; Verve; Lulu's; Java Junction; Firefly; the Abbey (the Abbey is trash); others accepted
dawn biafra eight duff deed arc
Moses' staff transforming into a snake; Jesus walking on water; Wine turning to water.
What is a moujiza?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!
Rumors spread recently that this Democratic congresswoman married her biological brother years ago to help him gain citizenship.
Who is ILHAN OMAR?
This 1972 Indian film about a courtesan is renowned for having the most beautiful Urdu dialogue outside renowned 1960 film Mughal-e-Azam.
What is PAKEEZA?
3 pop culture/film/media references to Santa Cruz
What is John Travolta's UCSC shirt in Pulp Fiction; Hasan Minhaj -- Patriot Act; Gilmore Girls; movie Lost Boys filmed in SC; the movie US; others accepted
fur stew hurled prop plums
what is FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS?
an occasion when two or more similar things happen at the same time, especially in a way that is unlikely and surprising
what is ITEFAAQ?
The next letter after N in this series: JFMAMJJASON
What is D? (December)
This controversial 1915 film, often considered the most offensive film of all time, paints a biased propoganda-like picture of the history and rise of an American white supremacist group
What is BIRTH OF A NATION?
The notorious figures Herbert Mullin and Edmund Kemper during the early 70's made Santa Cruz infamous for/in relation to this.
What is MURDER? (serial killers/killings, murder capital of the world also accepted).
doe an touch a boo goodbye discover
What is DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER?