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The hardest naturally occuring substance. It is purely composed of carbon in a tetrahedral structure. It is common in expensive jewellery.
What is diamond?
The Roman god of death. He shares his name with a dwarf planet.
Who is Pluto?
What is the Holy Bible?
This series of Telugu movies shares its name with the Sanskrit word for flower. The first part is subtitled The Rise and the second part The Rule.
What is Pushpa?
The seven dwarfs in Snow White were named Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Dopey. The last dwarf's name means shy or reserved and he often hides behind others.
Who is Bashful?
A porous igneous rock. It is used as an abrasive due to its properties and can float on water.
What is pumice?
Often depicted as a man with a jackal's head, he is the Egyptian god of death. He weighed the hearts of the dead during their judgement and guided them to the afterlife. He is also the god of funerary rites.
Who is Anubis?
Known as La Giaconda in Italian, this painting only became famous when it was stolen from the Louvre. However no one noticed until a day later due to its boring subject.
What is the Mona Lisa?
This is Allu Arjun's childhood career debut movie. It means conqueror or victorious in Sanskrit. The movie follows Chinnababu, a wannabe soccer player who aspires to represent India.
What is Vijetha?
Who is Rumpelstiltskin?
One of the primary ores of iron and thus has various applications in the iron and steel industry. It has magnetic properties and a submetallic lustre. It was discovered by a Greek man named Magnes.
What is magnetite?
This Hindu god of death is responsible for punishing or rewarding sinners and saints who enter Hell (Naraka). Thus, he is often known as Dharmaraja or the King of Justice. He rides a black buffalo and uses a noose.
Who is Yama?
Commisioned by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a national symbol and the Emperor's throne and placed in the Diwan-i-Khas (Hall of Private Audience), it was stolen by the Persian Emperor Nadir Shah in 1739. It is named after a bird which is the national bird of India.
What is the Peacock Throne?
Allu Arjun won his first award, the Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actor, for this movie. It is a romantic drama. It also stars Sheela Kaur and Prakash Raj.
What is Parugu?
The Panchatantra is a collection of moral stories written by Vishnu Sharma in Ancient India. One famous tale involved four brahmins who were walking to the king's palace in a forest. Three of them knew magic, and the fourth was illiterate. While the fourth friend hid in a tree, the first brahmin organized a rotting pile of bones, and the second brahmin added its organs flesh and skin. The third brahmin gave life to the new animal. What was the animal they created?
What is a lion?
This is the yellow variant of the mineral beryl, which is constituent of emerald, aquamarine, and morganite. It is named after the Greek god of the Sun, Helios, and the greek word for gift, doron. Historically, it was believed to harness the power of the Sun, being responsible for transitions between day and hight.
What is heliodor?
DAILY CHOICE: Option A OR B?
A: She is the Norse goddess of death and his name is shared with the Norse word for Hell. She is the daughter of Loki and is often depicted as either depressed or enraged. PS - The English word for Hell comes from the Norse word for Hell.
B: Not to be confused with the Greek god of the Underworld, this god of death is the son of Nyx and the brother of Hypnos. He has domain over the process of peaceful death by mostly natural causes
A 1633 oil canvas painting, it was painted by Rembrandt and depicts the Bibical event of Jesus Christ calming a storm on a sea whose name sounds like a famous astronomer. It was stolen in 1990 from Boston to never be returned.
What is Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee?
DAILY DOUBLE: Arjuna is one of the five Pandavas or sons of Pandu in Hindu mythology. One day, when the Pandavas and Kauravas were playing, they dropped their ring into a well. A certain preceptor came and fetched it using only a bow and arrows. His name means vessel, bucket, or quiver, since he was born in a pot.
Who is Drona?
There is a Chinese folktale involving two brothers: the elder Tikki Tikki Tembo and the younger one with a shorter name. It revolves around the younger brother garnering less respect due to his long name. However, because he takes time to say the elder brother's name, it takes him a long time to fetch help when Tikki Tikki Tembo is injured. The name of the younger brother means little or nothing in Chinese, and rhymes with "bang".
Who is Chang?
A metamorphic rock with a striated or banded strucutre. It is composed of feldspar, quartz, and mica. It is formed by the regional metamorphism of granite at high temperatures and pressures. A sounds like a certain family relation
What is gneiss?
Who is Mictlantecuhtli?
This is a 900-year old statue of Natarajan or Dancing Shiva. It was stolen from the renowned Brihadishwara Temple of Tamil Nadu, smuggled to America, and sold to the National Gallery of Australia under a false pretext. Eventually, it was returned to India. The first word is the similar to the capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
What is Shripuranthan Natarajan?
The River Yamuna is a tributary of the River Ganga, which originates in a certain glacier in the Indian State of Uttarakhand. The name of the glacier is also the name of Allu Arjun's first movie in which he plays the lead role. Its name comes from the River Ganga and the Sanskrit word "utri", meaning descent.
What is Gangotri?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Most fables are written under the name of this famous Greek storyteller. He is theorized to be Ethiopian, as his name sounds similar to the Greek word for Ethiopian.