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LudwijnHot 100Which chemical element has a name that comes from the Greek word for violet, after the colour of its gaseous phase?IODINE
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GuidoHot 100New Zealand-based author, Heather Morris, wrote the book, now a TV series, "The _________ of Auschwitz". What word has been redacted?TATTOOIST
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GuidoHot 100Who provided the speaking voice of Jessica Rabbit in the 1988 film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"?Kathleen TURNER
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MikelHot 100When someone mishears a word or phrase, they sometimes repeat it back incorrectly but not completely nonsensically. For example, 'damp squid' instead of 'damp squib'. Derived from someone mis-hearing the name of the fruit of an oak tree, what term is applied to this form of malapropism?EGGCORN
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LaiHot 100Which member of the Mighty Handful collapsed and died wearing national costume at a candlelit ball in 1887?Alexandr BORODIN
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KosseHot 100In Italian cooking, what name is given to a green condiment that is a mixture of finely chopped garlic, olives, lemon rind and parsley sprinkled over savoury dishes to add flavour and piquancy?GREMOLATA
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MarcelSquizzed 101Regarded aS one of the moSt important figureS in 20th-century muSical theatre,
which American compoSer and lyriciSt (1930-2021) iS credited with reinventing the
American muSical? He waS awarded the PreSidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 and
a theatre iS named after him both on Broadway and in the WeSt End of London.		Stephen SONDHEIM
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UjjwalSquizzed 101Which American photographer received the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic World War II
photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, taken during the namesake 1945 battle?
His picture became one of the best-known photographs of the war, and was
replicated as the United States Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.		Joe ROSENTHAL
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LaiSquizzed 101Which seven-letter genus of mushroom is responsible for approximately 95% of the
fatalities resulting from mushroom poisoning, with the death cap accounting for
about 50% on its own?		AMANITA
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RandySquizzed 101At the Gates, Dark Tranquility and In Flames are collectively known as the “Big
three” of which city’s melodic death metal scene?		GOTHENBURG
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RandySquizzed 101Which Japanese architect received the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize, becoming
the 9th Japanese architect to receive such honour?		Riken YAMAMOTO
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MikelSquizzed 101Founded in 1997, the low-cost airline Smartwings is the biggest airline in which
European country?
CZECH REPUBLIC / CZECHia
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MikelSquizzed 101In the late Middle Ages known as Negroponte, which chief town of the island of
Euboea in Greece is also known as the place where Aristotle died in 322 BC?		CHALCIS
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GuidoSquizzed 101(image) Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1883, which actor is pictured here?
Both of his parents were deaf, so as a child of deaf adults he became skilled in
pantomime.
Leonidas Frank “LON” Chaney
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