One version of this food native to the island of Sardinia is called Casu Marzu and contains livemaggots. Most varieties of this food are produced with the enzyme rennet, although a type common inIndian cuisine, (*) paneer, is not. French types of this food include Camembert and Brie. Wisconsin is knownfor producing, for 10 points, what dairy product whose types include Swiss and cheddar?
A painting by J. M. W. Turner depicts one of these objects on a bridge and is titled Rain, Steam, andSpeed. The American businessman Ratchett is murdered on one of these vehicles in the AgathaChristie novel Murder on the Orient (*) Express. The island of Sodor is home to Thomas, a sentient blue oneof, for 10 points, what vehicles which run on rails and carry passengers?
This term is used for a pipe in a bagpipes whose note does not change as the pipes are played. Beesdescribed by this word are haploid, do not have stingers, and are the only male bees. In April 2019,London Gatwick Airport was (*) shut down by one of these objects flying around it. The U.S. military hasconducted "strikes" using, for 10 points, what unmanned flying vehicles?
August Burns [this color] in the name of one band, and Anthony Kiedis fronts another band whosename contains this color. In one film, Sean Connery plays the Lithuanian captain of a submarinepartially named for this color. Henry Fleming flees the battlefield in a Stephen (*) Crane book titled for a"Badge of Courage" of, for 10 points, what color which appears along with white on the Canadian flag?
A Dead Kennedys song is titled for a "Holiday in" this country. An empire in this country developed amartial art called "lion-pounding", or bokator. The use of "killing fields" was among the atrocitiescommitted by Pol Pot, the head of this country's (*) Khmer Rouge regime. The massive Angkor Wat templeis located in, for 10 points, what Southeast Asian country with capital at Phnom Penh?
A company founded by this man has lobbied extensively to extend copyright protection to avoid hisworks entering the public domain. This man's brother Roy changed his unfinished design for afuturistic city, (*) EPCOT, into a theme park. The Magic Kingdom is part of a resort named for this man inOrlando. For 10 points, what animator's namesake company produces cartoons featuring Mickey Mouse?
In Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, these objects have 30 and 60 degree lines to imitate plants.James Stewart starred in an Alfred Hitchcock mystery film named for a "Rear" one of these objects.Vista and XP were versions of an (*) operating system named for these objects and made by Microsoft. For10 points, what objects are often made of stained glass in churches and let sunlight into buildings?
Online LGBT+ communities often refer to newly realized trans people as these objects. An outline ofone of these objects was the default Twitter profile picture until 2017. Kylie Jenner (*) smashed one ofthese objects after a photo of one of them became the most-liked post on Instagram. Hidden secrets inwebsites are often called the "Easter" type of, for 10 points, what objects laid by chickens?
The Oulipo novel A Void by Georges Perec was written entirely without this letter. The major keydenoted by this letter uses four sharps. In mathematics, this letter is written backwards to mean"there (*) exists" and in lowercase it represents the base of the natural logarithm. The most commonly usedletter in the English language is, for 10 points, what fifth letter of the alphabet?
Elizabeth I may have used ceruse, one of these products which caused severe lead poisoning withrepeated use. One brand of these products called Fenty was launched by Rihanna and designed to beinclusive of people with darker (*) skin tones. Users of these products may use brushes or their fingers toapply foundation. For 10 points, what cosmetic products include lipstick and eyeliner?
Vishnu's avatar Hayagriva has this animal's head. Feral populations of this animal live onAssateague Island in Maryland. The height of these animals is often measured in "hands". One of theseanimals named (*) Secretariat won the Triple Crown of races involving them, which includes the KentuckyDerby. For 10 points, what animals were ridden by cavalry soldiers?
This country's "shame culture" was contrasted with America's "guilt culture" in Ruth Benedict's TheChrysanthemum and the Sword. At the end of World War II, this country issued the Jewel VoiceBroadcast announcing its surrender after (*) nuclear bombs were dropped on its cities of Hiroshima andNagasaki. For 10 points, in what country are ramen and sushi popular foods?
The historic Coney Island Cyclone is a wooden one of these structures built in 1927. The tallest oneof these objects, Kingda Ka, surpassed one of them in (*) Cedar Point, Ohio when it was built. Thesestructures typically start with a lift hill and might include a vertical loop. Six Flags locations contain many of,for 10 points, what amusement park rides in which cars ride on rail tracks?
Although this story is commonly associated with the Arabian Nights, its first appearance was in a1710 French translation. Will Smith starred in a 2019 live-action (*) remake of a movie with this namewhich includes the song "A Whole New World". For 10 points, what Middle Eastern folk tale was turned into aDisney film about a street urchin and a genie?
Chaturanga is an early form of this activity, where the en passant move can be performed. Openingmoves in this game include the Sicilian Defence and the Ruy Lopez. The computer Deep Blue beat (*)Garry Kasparov at this game, whose pieces include bishops which move diagonally and are restricted to onecolor of square. For 10 points, name this board game in which you win through checkmate.
The narrator tries to obtain Captain Kidd's treasure in an Edgar Allan Poe short story whose namecontains this color. In the 1890s, many people travelled to places like Dawson City, Yukon after thismaterial was discovered in the (*) Klondike. Prospectors used a technique called "panning" to obtain, for 10points, what precious metal, which first-place medals at the Olympics are made out of?
The coat of arms of Moscow depicts a saint killing one of these animals. Drogon, Rhaegal, andViserion are three of these animals in Game of Thrones owned by Daenerys Targaryen. ThorinOakenshield leads an expedition to evict one of these animals, (*) Smaug, from the Lonely Mountain. Theflags of Bhutan and Wales depict, for 10 points, what mythical fire-breathing flying lizards?
English-Portuguese trade in cloth and this man-made good were analyzed by economist DavidRicardo. Regions like Bordeaux in France and California's Napa Valley contain many (*) vineyards,which grow this drink's main ingredient and then produce it. For 10 points, what alcoholic beverage comes in"red" and "white" varieties, depending on the color of the grapes used to make it?
[10] Name this mythical king of Corinth who twice cheated Death. As punishment in Hades, Zeus condemned this man to the impossible task of rolling a boulder up a hill for eternity.
[10] In the opening scene of the film Raiders of the Lost Ark, this character escapes from a temple while being chased by a giant rolling boulder. This fedora-wearing archaeologist was played by Harrison Ford.
[10] This artist's song "Like a Rolling Stone" appears on his 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited. This Nobel laureate's other folk songs include "Hurricane" and "The Times They Are A-Changin'."
[10] Name this city located on the Absheron Peninsula, the capital of Azerbaijan.
[10] Baku lies on this body of water, which is the largest lake in the world despite being called a "sea". The Volga flows into this body of water, which separates the Caucasus from Central Asia.
[10] Uzbekistan, a country on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, is a major producer of this crop. During the pre-war American South, slaves were often forced to work harvesting this crop on large plantations.
[10] Name this short-period comet which becomes visible from Earth once every 76 years.
[10] This author was born in 1835, the same year Halley's Comet came, and said that he expected to go out with it. He did so, dying in 1910, after creating such characters as Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
[10] The earliest known depiction of Halley's Comet is on the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts this battle in which William the Conqueror defeated Harold Godwinson and cemented his conquest of England.
[10] You might read r/quizbowl ("R slash quizbowl"), one of the thousands of communities on this website where posts are upvoted and downvoted, with more popular posts rising to the top.
[10] You might use this other communications platform for discussing quizbowl. In 2020, this company changed its motto from "Chat for Gamers" to "Your place to talk".
[10] If you actually want to play quizbowl online, you might use this videoconferencing software that has become widely popular during the coronavirus pandemic. After early criticism over poor digital security features, it took a 90-day break from releasing non-security features to address concerns.
[10] Name this country whose Habsburg emperor, Maximilian I, was installed by Napoleon III before being overthrown and executed in Querétaro City.
[10] The death of the emperor was depicted in this artist's The Execution of Emperor Maximilian. This man also painted Luncheon on the Grass.
[10] Both Napoleon III and Édouard Manet were from this country, which was also led by Napoleon Bonaparte.
[10] Gunpowder was invented in this country. Other inventions from this East Asian country include paper, printmaking, and the compass.
[10] Gunpowder is made from sulfur, potassium nitrate, and this material that is made from heating wood in a low oxygen environment. When burned, this carbon-based material turns into soot.
[10] Nowadays, gunpowder has become less commonly used due to the invention of high explosives, such as this explosive composed mainly of nitroglycerin and made by Alfred Nobel.
[10] Name this hobby. Paul Cézanne painted two "Players" performing this activity seated at a table.
[10] Excluding the two jokers, a standard poker deck contains this many playing cards.
[10] Besides poker, another popular game at casinos is this card game in which players compete against the dealer and try to avoid causing a "bust". “Card-counting” is a strategy that can eliminate the house’s advantage in this game.
[10] A 2016 album by Swedish djent band Meshuggah is titled The Violent Sleep of Reason, a reference to this Spanish artist's The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, one of his Los Caprichos etchings. He also painted The Third of May, 1808.
[10] This American musical artist sang "And how you suffered for your sanity / And how you tried to set them free" in "Vincent", a song addressed to Vincent van Gogh. He is better known for singing about "the day the music died" in "American Pie".
[10] The pioneering pop artist Richard Hamilton designed the album cover for this band's "White Album". John Lennon and Paul McCartney were both members of this rock band from Liverpool.
[10] This pioneering anthropologist wrote Coming of Age in Samoa about sexual repression in Samoan culture, a book that was criticized by Derek Freeman.
[10] This is the national sport of Samoa, which is regularly ranked among the top 20 nations in the world at this sport. Teams of 15 players compete to score tries and goals in this football-like sport, and New Zealand's "All Blacks" are one of the best national teams in the world at it.
[10] Samoa is the most recent country to change to driving on this side of the road. In Britain and many of its former colonies, people drive on this side of the road, unlike in the United States.
[10] Name these works, a satirical "Devil's" one of which was written by Ambrose Bierce. The “Petit Larousse” is a famous French one of these works.
[10] Henry Black wrote the first two editions of an authoritative dictionary used by people with this profession. In order to become part of this profession, prospective members must pass the "bar exam", for which each state has a different version.
[10] This board game also maintains its own dictionary, which lists all the words which may be played in it. Players in this board game take turns playing tiles on a 15-by-15 board to form words, scoring more points for using rarer letters like the Q and Z.
[10] This word refers to an item defined based on itself, such as a sequence where each number is defined as a function of previous numbers in the sequence.
[10] This term can describe an election to remove a politician in the middle of their term, a notice not to use a certain product, or your ability to remember things like the answer to this bonus.
[10] This word means compensation paid by a government for a historical wrong. Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote an essay in the Atlantic titled "The Case For" this word, arguing that Black Americans should be paid to compensate for a history of oppression.
[10] Name these word puzzles which contain "Across" and "Down" clues, and consist of a grid in which words must be filled in all the empty squares.
[10] This other kind of crossword more popular in Britain uses clues that contain complex puzzles like anagrams and other wordplay, and typically contains many more black squares than standard crosswords.
[10] A well-known crossword is published every week in the Sunday edition of this newspaper. Its slogan is "All the News that's Fit to Print".
[10] This dish consists of a tortilla folded over filling and is smaller than a burrito. During the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump was associated with a claim that a Clinton win would lead to trucks selling this food "on every corner".
[10] This type of Mexican sauce, particularly its poblano variety, is often made with cacao and chiles.
[10] This crop, considered part of the "three sisters" of traditional Mexican agriculture, is made into a "refried" variety that uses its pinto type in much of Mexico.
[10] Name this American horror writer who described Jack Torrance's descent into madness in his novel The Shining. He also wrote Cujo (cue-joe) and It.
[10] This 1986 film was adapted from King’s novella The Body, and sees four boys in Castle Rock, Oregon hike into the woods to find the body of a missing boy. Its stars included Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix.
[10] Alice Munro, an author from this country, included stories like "No Advantages" in her book The View from Castle Rock. In another short story from this country, "The Hockey Sweater", a young boy is distraught when he is mistakenly shipped a Maple Leafs hockey jersey.
[10] Name this celebrity chef, the host of Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares, who is known for his fiery temper and expletive-laden outbursts.
[10] On Hot Ones, host Sean Evans and Ramsay ate ten spicy wings of this animal. Buffalo, New York is the home and namesake of a popular style of preparing this animal's wings.
[10] During the interview, Ramsay shouted out Alexander Weiss, the winner of the first American installment of this cooking competition for children. Ramsay has been a judge for this competition for seven seasons, as well as its adult counterpart.
[10] The most famous 100 Gecs song is titled for a machine of this material. Types of this stuff around the world include the rupee, the peso, and the dollar.
[10] The cover of 100 Gecs's album 1000 Gecs features one of these objects located in Algonquin, Illinois. Shel Silverstein wrote a book about a "Giving" one of these objects.
[10] 100 Gecs is known for their use of autotune, like bands Attack Attack! and Abandon All Ships, which belong to a subgenre of metalcore named for this animal. These animals also appear in the music video for a Noisestorm song.
[10] Name this nation governed from New Delhi. Narendra Modi is this nation's current Prime Minister.
[10] India fought this neighboring country over Jammu and Kashmir. Benazir Bhutto served as Prime Minister of this nation, and she was assassinated after a political rally held in Rawalpindi.
[10] This is the dominant religion of Jammu and Kashmir. As chief minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi was criticized for his role in a spate of deadly riots against members of this religion, a minority religion in India.
[10] Name this co-founder of Apple who died from cancer in 2011.
[10] Jobs was also an initial investor of this animation company, which was eventually acquired by Disney. At the beginning of this company's films, a lamp squishes the letter "I".
[10] Jobs worked with this other Apple cofounder, who developed the Apple I ("one") and II ("two") computers. On one occasion, Jobs used this man's work to get a $5,000 bonus from Atari while only paying him $350.