2014 Oct 23rd - Q44

What does this cartoon, courtesy Matt Cartoons, take a dig at?

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=> Renee Zellweger's drastic change at the Elle Women In Hollywood Awards - though many speculate a high possibility of plastic surgery, she remarked : "Perhaps I look different. Who doesn't as they get older?! Ha. But I am different. I'm happy."

2014 Oct 23rd - Q43

The Chamber's Dictionary Word of the Year 2014 was announced on 23rd October as "overshare," and newspapers cited it for being beautifully British and subtle yet devastating. It won over other words like "hipster", "digital native", and "bashtag". On the other hand, Collin's Dictionary also announced their Word of the Year, which happened to be a word which was part of the Chamber's initial nominees. Which is this word that, like "selfie", is related to photography?

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=> "Photobomb"

2014 Oct 23rd - Q42

Beginning on October 21st, Kansas City kicked off their World Series in Major League Baseball against the San Francisco Giants. To show support for their team, radio stations in San Francisco made a temporary ban on playing a certain song. As a counter, 99.7 The Point, a Kansas City station, announced that they would play this song every hour on the hour from 7:00 in the morning till 7:00 at night on the first day of the Series. What song, inspired indirectly from the Kansas City baseball team, are we talking about?

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=> "Royals" by Lorde - the inspiration for a song on the luxury of pop musicians came to her after seeing an image in the July 1976 edition of National Geographic showing Kansas City Royals baseball player George Brett signing baseballs, with his team's name emblazoned across his shirt.

2014 Oct 22nd - Q41

Few days back, Scouting Magazine published an article on their site, which was a tribute to a person who, in 1980, brought about a complete overhaul of the official scouting uniforms. Done for the first time in sixty years for the Boy Scouts, this uniform change resulted in a new subdued clour scheme, an easy-care fabric of cotton and polyester, and olive khaki shorts and shirts. This uniform was recently updated in 2008. Who was this tribute to?

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=> Oscar de la Renta

2014 Oct 22nd - Q40

In the picture is graffiti artist Banksy's latest work, in his hometown of Bristol. It is a clear reference to which famous painting? Also give the name of this work, which is a slightly modified name of the painting.

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=> Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring. The Banksy work is titled Girl with a Pierced Eardrum.

2014 Oct 22nd - Q39

If the man in the middle is Ben Bradlee, a celebrated former Washington Post editor, identify the two men on his either side. Bradlee earned national recognition during a certain period of his tenure at Washington Post.

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=> Bob Woodward (right) and Carl Bernstein - the two famed journalists of the Watergate Scandal. Bradley was the editor covering the scandal, at Washington Post.

2014 Oct 22nd - Q38

Dabiq is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate, located northeast of Aleppo. According to a hadith, this is believed to be where the Christian and Muslim armies will eventually face each other at Armageddon. In recent events, how has this fact been used for propaganda purposes?

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=> The Islamic State's official magazine is titled Dabiq for this reason - it started its online publication in July 2014.