There are 11 which are known to exist, with 8 whose names are revealed.
What is the most famous entry of this list and therefore what is this a list of?
Mahoutokoro – located on a volcanic island
Uagadou – located in Africa
Castelobruxo – deep within forests of Brazil
Ilvermorny – in the American Midwest
Category: Entertainment
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During the early days of cinema in theaters, the owners would collect all the coins in chests and store them in a room towards the interior of the theatre complex.
This room gives its name to what in film parlance?
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James Earl Jones, known for his roles in Field of Dreams, The Lion King, and Star Wars, passed away recently at the age of 93.
Among his many distinctions was being one of the few to get an EGOT. Named after the awards of different fields in entertainment, EGOT is the ‘grand slam‘ of American show business.
Can you tell me what EGOT stands for?
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As a young boy, he comes from a poor background, polishing and shining boots in his native Glasgow. He migrates to the US at the age of 13 and literally strikes gold & makes his first million.
Once rich, he settles down on the top of Killmotor Hill, in a building called ‘Money Bin’.
Who, from fiction, who gets his name from another work of fiction?
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Released 25 years ago, this movie contains a lot of talk on soap. The protagonist is a soap maker & seller (among other things). There is a crucial scene which talks about making soap in historical times.
When it came to finally deciding the poster, a pink coloured soap was chosen with the movie’s name embossed.
Which movie am I talking about?
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The recently released cover of Time’s take on 100 influential people in the world of AI has two actors (covered in green). Scarlett Johansson & Anil Kapoor
The first is known for their work in movie on AI, which later became a point of issue for the actor.
The second is an Indian actor, who fought and won a case preventing AI to use his likeness.
Can you identify them both?
Show Answer Phoenix
Scarlett known for voicing the AI in the movie 'Her', was at the receiving end when she found that an OpenAI model sounded exactly like her.
Anil won a case in New Delhi, preventing his likeness to be used by AI, which he went on to dedicate to actors across the globe.
The cover has also come under fire for not including biggies of the industry like Elon Musk & Sam Altman.
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The name of this video game comes from a type of crime committed.
Some of the stories that the games have followed are:
Protagonist returning home after the murder of his mother and finding his friends & family in disarray.
An Eastern European immigrant seeking a fresh start and the American Dream.
A mobster recently released from prison, who’s sent to oversee a drug deal.
Identify the game.
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In The Social Network, during one of the depositions, it is mentioned that the invention of Facebook made Mark Zuckerberg “the biggest thing on a campus that included nineteen Nobel Laureates, fifteen Pulitzer Prize winners, two future Olympians, and a movie star.”
When asked, “Who was the movie star?” the response is “Does it matter?“.
This movie star was, in fact helped screenwriter Aaron Sorkin by providing him insider information.
Identify the movie star.
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Can you identify what is being counted here?
| Movie | Count |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | 569 |
| Casino | 442 |
| Straight Outta Compton | 392 |
| Goodfellas | 300 |
| The Big Lebowski | 281 |
| Pulp Fiction | 265 |
| Deadpool & Wolverine | 116 |
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The fountain is located at the Warner Ranch at 401 N Hollywood Way in California. In the center of the fountain, four large fish surround the base of the platform, their tails soaring upward as to hold the large circular dish from which the water squirts out skyward.
The fountain was also used prominently in the finale of the Charlton Heston classic, The Omega Man.
Most popularly though, it is known for something that was shot at about 4:00 a.m.
So what’s the famous sequence?
Show AnswerFriends Opening Title Sequence
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X is the largest land dwelling species of the weasel family. It is a stocky and muscular carnivore. It has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size with the documented ability to kill prey many times its size.
Identify X.
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The original names considered for the property were Bombay and Bombay Club. However, the name X was finally chosen to symbolize the attraction in the desert.
It was the first megaresort of its kind and was popular for its ‘volcano’ attraction. X will close down this month and will be taken over by Hard Rock Cafe.
What am I talking about?
Show AnswerThe Mirage at Las Vegas.
The resort will be demolished & a new guitar shaped casino will be constructed over a period of 3 years.
Watch a video on the Battle for Las Vegas Casinos.
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Red is the most responsible member & is the hotheaded leader.
Jay, Jake and Jim are the triplets and the most daring.
Chuck is one of Red’s best friends and is restless, enthusiastic & wild.
Bomb has a short temper and explodes when he loses it.
Matilda is the most caring of all. She acts motherly and cares for the Blues
Who am I talking about?
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Richard X was a British actor, director & producer. He was most famous for his multi-Oscar winning biopic about a freedom fighter released in 1982.
His younger brother David X, is also a prolific film-maker. He is the only person to win a BAFTA award for a programme in black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K.
Can you give their surname X?
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The following is an image from the village of Mahodiya in Madhya Pradesh, India. Over the past 4 years the village has become famous with tourists as it is the setting for a hit TV show in India.
Can you identify the TV show in which the village features?
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Monty Norman composed a song “Bad Sign, Good Sign”, for a musical adaptation of V. S. Naipaul’s novel A House for Mr Biswas, set in the Indian community in Trinidad.
This song went on to become an inspiration for which globally recognizable piece of music associated with adventure?
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X is a game in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer. The word X is created from a combination of “Greek for four” and the engineer’s favorite sport.
Due to the circumstances of the Cold War, the game changed hands multiple times and even became part of the Nintendo vs Atari console wars, where it was called the “The Soviet Mind Game”.
Can you identify the game?
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This TV show concept was first introduced in Japan in 2001, where it was called X. From it here, it was adopted in the UK in 2005 by the name Y. In 2009, the show was taken to the US under the name Z, where it became a runaway success.
The names of all the three shows contain the name of an apex predator/creature, which refers to position of the panelists on the show, and how they are at the end looking at their own interests as well.
Can you guess which show am I talking about?
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Clara de la Rocha was a noted colonel in the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). She is known for capturing a power station, to let the rebels attack a base at night.
Which famous movie character did Clara inspire?
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The Bene Gesserit is a psuedo-religious group from the Dune anthology. They are know for their training their bodies to gain superior combat skills, precise physiological control, and are highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat.
They went on to become an inspiration for another similar group seen in a movie launched in 1977. This group became so popular that people across the world identify this as their own religion. Which group am I talking about?