FUNDAESLIGA QUIZ LEAGUE

WEEK 4 QUESTIONS

Written by: Abhinav Dasgupta, Amrit Pritom Chetia,

Ananya Upadhya, Aryapriya Ganguly, Rahul Kottalgi, Ria
Chopra, Sander van der Heyden and Sreshth Shah.

Edited by: Aryapriya Ganguly, Rahul Kottalgi and

Sreshth Shah.

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ROUND 1

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 1
The official East German state flag used from 1959 onwards featured a hammer
and which other object? While the hammer represented the workers in the
factories, the other object symbolised the workers, farmers, and intelligentsia.
This object can be seen in Isaac Newton's hands in a William Blake monotype
print.

ANSWER: COMPASS

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 2
Which lively dance with origins in Spain is mostly performed by couples in triple
metre, and accompanied by guitars, castanets, or hand-clapping? This dance is
name dropped in a famous 1975 rock song. It is also the name of the ticketing
company that owns Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes.

ANSWER: FANDANGO

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PLAYER 2, QUESTION 1
First popularised by the future King Edward VII in the 1890s after his visit to
Bad [BAAD] Homburg in Hesse, Germany, the Homburg hat was given which
future British Prime Minister's name after he made it fashionable in the
1930s? As Prime Minister, he would be involved in the Suez Crisis in the 1950s.

ANSWER: Sir Anthony EDEN

PLAYER 2, QUESTION 2
Which actor started off playing mostly villainous roles, before he appeared in a
semi-comic double role in 1994's Andaz Apna Apna? He also portrayed Sardar
Patel in a biopic that same year. He has been a Member of Parliament from
2014 to 2019 for Ahmedabad East as well.

ANSWER: Paresh RAWAL

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PLAYER 3, QUESTION 1
For long, the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, which city
was captured by the British during the First Opium War? It briefly served as
capital of the Republic of China in April 1949 towards the end of the Chinese
Civil War. An English name of this city should remind you of 26 Swiss divisions.

ANSWER: GUANGZHOU/ CANTON/ KWANGCHOW/ KUANG-CHOU

PLAYER 3, QUESTION 2
Which video game franchise created by Blizzard Entertainment in 1994 consists
of games such as Orcs & Humans, and Hearthstone? Expansion packs for its most
famous entry, which is an MMORPG, include Mists of Pandaria and Battle for
Azeroth. The answer is a single 8-letter word.

ANSWER: WARCRAFT (Grudgingly accept World of Warcraft)

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PLAYER 4, QUESTION 1
Under what stage name did DJ Tim Bergling perform? The name refers to the
lowest level of Naraka or "hell" in Buddhist philosophy, into which the dead who
have committed grave misdeeds may be reborn. He unfortunately died aged 28
in 2018. His most famous songs are "Levels", "Hey Brother" and "Wake Me Up."

ANSWER: AVICII [A-VEE-CHEE]

PLAYER 4, QUESTION 2
Rostropria [ross-trow-priya] is a diapriid wasp genus described as "a solitary
female". It is appropriately named for which actress, famed for her line "I want
to be alone"? She shares her first name with a contemporary crusader from the
same country.

ANSWER: Greta GARBO

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ROUND 2

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 1
Known as the "Sally Shag", this hairstyle from the 1990s was popularized by
which actress who appeared in many romantic comedies in that decade? It is a
possible reference to its creator, Sally Hershberger, and not to this actress'
most endearing title role in a 1989 film.

ANSWER: Meg RYAN (in When Harry Met Sally)

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 2
What symbol in language is derived from an object that can be seen in the sky,
in both its shape and name? A fictional Celt from Armorica, who first appeared
in 1959, has a name derived from this symbol.

ANSWER: * - accept 'ASTERISK', Prompt on 'star'

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PLAYER 2, QUESTION 1
Preseucoila imallshookupis is a species of gall wasp. If the species name is
derived from the song "All Shook Up”, the name Preseucoila is a tribute to
which entertainer?

ANSWER: Elvis PRESLEY

PLAYER 2, QUESTION 2
The video game franchise The Elder Scrolls was developed by Bethesda, and
debuted in 1994 with the title Arena. It also consists of award winning games
Morrowind, Oblivion, and the fifth main installment, which is considered one of
the greatest games of all time. Which game is this, named after the
northernmost province of the fictional continent Tamriel?

ANSWER: SKYRIM

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PLAYER 3, QUESTION 1
A shiny stainless-steel sculpture of a rabbit, as well as an orange "Balloon Dog",
are among the most expensive works of art by a living artist. Which artist from
York, Pennsylania is the creator of such artworks?

ANSWER: Jeff KOONS

PLAYER 3, QUESTION 2
His 2008 studio album, Imagine, entered the Dutch album charts at No. 1, a first
for a dance music artist in Dutch music history. Who is this DJ, who also hosts a
weekly radio show called A State of Trance (ASOT) since 2001? He shares his
surname with a former US President and has hits such as "Ping Pong" and "This Is
What It Feels Like."

ANSWER: Armin van BUUREN (President is Martin van Buren)

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PLAYER 4, QUESTION 1
Abiy Ahmed received the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the 20-year post-war
territorial stalemate between which country and Eritrea? He won it while
serving as the 4th Prime Minister of this country, and is the latest head of
government to win the Nobel Peace Prize while in office.

ANSWER: ETHIOPIA

PLAYER 4, QUESTION 2
Named after the ancient Roman province on the northwest African coast, and
not the modern country to its south, what was the world's largest ship until
1910? She won the eastbound and westbound Blue Ribands in 1907 and 1909 for
the fastest transatlantic crossings, holding both speed records for 20 years.

ANSWER: RMS MAURETANIA

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ROUND 3

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 1
What is the "billionaire capital of the world" with the highest number of
billionaires living in this city? The city has the largest single-structure airport
terminal in the world, and was the last of the Chinese Great Ancient Capitals.

ANSWER: BEIJING/ BEIPING/ JINGDU/ KHANBALIQ/ ZHONGDU/ YAN/ JI

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 2
Which cricketer's unbeaten 148 is the highest individual score in women's
T20Is? Her uncle holds the Australia record for the most Tests as wicketkeeper.
[Full name please]

ANSWER: Alyssa HEALY

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PLAYER 2, QUESTION 1
The name of which dance form with origins in Spain is etymologically
connected to the country's military? In their marching patterns, the military
usually did 60 steps a minute but when they doubled up to 120 steps a minute,
this term was used.

ANSWER: PASODOBLE [meaning Double Step]

PLAYER 2, QUESTION 2
Played by Krysten Ritter, the titular character of which superhero TV show is
a private investigator who has a brief superhero career? This was until an
incident in which the villainous Kilgrave causes her to kill someone. The
superheroes Luke Cage and Hellcat also feature in this Marvel series.

ANSWER: Jessica JONES

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PLAYER 3, QUESTION 1
What cell organelle gets its name from the Latin word for 'whip', given its
protruding lash-like structure? One of the examples of their occurrence is in
mammalian sperm cells, which help propel the sperms through the female
reproductive tract.

ANSWER: FLAGELLUM/FLAGELLA

PLAYER 3, QUESTION 2
On this city’s flag, the modern airplane symbolizes this city's role as a
transportation hub. The field of yellow possibly represents the Yukon Gold
Rush. What is the missing central object on this city's flag, also the source
of the city's nautical name? Name of the city will also do.

ANSWER: ANCHOR (city is Anchorage, Alaska)

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PLAYER 4, QUESTION 1
Named after the US Army officer William Hardee, the Hardee hat is also
nicknamed after which Confederate leader? It is ironical given that it was the
regulation dress hat for enlisted men in the Union Army during the American
Civil War.

ANSWER: Jefferson DAVIS

PLAYER 4, QUESTION 2
Which typographical symbol was long used in Catalan, Spanish and
Portuguese as an abbreviation for 'arroba', a unit of weight equivalent to 25
pounds? The sign made its way to other languages as a commercial indicator of
value, but the advent of the internet has made it ubiquitous.

ANSWER: @ - accept 'AT SYMBOL', 'AT THE RATE' SYMBOL, Prompt on a

description (A w ith a circle around it) etc.

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ROUND 4

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 1
Which TV series, which ran for 10 seasons from 2001 to 2011, was an origin
story of its superhero protagonist as he grew up in rural Kansas with his friends
Lana and Pete? Tom Welling played the superhero in question.

ANSWER: SMALLVILLE

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 2
Derived from Greek for 'self-devouring', what term describes the act of
lysosomes digesting waste material from inside the cell? Its role in cancer
suppression as well as growth is one that has been highly researched and
reviewed.

ANSWER: AUTOPHAGY

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PLAYER 2, QUESTION 1
Who received the Nobel Peace Prize while serving as the eighth and last
leader of the Soviet Union? Domestically, his policy of glasnost ("openness")
allowed for enhanced freedom of speech and press, while his perestroika
("restructuring") sought to decentralize economic decision making to improve
efficiency.

ANSWER: Mikhail GORBACHEV

PLAYER 2, QUESTION 2
What was the largest ocean liner in the world for two periods from 1910 to
1913, interrupted only by the brief tenure of a slightly larger White Star Liner?
It is named after a quadrennial event that dates back to 776 BC.

ANSWER: RMS OLYMPIC

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PLAYER 3, QUESTION 1
Actress Jean Harlow's premature death at the age of 26 was reportedly due to
her keeping what specific shade of hair colour? She subjected herself to
weekly bleachings with a concoction of peroxide, ammonia, and Clorox. She
also acted in a 1931 film of the exact same name as the shade of hair.

ANSWER: PLATINUM BLONDE

PLAYER 3, QUESTION 2
Which Bollywood comedian was given his famous screen name by Guru Dutt?
The name was a reference to a brand founded in the Scottish burgh of
Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire, in 1820. [First and last name needed]

ANSWER: JOHNNY WALKER (born Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi)

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PLAYER 4, QUESTION 1
Which artist also known for his paper collage work took to painting goldfish in
at least nine of his paintings starting 1912, following his trip to Tangier,
Morocco? Along with Pablo Picasso, he helped define some of the revolutionary
developments in 20th century art.

ANSWER: Henri MATISSE

PLAYER 4, QUESTION 2
Thirteen years before Sachin Tendulkar became the first man to get there, who
became the first person ever to score a double century in ODI cricket? This
legend of Australian cricket who led the country to multiple ODI World Cup
wins achieved it in 1997 against Denmark.

ANSWER: Belinda CLARKE

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ROUND 5

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 1
Introduced by showman Francisco Montes in 1835, the Montera is the name
given to headgear typically worn by participants in which sport/activity? It is
usually an accompaniment to the traje de luces, or "suit of lights" worn by the
chief performer.

ANSWER: BULLFIGHTING

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 2
Which Kabul born actor noted for his many comic roles was acting in a play
called Taash Ke Pattey, when he was given a break in the Hindi film industry by
Dilip Kumar, with the films being Sagina Mahto and Bairaag?

ANSWER: Kader KHAN

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PLAYER 2, QUESTION 1
Which DJ shares his name with a gelatin and sugar based confectionary that
is a campside favourite? He wears a custom white helmet, resembling the
confectionary, for public appearances. His identity was initially a secret, but
was confirmed by Forbes to be Chris Comstock in 2017. His most famous track
is "Happier", featuring Bastille.

ANSWER: MARSHMELLO

PLAYER 2, QUESTION 2
Which African country's flag borrows several tropes from Soviet symbolism,
including a gear representing industrial workers and production, and a star
symbolizing international solidarity and progress? This country on the Atlantic
coast borders countries such as Namibia and the DRC.

ANSWER: ANGOLA

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PLAYER 3, QUESTION 1
Who received the Nobel Peace Prize while serving as the Chancellor of the
Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974? Fleeing to Norway and then
Sweden during the Nazi regime and working as a left-wing journalist, he took
the name we know him by as a pseudonym to avoid detection by Nazi agents,
and then formally adopted the name in 1948.

ANSWER: Willy BRANDT

PLAYER 3, QUESTION 2
Which British actress gives her name to a ground-beetle species? The
scientific paper describing the nomenclature said, "Her character did not go
down with the ship, but we will not be able to say the same for this elegant
canopy species, if all the rain forest is converted to pastures."

ANSWER: Kate WINSLET

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PLAYER 4, QUESTION 1
The New York style is the most popular variety of which 'Latin' dance that
actually originated in the USA? Apparently, the name was popularized by the
record label Fania to market their music, and its founder says he chose the
word because of its "spicy" and "hot" connotations.

ANSWER: SALSA
PLAYER 4, QUESTION 2
The Game Boy Advance games subtitled Power of Grayskull and Defender of
Grayskull center around which fictional universe? Name of the primary
character, whose alter ego is Prince Adam, will also do.

ANSWER: HE-MAN OR MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE

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ROUND 6

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 1
Benihana, a Japanese restaurant franchise, is owned by Hiraoki "Rocky"
[BLANK], a former Japanese-American amateur wrestler and restauranteur. His
son is currently among the Top 10 DJs (according to DJMAG.com), and has
collaborated with BTS, Louis Tomlinson and others. What is his name, the
creator of tracks like "Cudi The Kid", "No Beef" and "Turbulence."

ANSWER: Steve AOKI

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 2
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won the Nobel Peace Prize while serving as the 24th
President of which country from 2006 to 2018? Known as Africa's “Iron Lady”,
she was the first elected female head of state in Africa.
ANSWER: LIBERIA
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PLAYER 2, QUESTION 1
Inspired by an 1894 painting, a 2013 episode of the show Rick & Morty shows
five intelligent canines smoking cigars and doing something while using their
advanced robotic suits. Which painting?

ANSWER: DOGS PLAYING POKER

PLAYER 2, QUESTION 2
Though he shared the 1906 Nobel in Medicine in recognition of his work on the
structure of the nervous system, his name lives on through the name of which
cell organelle? These organelles help process and package proteins and lipid
molecules, and appear as a series of stacked membranes.

ANSWER: GOLGI Bodies / GOLGI Apparatus

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PLAYER 3, QUESTION 1
The deerstalker, a tweed cap typically worn by hunters in rural areas, is now a
staple for which profession in cartoons and comic strips, thanks to its
association with arguably the most famous fictional character in that
profession?

ANSWER: DETECTIVES / SLEUTHS

PLAYER 3, QUESTION 2
Earlier this month, India's Mithali Raj went past which cricketer to become the
most prolific run-getter in women's internationals? Nicknamed "Lottie", this
former England captain scored 10,273 runs in internationals and received a MBE
and CBE for her services to the sport.

ANSWER: Charlotte EDWARDS

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PLAYER 4, QUESTION 1
Which actor won the last Filmfare Award given for Best Performance in a
Comic Role in 2007, in a film that was a follow -up to a 2003 hit? The character
he played was called Sarkeshwar Sharma, but is better known by an electrical
sounding name.

ANSWER: Arshad WARSI (For playing Circuit in the film Lage Raho Munna Bhai)

PLAYER 4, QUESTION 2
Which country's flag features a book symbolising the importance of education,
quite ironic given how the country is one of only four UN member states to
feature a firearm on its flag, along with Guatemala, Haiti and Bolivia?

ANSWER: MOZAMBIQUE

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ROUND 7

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 1
Cirolana [key-row-lana] is a genus of isopod crustaceans found on coral reefs,
including one coral reef off Bawe Island, in Zanzibar, Tanzania. One species is
named after whom, arguably Zanzibar's most famous entertainment export?

ANSWER: Freddie MERCURY (Born in Zanzibar)

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 2
Which video game franchise created by Bungie in 2001 is currently developed
by 343 Industries? This developer takes its name from the character 343 Guilty
Spark. Other characters/life-forms in the game's universe include Master Chief,
Cortana and the Flood.

ANSWER: HALO

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PLAYER 2, QUESTION 1
The city was a starting point of the Silk Road and home to the UNESCO World
Heritage site where the Terracotta Army is located. Which of the Chinese
Great Ancient Capitals is this, whose name translates to 'western peace'?

ANSWER: XI'AN/ SIANFU/ SIAN/ XIJING/ CHANG'AN/ FENGYUAN/ ANXI/

JINGZHAO.

PLAYER 2, QUESTION 2
Greek writing was done in 'scripta continua', where there was no spacing
between words. This necessitated the use of a symbol to show which letters
were part of the same word. The modern usage of this symbol is similar in
context, and the name comes from the Ancient Greek for "under one". What
common grammatical sign is this?

ANSWER: HYPHEN (-) - Prompt on 'dash' [From Greek huphen ‘together’, from
hupo ‘under’ + hen ‘one’.]

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PLAYER 3, QUESTION 1
The name of which dance in 3/4 time with origins in Spain literally means
"flight"? The dance style's legacy lives in the works of many composers, such as
Maurice Ravel, whose most famous piece is named after the dance.

ANSWER: BOLERO

PLAYER 3, QUESTION 2
RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship which was
sunk on 17 July 1918 after being torpedoed by a German submarine. Six years
earlier, she became famous for rescuing survivors of which rival White Star
Line passenger liner?

ANSWER: RMS TITANIC

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PLAYER 4, QUESTION 1
The comic-turned-superhero Netflix TV show Umbrella Academy tells the story
of a dysfunctional set of siblings. It was co-written by Gerard Way. What group
with a three-word name was Way the lead vocalist of? The group's genre has
been characterised as alternative rock, punk rock, gothic rock, and most
controversially, emo.

ANSWER: MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (MCR)

PLAYER 4, QUESTION 2
Popularly known as the "Beatles Cut", what hairstyle with a rhyming name was
popularised by John, Paul, George and Ringo in the 1960s?

ANSWER: MOP-TOP (no other answers acceptable since we are looking for a
rhyming name)
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ROUND 8

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 1
Glenfiddich single malt Scotch whisky has used a variation of a stag in their
logo since 1968. This logo is inspired by an 1851 painting called Monarch of the
Glen, by which artist?

ANSWER: Edwin LANDSEER

PLAYER 1, QUESTION 2
In 1982, an Oceaneering International diving expedition salvaged one reel of
The Carpet from Bagdad, a 1915 American silent adventure film that was
considered lost. The salvage was from the wreck of what history-making
ship, named after an ancient Roman province on the west of the Iberian
Peninsula?

ANSWER: RMS LUSITANIA

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PLAYER 2, QUESTION 1
What popular hairstyle was named after a fictional character, who among
other things was a personal shopper at Bloomingdale's and later an executive at
Ralph Lauren? She was also offered a job at Louis Vuitton, but ended up
declining it.

ANSWER: The RACHEL (After Jennifer Aniston's Rachel Green character in

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.)
PLAYER 2, QUESTION 2
Which cricketer nicknamed the Chakdaha Express became the first woman to
take 200 wickets in WODIs, doing so against South Africa in November 2018?
She was also ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year in 2007.

ANSWER: Jhulan GOSWAMI

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PLAYER 3, QUESTION 1
Which TV series, considered among the greatest animated series of all time, is
centered around the journey of 12 year old Aang? He is the current holder of
the titular position and last survivor of his nation, the Air Nomads. The widely
panned 2010 film version was directed by Manoj Night Shyamalan.

ANSWER: AVATAR-THE LAST AIRBENDER (accept AVATAR)

PLAYER 3, QUESTION 2
The symbol of which grammatical sign came about as a ligature of the Latin
word 'et'? The proper term for this symbol is a corruption of a phrase which
literally means that this symbol is "by itself" the word it is used for. It is
commonly seen in business names formed from partnerships of two or more
people

ANSWER: & - accept 'AMPERSAND, 'AND SYMBOL' [Ampersand derives from

'and per se and' = and (&), by itself, is 'and']

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PLAYER 4, QUESTION 1
If the m in mRNA stands for 'messenger', which cell organelle does the m in
mDNA stand for? The function of mDNA is to convert chemical energy from food
into adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a form that cells can use.

ANSWER: MITOCHONDRION / MITOCHONDRIAL

PLAYER 4, QUESTION 2
Serving as the seat of the rebel Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1853–64) and the
Japanese puppet regime of Wang Jingwei (1940–45) during the Second Sino-
Japanese War, it suffered a catastrophic massacre. Meaning "Southern
Capital", which of the Chinese Great Ancient Capitals gives its name to a kind
of pale yellowish cloth originally made here?

ANSWER: NANJING/ NANKING/ JIANGNING/KIANGNING/ JINLING/ GINLING

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THREE SPARE QUESTIONS

1. Popularly known as the "Elvis Cut", what hairstyle was originally carried
by members of the opposite sex, and named after the mistress of French
king Louis XV?
ANS: POMPADOUR

2. The first woman to score a T20I century, which West Indian with an
alliterative name still holds the record for fastest hundred by a woman
in the format, getting there in 38 balls? In Setember 2020, she also
became the first woman to hit 100 sixes in T20Is.
ANS: Deandra DOTTIN

3. Which entertainer has an orb-web spider, a jellyfish, a mudfish and a

long-extinct shellfish named after him? The orb-weaver spider's black
markings reminded the researchers of his signature mustache. In the
most-species-named-after-him category, this entertainer features high
on the list.
ANS: Frank ZAPPA

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