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Oded Balilty is an Israeli photographer for the Associated Press. The photograph shows a Jewish settler confronting Israeli security forces during the evacuation of the Amona settlement in the West Bank. The security forces were Israeli, not American, Chinese, or Indian.

'Longa elaichi ka bida banaye' is a line from a Hindi song/poem. 'Bida' (also spelled 'beeda' or 'vada') is a traditional Indian preparation containing betel leaf, areca nut, and other ingredients. Pan is similar but different. 'Pida' means suffering/torment - incorrect context. The correct answer is Bida.

The pattern refers to films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture: Ben Hur (1959), Titanic (1997), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). These are all epic films that won the top Oscar honor.

Bournville is the correct answer. This iconic Cadbury chocolate brand used the 'You don't just buy a Bournville, you earn it' tagline to position its dark chocolate as a premium product to be earned through sophistication and discernment, distinguishing it from everyday chocolate treats. Ferrero Rocher (B) uses a 'pass it around' theme, Volkswagen (C) focuses on engineering, and Bournvita (D) is a malted milk drink with different positioning.

The sequence lists FIFA World Cup Golden Boot winners (top scorers) in chronological order. Paolo Rossi won in 1982, Gary Lineker in 1986, Schillaci in 1990, Stoichkov and Salenko shared in 1994, Ronaldo in 2002, and Klose in 2006. The missing entry for 1998 is Davor Suker of Croatia, who scored 6 goals that tournament.

The traditional nursery rhyme 'London Bridge is Falling Down' lists various materials to rebuild the bridge, including 'Build it up with wood and clay' as one of the verses. The other combinations are not part of the traditional rhyme.

In the nursery rhyme 'Jack and Jill', Jack falls down and 'broke his crown' - an old-fashioned term for head. The rhyme continues with Jill coming tumbling after him. 'Crown' refers to the head, not a literal crown.

The nursery rhyme 'Hot Cross Buns' includes the pattern 'I don't tell jokes, and I don't tell puns', using wordplay between 'jokes' and 'puns'. This maintains the rhyming scheme and playful nature of the verse.

The nursery rhyme 'Little Miss Muffet' describes her 'eating her curds and whey' when 'along came a spider and sat down beside her'. Whey is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained.

Fructose bypasses the body's normal appetite-regulation signals and doesn't trigger feelings of fullness. Unlike glucose, it's metabolized primarily by the liver and can lead to continued hunger even after consuming calories, promoting overeating.

'Misspelled' is the correct spelling. The base verb is 'misspell' (with double 's' because the prefix 'mis-' ends with 's' and the root 'spell' starts with 's'). The past tense adds '-ed', making 'misspelled' with double 's' and double 'l'. This is ironically the most commonly misspelled word.

This is a famous dialogue from the movie '3 Idiots'. The complete line is 'sari umar hum mar mar k ji liye' - meaning 'all our lives we've died for it'. It emphasizes the futility of rote learning.

The Hindi phrase 'kaaw kaaw' refers to the sound a crow makes. In Hindi idioms and folklore, the crow (kawwa) is often associated with this characteristic sound.