King Ottokar’s Sceptre: Day Two

Questions Six to Ten

I am posing five questions each day for six days across various subjects, and each answer will begin with a distinct letter of the alphabet. As you likely deduced, five questions per day across six days yields thirty answers, each starting with a unique letter, leaving four unaccounted for. Consequently, four duplicates exist; in their order of appearance, they spell the name of a villainous figure from the eighth volume of a comic originally serialised in the first half of the 20th century. Although this character is not widely known, the aim is to correctly identify the second, duplicate iteration of these initial letters to reveal the name. The answers will not be given on the same day as the questions but at the end.

Six

How many times were the Olympic Games held in Asia during the 20th century?

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Seven

Farrokh Bulsara became a chemical element, which one?

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Eight

Scientists think the … is a giant spherical shell surrounding the Sun, planets and Kuiper Belt Objects. It’s like a big, thick bubble around our solar system, made of icy, comet-like objects.

— NASA Science

The statement above comes from NASA Science’s website; which two words have been omitted from it?

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Nine

First appearing in the 1979 novel Jailbird, the fictional Ramjac Corporation appears in the writings of which US author?

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Ten

Which religion’s traditional religious dress includes the kushti and sedreh?

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Good Luck! The answers will be posted after day six questions. More questions tomorrow.

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