Sunday, July 27, 2025

QUIZ = 2025/30

 1) Ozzy Osbourne, one of the most influential rock musicians, passed away at the age of 76, 3 weeks after a farewell concert. What is the name of the band he co-founded?

2) The iconic "Rosebud" sled from what legendary movie was sold at auction for $14.75 million, making it one of the most expensive pieces of movie memorabilia ever sold.

3) In which country are two Indian women - Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh - battling it out for women’s world chess championship?

4) What newspaper was sued by President Trump for defamation seeking damages of $10 billion?

5) What automaker is recalling nearly 700,000 SUVs for potential fire risk because of faulty fuel injector?

6) Border clashes broke out between which 2 Asian countries?

7) Two designers whose names begin with M and G respectively, founded a company to manufacture what?

8) Ratan Thiyam, one of the outstanding Indian playwrights and theatre directors passed away this week. In which language did he write almost all his plays?

9) China began construction of the world's biggest ever dam across the Yarlung Zangbo River. What is its proposed hydroelectric power capacity?

10) Durand Cup, one of the oldest football tournaments in the world, is named after the British diplomat Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, who is famous for having lent his name to define the international border between which two countries?

 

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Answers to Quiz - 2025/29

 

  1. FMCG
  2. Automobile
  3. UK
  4. Golf
  5. Yemen
  6. A separate religion
  7. New Zealand
  8. Corn Syrup
  9. Unreleased Music
  10. Chelsea 

Sunday, July 20, 2025

QUIZ - 2025/29

 

1) What business did the Adani group exit from?

2) What industry do CAFE-3 norms seek to regulate in India?

3) What country plans to lower the voting age to 16?

4) Players of what sport are currently taking part in an annual competition to vie for a trophy popularly known as Claret Jug?

5) Execution of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from Kerala, has been postponed in which country?

6) Nearly 200 people lost their lives in clashes between Druze militia and Bedouin tribes in Southern Syria. Who are Druze?

7) Australia bowled out West Indies for 27 runs, the second-lowest test innings score in cricket history. Which team was bowled out for the lowest ever total of 26?

8) President Trump claimed that he has persuaded Coca Cola to use cane sugar instead of what in its beverages? 

9) What was stolen from a car rented for Beyonce's concert tour?

10) Who won the FIFA Club World Cup?

 

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Answers to Quiz - 2025/28

 

  1. Nvidia
  2. Hermes
  3. Russia
  4. Germany
  5. To scare away the pigeons
  6. USA
  7. Brian Lara
  8. 500%
  9. Cow's
  10. Bull running 

Sunday, July 13, 2025

QUIZ - 2025/28

 

1) What company hit the $4 trillion market cap for the first time?

2) The first-ever Birkin bag set a record of $10 million at Sotheby's auction. What fashion house created this iconic bag?

3) Which country became the first to recognise Afghanistan's Taliban government?

4) Prime Minister Modi visited Namibia on his way back from the BRICS summit. Namibia was a former colony of which European country?

5) What is the responsibility of Rufus at The Wimbledon?

6) Flash floods in the river Guadalupe killed more than hundred in which country?

7) South Africa's captain Wiann Mulder declared when he was batting at 367 because he wanted Brian Lara to keep his highest test match record of 400. Who holds the record for the highest first score in first class cricket?

8) How much tariff is Trump threatening India with for buying Russian oil?

9) Dukes ball used in the India-England test match series have come in for criticism for their rapid deterioration. What leather is used for these balls?

10) The famous week-long San Fermin festival got underway in Spain. What does it involve?

 

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Sunday, July 06, 2025

QUIZ - 2025/27

 

1) Shubman Gill's 430 runs in the ongoing Edgbaston test match against England is the second-most scored by a batsman in a test match. Who holds the record of 456 runs?

2) What airline experienced a major cyber attack leading to a likely data breach of 6 million customer profiles?

3) Nearly 50,000 people in which country were wrongly notified that they had won huge sums of money in a state-run lottery?

4) June 2025 set a new record for the most number of commercial space missions. How many?

5) Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra lost her job because she addressed her Cambodian counterpart as what in a phone call?

6) This year's Glastonbury music festival was rocked by controversy following chants against whom?

7) President Trump formally revoked American sanctions against which country?

8) What is the name of the new political party launched by Elon Musk?

9) By what day is the birthday of Bidhan Chandra Roy on 1st July celebrated in India?

10) What Grand Slam record of Andre Agassi did Novak Djokovic better during the first week at Wimbledon?

Saturday, July 05, 2025