Sunday, November 16, 2025

QUIZ - 2025/46

 

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1) Why did South Korea stop flights from taking off and landing for 30 minutes on 13th November?

2) Which capital city is staring at an unprecedented water crisis, that might even require evacuation?

3) Where is the FIDE Chess World Cup taking place?

4) Which country is providing the latest lot of Cheetahs to India?

5) Where is the Malabar exercise taking place this week?

6) Who sold their entire stake in Nvidia worth $5.8 billion stoking fears of an AI-bubble?

7) The end of World War I on November 11, 1918 is commemorated by different names across the world. How is it observed in USA?

8) Apple launched the iPhone Pocket, a knitted sling in vivid colours to carry the phone. Priced at $150 and $230, fashion house from which country designed this product?

9) The Director-General and the News CEO of BBC resigned over misleading edits of whose video footage?

10) The US Government stopped minting one Cent coins, known as Pennies. What special symbol was stamped on the last five Pennies that will not go in circulation?

 


Saturday, November 15, 2025

Answers to Quiz - 2025/45

 

  1. Japan
  2. Mexico
  3. Shantha Rangaswamy
  4. Rabindranath Tagore
  5. George W Bush
  6. Belem
  7. Ritwik Ghatak
  8. Amazon and OpenAI
  9. Auctioned it
  10. Software development using AI

Sunday, November 09, 2025

QUIZ - 2025/45

 

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1) Which country has deployed military to combat deadly attacks by bears?

2) Where in the world was a woman head of government groped by a man in public?

3) Who was the first captain of Indian women's cricket team?

4) The 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram, our National Song, was celebrated this week. Who first recited this song publicly?

5) Dick Cheney, who passed away this week, was one of the most consequential Vice President in US history. Under what President did he serve?

6) Which Brazilian city is hosting this year's COP, the annual UN summit on climate?

7) Which legendary film maker's birth centenary was celebrated this week?

8) Jaw-dropping deals are happening in the tech industry every week. Which two giants announced a $38 billion deal this week?

9) James Watson, who discovered the Double Helix structure of the DNA, passed away this week at the age of 97. What did he do with his Nobel medal in 2014?

10) Collins Dictionary has named "Vibe Coding" as the word of 2025. What does it mean?

 

Saturday, November 08, 2025

Answers to Quiz - 2025/44

 

  1. Malaysia
  2. Busan
  3. Nvidia
  4. Jamaica
  5. Egypt
  6. Dr Seuss
  7. Serbia
  8. Gerald Ford
  9. Poseidon
  10. AI-powered cabinet minister

Sunday, November 02, 2025

QUIZ - 2025/44

 

1) Which country hosted the ASEAN summit earlier this week?

2) In which city did Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet?

3) Which company made history becoming the first ever to achieve a market cap exceeding $5 trillion, a valuation greater than India's GDP?

4) What country bore the brunt of the Category-5 hurricane Melissa?

5) Which country opened the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilisation?

6) Name the famous writer of children’s books whose previously unknown manuscript was discovered and will be published next year, 35 years after he passed away?

7) In which country did tens of thousands of people march on the streets to observe the first anniversary of a tragedy that killed 16 people?

8) Aircraft carrier named after which US President is being deployed to the Caribbean in the battle against alleged drug smugglers?

9) What is the name of the nuclear-powered underwater drone tested by Russia?

10) What is Diella?

 

Saturday, November 01, 2025

Answers to Quiz - 2025/43

  1. Johann Strauss Jr
  2. Atlas
  3. Launch Satellites
  4. Mobile Lift
  5. Ogilvy & Mather
  6. Yellow Line
  7. Construct a Ballroom
  8. Madrid
  9. Cipla
  10. Henry VIII