QUIZ - 2025/17

 

1) In which city did Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo sign a peace agreement?

2) What revised growth forecast for 2025 was put out by the International Monetary Fund?

3) Who claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam attack?

4) What is the name of the never seen before colour that scientists claim to have discovered?

5) This week commemorates the 20^th anniversary of the first video to be uploaded on YouTube by its co-founder Jawed Karim. Jawed and his two other co-founders were former employees of what tech company?

6) After what former player is the biennial world badminton championship for mixed teams named?

7) Pope Francis who passed away at the age of 88 was also the Bishop of which diocese?

8) What celebrity pop star’s mother came out with a memoir titled “Matriarch”?

9) In what event did humanoid robots participate in Beijing?

10) This week marked the 70^th anniversary of the Afro-Asian conference that gave birth to the Non-Aligned Movement. In which city was it held?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/16

 

1. Prada
2. Algeria
3. Harvard
4. Maldives
5. Six
6. Golf
7. Rajasthan Royals
8. Cough Syrup
9. Article 142 of the constitution
10. El Salvador

QUIZ - 2025/16

 

1) What fashion house did Prada acquire in a $1.4 billion deal?

2) With which African country and France did a diplomatic row escalate leading to tit-for-tat expulsions of 12 diplomats?

3) Which Ivy League school refused to accede to Trump’s demands for change leading to a $2.2 billion federal funding freeze?

4) What country banned people holding Israeli passports from entering in an act of solidarity with Palestine?

5) The week witnessed the first all-women space flight, six decades after Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963. How many women were there in Blue Origin’s spacecraft?

6) In which sport did Rory Mcilroy write history with his victory, joining 5 other greats in an exclusive club?

7) Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest debutant in IPL history at the age of 14. For which team did he play?

8) What item was banned by the Indian government for children below 4?

9) What was described as "Nuclear Missile" by VP Jagdeep Dhankar?

10) To which country has the USA wrongfully deported a person provoking the intervention of the Supreme Court?

Answers to Quiz - 2025/15

 

1. Tamil Nadu
2. 125%
3. Singapore
4. Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd
5. Kazakhstan
6. Laurence Olivier
7. Dire Wolf
8. 6%
9. Thailand
10. Elon Musk and Peter Navarro

QUIZ - 2025/15

 

1) Governor of which state was criticised by the Supreme Court for withholding his consent to the bills passed by the legislature?

2) In the bizarre on-going trade war, what % of tariff has China imposed on US goods in retaliation?

3) What city's airport was named the world's best for the 13th time?

4) Who built the new Pamban bridge, India's first vertical lift sea bridge?

5) A 3-member crew to the International Space Station took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. In which country is it located?

6) After what legendary actor are the UK theatre awards which were given out at London's Royal Albert Hall named?

7) What extinct animal was claimed to have been resurrected through genetic engineering?

8) What is the new Repo Rate after the 25 BPS cut announced by RBI?

9) Which country is celebrating its New Year, the Songkran festival, today the 13th April?

10) Boys will be Boys - that was the quote of the week emanating from White House Press Secretary about a public spat over tariffs. Who are the 2 boys?

Answers to Quiz - 2025/14

 

1. Chile
2. Seven
3. Fram2
4. Hands Off
5. Hungary
6. Embezzlement
7. No human inhabitation
8. Cory Booker
9. Wisconsin
10. W H Smith

QUIZ - 2025/14

 

1) Head of which South American country was on an official visit to India this week?

2) How many member states are there in BIMSTEC?

3) What is the name of the unique space mission in which 4 private astronauts orbited the earth in a novel polar trajectory?

4) What is the name of the protests that have erupted across USA over the policies of Trump and Musk?

5) Which country left the International Criminal Court as it hosted the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu?

6) Marine Le Pen, the French far-right politician and a front-runner in the 2027 election for President was barred from contesting after being found guilty of what charges?

7) President Trump slapped tariffs on almost all countries of the world. What was unique about the tariff imposed on Heard and McDonald Islands?

8) Who set a record for the longest ever speech in the US Senate?

9) In which US state did voters elect a Democrat-backed liberal judge to the state supreme court despite a high-profile funding and campaign by Elon Musk?

10) What 230-year-old retail store chain dating back to the Victorian era will disappear from the city centres in UK following a sale?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/13

 

1. Zimbabwe
2. Venezuela
3. Tiger Woods
4. The Atlantic
5. Eggs
6. Sagain
7. Rana Sanga
8. Mukesh Ambani
9. Habitat
10. Arabic