QUIZ - 2025/23

 

1) What 355-year-old retail chain permanently shut down its operations?

2) What is the new Repo Rate after the 50 bps cut announced by the RBI?

3) The head coach of RCB, the IPL winning team, was a former captain of which nation?

4) One of India's most ambitious road projects connecting Mumbai and Nagpur became fully operational this week. How much distance does it cover?

5) Who is operating and managing the space mission to ISS that will be piloted by Shubanshu Shukla?

6) What is the name of the last resort tie-breaker format in chess?

7) Who has won The Suzanne Lenglen Cup the most number of times?

8) What is the core proposal of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill"?

9) The Anji Khad bridge on the Katra -Srinagar route is India's first cable-stayed railway bridge. Who built it?

10) Which country released the outcome of a "strategic defence review" to become "battle-ready"?

 

QUIZ - 2024/26

 

1) A huge gender row erupted at the Paris Olympics when Imane Khelif won a boxing bout with her opponent throwing the towel in 46 seconds. Donald Trump, Elon Musk, J.K. Rowling, and others posted on social media fueling the controversy. What is the nationality of Imane?

2) Which country became the latest to approve insects for human consumption?

3) Training for the swimming event of the men’s Triathlon was cancelled because of the high bacteria count in the Seine River. Running is another event of the Triathlon. What is the 3^rd event?

4) Which city has been adjudged as the most liveable city for the 3^rd year in a row?

5) Who provided a notable quote of this week – I love my Black Job?

6) Borrowed from the theatre, what is the name of the tradition for starting each sporting event at the Paris Olympics by striking the floor 3 times with a pole to get the attention of the spectators?

7) Which country played the neutral host for the largest prisoner exchange between the USA and Russia since the Cold War?

8) Who is the Indian astronaut-designate for the joint Indo-US mission to the International Space Station?

9) An annual census is carried out in England over 5 days in a very traditional way. It is a custom that goes back to the 12^th Century and was intended to ensure a ready supply of meat for the royal feasts. What animal or bird is counted in this unique census?

10) Where was the assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh buried?