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?

QUIZ - 2024/15

 

1) To which country did India supply BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles?

2) In which city did the 60th edition of the art exhibition known as "the Olympics of the art world" open with the central theme of "Foreigners Everywhere"?

3) Which country's parliament approved a motion to ban the Swastika emblem of the Nazis?

4) Which European city banned the construction of new hotels to fight against over-tourism?

5) Police was summoned to clear pro-Palestinian protestors from the campus of which Ivy League school?

6) What baby food company has been accused of using excess amounts of sugar in their products sold in Asia compared to that in Europe?

7) In which capital city did a fire devastate the iconic 400-year-old stock exchange building?

8) What organisms are affected by the fourth global bleaching event that the world is currently experiencing?

9) What is the name of NASA's helicopter on Mars that sent out its farewell message this week?

10) Mayor of which drought-affected South American capital urged couples to shower together to conserve water?

QUIZ - 2022/37

 

1) Roger Federer has announced his retirement from tennis after playing more than 1500 matches over 24 years. What was the first of his Grand Slam titles?

2) Which country’s first woman Prime Minister resigned after her government lost the election by a razor-thin margin to right wing parties?

3) Name the legendary pioneer of French New Wave cinema who died at the age of 91.

4) Whose record did Carlos Alcaraz break to become the youngest No.1 in men’s tennis at the age of 19?

5) Which TV Series won the most Emmys this year?

6) Which Ivy League university plummeted 16 positions from its No. 2 spot in this year’s rankings following allegations of a scandal?

7) Which city is hosting this year’s annual summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?

8) What cryptocurrency undertook the “Merge” to switch from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake?

9) What is the name of the low-cost, high-performance paper microscope developed using principles of Origami, which was recognised by the Golden Goose award for its potential to have a huge societal impact?

10) Where is the final resting place for Queen Elizabeth?