QUIZ - 2026/34

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1) Which of the five Great Lakes did President Trump rename “Lake America”?

2) Where is SpaceX planning to build a new launch site at a cost of $100 billion?

3) August 29 is celebrated as National Sports Day in honour of which legendary sportsperson?

4) Which European city is being blackmailed following a cyberattack?

5) Which Dolly Parton song was celebrated by lighting up the Empire State Building in New York?

6) What part is being replaced in China’s largest-ever car recall?

7) What does Operation Blue Skies, launched this week, aim to reduce?

8) King Harald V of Norway, who passed away this week aged 89, represented his country in which sport at the Olympics?

9) What is the name of the operation launched by the USA to isolate Iran from the global financial system?

10) The catastrophic flooding in Nepal is believed to have been caused by the collapse of a glacier. What impact did it register on the seismic scale?

QUIZ - 2025/19

 

1) Which country is hosting the nuclear talks between USA and Iran?

2) Which country is hosting the trade talks between USA and China?

3) What name did Robert Francis Prevost assume after being elected as the Pope?

4) The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded to Percival Everett for his work "James" which is a retelling of a classic novel - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Who is the author of this classic?

5) What male fashion style was projected at this year's Met Gala?

6) On what product did Donald Trump impose 100% tariff citing it as a matter of "national security"?

7) China's Xi and Brazil's Lula were among the world leaders in Moscow to attend a massive parade to celebrate what event?

8) What Japanese bank bought 20% shares of YES Bank?

9) The area where Elon Musk's SpaceX company operates in Texas has now officially become a city. What is its name?

10) Alcatraz, an island made famous by many Hollywood movies and a popular tourist destination is set to be transformed as what by Donald Trump?

 

QUIZ - 2024/07

 

1) Kelvin Kiptum, long-distance runner and the Marathon world record holder dies in a car crash. What was his nationality?

2) Prime Minister of which country was put on the “wanted list” by Russia?

3) Which country held the world’s largest single-day election involving over 200 million voters?

4) What is the name of the privately built lunar lander launched SpaceX?

5) Who became the first orthodox Christian country to allow same-sex marriages?

6) What is the nickname of the ISRO rocket that launched India’s weather satellite INSAT-3DS?

7) Medals at the Paris Olympics will contain scrap metal from which monument?

8) Which world leader joined Tik Tok this week?

9) Name the city in southern Gaza that came under latest Israeli bombing.

10) Which country was affected by snow storms caused by Nor’easter winds?