QUIZ - 2025/43

 

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 1) Name the legendary composer whose 200th birth anniversary is being celebrated this week (25th October), and whose most famous composition is inspired by a river.

2) OpenAI has unveiled an AI-powered browser designed to compete with Google. It shares its name with both a mountain and an insect. What is it called?

3) Three major European aerospace companies – Airbus, Leonardo and Thales - have announced a joint collaboration under the codename Project Bromo. What is the objective of this project?

4) A daring jewel heist at the Louvre Museum was used by a German company as part of an advertising campaign to promote which product?

5) Piyush Pandey, India’s legendary adman who passed away this week, was the longtime creative head of which advertising agency?

6) Following the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, what line now demarcates the areas of Gaza under Israeli control?

7) The East Wing of the 233-year-old White House, official residence of the U.S. President, is being demolished for what purpose?

8) Flocks of sheep and goats were paraded through which European city this week to mark an annual pastoral tradition?

9) What pharmaceutical company entered into an agreement with Eli Lilly to expand the distribution of its weight-loss drug across India?

10) King Charles became the first reigning British monarch to pray publicly with a Pope since the Church of England split from Rome in 1534. Which king initiated that split?

 

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?

QUIZ - 2025/08

 

1) For the first time in more than a century, a pharaoh's tomb has been uncovered in Egypt. The tomb of King Thutmose II was found in a joint Egyptian-British archaeological expedition. Thutmose II is best known as the husband of what Queen?

2) Whom did Donald Trump label as a "dictator"?

3) Which city hosted talks between Russia and USA to end the Ukraine war?

4) Which country's tourism slogan - "Everyone Must Go" - evoked criticism and ridicule?

5) In which city did a plane skid along the runway in flames before flipping over and coming to a dramatic halt upside down, losing its tail and an entire wing in the process? All the 80 passengers survived.

6) More than 1000 Chinese nationals working in online scam centres were rescued and brought back from which country?

7) In which country did a politically endorsed cryptocoin "Libra" surge briefly before crashing?

8) Which city is currently hosting its annual carnival, with a special celebration to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Casanova?

9) Donald Trump has restricted White House access to Associated Press (AP) over what issue?

10) Eruption of the volcano Mount Etna is drawing tourists in thousands hampering rescue operations in which country?