QUIZ - 2025/24

 

1) What is the name of the operation launched by Israel against Iran's nuclear facilities?

2) "The Day of the Jackal" is the most famous book of Fredrick Forsyth, who passed away this week. On the assassination attempt on what famous personality is the story based on?

3) Seven former cricketers were inducted into the Hall of Fame by the ICC and among them was a solitary woman. Which country is she from?

4) After whom is the Ahmedabad airport named?

5) The aid ship with activist Greta Thunberg on board was seized by the Israeli forces. The ship is named after a real person, Madleen Kulab, living in Gaza. What is her occupation?

6) Which country is hosting the FIFA Club World Cup that is currently underway?

7) Carlos Alcaraz and Jannick Sinner played the longest ever French Open final clocking 5 hours and 29 minutes. Who played the longest Grand Slam final in open era lasting 5 hours and 53 minutes?

8) What is the name of the protests that took place across USA on the day the US Army celebrated its 250th anniversary with a parade?

9) In which country were 2 members of a famous boy-band released after serving compulsory military service?

10) Which city is hosting the latest round of trade talks between USA and China?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/23

1.  Hudson's Bay
2. 5.5%
3. Zimbabwe
4. 700 kms
5. Axiom
6. Armageddon
7. Chris Evert
8. Reduce Taxes
9. Hindustan Construction Company
10. UK

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"?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/22

1. Asteroid
2. Siemens
3. Stavanger
4. Real Madrid
5. Montreal
6. Mexico
7. 31
8. Spelling
9. Dispute Resolution
10. King Charles

  

QUIZ - 2025/22

 

1) China launched Tianwen-2 mission to bring back dust from what object in space?

2) The first 9000 hp electric locomotive rolled out of the new Indian Railways factory at Dahod in Gujarat. Who is the manufacturer?

3) Norway Chess, one of the world's most prestigious chess tournaments, is currently underway in which city?

4) PSG (Paris Saint-Germain) won the UEFA Champions League last night defeating Inter Milan 5-0. Which club has won the trophy most times?

5) New Delhi is hosting the aviation industry leaders from across the world at the AGM of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Where is the global headquarters of IATA?

6) Which country will become the only one in the world to elect judges by people?

7) Kami Rita Sherpa broke his own record of summiting Mount Everest for the most number of times. How many times has he summited?

8) A popular annual competition sponsored by Scripps celebrated its 100th edition this week. What skill does the competition test?

9) More than 30 countries convened in Hong Kong under the leadership of China to establish a new global forum to carry out what activity?

10) Who delivered the opening address at Canada's new parliament session?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/21

 

1. Mizoram
2. Kudankulam
3. Semicolon (;)
4. Aranyer Din Ratri
5. Eat them
6. MAK Pataudi
7. Big Bang
8. Kannada
9. Haryana
10. Washington

QUIZ - 2025/21

 

1) Which state became the first to achieve full literacy in India?

2) India's architect of nuclear power Dr M.R Srinivasan passed away at the age of 95. Where is India's largest nuclear power plant located?

3) Usage of what punctuation mark has declined by almost 50% in the last 20 years?

4) What remastered film of Satyajit Ray was showcased at the Cannes Film Festival?

5) In a famous quote of the week, what did Trump ask Walmart to do with the tariffs when they hinted at price rise?

6) Shubman Gill became the 5th youngest Indian test cricket captain. Who was the youngest?

7) Jayant Narlikar, the leading astrophysicist, who passed away this week, is most famous for proposing an alternative to what theory of the Universe's origin?

8) The Booker International Prize was awarded to Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi for Heart Lamp. From what language has this work been translated?

9) A professor of Ashoka University was arrested for his social media post triggering a nationwide debate. Where is Ashoka University?

10) In which city were two Israeli embassy officials shot dead?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/20

 

1. Basel
2. Syria
3. Canada
4. Turkey
5. Luxury Plane
6. Argentina
7. Philippines
8. Istanbul
9. Nissan
10. Moody's

QUIZ - 2025/20

 

1) Which city is hosting the final of the Eurovison song contest?

2) Over what country did USA lift years of sanctions leading to wild public rejoicing?

3) Which country appointed a woman of Indian origin as its new foreign minister?

4) In which country did a rebel group announce its decision to lay down arms and disband after 40 years of insurgency?

5) What did the Emir of Qatar gift to Donald Trump?

6) Nazi propaganda material dating back to 1941 were discovered in the basement of which country's Supreme Court?

7) Former President of which country was elected as a Mayor while lodged in prison in The Hague?

8) After more than 3 years, delegates from Russia and Ukraine had face to face talks in which city?

9) What car maker announced its decision to shut down 7 factories and cut 11000 jobs?

10) USA lost its last perfect credit rating of AAA after being downgraded by what investment firm?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/19

1. Oman
2. Switzerland
3. Leo XIV
4. Mark Twain
5. Black Dandyism
6. Movies
7. End of WW-II
8. Sumitomo Mitsui
9. Starbase
10. Prison   

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?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/18

 

1. Liberals
2. Sistine Chapel
3. Volkswagen
4. Liverpool
5. Champak
6. Labour
7. Chinese retaliers
8. Power Outage
9. USA
10. Wildfires

QUIZ - 2025/18

 

1) Which party was voted to power in the Canadian elections held under the looming shadow of Trump?

2) The College of Cardinals has been meeting regularly since the funeral of Pope Francis, including setting the start date of the conclave to elect the new Pope. Where will the conclave take place?

3) What German carmaker sold more sausages than cars last year?

4) Who won the English Premier League equalling the record of the legendary Manchester United?

5) What is the name of the robotic dog in IPL, over which BCCI has been taken to court?

6) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was voted back to power in a landslide victory. What party does he represent?

7) Who or what are Shein and Temu?

8) What event led to widespread disruption of normal life across Spain and Portugal last Monday?

9) In which country did millions of freshly minted coins tumble onto the road after a truck overturned?

10) What caused Israel to declare a national emergency?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/17

 

1. Washington
2. 2.8%
3. The Resistance Front
4. Olo
5. PayPal
6. Dick Sudirman
7. Rome
8. Beyonce
9. Half Marathon
10. Bandung

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