QUIZ - 2025/35

1) Who is hosting the Women's Rugby World Cup currently underway in its 2nd week?

2) Trials were conducted this week to test the integrity of the world's tallest bridge. Where is it coming up?

3) An organisation UFAIR was launched this week with what objective?

4) In which country did the constitutional court dismiss the Prime Minister for violating ethical code?

5) By what % did India's GDP grow in Q1 of this financial year exceeding all estimates?

6) Salwa Judum, which was back in news this week, was an active anti-Maoist vigilante group in which state during 2005-2011?

7) Which country cut off diplomatic ties with Iran over allegations of orchestrating antisemitic attacks?

8) Prime Minister of Fiji paid an official visit to India. What is the capital of Fiji?

9) Which country was battered by a powerful typhoon leading to evacuation of more than 600,000 people?

10) A painting stolen by the Nazis 80 years ago was spotted on the website of an estate agent selling a house in which country? 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/34

 

1. Target
2. Swatch
3. Ground was sinking because of a mine
4. Distorted size of the African Continent on maps
5. Brain
6. Intel
7. Judge
8. Meeting of Central Bankers
9. Unrealistic Dreams
10. Erin

 

QUIZ - 2025/34

1) CEO of what US retailier resigned folllowing widespread customer boycott over its DEI rollback?

2) What Swiss company apologised and withdrew its ad featuring a model pulling the corners of his eyes, after the image prompted uproar among Chinese social media users?

3) Why was an entire 113-year-old church made of wood relocated in Sweden?

4) What is the Mercator Projection against which African Union has launched a major protest?

5) Few cases of a rare and fatal disease, amoebic meningoencephalitis, have been found in Kerala, putting the state on alert. What part of the body does this amoeba attack?

6) In what tech company has US Government acquired 10% stake?

7) Frank Caprio, who became a sensation through the courtroom reality TV show - Caught in Providence - passed away at the age of 88. What was his real profession?

8) What happens at Jackson Hole every August?

9) Delulu is among the new words added to Cambridge Dictionary. What does this slang mean?

10) What is the name of the first hurricane of this season?

Answers to Quiz - 2025/33

 

1. La Liga
2. Italy
3. Air Defence System
4. Edinburgh
5. Indonesia
6. Liechtenstein
7. BBB
8. Bluff Master
9. $7.2 million
10. Pole Vault 

QUIZ - 2025/33

1) What European football league is planning to hold a match in USA, attracting widespread criticism?

2) Which country has approved the construction of the world's longest single span bridge?

3) What is Sudarshan Chakra announced by PM Modi in his Independence Day address?

4) Which city in UK hosts a famous arts and culture festival known as "Fringe" for 3 weeks every August?

5) In which country are people protesting by flying a pirate flag popularised by Japanese anime?

6) 5 countries share 15th August as Independence (or National Day) with India. 4 of them are - North and South Korea, Republic of Congo and Bahrain? Which is the 5th European country that observes 15th August as National Day?

7) After 18 years, S&P raised India's sovereign credit rating to what grade?

8) The song "Govinda Ala Re" from what 60s Shammi Kapoor film is the anthem of Mumbai's Dahi Handi festivities?

9) How much did USA pay Russia to acquire Alaska in 1867?

10) In which event did Swedish athlete Mondo Duplantis break the world record for 13th time?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/32

 

1. Intel
2. Sarnath Stupa
3. Gaya
4. Venezuela
5. Washington
6. American Eagle
7. Chikungunya
8. Geneva
9. Bottled Water
10. Fat Man

QUIZ - 2025/32

 

1) President Trump has publicly asked for resignation for which company's CEO?

2) What ancient monument has been nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Site by India?

3) A BJP MP has objected to the IATA code of which international airport in India?

4) President Trump has increased the reward to $50 million for the arrest of which country's leader?

5) Where did Azerbaijan and Armenia sign a peace deal?

6) What apparel brand courted controversy because of the wordplay of "jeans" and "genes" in its ad?

7) What mosquito-borne disease is spreading alarmingly in China?

8) Representatives from over 190 countries are meeting in which city to negotiate the first ever Global Plastics Treaty?

9) France has been gripped by a scandal over what product marketed by Perrier?

10) 80th anniversary of Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombing was observed during the week. The bomb that was dropped over Hiroshima was nicknamed "Little Boy". What was the name given to the bomb dropped over Nagasaki?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/31

1. Stockholm
2. Astronomer Royal
3. Russia
4. Malaysia
5. Italy
6. Kiran Desai
7. Vogue
8. Copper
9. Australia
10. Godrej

QUIZ - 2025/31

 

1) China and USA have been conducting trade negotiations in many cities over the last couple of months. What city hosted their talks this week?

2) To what royal office did the King of UK appoint a woman for the first time in 350 years?

3) An earthquake of 8.8 magnitude, among the strongest on record, struck the Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunamis in different parts of the world. Where is this peninsula?

4) Who mediated the ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia?

5) Tata Motors announced the acquisition of commercial vehicle maker Iveco for $4.4 billion. Where is the company's main production facility located?

6) What former Indian Booker Prize winning writer has secured a place in this year's longlist for the presigious literary award?

7) What fashion magazine is raising eyebrows by including an advertorial featuring an AI-generated model?

8) On what commodity did Trump impose 50% import duty?

9) Which country attempted its first ever rocket launch this week?

10) What Indian business house acquired sacred jewels linked to Buddha before they were to be auctioned off by Sotheby's?

Answers to Quiz - 2025/30

1. Black Sabbath
2. Citizen Kane
3. Georgia
4. Wall Street Journal
5. Ford
6. Cambodia and Thailand
7. Fighter Jets
8. Manipuri
9. 60 GW
10. Afghanistan and Pakistan 

QUIZ - 2025/30

 1) Ozzy Osbourne, one of the most influential rock musicians, passed away at the age of 76, 3 weeks after a farewell concert. What is the name of the band he co-founded?

2) The iconic "Rosebud" sled from what legendary movie was sold at auction for $14.75 million, making it one of the most expensive pieces of movie memorabilia ever sold.

3) In which country are two Indian women - Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh - battling it out for women’s world chess championship?

4) What newspaper was sued by President Trump for defamation seeking damages of $10 billion?

5) What automaker is recalling nearly 700,000 SUVs for potential fire risk because of faulty fuel injector?

6) Border clashes broke out between which 2 Asian countries?

7) Two designers whose names begin with M and G respectively, founded a company to manufacture what?

8) Ratan Thiyam, one of the outstanding Indian playwrights and theatre directors passed away this week. In which language did he write almost all his plays?

9) China began construction of the world's biggest ever dam across the Yarlung Zangbo River. What is its proposed hydroelectric power capacity?

10) Durand Cup, one of the oldest football tournaments in the world, is named after the British diplomat Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, who is famous for having lent his name to define the international border between which two countries?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/29

 

1. FMCG
2. Automobile
3. UK
4. Golf
5. Yemen
6. A separate religion
7. New Zealand
8. Corn Syrup
9. Unreleased Music
10. Chelsea 

QUIZ - 2025/29

 

1) What business did the Adani group exit from?

2) What industry do CAFE-3 norms seek to regulate in India?

3) What country plans to lower the voting age to 16?

4) Players of what sport are currently taking part in an annual competition to vie for a trophy popularly known as Claret Jug?

5) Execution of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from Kerala, has been postponed in which country?

6) Nearly 200 people lost their lives in clashes between Druze militia and Bedouin tribes in Southern Syria. Who are Druze?

7) Australia bowled out West Indies for 27 runs, the second-lowest test innings score in cricket history. Which team was bowled out for the lowest ever total of 26?

8) President Trump claimed that he has persuaded Coca Cola to use cane sugar instead of what in its beverages? 

9) What was stolen from a car rented for Beyonce's concert tour?

10) Who won the FIFA Club World Cup?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/28

 

1. Nvidia
2. Hermes
3. Russia
4. Germany
5. To scare away the pigeons
6. USA
7. Brian Lara
8. 500%
9. Cow's
10. Bull running 

QUIZ - 2025/28

 

1) What company hit the $4 trillion market cap for the first time?

2) The first-ever Birkin bag set a record of $10 million at Sotheby's auction. What fashion house created this iconic bag?

3) Which country became the first to recognise Afghanistan's Taliban government?

4) Prime Minister Modi visited Namibia on his way back from the BRICS summit. Namibia was a former colony of which European country?

5) What is the responsibility of Rufus at The Wimbledon?

6) Flash floods in the river Guadalupe killed more than hundred in which country?

7) South Africa's captain Wiann Mulder declared when he was batting at 367 because he wanted Brian Lara to keep his highest test match record of 400. Who holds the record for the highest first score in first class cricket?

8) How much tariff is Trump threatening India with for buying Russian oil?

9) Dukes ball used in the India-England test match series have come in for criticism for their rapid deterioration. What leather is used for these balls?

10) The famous week-long San Fermin festival got underway in Spain. What does it involve?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/27

 

1. Graham Gooch
2. Qantas
3. Norway
4. 21
5. Uncle
6. Israel
7. Syria
8. America Party
9. Doctor's Day
10. Serving most bagels

 

QUIZ - 2025/27

 

1) Shubman Gill's 430 runs in the ongoing Edgbaston test match against England is the second-most scored by a batsman in a test match. Who holds the record of 456 runs?

2) What airline experienced a major cyber attack leading to a likely data breach of 6 million customer profiles?

3) Nearly 50,000 people in which country were wrongly notified that they had won huge sums of money in a state-run lottery?

4) June 2025 set a new record for the most number of commercial space missions. How many?

5) Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra lost her job because she addressed her Cambodian counterpart as what in a phone call?

6) This year's Glastonbury music festival was rocked by controversy following chants against whom?

7) President Trump formally revoked American sanctions against which country?

8) What is the name of the new political party launched by Elon Musk?

9) By what day is the birthday of Bidhan Chandra Roy on 1st July celebrated in India?

10) What Grand Slam record of Andre Agassi did Novak Djokovic better during the first week at Wimbledon?

Answers to Quiz - 2025/26

 

1. Vogue
2. Andy Flower
3. Canada
4. Chile
5. The Hague
6. Prada
7. Peru
8. USA
9. Novo Nordisk
10. Seven

 

QUIZ - 2025/26

 

1) Anna Wintour stepped down as editor-in-chief from what fashion magazine after 37 years?

2) Rishabh Pant became the 2nd wicketkeeper to score a century in both innings of a test match. Who was the first?

3) Scientists have confirmed that the oldest rocks on earth are in which country?

4) The first images from the revolutionary telescope and camera of the Vera Rubin Observatory were released. Where is this located?

5) In an important summit, NATO leaders decided to increase defence spending to 5% of the country's GDP. Where did this summit take place?

6) What fashion house was compelled to acknowledge the inspiration of Kolhapuri Chappals for their latest sandal collection?

7) The International Potato Research Centre announced the establishment of the South Asian hub at Agra. In which country, where the potato is believed to have originated, is the global centre located?

8) Who brokered the historic peace accord between Rwanda and Congo?

9) Wegovy, the weight loss drug, made its debut in Indian markets. Who makes this anti-obesity product?

10) How many B-2 bombers were used in Operation Midnight Hammer strike on Iran's nuclear facilities?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2025/25

 

1. Copenhagen
2. LA Lakers
3. Indonesia
4. Cryptocurrencies
5. MIT
6. Pataudi
7. UK
8. Zagreb
9. Armenia
10. Qatar Airways