Geography
Indian History
Sports
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200

Which animal appears on the flag of Sri Lanka?

Lion


200

Which English-language local (city) newspaper launched in 2005 was subsequently downsized and digitized by the Times Group during the Covid lockdown?

Mumbai Mirror


200

Max Verstappen won the Formula One World Driver’s title in 2022, but who came second?

Charles Leclerc

200

In 1929, Gour Mohan Dutta first manufactured this product by combining Boric Acid and Lanolin, creating an antiseptic cream.

ID the product.

Boroline

BOR + OLIN

200

What is the name of the actor who played Javier Pena in Narcos, Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones and Joel in the Last of Us?

Pedro Pascal


400

A geographical feature is referred to by several names across the world:

Steppes
Pampas
Prairies
Meadows / Pastures

What is the name for these in South America, Australia and Africa?

Savannahs

Names for Grasslands

400

Jawaharlal Nehru launched the Indian Space Programme in 1962 by establishing a committee under the suggestion of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai. The committee was later dissolved in 1969 with the formation of ISRO and Department of Space (DoS). Give me the abbreviation of the committee.

INCOSPAR - Indian National Committee for Space Research

400

In which year and tournament did England manager Gareth Southgate hit the headlines for missing an important penalty in a semifinal against the Germans?

Euro 1996

400

Anemometers are used in weather stations to measure what?

Wind speed and direction

400

In 2017, the Academy Award for Best Picture was eventually won by which movie - especially notable because the presenters had initially announced and handed over the award to another movie?

Moonlight

600

How many estimated wild Kangaroos live in the world?

500 million

600

Alexander The Great invaded India during the 4th Century BC. Which state + modern-day province did he add to the Macedonian Empire as a result of his conquest?

Punjab & Sindh

600

Who are the current President and Vice President of the BCCI?

Roger Binny - President (300)
Rajeev Shukla - Vice President (300)

600

You have a birthday cake and have to cut it into 8 equal pieces by making 3 straight cuts only. How do you do it?

2 straight cuts across the middle - 4 pieces
1 final cut through the cross-section of cake - 8 pieces total

600

In FIFA 21, the top-rated players were as follows:
1) Lionel Messi - 93
2) Cristiano Ronaldo & Robert Lewandowski - 92

Who was third on this list, a player who was in the limelight during EURO 2024 for his incredible performances?

Jan Oblak - 91

800

World Capitals
Croatia (400)
Bosnia & Herzegovina (400)

Zagreb

Sarajevo

800

At the time of its independence, how many autonomous princely states existed in India?

565

800

What is the most common scoreline in European football leagues since the year 2000?

1-0

800

Who was the first head of state to be indicted with war crimes in the year 2001?

Slobodan Milosevic - Yugoslavia

800

A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?

Four sisters and three brothers

1000

Dracula famously lived in the historical region of Transylvania - but in what European country would you now find his castle? (700)

What is the capital of this country? (300)

Romania, Bucharest

1000

Under an agreement with which country did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ (400) into the Azad Hind Fauj?

Japan (600)

1000

1. Who is the only football player to have scored in the last 3 EUROs as well as the last 3 World Cup tournaments?

2. Which cricket club / county plays its home matches at the Oval? Active players include Sam Curran, Reece Topley, Rory Burns and Sai Sudharsan.

1. Xherdan Shaqiri

2. Surrey

1000

What is the name of James Cameron's (the famous director of Titanic, Avatar, etc.) expedition company or submarine that successfully explored the deepest part of the Mariana Trench?

He has challenged and improved the submarine tech by completing 33 dives to the wreck of the Titanic itself since the late 90s.

Deepsea Challenge / Challenger

1000

1. Not necessarily known for his batting skills, who is jokingly referred to as the "Burnley Lara"?

2. This cricketer was initially called "Junior" by his teammates - but after a world event in the 80s, he was also jokingly referred to as "Afghanistan". Identify the cricketer. 

1. James Anderson


2. Mark Waugh - as in "The Forgotten Waugh (War)"