Geography
Which animal appears on the flag of Sri Lanka?
Lion
Which English-language local (city) newspaper launched in 2005 was subsequently downsized and digitized by the Times Group during the Covid lockdown?
Mumbai Mirror
Max Verstappen won the Formula One World Driver’s title in 2022, but who came second?
Charles Leclerc
Who was the first Indian woman to win an Olympics medal (Bronze) in weightlifting in the year 2000?
You may recall this answer from the KBC flash game on Windows we played in the early-mid 2000s.
Karnam Malleswari
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
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
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
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
Anemometers are used in weather stations to measure what?
Wind speed and direction
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
What is the total Indian population in the country of Zimbabwe?
9500
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
Who are the current President and Vice President of the BCCI?
Roger Binny - President (300)
Rajeev Shukla - Vice President (300)
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
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
World Capitals
Lebanon (300)
Bosnia & Herzegovina (500)
Beirut
Sarajevo
At the time of its independence, how many autonomous princely states existed in India?
565
What is the most common scoreline in European football leagues since the year 2000?
1-0
Who was the first head of state to be indicted with war crimes in the year 2001?
Slobodan Milosevic - Yugoslavia
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
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
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)
1. Who is the only football player to have scored in the last 3 EUROs as well as the last 3 World Cup tournaments? (500)
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
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
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)"