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Trivial pursuits of the sporting kind
This quiz takes the high road, splits gold medals and is up for a beauty buy. Are you on board?
Here’s to new highs! The Border Roads Organisation has built a motorable road 19,300 feet above sea level at the Umling La pass in Eastern Ladakh. It’s the world’s highest. Which South American country held that distinction until now? Hint: It has a La Paz, not a La Pass
India debuts an electric supercar late next year. Bengaluru startup Mean Metal Motors’s prototype has McLaren-like features, runs 700km on a single charge and costs Rs 88 lakh. What are they calling it?
Dungeons and Dragons, nosebleeds, Upside Down. Netflix’s beloved ’80sera horror drama has teased a few scenes for next year’s Season 4. Name the never-ending story that features Eleven, Joyce Beyers, Jim Hopper,
Dustin and the gang.
Nine years ago, Falguni Nayar’s company didn’t exist. Now the former investment banker is steering her online retail brand towards an IPO, giving her a possible net worth of $1.1 billion. Put on your glossiest lipstick, spray your best perfume, and name her
brand.
If stocks can soar, so can dreams. This billionaire shares trader from Mumbai is investing $35 million to launch Akasa Air, an ultra-low-cost airline, next year. He runs Rare Enterprises, named for him and his wife, Rekha. His name?
You probably caught the moment when Mutaz Bashim and Gianmarco Tamberi, high jumpers from Qatar and Italy, decided to share the Olympic gold medal. Back in 1936, Japanese pole vaulters and friends Shuhei Nishida and Sueo Ōe declined to compete too. They were awarded a silver and bronze. What did they do with it?
His goal-scoring skills earned India Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936. His birthday, on August 29, is celebrated as National Sports Day. He’s not a cricketer. But he now lends his name to the Khel Ratna too. Who?
Someone took a photo of Sarim Akhtar at the ICC World Cup 2019, when his Pakistani compatriots were struggling against Australia. His annoyed, dismayed expression, hands on hips, quickly went viral. The photo is now acquired by a meme museum in Hong Kong. By what title is Akhtar best known?
We competed in fencing and sailing at Tokyo 2020. In addition, Fouaad Mirza and Seigneur finished 23 in their Olympics debut. In what sport where the Indian man and beast competing?
British diver Tom Daley won gold last week in synchronised 10-m platform diving. But he’s made headlines for keeping busy with an unlikely hobby between events. We’ve seen him with purple yarn and white wool. What craft has kept the Olympian occupied?
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