A week gone by. How much of it do you recall?
Biscuits, bloodsuckers, billion-dollar deals – sounds like just another week in the news, really
1 Pokemon is 25 years old this year. Celebrations include a new single, Electric. Pikachu and this pop star appear in the music video, a cute coming-of-age story about friendship and early struggles. Baby, it’s a firework! You can
hear her roar on the vocals. Her name?
2 In one landlocked valley, Covid care is adapting to the landscape. A houseboat owner has converted his craft into a floating ambulance, offering first aid, a stretcher, a wheelchair, a bloodpressure monitor and PPE kits. On which water body does Tariq Ahmad Patloo’s service operate? 3 We were on a break! The last episode of this sitcom aired in May 2004. But a reunion is out on HBO on May 27.
They started out as six singles in New York. Two had a chick and duck as pets. One said the wrong name in his wedding vows. One had triplets. Two lost their apartment on a bet. Who?
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This website isn’t in the .com .org or the usual domains. Duskgytldkxiuqc6, or simply Dusk, was the first site created on Tor’s decentralised internet 15 years ago, allowing users anonymity. Dusk will be auctioned as an NFT in November. Peel back the layers, try not to cry and give the URL for the site.
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Gen Z cool kids are describing millennials as cheugy. It’s pronounced chew gee, and it means you’re at best, off-trend; at worst, passé. So which of these is cheugy: Harry Potter merch, skinny jeans, colourful freakshakes, fairylights in your home décor? 6
The first batch of women in the military police have just been inducted into the Indian Army. After an intense 61 weeks of training, 83 women have made it to the ranks. How many women now serve in our army, navy and air force as officers?
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Facebook bought this messaging app in 2014 for $19 billion. It has 400 million users in India alone. Now it’s unrolling a privacy policy that will share even more of your data with Facebook, and isn’t letting you opt out. Two blue ticks if you name the app correctly. 8 Ohio, USA, has an unusual
incentive to protect its residents from Covid-19. The state will randomly reward five people with $1 million, and award five more with four-year scholarships to an Ohio public university. But to be eligible for the draw, Ohioans must have had at least one of what?
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All set to become India’s first ultralow-cost carrier, and ready with an IPO, this airline has just rebranded itselt. There’s a new name and a sunrise-themed blue tailfin. But will they still serve Britannia goodies on the flight? Give the old or new name of the airline.
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Some version of Bran castle has been standing since 1212. The Romanian landmark in Transylvania is now a site for public vaccinations. With what blood-sucking, sunlight-hating, bat-befriending being do tourists usually associate the fortress?