Are you a Super Trouper or is this an SOS?
The winner takes it all, in this quiz about the news of the past week
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Mamma Mia! Here we go again. This palindromic Swedish quartet called it quits in 1982. But on Thursday, they announced their first studio album in 40 years. Voyage comes out in November, accompanied by virtual concerts. Thank you for the music. But thank whom?
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In 2012, Avani Lekhara sustained spinal cord injuries in a car accident, rendering her immobile. She tried archery but preferred shooting. She’s only 19, and is India’s first woman to win two medals at the Tokyo Paralympics. Name the Olympic gold medallist rifle shooter she considers her idol.
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Shalu wears a churidar. She speaks 47 languages, can do simple maths and recognise objects and people. Vyommitra, on the other hand, has her own spacesuit. She’ll be going to space, performing environmentcontrol and life support functions. They’re not women. What are they?
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Remember that artwork, Girl with Balloon, which half-shredded itself moments after it was sold for $1.4 million on auction in 2018? Remember how it got re-titled Love is in The Bin, becoming the first work created at an auction? It’s back on sale, now expecting $5 million. Remember the artist’s name, though?
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Big John is among the biggest of his kind and is going on sale in Paris.
He’s a bit bony, with three horns on his head (one at the nose, two on the forehead), which is where he gets his name. Bidders might pay as much as $1.4 to $1.8 million, even though he died 66 million years ago. What is he?
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Picturetime Digiplex has installed an inflatable theatre in this chilly region, in an attempt to bring cinema to remote areas. The mobile theatre is situated at an altitude of 11,562 feet, making it the world’s highest. Where in India is it?
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For the third consecutive year, this London-based sculptor has topped the Hurun India Art List. His work sold for a total of Rs 20.64 crore over 65 lots. His Cloud Gate, in Chicago’s Millennium Park, has been nicknamed The Bean. He’s using nanotechnology to create the blackest black artworks. His name?
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In rural Jodhpur, where schools remain shut and local kids can’t access books, the NGO Room To Read’s mobile library, with balloons and 1,500 books, has become a huge attraction. The cart moves not by car or train, but by a sort of desert ship. What?
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Today is the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the second President of India. Why is this a special cause for celebration for educational institutes?
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Salman Rushdie’s new novel isn’t quite a novel. He’ll release his new work in 12 serialised instalments on a newsletter service that has 250,000 paying subscribers. What is the name of the service?