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It’s been a superlative week. Can you keep up with the biggest, tallest, earliest, shortest, longest and weirdest events that make up this quiz? Ten questions to own them all
Seventeen letters forming seven words, translating to “May this tusk root out the lice of th hair and the beard,” were carved into a tiny ivory comb in Canaanite, the world’s first alphabet. What is this sentence considered to be, historically?
Paul Allen’s sold for $1.5 billion, making it the biggest one yet. The Macklowes’ sold for $922 million; the Rockefellers’ for $835 million. A rare Rothko, a record Seurat and a nightmarish Giacometti were involved. What sold when the hammer came down?
He was a chieftain in the Vijayanagara Empire. An airport, bus stand, metro, layout, road and park are named after him. The tallest bronze statue of a city’s founder was erected in his honour. When you come to Bengaluru, you land in ____ International Airport. Who?
This liquor is brewed by Adivasi communities from flowers of the Madhuca longifolia. One batch kept for fermentation in large pots in an Odisha forest was consumed by unusual guests; 24 gentle jumbos were found snoozing nearby. Name the drink.
No single prime minister of this country has ever completed a full term in office. Nurul Amin had the shortest term at 13 days. Yousaf Raza Gilani had the longest at 4 years and 86 days. A former PM just survived an assassination attempt. Name the country.