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Knots, bots and joining the dots. Prizes, price rises and some strange new indices. All in all, this quiz is another brick the wall

Alia Bhatt is marrying Ranbir Kapoor. The wedding is in Chembur, Mumbai. The honeymoon is in South Africa. But on social media, fans are using LOML in reference to the couple. What does it stand for?

“He is both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on ___________and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long term.” This tweet welcomes Elon Musk to the board of which company?

Muthu, 82, from Manamadurai, Tamil Nadu, has spent ₹80,000 to build a memorial for someone who was very dear to him. He now plans to build a temple in his memory. That’s rewarding loyalty. Who‘s a good boy?

This neighbour nation has produced the world’s youngest Nobel laureate, is home to the world’s largest deep-sea port and runs the world’s largest volunteer ambulance service. No Prime Minister has completed a five-year term since 1947. Its name?

Ranking 22 among Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants is Delhi’s Indian Accent. At 49 is the Delhi restaurant, Megu. Beating them, at 21, is a Mumbai restaurant founded by Aditi Dugar. Its name sounds like something we wore through the pandemic. What?

Thus far, the Taliban have banned women from appearing in TV dramas, foreign currency, the IPL and kite flying. Now, farmers are forbidden from cultivating a crop, sending prices soaring to ₹25,000 a kilo. Name the poisonous yet

addictive flowering plant.

All 26 cabinet ministers have resigned. Only the PM and the President are left. This is after citizens defied a weekend curfew to stage a protest against the acute shortage of food, fuel and medicines. Which country has grossly mismanaged its economy?

Zubin Mehta, Ravi Shankar, Vikku Vinayakram, Zakir Hussain, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Gulzar and AR Rahman have won it. Ricky Kej won his second last week. Falu won her first. Name the award, shaped like one of Thomas Edison’s many inventions.

Everyone’s downloading the Neu app. You can make payments with it, pay bills, book hotels and flights, buy groceries, and get rewarded in redeemable NeuCoins. Neu’s parent company is not new. It was founded in 1868. Its name?

After being Comfortably Numb for almost 30 years, here’s news. This band has released a new song in support of Ukraine. Hey Hey Rise Up has a 90second guitar solo by David Gilmour. Roger Waters, Wish You Were here too. Which band?

Answers on page 9

AFP Which neighbouring nation saw 26 of its cabinet ministers resign after protests against inflation and fuel hikes?

AP David Gilmour’s guitar solo on Hey Hey Rise Up marks which band’s first song in 30 years?