We’re popping the questions. Do you have the answers?
A new record, a high-flying farewell, a footwear sizing system, a deadly withdrawal, an unopposed election, a surprise find, and another trip to space in this week’s quiz
the universe. He’s the youngest chess player to win the Candidates tournament, smashing Kasparov’s record. He’s also the first Indian to win it after Viswanathan Anand. He’ll face China’s Ding Liren for the world championship title. Who is he?
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The IRDAI has removed the age cap on buying health insurance. Insurance companies must now come up with policies to benefit this demographic. Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff are already eligible. Boman Irani will be in December. Give the age, that’s just a number.
1 7 encryption came in 2016. It just told
A 12-string acoustic guitar that was lost Over half a billion Indians use it. You
A 12-string for 50 years was found it an attic in the probably do too. Brian Acton and Jan
guitar UK. It was played by John and George, Koum were the OG co-founders. It
found in on the album Help! and the song was bought over in 2014. End-to-end
an attic in Norwegian Wood. It’s now going up for
the UK is auction. Four members. Two still live. the Delhi HC it will end India
going up One band from Liverpool. Which? operations if it’s forced to break
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for encryption. Which app?
auction. Hong Kong and Singapore have
Which withdrawn masalas from two Indian The last one was manufactured in
band did it brands after the sterilising agent 2023. The last one with Air India just
originally ethylene oxide was detected above had its last flight, from Mumbai to the
belong to? permissible limits. One is MDH. The US. It carried out the wing wave other was founded by Vadilal Shah in manoeuvre during final take off. The 1967. The tallest mountain and the pilot tweeted: “Godspeed, my beloved brand share a name. Which? Jumbo.” Which double decker model
aircraft?
In 2015, Maggi noodles was found to contain 1,000 times more lead than it India’s own shoe sizing system will claimed. In 2021, its parent company soon replace Us/uk/europe was sued for using child labour in the measurements. Over 1 lakh feet were Ivory Coast. Now its baby food was scanned for size, dimensions and found to contain five grams of sugar per structure of the average Indian foot. portion in low-income countries. One syllable from the word for India Which? derived from the Mahabharata. What
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will it be called?
She became an astronaut in 1998.
Her first trip to the ISS was in 2006.
She’s spent 50 hours and 40 minutes walking in space. Boeing’s
Starliner will take her on her third mission. Indian father,
American mother, and the
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Slovenian nickname Sončka.
Who?
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The BJP secured its first MP from here. Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed after Congress nominations were rejected and seven other candidates withdrew. No voting took place in the world’s largest diamond manufacturing centre. Which constituency?