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1. In which city in Uttar Pradesh did a skirmish start on this date in 1857, leading to the Indian War of Independence (also known as Sepoy Mutiny)?

2. What was “Operation Neptune’s Spear”?

3. On this date in 1994, history was made in South Africa with the inauguration of a Nobel Laureate as its first black president. Who?

4. Which are the world’s highest-altitude migrants?

5. Which Indian State capital is served by the Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport?

6. In the yummy dish Gatte ki Sabji, what is the main ingredient used to make the gatte?

The name of the car: Petals of a flower.

7. What five-lettered term is used for an individual derived asexually from the same single parent?

8. How many strings in a “chitraveena”?

9. Which is the only U.S. state whose name is just one syllable?

10. Which famous William Shakespeare play begins “When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightening, or in rain”?

11. Which Toyota brand has the name by which the petals of a flower are referred?

12. What does a somnambulist do?

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In the news: The Collegiate Church of St. Peter in London.

13. The Collegiate Church of St. Peter in London was in the news recently for a royal event. How is it better known?

14. Which is the largest country through which the equator passes?

15. Which island nation’s mascot or symbol is the ‘Merlion’?

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1. Name the African country with Malabo celebrating its Independence from Spain on this date in 1968.

2. Which part of a living being’s body does a Craniologist study?

3. In the context of Oceania, what is the claim to fame of Puncak Jaya?

4. Complete the proverb: “You cannot make a silk purse…?

5. What is a regular polyhedron with 20 identical equilateral triangular faces, 30 edges and 12 vertices called?

6. For what specific occasion and for what reason was the Eiffel Tower built?

7. What action of Germany on May 7, 1915 is considered by experts as the prime reason for the U.S. entering WWI?

8. Metrology is the science of…?

9. Approximately two-thirds of a person’s body weight is made up of a combination of which two elements?

10. Which famous global brand was founded by Ingvar Kamprad in Sweden in the early 1940s? 

Eiffel Tower : Why was it built?

11. In which Formula One GP did Ayrton Senna lose his life?

12. Name the Flintstones’ pet sabre-toothed cat.

13. Which famous automobile group is headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany?

14. Which Himalayan, ape-like creature is likened to the Bigfoot of North America?

15. What is the Queen of England’s Royal Palace and Fortress commonly called?

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1. Name the Nobel Laureate and leader who was born Lhamo Dondrub on this date in 1935.

2. Name the land-locked African country with Lilongwe as its capital that celebrates its Independence Day today.

3. Where would one be if the plane touched down at the Chek Lap Kok Airport?

4. In which Indian State is the famous Rumtek Monastery?

5. The upcoming film ‘The Social Network’ is about which Internet phenomenon?

6. What are red, transparent corundum commonly called?

7. If Lukas Podolski won the Best Young Player award at the FIFA World Cup in 2006, who won it in 2002?

8. Which comic book character gets his name from the common name for the animal with the scientific name ‘gulo gulo’?

9. ‘Davy Jones’ Locker’ is a euphemism for…?

10. What was the nationality of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit after whom the temperature scale is named?

11. The holiest day of the year for religious Jews is called…?

12. Alphabetically, which is the first of the 88 modern constellations?

13. In which French city is Interpol headquartered?

14. Apart from South Korea, from which other Asian country has an UN Secretary-General been appointed?

15. According to folklore, which type of fairies spent their time making footwear or clothes?

  

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1. On this date in 1896, which major event made its ‘modern’ appearance, 1503 years after the last one?

2. Name the term, used commonly in context of a superhero’s identity, which comes from the Latin for ‘the other I’?

3. On which river is the contentious Nimo Bazgo Dam scheduled to come up?

4. If Sony makes the PS3, who makes the Game Boy series of gaming consoles?

5. Whose arch-enemy in literary fiction was Professor James Moriarty?

6. Which is the only country that is crossed by both the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn?

7. What is the capital of the country in which the famous volcano Cotopaxi is located?

8. How many standard cricket pitches, laid out end-to-end, would cover two furlongs?

9. Which team has won the Ranji Trophy the most number of times?

10. Which of these is not a woodwind instrument: trumpet, flute or the nadhaswaram?

11. Of which dynasty, founded in the 18th Century, was Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan the first in lineage?

12. Which festival in Judaism recalls the deliverance of Jews from slavery in Egypt?

13. Which global organisation is behind the ‘Earth Hour’ observed on March 27?

14. Alphabetically, which is the first and last of the alkaline earth metals?

15. Raphanus sativus is the binomial name for which common vegetable?

   

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1. Name the Asian country with the capital Bandar Seri Begawan celebrating its National Day on this date i.e. February 23.

2. Which famous Italian composer wrote the popular ‘Le quattro stagioni’?

3. Which Oscar-winning classic is based on The Seven Pillars of Wisdom?

4. Which omnivore is usually used to find truffles, a fungal fruiting body, that is a prized cuisine delicacy?

5. After whom is India’s first dedicated meteorological satellite named?

6. What famous discovery did the British Egyptologist Howard Carter make in February 1923?

7. The Chinese New Year which began on February 14 is the Year of the…?

8. In the story ‘Jack and the beanstalk’, which musical instrument did Jack steal from the giant?

9. Two of the greatest Indians, ‘Chacha’ and ‘Bapu’, were trained to practise a profession. What is it?

10. Which king was responsible for building the imposing ‘Vijay Stambha’ in Chittorgarh?

11. ‘Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka’ (Made of Hundreds of Flowers) is the National Anthem of…?

12. Which is the only planet in our Solar System that is less dense than water?

13. Which of these States has less than two MPs in the present Lok Sabha: Tripura, Meghalaya or Mizoram?

14. Name the village which is the origin of Lord Voldemort’s maternal and paternal ancestors and where he was restored to bodily form in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

15. In ice hockey, how many players from each side are allowed on the ice at any one time?