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Asian Games 2026 (opens the original)
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This quiz is based on the ongoing Asian Games held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. Questions:1) Which country filed a complaint with the organisers for featuring 16th century Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi at a welcoming ceremony?2) The organisers did not build a traditional athletes' village as a cost-cutting measure. Athletes are housed in hotels, wooden container huts and the Costa Serena. What is the Costa Serena?3) Athletes from South Asia have won gold in the last two editions of the Asian Ga
Answers: Asterix and Goscinny’s Birth Centenary (opens the original)
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August 14 this year marked the 100th birth anniversary of Rene Goscinny, the French creator and writer of the Asterix comic series. He died of a heart attack during a routine medical checkup at the age of 51 in 1977. By then 23 Asterix books had been published, starting with Asterix the Gaul in 1961. This quiz is a tribute to Goscinny on his birth centenary and all the questions are from the Asterix books that involved him. Asterix continued his adventures after Goscinny’s death, with illustrato
Global Maritime Chokepoints (opens the original)
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This quiz explores maritime chokepoints across the world and the countries that hold leverage by virtue of geography. This follows the disruptions and fears surrounding two vital shipping routes, the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, due to the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. <div class="
Answers: Name Changes to Countries and Cities (opens the original)
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This quiz is inspired by the renaming of my home state in southern India from Kerala to Keralam in August, which aligns with how it is written and pronounced in the state’s main language Malayalam (കേരളം).I have explored name changes to cities and countries across the world. Some of them replaced colonial-era names, while a few others in the list below have their own distinct reasons for change. A category in itself is cities once named after the Soviet leader J
Asterix and Goscinny’s Birth Centenary (opens the original)
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August 14 this year marked the 100th birth anniversary of Rene Goscinny, the French creator and writer of the Asterix comic series. He died of a heart attack during a routine medical checkup at the age of 51 in 1977. By then 23 Asterix books had been published, starting with Asterix the Gaul in 1961. Asterix continued his adventures after Goscinny’s death, with illustrator Albert Uderzo taking over the writing as well. Uderzo announc
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