A QUEST FOR ANSWERS
Published in The Indian Express every Thursday
- What financial term comes from this location in South Africa?
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2. What does this stand for?
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3. This is the logo of what?
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4. What was this character called?
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5. Father of what?
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6. Which Indian political party was born after Rajiv Gandhi, then new in politics, humiliated a Congress chief minister for breaching security restrictions and bringing crowds on the airport tarmac to greet him? In fact, the party was born to restore the pride of ’60 million people’.
7. “Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame; With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand………” Where would you find these lines of a famous poem inscribed?
8. Which black woman won the memorable and historic Wimbledon women’s championship in July 1957 by defeating Darlene Hard of the U.S.?
9. The Treaty of Maastricht led to the formation of which organisation?
10. What are Granny Smith, Macintosh, Golden Delicious and Jonathan varieties of?
Answers coming soon!
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