Fortnightly Quiz-238

1. Which country’s four women members of the Army recently climbed Mount Everest in their maiden attempt?

2. Which organisation recently announced an end to its decades-old armed campaign against the British rule in Northern Ireland?

3. Who has been ranked the most powerful woman in the world by the Forbes magazine for the second successive year?

4. How many astronauts are onboard the recently launched space shuttle Discovery?

5. What is the full form of SIA?

6. When is World Breastfeeding Week observed?

7. Which town in Himachal Pradesh hosts the Minjar fair?

8. Expand the term — CERC.

9. Who recently became the youngest Indian to win the World Youth Chess Championship?

10. Name the Australian who recently broke the men’s 800m freestyle swimming world record set by his compatriot Ian Thorpe.

11. Who set a new world record in the 100m butterfly event at the 11th World Aquatic Championships in Montreal?

12. Which country will host the 15th Asian Games?

13. What has been the career-best WTA ranking of Sania Mirza?

14. Name the Russian pole vaulter who has become the first woman to break the 5m barrier.

15. Name the cyclist who overcame cancer to win the game’s most prestigious and taxing race Tour de France for seven consecutive times.

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Winners of quiz 237: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Aditi Bhutani, VII-A, Shree Kali Devi Vidya Mandir, Hansi -125033.

Second: Komal B Singh, IX-A, Dasmesh Public School, Talwandi Road, Faridkot-151203.

Third: Priyanjan Sharma, VII-A, DAV Public School, Sanjauli, Shimla-6.

Answers to quiz 237: Deep Impact; Discovery; India; USA; India, Japan, Germany, Brazil; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Germany; Navin Ramgoolam; George Orwell; Uttaranchal; Criminal Procedure Code; Argentina; Mahesh Bhupathi-Mary Pierce; Yelena Isinbayeva; London.

Cash awards of Rs 400, 300 and 200 are given to the first, second and third prize winners, respectively. These are sent at the school address.

Note: Kindly mention the pincode of your place to facilitate the delivery of the prize money.

— Tarun Sharma