Fortnightly Quiz-257

1 Who was recently appointed India’s special envoy in Nepal to help restore multi-party democracy in the Himalayan kingdom?

2 Name the longest-serving monarch in Europe.

3 Which town in Himachal Pradesh is celebrating 1000 years of its existence?

4 Which Indian state has the maximum cases of kala azar (brain fever)?

5 In which year did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster take place?

6 Name the first Indian movie — which can be seen from April 28 — to be screened in Pakistan’s cinemas in 41 years.

7 Who recently became the first Sikh to be commissioned in the Pakistan army?

8 Expand OLED.

9 What is the capital of Cyprus?

10 Which part of the human body is affected by glaucoma?

11 Name the two cricket umpires who have officiated in 150 one-day international cricket matches.

12 Who recently created world record as a nightwatchman by scoring 201 runs in a cricket Test match?

13 How many players have scored hundreds against all ICC Test- playing nations?

14 Which country is hosting the 2006 Football World Cup?

15 Whom did Mahendra Singh Dhoni displace recently to become the world’s top batsman in one-day cricket?

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Winners of quiz 256: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Siddhartha Banga, X-A, Mount St Mary’s Convent School, Parade Road, Delhi Cantt- 110010.

Second: Trishank, VIII-A, Our Lady of Fatima Secondary School, Patiala-147001.

Third: Gurjot Singh Dhir, 7th-B, Montgomery Guru Nanak Public School, Kapurthala City-144601.

Answers to quiz 256: Arundhati Roy; Russia; ONGC; Jahnu Barua; Egypt; Vincent Van Gogh; Bharat Earth Movers Limited; Child Relief and You; France; World Anti Doping Agency; Vasudevan Bhaskaran; Dickey Dolma; Wimbledon; Kevin Pieterson; India

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