Fortnightly Quiz-263

1 Who led Italy to victory in the Football World Cup 2006?

2 How many times has Italy won the Football World Cup?

3 Name the Indian missile and satellite whose launch failed recently.

4 In which states of India will Lakshmi Niwas Mittal set up steel projects?

5 Which celebrated Indian writer of English, famous for novels like “Kanthapura” and “The Serpent and the Rope”, died recently?

6 Which is the 12th wealthiest nation in the world with a GDP of $785.47 billion?

7 Which company is India’s largest truck-maker?

8 With which sport is Parimarjan Negi associated?

9 Name the Chinese athlete who recently broke the men’s 110m hurdles world record by clocking 12.88 seconds.

10 Which country recently set a new one-day cricket world record by piling up a score of 443/9?

11 Which player got the Golden Ball Award in the recently concluded FIFA World Cup?

12 Which player got the Golden Shoe for being the leading scorer in the FIFA World Cup?

13 Name the Italian goalkeeper who won the best goalkeeper award at the recently concluded Football World Cup.

14 Who recently became the first Frenchwoman to win the Wimbledon singles title since Suzanne Lenglen in 1925?

15Who recently joined Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras to have won four consecutive Wimbledon titles?

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Winners of quiz 262: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Ashish Vij, XI, Shivalik Public School, Phase VI, Mohali-160061. 

Second: Ambika Sood, XII, non-medical, DAV Public School, New Shimla-171002.

Third: Jatin Chawla, X-C, OSDAV Public School, Khurana Road, Kaithal-136027.

Answers to quiz 262: Lakshmi Narayan Mittal; Quinghai-Tibet rail line; S.C. Negi; Bangalore; Jagannath, Balbhadra and Subhadra; Bundestag; Ajmer; Moscow, Seoul, Tokyo; India; June 26; Lothar Matthews; Ronaldo; Fred Truman; Sanath Jayasurya and Tharanga; Roger Federer.

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.

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— Tarun Sharma