Fortnightly Quiz-239

1 Name the astronaut who recently carried out an unprecedented repair job in space, removing two potentially dangerous pieces of fabric protruding from the Discovery space shuttle’s belly.

2 Name the first-ever ground-launched cruise missile of Pakistan, capable of carrying nuclear warheads up to 500 km and believed to be a match to India’s Brahmos missile.

3 How many years ago did the world’s first atomic bomb attack take place?

4 Name the revolutionary who is said to have triggered India’s First War of Independence against the British in 1857.

5 Name the US-based chip-maker that recently unveiled the world’s first single-chip mobile phone, which will be smaller, cheaper and consume less power than the handsets being used currently.

6 Name the world’s first cloned dog.

7 Which body part is affected by conjunctivitis?

8 What is the full form of ATR?

9 Expand the term SPIC MACAY.

10 Who has become the first bowler to take 600 Test wickets?

11 What was the position of Anju Bobby George in the women’s long jump finals at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki?

12 Name the Ethiopian teenager who recently became the first woman athlete to win the 5,000m and 10,000m finals at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki.

13 How many players have scored 10,000 runs in one-day international cricket?

14 Name the first Indian to compete in the US PGA Championships.

15 What has been the closest victory margin by runs in the Ashes history?

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Winners of quiz 238: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Bhawana Sehgal, XI, Butler Memorial Girls Sr Sec School, 17, Boulevard Road, New Delhi-110054.

Second: Vipin Dhalwal, X-A, Raunaq Public School, Ganaur (Sonepat)-131101.

Third: Utkarsh Jain, V-A, St Thomas English Medium School, Jyoti Niketan, Chhipi Tank, Meerut-250001.

Answers to quiz 238: India; IRA; Condoleeza Rice; Seven; Singapore Airlines; August 1-7; Chamba; Central Electricity Regulatory Commission; Sahaj Grover; Grant Hackett; Ian Crocker; Qatar; 48; Yelena Isinbayeva; Lance Armstrong.

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.