A list of puzzling questions
Editor’s note: We’re kicking off a brand new thing to delight all of you who adore quizzes. Every Tuesday, we will feature three questions from our quiz master Shantanu Sharma—who is a researcher-writer and has a side hustle as a professional quiz guru. He’d love to hear from you—so send your feedback/suggestions or just say ‘hi’ over at sharmashantanu312@gmail.com or @shantorasbox on Twitter.
How this works: Every correct answer is worth 10 points. If a question has multiple parts, each is worth 5 points. You have until Friday 12 pm to send in your answers to talktous@splainer.in or via DMs on Insta or Twitter. The correct answers will be published every Tuesday—as will the monthly leaderboard. The grand prize for the winner at the end of the month: a quarterly subscription for anyone of your choice—including the option of adding three months to your sub. That’s Rs 899 in value—so it’s pretty darn good:) Rule to note: this is all about who sends in the correct answers first.
FYI: We’re going to experiment with the difficulty of the questions until we figure out how challenging the quiz needs to be to make it fun for all of you:)
One: What is common to the following three things (think laterally):
- A social media networking site led by an Indian-American CEO for almost a year
- A new Guinness World Record beating the previous one of 1.64 million units SHU
- A recent film release set in Kalimpong, West Bengal.
Two: The first instance of breaking the glass ceiling in this area took almost 40 years since its inception. But it took only ten years to achieve this milestone a second time. The third instance occurred this year—a mere four years later.
There are two parts to this question:
- List the three instances of this achievement that struck a blow for gender equality?
- How is the third instance different from the previous two?
Three: Which Dutchman pipped two Aussies—Mick and Adam—to top an unfortunate list? And which Aussie helped him set this unhappy record?
