Logo: An orange traffic cone. Old name: VideoLAN Client. Founder: Jean Baptiste Kempf. Update: It will use AI to generate subtitles in over 100 languages for free. Which open-source, portable, cross-platform, free media player software is this?
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SMP
Softonic
Winamp
VLC
Capital Foods is suing Dabur India for using Schezwan Chutney to describe its sauce. It claims to have trademarked the term and invested into promoting it. Which Capital Foods' sauce brand uses the term? It sounds Chinese but it’s no Secret.
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Veeba
Ching’s Secret
Master Chow
Urban Platter
The BCCI has 10 new rules for touring cricketers. They can’t travel with personal cooks, hairdressers or security. And X can visit them only on tours exceeding 45 days, and only after approval from the coach, captain and GM operations. What’s X?
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Sponsors
Psychologists
Media
Family members
First, think of a fruit that is also a veggie. Then think of it decaying. Then think of a film-review aggregator. It got 10,000 critics to pick the 25 best films of this century to mark its own 25th birthday. Fury Road is at #1. But which site?
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Tomatometer
Trash Talk
Rotten Tomatoes
Movies R Garbage
It’s described as penmanship that follows a flowing, looping style. Kids are taught it India, but not in the US. That’s why the US National Archives is seeking volunteers who can read it, and transcribe documents. They call it a superpower. What?
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Cursive
Recursive
Calligraphy
Graffiti
McCormick Place in Chicago just got itself polka-dotted glass windows. Other glass-fronted skyscrapers are dotting up too. It’s not for decoration. The dots have brought down accidental deaths of X by 90%. Whose lives are being saved?
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Suicidal people
Skin-cancer patients
Birds
Immigrant workers
Everyone waits for Salman Khan. But when Bhai was late to the Bigg Boss set by over an hour, another actor who was to shoot with him, didn’t wait. He left to attend a scheduled engagement. No hard feelings. Who is this once-Canadian Khiladi?
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Aamir Khan
Akshay Kumar
Ranbir Kapoor
Prabhas
Hermes’s Birkin bag sells for thousands of dollars. One chain store made a $60 dupe, nicknamed Wirkin, which sold out quickly. Now, that store will sell luxury secondhand bags, watches and jewellery. Smart move, Walton family. Name the store.
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Walmart
Target
Payless
Trader Joe’s
XX is the most popular tag game in the Indian subcontinent after kabaddi. XX had its first World Cup this year. India played Nepal in the men’s and women’s finals, winning both events. XX is the sound players make during a match. What what?
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Kho Kho
Hu Tu Tu
Hakuna Matata
Catch Catch
She’s in her shaadi era. Taylor Swift was rumoured to perform a private gig at a billionaire’s wedding. Jeet, son of India's second richest man, will marry Diva later this year. Jeet manages the aviation arm of the family business. His last name?
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Mittal
Adani
Poonawalla
Birla