1. Why is January 15 celebrated as Army Day in our country?
2. Who recently won FIFA Ballon d'Or as the best player for a third consecutive time?
3. What does a chandler make?
4. Who on January 1 officially became the highest rated player in the history of chess with a rating of 2861?
5. In Greek myth, Lachesis, Atropos and Clotho are….?
6. According to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, how many billion planets that are similar in size to Earth are there in the Milky Way?
7. Whose residential address is 301 Cobblestone Way?
8. What two-word term was used recently in the U.S. economy for the sharp decline in the budget deficit that could have occurred in 2013, due to increased taxes and reduced spending, but was averted?
9. Which legendary cricketer scored his 100th century against India in the late 1940s?
10. Which Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and English singer’s next album, the first in 10 years, will be titled “The Next Day”?
11. In Teletubbies, what does Tinky Winky have on his head?
12. What “cuddly” item does an Arctophilist collect?
13. With which specific area of optical physics is Snell’s Law associated?
14. Which cricketer smashed six sixes in an over in a 50-over ODI?
15. What are the colours of the bottom two rings in the Olympic emblem?
Answers: 1. It commemorates the then Lt. General K.M. Cariappa's taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army on that day in 1949; 2. Lionel Messi; 3. Candles; 4. Magnus Carlsen; 5. The Three Fates; 6. 17 billion; 7. Fred Flintstone and his family; 8. Fiscal Cliff; 9. Sir Don Bradman; 10. David Bowie; 11. A triangular antenna; 12. Teddy bears; 13. Refraction; 14. Herschelle Gibbs; 15. Yellow and Green.
