QOTD - Feb 25, Feb 26 & Feb 27

 

QOTD - Feb 25 2026 (Wednesday)

Question
D is a primarily an actor in Hindi cinema but has acted in one Tamil Film and few Bengali and Nepali Films

D is from Sikkim and changed his name shortly to D_____ from Tsering Phuntsok on recommendation from his classmate in Film Institute, Jaya Bhaduri Bachhann. 

D has also sung playback in Hindi and Nepali. D has also directed a movie in 1980. He has established a successful brewery in Sikkim. 

D's only Tamil film featured him playing antagonist to Rajnikanth in a 2010 film well known for its technical excellence which also had a sequel in 2018. 

Answer

Happy Birthday Danny Denzongpa

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QOTD - Feb 26 2026 (Thursday)

Question
P is a wrestler and won medals for India in Asian Games, Common Wealth Games, World Wrestling Championships and Olympics

P is married to wrestler who comes from one of the most celebrated wrestling families of India.

P along with his sister in law joined INC in 2024 and is currently serving as Working President of farmer's wing of the party. 

Answer

Happy Birthday Bajrang Punia

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QOTD - Feb 27 2026 (Friday)

Question
T is a very popular Hollywood actress with dual UK US citizenship who has won 2 Academy Awards in 1960 & 1966

T is very popular for playing the titular role on a 1963 film based on an Egyptian Pharoah

T is well known for her activism in fight against HIV/AIDS

T launched two best selling perfumes named Passion in 1987 & White Diamonds in 1991

T is a part of lyrics of a Tamil song in the film Indian

Answer

Happy Birthday Elizabeth Taylor

QOTD - Feb 18, Feb 19 & Feb 20

 

QOTD - Feb 18 2026 (Wednesday)

Question

Alyssa Healy

Ashleigh Gardner

Beth Mooney

Deepti Sharma

Harmanpreet Kaur

Jemimah Rodrigues

Meg Lanning

Smriti Mandhana

________

Identify the Indian cricketer who completes this WPL list (in alphabetical order)

Answer

Birthday Girl Sneh Rana is one among the 9 players to have been a captain in WPL

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QOTD - Feb 19 2026 (Thursday)

Question

Lizelle Lee, 427

Vishmi Gunaratne, 417*

Irene Laughton, 390*

Kaushini Senavirathna, 374*

_________, 346*

Can you name the Indian who is turning 16 today who is the 5th highest run getter in organized Women's cricket one day and multi day?

Answer

Birthday Girl Ira Jadhav who is turning 16 is the 5th highest run getter in organised Women's cricket. 

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QOTD - Feb 20 2026 (Friday)

Question

Yuvraj Singh, 20 years

__________________, 30 years

Stuart Binny, 34 years

Identify the missing cricketer who is one among the 3 elite cricketing father son pairs to have played ODI for India and the years denote the gap between father's debut ODI and son's debut ODI

Answer

Birthday Boy Rohan Gavaskar who is turning 50 and The Little Master Sunil Gavaskar is one among the three father son - pairs to have played ODI cricket for India. 

QOTD - Feb 11, Feb 12 & Feb 13

QOTD - Feb 11 2026 (Wednesday)

Question
Billy Murdoch, Australia, 1884
Albert Fornby, England, 1884
_____________, Australia, 1971
Ray Illingworth, England, 1971
Ricky Ponting, Australia, 2005
Stephen Fleming, New Zealand, 2005

Identify the missing legend. 

Answer

Birthday Boy Bill Lawry completes the list of captains of the first international test, first one day international and first T20 International. 

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QOTD - Feb 12 2026 (Thursday)

Question

_______________, 1969
Andrew Hudson, 1992

Mohammed Wasim, 1996

Keaton Jennings, 2016
Ismat Alam, 2005

Identify the missing legend. 

Answer

Birthday Boy Gundappa Vishwanath completes the list of cricketers who scored century and duck in two innings on test debut. The list also includes one woman cricketer Maia Boucher. 

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QOTD - Feb 13 2026 (Friday)

Question

1 Roger Binny (2000)

2 Lalchand Rajput (2007)

3 Dav Whatmore (2008)

4 Gary Kirsten (2011)

5 Bharat Arun (2012)

6 Rahul Dravid (2018)

7 Rahul Dravid (2022)

8 _______ (2023)

9 Rahul Dravid (2024)

10 ________ (2025)

11 Amol Muzumdar (2025)

12 Hrishikesh Kanitkar (2026)

Name the one Indian cricketer who fills both the blanks. 

Answer

The answer is Nooshin Al Khadeer and this is the elite list of coaches of ICC World Cup winning teams. PR Man Singh was designated as manager in 1983 and therefore isnt mentioned in the coaches list. 

QOTD - Feb 04, Feb 05 & Feb 06

 

 QOTD - Feb 04 2026 (Wednesday)

Question
M is one of the greatest exponents of classical dance famous in Northern India. He is mentioned as one of the greatest exponents of the Lucknow His father and uncles were trained and popular exponents of this form. M has choreographed for selected Hindi movies and won a National Award for his dance choreography that featured Kamalahaasan on screen in 2012. He is a Padma Vibhushan recepient. Identify M. 

S is one of the greatest exponents of a classical dance famous in Tamil Nadu. Her father was one of the first directors in Tamil cinema. Her grand nephew is currently a famous music director while her grand niece is a dancer turned actress turned politician. She received the Shri, Bhushan and Vibhushan awards which have a connect to her name. Identify S. 

Answer

M is Birju Maharaj and S is Padma Subrahmanyam. Both the legends are celebrating their birthday today, February 04

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QOTD - Feb 05 2026 (Thursday)

Question

MS1 has won the Man of the Match in two finals of ICC T20 competition
MS1 and his brother represented their country in international cricket
MS1 has been infamously reported for chucking and for corruption
MS1 had previously launched perfume brand Sextillion7 and Music brand Icon7

MS2 is currently the captain of a test playing cricket nation. 
MS2 has represented CSK and MI in IPL
MS2 is the first player to make debut in a day/night test match
MS2 has the distinction of being one among the two spinners to have opened bowling in ODI

Identify birthday boys MS1 and MS2

Answer

Happy Birthday Marlon Samuels and Mitchell Santner

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QOTD - Feb 06 2026

Question

F is one of the greatest cricket bowlers is referred as Fiery for his genuine pace.
F is the first bowler to take 300 test wickets.
F was the first person to be called "The Greatest Living Yorkshire Man" by former British PM
F was expert summariser for BBC Test Match Special radio commentary from 74 to 99

S has acted in Tamil, Kannada and Hindi movies
S has participated in Big Boss programme
S contested the 2016 elections for BJP in Thiruvananthapuram
S was member of 2 Indian World Cup winning teams

Answer

Happy Birthday Fred Trueman and S Sreesanth