Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published tomorrow. The theme runs from Mon-Thu:

1. In India’s iconic win over the much higher ranked Netherlands in the Davis Cup in February 2026, who won both his singles matches before teaming up with Yuki Bhambri to win the doubles as well?
2. India reached the final of the 1987 Davis Cup before losing to a strong Sweden team featuring Mats Wilander. Which player in the Indian team, who lost his singles leg to Wilander, went on to beat him in the second round of the 1989 Australian Open?
3. India famously defeated a strong French team in the quarterfinals of the 1993 Davis Cup. Name either of the two players that a young Leander Paes defeated in his two singles games.
4. In India’s upset win over Chile in the 1997 Davis Cup qualifying round, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi clinched the crucial doubles game. However, Chile won both the singles games thanks to which player, who would be ranked world number one the next year?
5. [Theme: 4 of 4] What word, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, was first used to 1859 to refer to “a female friend; esp. a woman’s close female friend”?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 8, Quiz 3:

1. Fiji
2. Cook Islands
3. Tuvalu
4. Baton Rouge
5. Theme – will be revealed on Friday