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

1. The then Lt Vikram Batra’s now iconic line “Ye Dil Maange More” was spoken after the successful capture of what location in the Kargil War?
2. Famously depicted in the 1997 Hindi film Border, what December 1971 battle was fought between assaulting Pakistani forces and Indian defenders at the border post of the same name?
3. The 1965 India-Pakistan War began after what failed Pakistani operation, that aimed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against Indian rule?
4. What city, that is now located in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan, saw a six-month-long and eventually successful military blockade carried out by pro-Pakistani forces in 1948, during the first Indo-Pakistani war?
5. [Theme: 4 of 4] Alternately seen as helpers or monsters, what creatures in Japanese folklore are essentially deities that deal with death?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 42, Quiz 3:

1. Pyongyang
2. Beaver Stadium
3. Johannesburg
4. Kuala Lumpur
5. Theme – will be revealed on Friday