Put your thinking caps on, it's the weekly news quiz!

A banned ritual on the banks of a river and an unbanned book. An Indian language on the ballot and an Indian conglomerate with a bill. A new author, new number, new house and new resolution. If you missed the news last week, we've got your covered

- Natasha Rego

1 Film producer Anita Verma-Lallian spent $8.55 million on an LA mansion. It formerly belonged to one of the Friends. This episode could've been called The One Where They Bought Chandler's House. Could we be any more obvious? Which friend?

2 In 1988, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs banned The Satanic Verses. Now the ban order is nowhere to be found, leading the Delhi High Court to dispose of it, effectively lifting the ban. Name the author, who was issued a fatwa in 1989.

3 This German composer has scored The Lion King, Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk and Dune. His score for Dune 2 might be ineligible for an Oscar nomination because it uses too much music from its prequel. He already has two Oscars and four Grammys anyway. Who?