QUIZ - 2022/47

 

1) What is the name of the Qatar World Cup mascot?

2) Teodoro Obiang, the world’s longest serving President won yet another election to extend his 43 years of rule in which tiny African state?

3) Manx, a language declared extinct, is now being revived. Where is this language spoken?

4) Tabassum, the iconic TV chat show host of yesteryears, passed away at the age of 78. What is her real name?

5) What is the name of the legendary Ahom general whose 400^th birth anniversary was observed this week?

6) Whose hasty appointment as election commissioner has attracted scathing criticism from the Supreme Court?

7) Which country initiated the One Love armband campaign to promote LGBTQ inclusion?

8) Stephanie Frappart was the fourth official in the Mexico – Poland match and became the first woman to officiate in a men’s World Cup football match. Which country is she from?

9) Which country was struck by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake killing more than 300?

10) What is Al Rihla?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/46

 

1. Tashigang
2. Skyroot Aerospace
3. Tuvalu
4. Budweiser
5. Slovenia
6. Starbucks
7. Orion
8. Charles De Gaulle, Paris
9. Ticketmaster
10. Matthew Mott

QUIZ - 2022/46

 

1) The world’s highest polling station at 15256 feet saw 100% turnout in the recent election to Himachal Pradesh assembly. In which village is it located?

2) Vikram – S, India’s first private rocket was successfully launched. What is the name of the start-up that built this rocket?

3) What tiny national plans to build a digital version of itself to preserve its history and culture as rising sea levels threaten its existence?

4) What beer maker’s $75 million sponsorship of Qatar World Cup has been thrown into jeopardy following the last minute decision to ban beer sales at the stadia?

5) What European country got its first woman head of state this week?

6) Which company’s workers went on “Red Day Rebellion” – a day’s strike to protest against workload?

7) NASA finally launched Artemis 1 on its third attempt. What is the name of the spacecraft carried by it? 

8) Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian refugee, who had lived 18 years in an airport passed away. His story inspired Steven Spielberg to make the film “The Terminal” starring Tom Hanks. What airport did Nasseri make his home? 

9) What company cancelled ticket sales of Taylor Swift’s concert tour of US following extraordinarily high demands?

10) Who connects the women’s and men’s T20 World Champions?

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Answers to Quiz - 2022/45

 

1. 435
2. 103^rd Amendment
3. Syed Mushtaq Ali
4. Qatar’s International Dialling Code
5. Barack Obama
6. AI-assisted composition
7. Sean Penn
8. New Collective Quantified Goal
9. Denmark
10. Dogs gifted by Kim Jong-un of North Korea to former President of South Korea

 

QUIZ - 2022/45

 

1) Biggest news this week is the US midterm elections. How many seats are there in the House of Representatives? It is the same number since 1913!

2) Supreme Court gave a 3-2 verdict that the 10% reservation for economically weaker sections does not violate basic structure of the constitution. What is the number of this amendment enacted in 2019?

3) Mumbai won the domestic T20 championship for the first time. After which legendary cricketer is the trophy for this championship named?

4) One of the 8 stadia for Qatar World Cup is called 974 after the number of shipping containers that have been recycled and reused for its construction. But why did Qatar choose the number 974?

5) Elon Musk has plunged twitter into turmoil after sacking almost half the staff and introducing a charge for verified accounts. Who is the most followed person on twitter with more than 133 million followers?

6) What is special about Robert Laidlow’s composition “Silicon” recently performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra?

7) Which Hollywood actor loaned his Oscar statuette to Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking it to be returned when the war is won?

8) Climate finance is the dominant theme of the ongoing COP27 and the acronym buzzing around is NCQG. What does it stand for?

9) In which country did a princess give up her royal prvileges to pursue alternative medicine with her fiance?

10) What are Gomi and Songgang?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/44

1. Machchu
2. Israel
3. Denmark
4. Canada
5. Mexico
6. Taylor Swift
7. He is the first voter in independent India in 1951
8. Julie and Julia
9. Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)
10. Gruyere

QUIZ - 2022/44

 

1) More than 140 people lost their lives when the Morbi bridge collapsed in Gujarat. Which river did this bridge span?

2) Which country conducted its 5^th national election in 4 years resulting in the return of an old warhorse?

3) In which country did the Prime Minister resign despite leading her party to a narrow win in the general election?

4) Which country is officially celebrating November as Hindu Heritage Month?

5) Which country celebrated its traditional “Day of the dead” in remembrance of those who have passed away?

6) Which singer became the first to have the rare distinction of occupying the top ten slots on the US Billboard?

7) 106-year-old Shyam Saran Negi voted in the Himachal Pradesh election through postal ballot. What is his singular electoral distinction?

8) Julie Powell, the food writer, who passed away at 49, is most known for her project of spending an entire year of reproducing every recipe from a famous French cookbook? The project went on to inspire a Hollywood film. What is the name of this film featuring Meryl Streep?

9) Ela Bhatt, Gandhian activist, who passed away at 89, is best known for founding a trade union of women working in the unorganised sector in 1972. What is the name of this association, which now has more than 2 million members?

10) What cheese produced in southern Switzerland has been rated as the world’s best cheese for this year?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/43

 

1. Nepal
2. Indonesia
3. British Guyana
4. Politburo Standing Committee
5. Prince Harry
6. Australia
7. Iran
8. Mustard
9. Mauna Loa
10. Thailand