QUIZ - 2023/38

 

1) Which country declared a surprise holiday so that people can plant 100 million saplings?

2) Filoli House, the venue for the meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in San Francisco, was the set for what famous TV soap opera from the 1980s?

3) Who won Billie Jean King Cup for international team competition in women's tennis?

4) Which Caribbean country created the world’s first marine protected area of 788 square kilometres for sperm whales?

5) What word meaning “to provide false information” in AI context was declared as the Word of the Year by Cambridge Dictionary?

6) Former British Prime Minister David Cameron was made the Baron of which town so that he could be inducted in the cabinet?

7) Which country declared an emergency after being rocked by more than 1000 earthquakes in a span of 24 hours?

8) What engineering company was building the Uttarakhand road tunnel that collapsed trapping 40 workers?

9) Which country was alleged to have facilitated Russian money laundering?

10) Who was fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company behind the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT ?

Answers to Quiz - 2023/37

 

1. Chhattisgarh
2. Angelo Mathews
3. Watermelon
4. Patrick Dempsey
5. Euclid
6. Iga Swiatek
7. Grok
8. Portugal
9. Spain

QUIZ - 2023/37

 

1) Chief Minister of which state was alleged to be involved in a betting app scam?

2) Who was “timed out” for the first time in the history of international cricket?

3) What emoji has emerged in social media as the symbol of Palestinian protest?

4) Who was named as the “sexiest man alive” by People magazine?

5) What is the name of the European Space Agency’s telescope that revealed spectacular images of our universe?

6) Who reclaimed the No. 1 ranking in women’s tennis by winning the WTA finals at Cancun?

7) What is the name of the AI Chatbot launched by Elon Musk?

8) Which country’s Prime Minister stepped down amidst a corruption scandal involving lithium mining and hydrogen projects?

9) In which country did a Prime Minister sign an agreement with separatists to secure a majority for forming a government?

10) What is the name of the largest hospital in Gaza, that Israel alleges is the headquarters of Hamas?

Answers to Quiz - 2023/36

 

1. Bolivia
2. Navy
3. Dagestan
4. General Motors
5. Bletchley Park
6. Kozhikode
7. Charles Taze Russell
8. Chandler Bing
9. Now and Then
10. Erling Haaland

QUIZ - 2023/36

 

1) Which country became the first to sever ties with Israel over the war with Hamas?

2) Lisa Franchetti became the first woman to head what branch of military service in USA?

3) What region of Russia witnessed the storming of an airport by anti-Israeli protestors?

4) The United Auto Workers strike finally ended with a historic wage rise after striking a deal with which automaker of the Detroit Big Three?

5) What historic place, widely regarded as the birthplace of Modern Computing, near London played host the world’s first AI Safety summit?

6) Two Indian cities were added to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. One of them was Gwalior. Name the other.

7) Who founded Jehovah’s Witness in 1870?

8) What is the name of the character played by Matthew Perry in ‘Friends’?

9) What is the title of the “final song” released by The Beatles 60 years after their debut single?

10) Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or for the 8^th time. But who came second in the voting?

Answers to Quiz - 2023/35

 

1. Malaysia
2. Meta
3. Maine
4. Iceland
5. Digit
6. Acapulco
7. Slovakia
8. Vienna Convention
9. Goa
10. Mike Johnson