QUIZ - 2024/33

 

1) Atishi Marlena became the 17^th woman Chief Minister in India. Who was the first?

2) USA defeated Europe to lift the Solheim Cup, the women’s equivalent of the Ryder Cup. The competition for both these trophies happens once in 2 years between USA and Europe in which sport?

3) Which country was rocked by allegations of fraudulent adoptions of orphans?

4) How many candidates are in the fray in Sri Lanka’s presidential election?

5) Whom did India beat to win the hockey Asia Cup?

6) The 2026 Commonwealth Games has been shifted to which city after Victoria, Australia, backed out due to rising costs?

7) What TV series made history at the Emmys by becoming the first non-English show to claim the honour for the Best Drama?

8) Which city is hosting the QUAD Summit this weekend?

9) After the much awaited 50 bps cut by US Fed, what is the upper limit of the range of the benchmark interest rate?

10) The World Cup of Subbuteo got underway in Turnbridge Well,England, where it was invented? What kind of tabletop game is Subbuteo?

QUIZ - 2023/27

1) Russian mercenary Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash? What make of plane was it?

2) Which city hosted the Chess World Cup won by Magnus Carlsen?

3) What popular musical genre celebrated its 50^th anniversary during the week?

4) What creature has reportedly died in thousands on the Smyley Island?

5) What is the name of the town in Wyoming, where the US Federal Reserve holds an annual symposium for central bankers, economists and policy makers?

6) Who was declared the Best Actor (male) at the 69^th National Film Awards?

7) What beer maker sold off its Russian operations for a token one Euro?

8) Which city hosted the 3-day BRICS summit?

9) Where is the World Badminton Championships being played?

10) What does Pragyan mean in Sanskrit?

QUIZ - 2023/23

 

1) The West African nation of Niger witnessed a military coup. What is the capital of the country?

2) In one of the biggest rebranding exercises in recent years, the bird logo of twitter was replaced by a stylised rendering of the alphabet X. What was the name of the bird in the previous logo?

3) Which city hosted the Russia - Africa summit?

4) Who is the distributor of Barbie, which has already grossed $ 500 million at the box office in the first week of its release?

5) In which sport did Brian Harman receive the Claret Jug for winning one of the major championships?

6) What mixed-gender team tennis event returned after a 4-year absence and was won by Croatia?

7) What airline is being probed for leaving behind the Governor of Karnataka?

8) US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark lending rate by 25 bps to its highest level since 2001. What is the upper limit (in %) of the current interest range?

9) The celebrated Irish singer, Sinead O’Connor, who passed away this week courted controversies. What song of Bob Marley was she rendering when she tore up the photograph of the Pope in 1992?

10) Name the Congress MP who moved the No-Confidence motion against the government.