Friday, May 21, 2021

QUIZ 2021 twtw-20

 

1)     Myanmar’s Miss Universe contestant, Thuzar Wint Lwin, used the platform of the pageant to speak out against the military junta. She also won a prize at the contest. What prize?

2)    Name the developer of the popular video game “Fortnite” who has taken Apple to court in a battle over the latter’s App Store.

3)    Noted environmentalist, Sunderlal Bahuguna, who championed a movement against deforestation in the 1970s passed away at the age of 94. What was the popular name for his movement, in which volunteers hugged trees that were earmarked for felling?

4)      Hundreds of people in the city of Alameda in California are queuing up to witness what rare event?

5)      Name the anti-missile system currently used by Israel to intercept rockets fired by Hamas.

6)  Kerala CM shocked the people by denying a second term to the popular health minister K K Shailaja. From which constituency in Kannur district did she win by 60,963 votes, a record for Kerala assembly elections?

7)    Which city is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest during this week?

8)   Name the chairman of Louis Vuitton, who became the world’s second richest person during this week by displacing Elon Musk.

9)      Name the DRDO lab which has developed the anti-Covid drug, 2-DG, in collaboration with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories.

10)  Alisson Baker of Liverpool became only the 6th goalkeeper to score a goal in Premier League history. Name the Brazilian goalkeeper who holds the record for scoring the highest number of goals at 131.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

4. To witness the endangered corpse flower that blooms once in a decade and to smell the putrid dimethyl trisulphide.