QUIZ 2021 twtw-24

 

1)     USA got a new national holiday when President Biden signed a decree this week.  Called Juneteenth, it will be celebrated on 19^th June to commemorate this day in 1865, when the civil war ended and the last slaves were set free. In which city did this historic event take place?

2)      Microsoft announced Satya Nadella as its new Chairman this week. Whom will he replace?

3)  A coalition government headed by Naftali Bennett assumed power in Israel this week, putting to an end Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year rule. Under the power sharing agreement in the coalition, who will take over as Prime Minister in September 2023?

4)   An antibody therapy which has reduced mortality rate among hospitalised Covid19 patients has been granted Emergency Use Authorisation in USA this week. Name the pharmaceutical company that has developed this path breaking treatment.

5)   Name the 18^th C lakeside mansion, that hosted the first Geneva Convention in 1864, where Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin met this week.

6)   16^th June is observed as a holiday in Ireland in celebration of the famous novel Ulysses set in Dublin. What is the day known as, after the protagonist of the novel?

7)   This week’s highlight of Euro2020, currently underway across Europe, was a spectacular goal by Czech Republic in their game against Scotland. Who scored this goal from a distance of 49.7 yards, the longest distance in the history of Euros?

8)    Ziona Chana, believed to be the head of the world’s largest family with 38 wives and 89 children, passed away this week in Mizoram at the age of 76. What is the name of the polygamy practising Christian sect, of which Chana was the leader?

9)      Who defeated Vishwanathan Anand in a fundraising chess game, but later confessed to having received external help?

10)   What is the name of the Chinese spacecraft that took 3 astronauts to the Tiangong space station?