Saturday, October 16, 2021

QUIZ 2021 twtw-41

 

1) Thomas Cup, the world men’s team championships in Badminton is currently in progress in Denmark. Only 5 teams have won the cup in its 30 editions. Which country has won it the most times?




2) Which iconic toy maker has announced plans to remove gender bias from its products?



3) In which country did a terrorist use bow and arrow to kill 5 people?



4) Kesavan Venugopal, who has acted in more than 500 films, passed away during the course of the week. By what screen name was he popularly known?



5) A real estate agent in Australia is facing a defamation suit because of an incorrectly punctuated Facebook post. What punctuation mark was missing?



6) India has been ranked a lowly 101 in the recent edition of Global Hunger Index, a joint project of 2 international aid agencies - Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide. In which countries are these 2 agencies based?



7) In what has been dubbed as one of the greatest heavyweight boxing bouts of all time, both the boxers suffered multiple knockdowns in Las Vegas last Saturday. Who won the bout eventually in the 11th round?



8) A performer was killed on stage in an accident during a set change. In which iconic theatre did this unfortunate mishap happen?



9) A 24-year-old sculpture in memory of the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre has been ordered to be removed by the Hong Kong University. What is the sculpture called?



10) NASA will launch today a mission called Lucy to study 8 asteroids that share the orbit of Jupiter around the Sun. What are these asteroids called?



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