QUIZ - 2022/12

 

1)     What is the name of the group, whose members have been disrupting Premier League matches in England by tying themselves to goal posts?

2)      Why has Sri Lanka cancelled school examinations?

3)     Which Indian company has been selected as an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup to be played in Qatar later this year?

4)      Which country has retained the top position in the World Happiness Report for the fifth consecutive year?

5)      Which country has announced its plans to remove Queen Elizabeth as its Head of State?

6)   First spotted in 2019, a radio telescope in South Africa has captured the best image ever of mysterious objects known as ORCs. What Is ORC the acronym for?

7)   Madeleine Albright, who passed away this week, was the first woman Secretary of State in USA. Under which President did she serve?

8)      Italy, 4-time world champions, have failed to qualify for the World Cup finals for the second time running. Which country dashed their hopes in a qualifying match?

9)   What is the name of the Omicron subvariant that is responsible for a fresh surge of Covid19 cases across the world?

10)   What is the name of the Russian mercenaries with links to Vladimir Putin that is fighting in Ukraine?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/11

1. Bermuda
2. Khatkar Kalan
3. Corsica
4. Kapil Dev
5. Cost of ingredients in bread and cake
6. Chesapeake Bay
7. Dolly Parton
8. Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia
9. Elon Musk 
10. Because it was a Gourd

QUIZ - 2022/11

 

1) Which country suspended the airworthiness certification of more than 700 Russian aeroplanes following international sanctions on Russia?

2) What is the name of the ancestral village of legendary freedom-fighter Bhagat Singh, where the new Chief Minister of Punjab, Bhagwant Mann was sworn in?

3) For which island in the Mediterranean is France willing to consider autonomy, following days of violent protests?

4) Whose 40-year-old record did Rishabh Pant break to score the fastest fifty (in 28 balls) by an Indian batsman in test cricket?

5) This week we learned about the passing away of Mary Coombs, aged 93, the first woman to write a commercial computer program. What cost was the program used to calculate?

6) In which US bay has “Ever Forward”, a ship owned by Evergreen Corporation, run aground? The company’s “Ever Given” had been stuck in the Suez Canal for 2 weeks last year throwing maritime traffic into chaos.

7) Which legendary American singer has requested to pull out her nomination for induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, saying that she has not earned that right? Her request was rejected.

8) In an extraordinary display of personal courage and support to Ukraine, the Prime Ministers of which three countries travelled by train to Kyiv?

9) Who challenged Vladimir Putin to a “single combat” with Ukraine as stakes?

10) Why was the world’s largest potato, weighing 7.9 kg, dug up by a New Zealand couple rejected by Guinness World Records?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/10

 

1. Winston Churchill, 1940
2. Yandex
3. Weddell Sea
4. China
5. Nickel
6. England
7. San Marino
8. Z
9. Pole Vault
10. Jellyfish

QUIZ - 2022/10

1) Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky became the first foreign leader in history to address the House of Commons. In his virtual address to the British Parliament, he said – We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets. Whose landmark speech and from when was he echoing in the House of Commons?

2) What company that is regarded as “Russian Google” is likely to default on its debt following economic sanctions? 

3) 107 years after it sank, the wreckage of “The Endurance”, the ship of the Antarctic Explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, has been located. In the bottom of which sea has the shipwreck been sighted?

4) Which country is refusing to take responsibility after a 3 tonne chunk from its rocket slammed into Moon creating a 65-foot-wide crater?

5) Trading in which metal was suspended on London Metal Exchange after a 250% spike in price?

6) ICC Women’s World Cup is currently underway in New Zealand. Who are the current champions?

7) When 36-year-old Gabriel Boric assumes office today as the President of Chile, he will be the second youngest head of state. Which country has currently the youngest head of state at 27?

8) What alphabet painted on streets, inscribed on vehicles and even emblazoned on clothing has emerged as a pro-war symbol in Russia?

9) In which athletic event did Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis of Sweden break his own world record this week?

10) What creature is likely to pose a serious threat to Australia’s nuclear submarines if they are based in Brisbane? This creature has already caused shutdown of many nuclear plants across the world. 

Answers to Quiz - 2022/9

 

1. Afghanistan and Romania
2. Montreux Convention
3. Thurgood Marshall
4. Suez Crisis, November 1956
5. Operation Ganga
6. League of Nations
7. Toyota
8. Vacuum Bomb
9. Sachin Tendulkar, 200
10. Most runs (3154) in test cricket without a century

QUIZ - 2022/9

 

1) By registering a comfortable victory against Sri Lanka in the 3^rd T20 match at Dharamsala, India equalled the record for the most consecutive T20 wins of 12. Which two other unlikely countries does India currently share this record with?

2) What is the name of the convention signed in 1936 that gives Turkey the right to regulate wartime traffic between Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea?

3) Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first black woman to be nominated as Justice of the US Supreme Court? Who was the first black person to become Justice of the US Supreme Court in 1967?

4) The emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine was only the 11^th such instance in the history of the UN. When was the first emergency special session of UNGA convened and what was its purpose?

5) What is the name of the mission to evacuate Indian nationals stranded in war-ravaged Ukraine?

6) One of the interesting casualty of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the neutrality of Switzerland, when it adopted all financial sanctions imposed by EU on Russia. Which institution formally recognised the “perpetual neutrality” of Switzerland in February 1920?

7) Which auto maker had to halt production following a suspected cyberattack on a critical components supplier?

8) Ukraine has accused Russia of using a certain kind of explosive which, if true, would constitute a war crime. What is the popular name for this extremely devastating explosive?

9) Virat Kohli played his 100^th test match today. Who has played the most number of test matches and how many?

10) The legendary spinner Shane Warne, who passed away today, holds an unusual batting record in test cricket. What is it?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/8

 

1. Kenya Airways
2. Benin Bronzes
3. Baltic Sea
4. V S Gaitonde
5. Paris
6. Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications
7. Visakhapatnam
8. Maheshwari Amma
9. The Felicity Ace
10. Sean Penn