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.