QUIZ - 2022/38

1) Which airline was named as the world’s best airline for a record seventh year in a row?

2) King Charles signs documents as “Charles R”. What does the R stand for?

3) Ethan Nwaneri became the youngest to play in English Premier League at the age of 15 years and 181 days. What club does he play for?

4) Before Queen Elizabeth who was the last person to receive a state funeral in UK?

5) Where did 200 whales die after mass standing on a beach?

6) What is the name of the first major hurricane of this season that is bearing down in Canada?

7) Following Russia’s “partial mobilisation”, the first since World War-II, how many people can be called up for military duty?

8) Name the 22-year-old Kurdish woman whose death in police custody has triggered widespread protest in Iran.

9) Which planet’s spectacular new images were revealed by JWST during this week?

10) Who are the 2 rival captains of the Laver Cup currently played in London?

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Answers to Quiz - 2022/37

1. Wimbledon 2003
2. Sweden
3. Jean-Luc Godard
4. Lleyton Hewitt
5. White Lotus
6. Columbia University
7. Samarkand
8. Ethereum
9. Foldscope
10. St. George’s Chapel, Windsor

QUIZ - 2022/37

 

1) Roger Federer has announced his retirement from tennis after playing more than 1500 matches over 24 years. What was the first of his Grand Slam titles?

2) Which country’s first woman Prime Minister resigned after her government lost the election by a razor-thin margin to right wing parties?

3) Name the legendary pioneer of French New Wave cinema who died at the age of 91.

4) Whose record did Carlos Alcaraz break to become the youngest No.1 in men’s tennis at the age of 19?

5) Which TV Series won the most Emmys this year?

6) Which Ivy League university plummeted 16 positions from its No. 2 spot in this year’s rankings following allegations of a scandal?

7) Which city is hosting this year’s annual summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?

8) What cryptocurrency undertook the “Merge” to switch from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake?

9) What is the name of the low-cost, high-performance paper microscope developed using principles of Origami, which was recognised by the Golden Goose award for its potential to have a huge societal impact?

10) Where is the final resting place for Queen Elizabeth?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/36

 

1. Winston Churchill
2. Kushiyara
3. Volvo
4. iNCOVACC 
5. Hans Niemann
6. Ladakh
7. K K Shailaja
8. Chile
9. King George V
10. Lion

QUIZ - 2022/36

 

1) Liz Truss was the 15^th Prime Minister appointed by Queen Elizabeth during her 70 years’ reign, just a couple of days before she died at the age of 96. Who was the first Prime Minister to serve under her?

2) India and Bangladesh signed a river sharing pact for the first time in 25 years. What is the name of the river involved in this treaty?

3) Cyrus Mistry accident brought the seat belt, especially at the rear, to the forefront. Which auto maker introduced the three-point seat belt in 1959?

4) What is the name of the nasal Covid vaccine for which Bharat Biotech got emergency use approval?

5) Name the American chess player who offered to play naked after being accused of cheating.

6) India is planning to build a “dark sky reserve” without light pollution around the Hanle observatory. Where is it located?

7) Who rejected Ramon Magsaysay award under party orders?

8) In which country did people vote to reject a new draft constitution?

9) Delhi’s ceremonial avenue Rajpath has been renamed. In whose honour did it get its previous name?

10) What animal has been chosen as the mascot for the National Games set to start at the end of this month?

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Answers to Quiz - 2022/35

 

1. Apex and Ceyane
2. Viktor Axelsen
3. Bunol
4. Markham, Canada
5. Glasnost
6. Shan no Varunah ( शं नो वरुणः )
7. Zaporizhzhia
8. Air France
9. Vostok
10. Crash dummies aboard Artemis I

QUIZ - 2022/35

1) What are the names of the two towers demolished at Noida because they were illegally constructed?

2) Who won the men’s singles title at the World Badminton Championship in Tokyo?

3) Which Spanish city celebrated the famous La Tomatina festival in which participants throw tomatoes at each other?

4) In which country did a city name a street after music composer A R Rahman?

5) Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of former Soviet Union, who passed away at the age of 91, will always be associated with two Russian words. One of them is “Perestroika”, meaning reconstruction. What is the other, meaning openness?

6) Indian Navy got a new flag with St George’s Cross being replaced by a new insignia. What is the motto of Indian Navy which is inscribed in the new insignia?

7) The largest nuclear power plant of Europe was partially shut down amidst growing fears of an accident. In which Ukrainian city is it located?

8) Pilots are behaving erratically these days. This week two pilots were suspended for trading blows in the cockpit. Which airlines?

9) What is the name of the military exercise currently underway in Russia, in which both India and China are participating?

10) Who or what are Helga, Zohar and Moonikin Campos?

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Answers to Quiz - 2022/34

1. Ethiopian Airlines
2. Prevention of Money Laundering Act
3. Edinburgh Fringe
4. Hungary
5. Usain Bolt
6. Karim Benzema
7. Dugong
8. Dom Pedro I
9. Amit Chaudhari, Finding the Raga, James Tait Black Prize
10. Central Bankers