QUIZ - 2022/43

 

1) Where is Kukur Tihar celebrated during which dogs are worshipped?

2) While Arvind Kejriwal appealed to the government to consider having portraits of Lakshmi and Ganesha on currency notes, which other country is already having currency featuring Ganesha?

3) Many persons of Indian origin have become heads of governments in foreign countries, the latest being Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister of UK. The distinction of becoming the first to achieve this honour in 1953 goes to Dr Cheddi Jagan. Which country did he rule, where he is regarded as “Father of the Nation”?

4) The apex ruling body of China has been reconstituted with 4 new loyalists of Xi Jinping. What is the name of this body?

5) Whose forthcoming memoir is titled “Spare”?

6) Qatar, which is hosting the Football World Cup soon, is being criticised for criminalising LGBT people. Which country’s national team has released a video denouncing Qatar’s human rights record?

7) “The world’s dirtiest man” died at the age of 94 shortly after having his first bath in 60 years. In which country did this happen?

8) The first Genetically Modified food crop has been approved for commercial use in India. What is it?

9) Alert has been sounded that the world’s largest active volcano is likely to erupt. What is its name?

10) Dietrich Mateschitz, the co-founder of Red Bull, passed away at the age of 78. Where did this energy drink originate from?

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Answers to Quiz - 2022/42

1. Shehan Karunatilaka
2. Sitrang
3. Sri Lanka
4. 37 lakhs
5. Seven
6. Sanna Irshad Mattoo
7. Switchblade 300
8. Girl Scouts of USA
9. Oral Rehydration Therapy
10. Sitaram Kesri

QUIZ -2022/42

1) Who won this year’s Booker Prize?

2) What is the name of the cyclonic storm currently brewing in the Bay of Bengal?

3) Whom did India defeat at Sylhet to win the Asia Cup for women’s T20 cricket for the 7^th time?

4) Approximately how many candidates appeared for an eligibility exam for government jobs in Uttar Pradesh, choking railway stations and bus stands over the last weekend?

5) How many members make up BTS, the hugely popular boy band from South Korea, who have now agreed to temporarily disband for military service?

6) Who was denied permission by the Indian Government to fly to USA to collect her Pulitzer prize?

7) While Russia is using Shahed drones supplied by Iran, what is the name of the American drones used by Ukraine?

8) MacKenzie Scott, the highly regarded philanthropist donated $84.5 million to an organisation. What is the name of this organisation that has received its largest ever donation from a single donor?

9) Eminent paediatrician Dr Dilip Mahalanibis, who passed away last weekend, pioneered a therapy to treat the outbreak of Cholera among Bangladesh refugees in 1971. What is the name of this therapy which has now become a household item?

10) Mallikarjun Kharge was elected the 98th President of Indian National Congress. Who was the last Congress Presidemt outside of the Nehru-Gandhi family?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/41

 

1. Kerch Strait Bridge
2. Haiti
3. Israel and Lebanon
4. Zoom
5. Alex Jones
6. Burnt Hair
7. Gulf of Trieste, Italy
8. Dustin Johnson
9. WR140 Binary
10. Delhi and Amb-Andaura in Himachal Pradesh

QUIZ -2022/41

 

1) What is the name of the 12-mile long bridge connecting Russia and the Crimean Peninsula that was destroyed in an explosion, which Russia described as an act of terrorism?

2) Which country has sought international help to combat gang violence?

3) Which 2 countries who have been perennially hostile to each other reached a historic maritime border agreement brokered by USA?

4) What is the name of the Indian Army dog that died after sustaining injuries during an anti-terror operation in Kashmir?

5) What is the name of the conspiracy theorist who has been ordered to pay nearly one billion dollars in damages to families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting?

6) What is the name of the perfume launched by Elon Musk?

7) For the first time in the 54-year-old history of Barcolana, the world’s largest sailing race, a woman was crowned the winner. Where does this race take place?

8) Who became richer by $18 million after winning the inaugural season of the controversial LIV Golf funded by Saudi Arabia?

9) One of the most striking images from JWST this week showed a star with 17 concentric rings spreading around it like ripples. What are such stars known as?

10) Vande Bharat Express was inaugurated on a fourth route this week. Between which two stations will this train ply?

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Answers to Quiz - 2022/40

 

1. Maiden Pharmaceuticals
2. Malang
3. Nong Bua Lamphu
4. Aegean Sea
5. Uganda
6. Draupadi ka Danda
7. Lyman
8. Four
9. Tarragona
10. Alaska

QUIZ -2022/40

 

1) A “Made in India” cough and cold syrup is allegedly responsible for the death of 66 kids in Gambia. Name the Haryana based company that manufactured this syrup.

2) In which Indonesian city did a stampede happen in a football stadium killing at least 125 people?

3) Name the province in North East Thailand where 36 children were massacred in a day-care centre by an ex-policeman.

4) Two boats carrying migrants trying to enter Europe capsized killing at least 17 with many reported missing. In which sea did this mishap take place?

5) Which African country has declared a fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola?

6) Many trainees and their instructors from the Nehru Mountaineering Institute perished after being hit by an avalanche. What peak were they attempting to summit in Uttarakhand?

7) Which city in Donetsk region was recaptured by Ukraine after being “annexed” by Russia?

8) Barry Sharpless who shared this year’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry with 2 others joined the elite club of double Nobel Laureates. How many others have won 2 Nobel Prizes?

9) Which Spanish city organised its famous annual competition of forming human pyramids?

10) Voting is underway in an extremely popular annual online contest to determine which bear at Katmai National Park is the fattest before they head into their winter hibernation. In which state is this park located?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/39

 

1. Old age
2. Double Asteroid Redirection Test
3. Brothers of Italy
4. Kwasi Kwarteng
5. Ian
6. General Anil Chauhan
7. Baltic Sea
8. Unification Church
9. Aparna Balamurali
10. Tudor Crown

QUIZ - 2022/39

 

1) What is mentioned as the cause of death in Queen Elizabeth’s death certificate?

2) NASA successfully carried out the DART mission to veer an asteroid off its trajectory. Expand the acronym DART.

3) Giorgia Meloni was elected Italy’s first woman Prime Minister. What is the name of her political party?

4) Name UK’s new Chancellor whose proposed tax cuts precipitated a historic plunge of the Pound Sterling against the US Dollar.

5) What is the name of the monstrous hurricane that led to a “500-year flood event” in Florida?

6) Who has taken over as India’s new Chief of Defence Staff?

7) In which sea is natural gas leaking from the Nord Stream-2 pipeline, allegedly due to sabotage?

8) The funeral this week of Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, once again brought to the forefront his links with a cult organisation that led to his murder. What is the name of this organisation that has its roots in South Korea?

9) Who received this year’s National Award for best actress in the country?

10) King Charles III has replaced the St Edward Crown used by Queen Elizabeth with what crown in his monogram that was unveiled during the week?

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Answers to Quiz - 2022/38

 

1. Qatar Airways
2. Rex, meaning King
3. Arsenal
4. Winston Churchill
5. Tasmania, Australia
6. Fiona
7. 300,000
8. Mahsa Amini
9. Neptune
10. Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe