Sunday, October 09, 2022

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?

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