Sunday, February 19, 2023

QUIZ - 2023/7

 

1) Which state went to polls this week, registering a high voter turnout close to 90%?

2) Rideau Canal Skateway, a UNESCO heritage site and the largest outdoor skating rink in the world, has stayed closed all winter for the first time in five decades because there isn’t sufficient ice. In which country is it located?

3) Which country declared a national emergency for only the third time in its history after unprecedented flooding caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, which is being described as “storm of the century”?

4) At Rs 3.4 crores, who was the most expensive player at the inaugural Women’s Premier League auction?

5) Whose books for children are being rewritten to remove language now deemed offensive?

6) Year-long celebrations of which social reformer’s bicentenary was kicked off during this week?

7) 2023 CX1, a metre-sized asteroid entered the earth’s atmosphere. Over the coast of which country did it disintegrate creating a spectacular light show?

8) Which city is hosting an annual conference on international security policy this week?

9) What sporting event at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona became the third most-watched programme in US television history?

10) After which female black mathematician has NASA named a huge mountain on the Moon?

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