QUIZ - 2024/42

 

1) The iconic Notre Dame cathedral of Paris which was destroyed by a fire in 2019 is all set to reopen after being restored at a cost of $800 million. How old is the cathedral?

2)In which country did the top court cancel the presidential elections amidst allegations of Russian interference?

3) Who was named the greatest pop star of the 21^st Century by Billboard magazine?

4) Which country did Joe Biden visit in what is likely to be his last overseas trip as the President?

5) In  a shocking move, the South Korean president imposed martial law. It was however lifted after widespread protests and the parliament vote to block it. How long did the Martial Law last?

6) Which company did Indigo sue over the use of its 6E trademark?

7) What is the Oxford Word of the Year 2024?

8) What state or union territory became the first to fully implement the three new criminal laws of India?

9) What key city in central Syria has been taken over by the rebel forces with barely any resistance from the military?

10) Over what issue was the French government defeated in a no-confidence vote?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2024/41

 

1. Georgetown
2. South Africa
3. Baltic Sea
4. Gold
5. Netherlands
6. Himachal Pradesh
7. Kenya
8. Singapore
9. New Zealand
10. San Marino

QUIZ - 2024/41

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1) Prime Minister Modi visited Guyana for 3 days and was ceremonially presented with the key to the capital city. What is the capital of Guyana?

2) The G20 summit concluded in Brazil. To which country did Brazil hand over the presidency?

3) Under what water body were telecommunication cables cut in seemingly an act of sabotage?

4) Hundreds of illegal miners are holed up in an abandoned mine at Stilfontein in South Africa. What are they mining?

5) Rafael Nadal called curtains on his glorious career after an unexpected loss in a Davis Cup match against which country?

6) What state Bhawan in Delhi was attached by a court order to recover unpaid dues?

7) Which country scrapped an airport and power contract after news of Adani Group’s indictment by the US Department of Justice?

8) Which city is hosting the World Chess Championship beginning tomorrow?

9) Canada’s largest and most popular sports event for the Grey Cup was held last Sunday. What sporting event was it?

1) What lowest-ranked country in international football created history by winning a surprise promotion to the third tier of the Nations League?

Answers to Quiz - 2024/40

 

1. Poppy
2. Alibaba
3. Armenia
4. Orbital
5. Lima
6. Secretary of State
7. Shell
8. DOGE
9. New Zealand
10. Tennis

QUIZ - 2024/40

 

1)      Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day or Veterans Day was observed by many countries on 11^th November to mark the cessation of World War – I. What bright red flower with black seeds immortalised in the poem “In Flanders Fields” is the symbol of this day?

2)      11^th November is celebrated as Singles Day in China. A student initiative at Nanjing University in 1993, what e-commerce company transformed it into a 24-hour shopping extravaganza in 2009?

3)      Manufactured by Bharat Electronics Ltd, to which country did India export the Akash air defence missiles?

4)      What work of fiction featuring six astronauts aboard the International Space Station has won this year’s Booker Prize for Samantha Harvey?

5)      Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum of 21 Asia-Pacific countries, home to more than 2.9 billion people and accounts for over 60% of global GDP. Which city hosted the APEC summit this week attended by Joe Biden and Xi Jinping?

6)      To what powerful post, made famous by Henry Kissinger, has Donald Trump nominated Florida senator Marco Rubio?

7)      What oil company has won a landmark case overturning an earlier ruling requiring it to cut its carbon emissions by 45%.?

8)      It was the title of the highest official of the Republic of Venice for more than 1,000 years from the 8th to the 18th century. It is now the acronym of a newly created department headed by Elon Musk to overhaul federal bureaucracy and streamline governance. What is this acronym?

9)      Prime Minister of which country delivered a historic apology in parliament to 200,000 victims of abuse in care homes between 1950 and 2019?

10)   Billie Jean King Cup currently underway in Malaga, Spain is the international women’s team competition in what sport?

Answers to Quiz - 2024/39

 

1. To allow a temple procession to cross the runway
2. Sanjiv Khanna
3. Best Album of the Year
4. Amsterdam
5. Australia
6. Baku
7. Germany
8. Quincy Jones
9. Grover Cleveland
10. Naresh Goyal             

QUIZ - 2024/39

 

1)      Why did Thiruvananthapuram aiport suspend operations for 4 hours?

2)      Who will be the new Chief Justice of India?

3)      Beyonce became the most nominated artist in the history of Grammy awards. Which category of award she is yet to win?

4)      What city witnessed a violent clash between Israeli and Palestinian supporters after a foorball match?

5)      Which country is planning social media ban for under-16?

6)      Which city is hosting this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, popularly known as COP?

7)      In which country did the coalition government collapse after the finance minister was fired?

8)      Frank Sinatra gave him the nickname Q. Buzz Aldrin carried his music to the Moon. Among his biggest achievements is getting 46 top artistes to sing “we are the world” in 1985 to raise money for famine relief in Africa. Name this accomplished musician and producer with 28 Grammys who passed away this week aged 91.

9)      Donald Trump became the 2^nd US President to be elected for non-consecutive terms. Who was the first?

10)   In 2005, he was named the 16^th richest person in India after the IPO of his company. This week the Supreme Court ordered the liquidation of the company. Who is this businessman?

Answers to Quiz - 2024/38

 

1. Georgia
2. Manchester City
3. Kodo Millet
4. BPL
5. Baalbek
6. MRF
7. Washington Post
8. Vadodara
9. Bibek Debroy
10. $20 Decillion

 

QUIZ - 2024/38

 

1)      In a bitterly fought and controversy-ridden election, the ruling party just managed to scrape through amidst allegations of fraud by the opposition. The founder of the ruling party is a reclusive billionaire who breeds sharks but is not part of the government. He has vowed to abolish the opposition if voted to power. What country are we referring to?

2)      Spanish footballer Rodrigo Hernández Cascante, known as Rodri, was presented the Ballon d'Or, an annual football award by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season. For what club does Rodri play?

3)      Consumption of what poisoned grains is believed to be responsible for the tragic deaths of ten elephants in MP’s Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve?

4)      TPG Nambiar, who passed away at the age of 94, was a pioneer in India’s consumer electronics industry. What is the name of the group founded by him?

5)      What Lebanese city in Bekaa Valley that is home to a UNESCO World Heritage site of Roman ruins is being threatened by Israeli air strikes?

6)      A little-known smallcap stock turned into a sensation for investors on October 29. Elcid Investments saw an unprecedented surge in its share price, skyrocketing from a mere ₹ 3.53 to an mind-boggling ₹ 2,36,250 on the BSE in just one trading session. In the process it became India’s highest priced stock, overtaking what tyre company?

7)      What American newspaper lost 10% of its subscribers after it declined to endorse any candidate in the US Presidential election?

8)      India's first private facility to build military planes, the Final Assembly Line to manufacture the Airbus C295 aircraft, was inaugurated in which city?

9)      A polymath, a top economist, an Indologist who translated Mahabharata and Puranas, passed away at the age of 69. Who?

10)   What mind-boggling amount of money did Russia fine Google for restricting state media channels on YouTube?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2024/37

 

1. Kazan
2. Excel
3. Moldova
4. Switzerland
5. Colombia
6. Onions
7. Paddington Bear
8. Jensen Huang
9. Egypt
10. Brazil

QUIZ - 2024/37

 

1)      What city in Russia hosted the BRICS summit?

2)      What popular software celebrated its 40^th birthday?

3)      What East European country held a referendum on whether to join EU?

4)      Which country has been declared the most innovative for the 13^th year in a row by the World Intellectual Property Organisation?

5)      What South American country is currently hosting the UN Biodiversity Summit?

6)      What item has been pulled out from the menu by many fast food chains after reports of the McDonald E-coli outbreak?

7)      What fictional character from children’s literature was issued an official British passport?

8)      Name the CEO of Nvidia who is currently in India to attend various conclaves?

9)      Which country has eradicated Malaria after 100-year effort according to WHO?

10)   Mining companies BHP and Vale agreed to pay $30 billion to which country in compensation for a terrible environmental disaster following the collapse of a dam in 2015?

Answers to Quiz - 2024/36

 

1. LIC 
2. Europa
3. BEML
4. Google
5. Prada
6. Vikash Yadav
7. THAAD
8. New Zealand
9. New Zealand
10. Islamabad

QUIZ - 2024/36

 

1)      What was India’s largest IPO before last week’s offering of Hyundai Motor India?

2)      NASA launched a spacecraft in search of alien life to what celestial body?

3)      Who won the contract to bulid coaches for India’s Bullet Train project?

4)      AI data centres are power guzzlers. What tech company signed a first-of-its-kind deal to buy nuclear power for its data centres?

5)      What luxury fashion house has designed spacesuits for NASA’s 2026 moon mission?

6)      What is the name of the former Indian intelligence officer who has been charged with attempted murder on US soil?

7)      What onomatopoeic-sounding anti-missile system has the US deployed in Israel to counter an expected Iranian attack?

8)      Which country’s yacht club won the prestigious America’s Cup, the oldest international competition in any sport?

9)      Canada is seeking the support of the Five Eyes countries in the Nijjar case against India. Who is the 5^th member state of the Five Eyes alliance besides Canada, USA, UK and Australia?

10)   Which city hosted the conference of the SCO countries?

Answers to Quiz - 2024/35

 

1. Goa
2. South Korea
3. The Apprentice
4. Milton
5. Brazil
6. Blue Line
7. Crown
8. Andrew Irvine
9. Multan
10. Hera

QUIZ - 2024/35

 

1)      India lost a beloved business tycoon and philanthropist in Ratan Tata. Many eulogies referred to his love for dogs, including strays. What is the name of his dog?

2)      Han Kang became only the 2^nd person to win a Nobel Prize from her country when she was conferred the Nobel for literature. What country does she come from?

3)      What is the name of the new controversial biopic on Donald Trump that opened this week?

4)      What is the name of the Category-5 hurricane that made President Joe Biden postpone his foreign travel?

5)      In which country did X (Twitter) resume its services after the social media platform agreed to comply with the court rulings?

6)      Israel was accused of firing at UN peacekeepers stationed at its border with Lebanon. What is the name of the UN-recognised boundary that demarcates Lebanon and Israel?

7)      What object in gold gifted by Prime Minister Modi has allegedly been stolen from the Jeshoreswari temple in Bangladesh provoking India to demand a probe?

8)      On June 8, 1924, 2 men were attempting to scale Mount Everest for the first time. The question of whether they summited the tallest peak endures as one of the greatest mysteries in the world of mountaineering because neither of them made it back. Whose partial remains were found on the slopes of Mount Everest by a National Geographic team, 100 years after he had disappeared?

9)      What was the venue of the extraordinary test match in which Pakistan suffered an ignominious defeat against England losing by an innings even after scoring 556 in the first innings?

10)   What is the name of the spacecraft launched by European Space Agency to investigate the asteroid that was deflected by NASA’s DART mission 2 years ago?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2024/34

 

1. Chagos Islands
2. Jeddah
3. Mexico
4. Austria
5. Japan
6. Hungary
7. EVs
8. Boris Johnson
9. Mumbai
10. Italy

QUIZ - 2024/34

 

1) What strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean has the UK decided to hand over to Mauritius?

2) In which city did construction of the tallest building resume after a long hiatus of 7 years?

3) In which country did its first woman President assume office?

4) In which country did a far-right party founded by a former Nazi law-maker win the most seats in parliamentary elections?

5) In which country did a WW-II-era bomb explode at an airport leading to the cancellation of 90 flights?

6) Which country did the EU take to court over a law that allegedly violates fundamental rights?

7) European Union voted to impose hefty tariffs of upto 45% on what goods imported from China?

8) Whose interview did the BBC cancel after the interviewer accidentally shared the questions?

9) Who won the Irani Trophy for the 15^th time?

10) The mosaics of Monreale Cathedral, a UNESCO heritage site regained their golden lustre thanks to careful restoration work and new lighting. In which country is it located?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2024/33

 

1. Sucheta Kripalani
2. Golf
3. South Korea
4. 38
5. China
6. Glasgow
7. Shogun
8. Wilmington
9. 5%
10. Football

QUIZ - 2024/33

 

1) Atishi Marlena became the 17^th woman Chief Minister in India. Who was the first?

2) USA defeated Europe to lift the Solheim Cup, the women’s equivalent of the Ryder Cup. The competition for both these trophies happens once in 2 years between USA and Europe in which sport?

3) Which country was rocked by allegations of fraudulent adoptions of orphans?

4) How many candidates are in the fray in Sri Lanka’s presidential election?

5) Whom did India beat to win the hockey Asia Cup?

6) The 2026 Commonwealth Games has been shifted to which city after Victoria, Australia, backed out due to rising costs?

7) What TV series made history at the Emmys by becoming the first non-English show to claim the honour for the Best Drama?

8) Which city is hosting the QUAD Summit this weekend?

9) After the much awaited 50 bps cut by US Fed, what is the upper limit of the range of the benchmark interest rate?

10) The World Cup of Subbuteo got underway in Turnbridge Well,England, where it was invented? What kind of tabletop game is Subbuteo?

Answers to Quiz - 2024/32

 

1. Fight Club
2. East Timor (Timor-Leste)
3. Spain
4. Italy
5. Polaris Dawn
6. Boeing
7. Brussels
8. Greater Noida
9. Haiti
10. Beyonce

QUIZ - 2024/32

 

1) What movie starring Brad Pitt and directed by David Fincher, released this week 25 years ago, went on to achieve cult status?

2) Nearly half the population of which country turned out to attend Pope Francis’s mass?

3) To which country did Venezuela’s opposition party leader flee after threats to his life following a dubious Presidential election?

4) A 400-page document containing 170 proposals to revitalise the European economy was unveiled by Mario Draghi in Brussels. A former head of the European Central Bank, what country did Mario Draghi serve as Prime Minister?

5) What is the name of the latest SpaceX mission that is pushing the boundaries of space exploration?

6) What company is facing a potential strike by its 30,000-strong workforce over demands for a pay increase?

7) Which city is hosting the final of the Diamond League in athletics this weekend?

8) For the first time in India, a test match was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain. In which city? Only seven Test matches have been abandoned without a ball bowled in cricket's long history of over 2,500 Test matches.

9) People of which country are particularly outraged over Donald Trump’s allegation during the presidential debate that migrants are eating pets?

10) Whose record did Taylor Swift equal for the most MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)?

Answers to Quiz - 2024/31

 

1. Beijing
2. Norway
3. Democratic Republic of Congo
4. Pineapple
5. Norway
6. Venezuela
7. America’s Cup
8. Jenin
9. China
10. Volkswagen

QUIZ - 2024/31

 

1)      Which city hosted a summit attended by 53 African nations?

2)      A Beluga whale allegedly spying for Russia was found dead on the shores of which country?

3)      In which country did more than 100 people die in a stampede following a prison break?

4)      What fruit is being used as a dating code by singles in Spanish supermarket carts?

5)      Which country’s princess married an American practising Shamanism?

6)      Which country’s presidential plane was seized by the USA to enforce sanctions?

7)      Originally known as the Hundred Guineas Cup, it was renamed after the first winning boat. It is the oldest continuous competition in international sport and takes place once in 3-4 years. The 37th edition is currently underway in Barcelona. What is the name of this competition?

8)      What city in the West Bank was raided by Israeli forces, purportedly as an anti-terror operation?

9)      Which country topped the medal list at the Paralympics, both in gold medals and overall?

10)   What leading car manufacturer angered workers by its plans to shut down some of its factories with a view to cut costs?