QUIZ - 2024/07

 

1) Kelvin Kiptum, long-distance runner and the Marathon world record holder dies in a car crash. What was his nationality?

2) Prime Minister of which country was put on the “wanted list” by Russia?

3) Which country held the world’s largest single-day election involving over 200 million voters?

4) What is the name of the privately built lunar lander launched SpaceX?

5) Who became the first orthodox Christian country to allow same-sex marriages?

6) What is the nickname of the ISRO rocket that launched India’s weather satellite INSAT-3DS?

7) Medals at the Paris Olympics will contain scrap metal from which monument?

8) Which world leader joined Tik Tok this week?

9) Name the city in southern Gaza that came under latest Israeli bombing.

10) Which country was affected by snow storms caused by Nor’easter winds?

Answers to Quiz - 2024/06

 

1. Rajagopalachari, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan and C V Raman
2. Gabon
3. World’s Coolest Dictator
4. Mexico
5. Abu Dhabi
6. Blue
7. Las Vegas
8. Dragon
9. 6.5%
10. Tracy Chapman

QUIZ - 2024/06

 

1) It rained Bharat Ratnas during the week. Who were the first three to be awarded Bharat Ratna in January 1955?

2) Which African country with the highest population of elephants in the world announce the inauguration of the 500^th mobile electric fence to reduce man-animal conflict?

3) Nayeb Bukele easily won a 2^nd term as the President of El Salvador. How does he describe himself?

4) Which country has surpassed China to become the top exporter of goods to USA?

5) Where did the England cricket team retreat to for a 10-day break before playing the third test at Rajkot later next week?

6) After yellow and red cards, what colour card has FIFA proposed to be introduced in football for showing dissent?

7) Which American city will host the Superbowl for the first time today?

8) What creature is the Chinese new year named after?

9) Reserve Bank of India left the Repo Rate unchanged at what % for the 6^th time in a row?

10) Who stole the show at Grammys with a rare live performance of her 1988 song “Fast Cars” sending it to the top of the charts?

Answers to Quiz - 2024/05

 

1. Jordan
2. Belgium
3. Pakistan
4. Telepathy
5. Fentanyl
6. Chile
7. Drought leading to low water level
8. Evergrande
9. France
10. Elon Musk

QUIZ - 2024/05

 

1) A drone attack on a remote US base killed 3 American soldiers in which country?

2) Protests by farmers in which country lead to the blockade of Zeebrugge, one of the largest ports in Europe?

3) In which country did the Cipher Case lead to the conviction and imprisonment of an important political personality?

4) What is the name of the computer chip implanted in the brain by Elon Musk’s company Neuralink?

5) US and Chinese officials held talks to crackdown on the trafficking of what drug?

6) Which South American country was ravaged by massive wildfires killing more than 100 people?

7) What is the reason for scaling back shipping through the Panama Canal?

8) What Chinese property developer with $300 billion in liabilities has been ordered to liquidate by a Hong Kong court?

9) Which country’s parliament passed a bill to enshrine the right to abortion in its constitution?

10) Whose pay package of $ 56 billion was blocked by a US judge calling it “an unfathomable sum”?

Answers to Quiz - 2024/04

 

1. Chicago
2. Evonne Goolagong Cawley
3. Wrestling
4. Nitrogen
5. Cameroon
6. Dior Handbag
7. Fastest triple century
8. Saryu
9. John Williams
10. UNRWA