Sunday, August 25, 2024

QUIZ - 2024/29

 

1)      What Indian company has been ranked as the strongest food brand globally?

2)      Which city hosted the Democratic National Convention to formally nominate the party’s candidates for the Presidential election?

3)      Chinese and Philippine ships collided in the South China Sea near what the Chinese call Nansha Islands. By what name of a 19th century British whaling captain does the rest of the world know this disputed archipelago located in a strategic shipping lane?

4)      What city in western Russia was invaded and occupied by Ukrainian forces in a daring and risky operation?

5)      A major railway shutdown in which country is threatening critical supply chains?

6)      For the first time, the price of a bar of gold crossed the milestone of one million dollars. The standard gold bar weighs 400 Troy ounces, a unit of measurement named after a medieval town in which country?

7)      Who launched the Phi3.5 series of AI models?

8)      What global investment firm has cut India’s GDP forecast for 2024 and 2025?

9)      Mike Lynch, the tech millionaire, who died in a yacht tragedy off the Sicilian coast, was celebrating his acquittal on fraud charges related to HP’s acquisition of his company Autonomy. Autonomy developed a software that used a theory proposed by 18th C philosopher. What is his name, after whom both the theory and Yacht are named?

10)   A gay romance in the animal kingdom between Magic and Sphen that inspired thousands and was featured in a Netflix series was cut short by the death of Sphen. Who were Magic and Sphen?

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