Friday, September 20, 2024

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)?

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