QUIZ - 2022/29

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1) Large swathes of Europe were seared by a heatwave during this week. What record high temperature was posted in UK?

2) With which country did EU sign a new gas deal to secure future supplies?

3) The race to become the Prime Minister of UK has now been reduced to a duel between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. While Sunak has resigned from his position as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Truss continues to be in the government. What position does she hold?

4) Where is the World Athletics Championships currently in progress?

5) With what Spanish phrase, associated with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2, did Boris Johnson sign off his final appearance in the House of Commons?

6) India is introducing Cheetahs into a national park in Madhya Pradesh. From which African country are they being brought?

7) The Giesinger Brewery in Munich is letting customers pay for their beer by what unusual item to overcome rampant scarcity?

8) As per this year’s Henley Passport Index, which country’s passport allows visa-free access to most number (193) countries?

9) Cameron Smith won the Claret Jug last Sunday at the 150^th edition of the prestigious tournament that goes by the name of “The Open”. What is the sport involved?

10) More than 10 million packages of what item are being recalled over concerns of increased fire hazard?

QUIZ - 2022/27

 

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1) Whose controversial appointment as deputy chief whip led to the downfall of Boris Johnson?

2) In which Japanese city was the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shot dead?

3) Which country hosted the G20 summit this week?

4) What province did Ukraine lose to Russian forces during this week?

5) Which country became the first to announce equal match fees for men and women cricketers across all formats and competitions?

6) What iconic sportsperson was nominated to the Rajya Sabha?

7) Which country is in talks with Taliban to take over the operations of Kabul airport?

8) Parts of USA were hit by a rare kind of storm characterised by a linear motion as opposed to the rotational motion of tornados and cyclones. What name derived from Spanish for “straight” is used to describe such straight-line storms?

9) Ten years after the sighting of Higgs Boson, the Large Hadron Collider was reactivated again this week with higher levels of collision energy. Where is the LHC located?

10) Scientists recently announced the discovery of the largest bacteria, measuring one centimetre and visible to the naked eye. Among the mangroves of which Carribean archipelago was it found?