QUIZ - 2022/32

1) Which African country conducted its general elections this week, considered to be the second most expensive in the world at a cost of $25.4 per voter for the registered 19.6 million voters?

2) Which capital city was ravaged by floods following rains reported to be heaviest in more than 100 years?

3) We all know about the superheroes trio - Superman, Spiderman and Batman. What superhero, who first appeared in 1841 in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, is now at the top of Netflix charts?

4) India won 22 gold medals at the Birmingham Commonwealth games to finish 4^th among the 72 participating nations. Only a solitary gold came from track and field, the blue-riband event of any games. Name the winner and also the specific track and field event.

5) JWST keeps astonishing us week after week. This week’s reveal was Earendel - the most distant star known to us at 28 billion lightyears. A French scientist also shared image of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to us at 4.2 lightyears, purportedly captured by JWST. After the image went viral, the scientist admitted it was a fake. What object was it?

6) We got a new Vice-President this week. Who was India’s first Vice-President in 1952?

7) Which breakaway territory in Africa, yet to gain international recognition, riled China by refusing to cut off its ties with Taiwan?

8) Indian teams won bronze medals in both the open and women’s categories of the 44^th Chess Olympiad that concluded this week. Uzbekistan won the gold in the open category. Who won the gold in the women’s category?

9) What novel feature did Indigo introduce becoming the first airlines in the world to do so?

10) Which American Pizza maker shut shop in Italy citing competition from traditional pizzas?

11) Which country has the highest % of female pilots in the world?

12) What is the name of the new zoonotic virus that is emerging from shrews in China?

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QUIZ - 2022/31

1) Inflation is the flavour of this season. Central bankers across the world are busy increasing interest rates. Bank of England hiked the rate this week by 50 bps, the biggest hike in 27 years, to 1.75%.  RBI also increased the rate by 50 bps yesterday. What is the new Repo Rate now?

2) One of the masterminds of the 26/11 attack, al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaeda terrorist, was taken out at his home in the heart of Kabul. What precision missile did USA deploy for carrying out this daring attack with minimum collateral damage?

3) The Commonwealth Games that are currently underway in Birmingham traces its history to 1930 when it was first held in Hamilton, Canada. But it got its present name only in 1978 at Edmonton, Canada. What was the games originally known as?

4) Entomologists have decided to give a new common name - Northern Giant Hornet - to the world’s largest wasp. What was its previous common name which evoked much fear?

5) Which country appointed the co-founder of al-Shabab, an extremist group affiliated to al-Qaeda, as its minister for religion?

6) Indian women’s team won a gold medal in the quaint sport of Lawn Bowls at the Birmingham Commonwealth games. The objective of Lawn Bowls is to roll your bowls closer than your opponent’s to a central white target ball. What is this target ball called?

7) This unusual and rare traffic sign in Bangalore confused most motorists. What does it mean?

8) Formula 1 takes a well-deserved 3-week summer break. This is also the period when drivers switch their affiliations and teams announce new drivers for the next season. What popular term, originally used for the midsummer holidays when newspapers carried frivolous and exaggerated stories, is used to describe this break in F1?

9) The manufacturer of an OTC drug, which became a household word during the pandemic, is currently being investigated for tax evasion. What is the name of the drug and the company?

10) Twice a year. in May and August, the Sun aligns along the Champs Elysees and the setting Sun is perfectly framed by the Arc de Triomphe. What is the name given to this beautiful event which is every photographer's dream?