QUIZ - 2024/35

 

1)      India lost a beloved business tycoon and philanthropist in Ratan Tata. Many eulogies referred to his love for dogs, including strays. What is the name of his dog?

2)      Han Kang became only the 2^nd person to win a Nobel Prize from her country when she was conferred the Nobel for literature. What country does she come from?

3)      What is the name of the new controversial biopic on Donald Trump that opened this week?

4)      What is the name of the Category-5 hurricane that made President Joe Biden postpone his foreign travel?

5)      In which country did X (Twitter) resume its services after the social media platform agreed to comply with the court rulings?

6)      Israel was accused of firing at UN peacekeepers stationed at its border with Lebanon. What is the name of the UN-recognised boundary that demarcates Lebanon and Israel?

7)      What object in gold gifted by Prime Minister Modi has allegedly been stolen from the Jeshoreswari temple in Bangladesh provoking India to demand a probe?

8)      On June 8, 1924, 2 men were attempting to scale Mount Everest for the first time. The question of whether they summited the tallest peak endures as one of the greatest mysteries in the world of mountaineering because neither of them made it back. Whose partial remains were found on the slopes of Mount Everest by a National Geographic team, 100 years after he had disappeared?

9)      What was the venue of the extraordinary test match in which Pakistan suffered an ignominious defeat against England losing by an innings even after scoring 556 in the first innings?

10)   What is the name of the spacecraft launched by European Space Agency to investigate the asteroid that was deflected by NASA’s DART mission 2 years ago?

 

QUIZ - 2022/39

 

1) What is mentioned as the cause of death in Queen Elizabeth’s death certificate?

2) NASA successfully carried out the DART mission to veer an asteroid off its trajectory. Expand the acronym DART.

3) Giorgia Meloni was elected Italy’s first woman Prime Minister. What is the name of her political party?

4) Name UK’s new Chancellor whose proposed tax cuts precipitated a historic plunge of the Pound Sterling against the US Dollar.

5) What is the name of the monstrous hurricane that led to a “500-year flood event” in Florida?

6) Who has taken over as India’s new Chief of Defence Staff?

7) In which sea is natural gas leaking from the Nord Stream-2 pipeline, allegedly due to sabotage?

8) The funeral this week of Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, once again brought to the forefront his links with a cult organisation that led to his murder. What is the name of this organisation that has its roots in South Korea?

9) Who received this year’s National Award for best actress in the country?

10) King Charles III has replaced the St Edward Crown used by Queen Elizabeth with what crown in his monogram that was unveiled during the week?

If you enjoyed this Quiz, please subscribe to my NEWSLETTER

QUIZ 2021 twtw-47

1) What is the name of the 4^th French-designed Scorpene class submarine that was commissioned by Indian Navy during this week to join Kalvari, Khanderi and Karanj?

2) NASA launched a spacecraft called DART to test a technology for steering an asteroid off a collision course with earth. What is the name of the asteroid into which the spacecraft will slam in September 2022?

3) In which American state did a nearly all-white jury find 3 white men guilty of murdering a black jogger?

4) Which country got its first woman Prime Minister, but for less than 12 hours, because a junior coalition partner decided to leave the government?

5) In a major victory for the concept of “music album”, Spotify agreed to delete the shuffle button for the latest album of which British songwriter and singer? Also name the album.

6) The traditional Thanksgiving Day parade, believed to be the world’s largest parade, returned to New York city after missing last year due to pandemic. After what department store chain is the 97-year-old parade named?

7) Indore was adjudged the cleanest city for the 5^th consecutive year in the latest annual GOI cleanliness survey. Which state retained its position as the cleanest?

8) Name the train whose waiting staff’s dress code was changed by Indian Railways following protests by Hindu religious leaders.

9) To whom did the Swiss football team send 9.3 kg of chocolates for helping them to qualify for the Qatar World Cup?

10) El Salvador announced an ambitious project to build a “Bitcoin City”. In what unique way will this city derive its power?