QUIZ - 2025/30

 1) Ozzy Osbourne, one of the most influential rock musicians, passed away at the age of 76, 3 weeks after a farewell concert. What is the name of the band he co-founded?

2) The iconic "Rosebud" sled from what legendary movie was sold at auction for $14.75 million, making it one of the most expensive pieces of movie memorabilia ever sold.

3) In which country are two Indian women - Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh - battling it out for women’s world chess championship?

4) What newspaper was sued by President Trump for defamation seeking damages of $10 billion?

5) What automaker is recalling nearly 700,000 SUVs for potential fire risk because of faulty fuel injector?

6) Border clashes broke out between which 2 Asian countries?

7) Two designers whose names begin with M and G respectively, founded a company to manufacture what?

8) Ratan Thiyam, one of the outstanding Indian playwrights and theatre directors passed away this week. In which language did he write almost all his plays?

9) China began construction of the world's biggest ever dam across the Yarlung Zangbo River. What is its proposed hydroelectric power capacity?

10) Durand Cup, one of the oldest football tournaments in the world, is named after the British diplomat Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, who is famous for having lent his name to define the international border between which two countries?

 

QUIZ 2021 twtw-40

 

1) October 8^th is celebrated as Air Force day to commemorate its establishment on this day in 1932. Borrowed from the Bhagavad Gita, what is the motto of Indian Air Force?

2) World Health Organisation recommended the use of an anti-malarial vaccine known as RTS,S among children in sub-Saharan Africa. 30 years in development at a cost of $750 million, who is the vaccine manufacturer and what is its brand name?

3) What TATA group company will acquire Air India?

4) What is name of the digital media company for investigative journalism co-founded by Maria Ressa, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner?

5) Name the actor who played Captain Kirk in the “Star Trek” TV series who is scheduled to fly in Blue Origin’s New Shepard early next week, thus becoming the oldest person to go to space at the age of 90.

6) By using a drone to deliver vaccine to the people living on the floating Karang island in Loktak lake, India became the first country in Southeast Asia to do so. In which state is Loktak lake located? 

7) A fresh tranche of Pandora Papers, the large scale investigation project by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, was released during the week exposing how officials and politicians use shell companies to move funds to offshore havens. In which Greek poet’s didactic poem “The Work and Days” does Pandora’s Box appear first around 700 BC?

8) Name the Facebook whistleblower who told the US Congress that the Social Media giant “promotes global division and ethnic violence”.

9) What make of vehicle in a union minister’s convoy allegedly ran over the protesting farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri, triggering a nationwide outrage?

10) The Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia was won this year by FC Goa. Which 2 iconic teams share the record for winning the Cup most number of times?