QUIZ - 2025/22

 

1) China launched Tianwen-2 mission to bring back dust from what object in space?

2) The first 9000 hp electric locomotive rolled out of the new Indian Railways factory at Dahod in Gujarat. Who is the manufacturer?

3) Norway Chess, one of the world's most prestigious chess tournaments, is currently underway in which city?

4) PSG (Paris Saint-Germain) won the UEFA Champions League last night defeating Inter Milan 5-0. Which club has won the trophy most times?

5) New Delhi is hosting the aviation industry leaders from across the world at the AGM of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Where is the global headquarters of IATA?

6) Which country will become the only one in the world to elect judges by people?

7) Kami Rita Sherpa broke his own record of summiting Mount Everest for the most number of times. How many times has he summited?

8) A popular annual competition sponsored by Scripps celebrated its 100th edition this week. What skill does the competition test?

9) More than 30 countries convened in Hong Kong under the leadership of China to establish a new global forum to carry out what activity?

10) Who delivered the opening address at Canada's new parliament session?

 

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?