QUIZ - 2024/09

 

1) Which country officially joined NATO during the week?

2) Which country became the first to enshrine the right to abortion in the constitution?

3) In which city was Tesla’s Gigafactory attacked by arsonists?

4) Riken Yamamoto was declared as the winner of the Pritzker Prize for 2024. In what field is this highest recognition accorded every year?

5) The proposal to declare the start of a new geological epoch was shot down by a panel of experts. What geological epoch are we currently living in?

6) What Danish pharmaceutical company overtook Tesla in market capitalization after releasing clinical trial data of its weight-loss drug?

7) In which country did people vote on International Women’s Day in two referendums to amend the constitution to remove language about women’s duties being in the home and broaden the definition of family beyond marriage?

8) Which city hosted the Miss World pageant?        

9) “Caitlin Clark Effect” is sweeping what sport across USA?

10) Which company was slapped by an antitrust fine of 1.8 billion Euros by EU?

QUIZ - 2024/05

 

1) A drone attack on a remote US base killed 3 American soldiers in which country?

2) Protests by farmers in which country lead to the blockade of Zeebrugge, one of the largest ports in Europe?

3) In which country did the Cipher Case lead to the conviction and imprisonment of an important political personality?

4) What is the name of the computer chip implanted in the brain by Elon Musk’s company Neuralink?

5) US and Chinese officials held talks to crackdown on the trafficking of what drug?

6) Which South American country was ravaged by massive wildfires killing more than 100 people?

7) What is the reason for scaling back shipping through the Panama Canal?

8) What Chinese property developer with $300 billion in liabilities has been ordered to liquidate by a Hong Kong court?

9) Which country’s parliament passed a bill to enshrine the right to abortion in its constitution?

10) Whose pay package of $ 56 billion was blocked by a US judge calling it “an unfathomable sum”?