Answers to Quiz - 2022/16

1. Brazil
2. Solomon Island
3. Chelsea
4. Prince Harry
5. Mattel
6. INS Vagsheer
7. Environmental Protection Agency
8. Jezero Crater
9. Belgium
10. Switzerland

QUIZ - 2022/16

 

1) In 2020 Apple decided not to supply chargers along with iPhone with a view to reducing e-waste. Now, in a ruling that may have far reaching consequences, a court in which country has ordered Apple to pay compensation of $1000 to an iPhone buyer?

2) A security pact between China and which Pacific island nation has set off alarm bells in the US administration?

3) Lewis Hamilton and Serena Williams have committed millions of pounds to a consortium that is bidding to buy which English football club?

4) The Invictus Games, an international sporting event for the wounded and sick servicemen and women, recently concluded in The Hague. Who founded this event in 2014?

5) Name the toymaker who has released a special doll to commemorate the 96^th birthday of Queen Elizabeth.

6) What is the name of the sixth and last Scorpene class submarine that was launched in Mumbai this week?

7) Earth Day, observed each year on 22^nd April, was first proposed by Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970. What federal institution was created by US Congress in that year as a result?

8) In a key milestone NASA’s Mars Rover, Perseverance, reached a river delta where it will begin its hunt for signs of ancient life. What is the name of the 45-km wide crater on which the river once flowed?

9) The floor of the forest Hallerbos turns blue around mid-April with the blooming of wild bluebells. Where is this forest located?

                            10) Who won this year's Bermuda Bowl for the World Bridge Championships?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/15

 

1. Galaxy
2. Friday before the first Sunday following Full Moon after the spring Equinox
3. Augusta, Georgia, USA
4. Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in India
5. Sweden and Finland
6. 50 Pounds
7. Hyundai
8. Moskva
9. England and Spain
10. Pesach

QUIZ - 2022/15

 

1) Astronomers might have spotted the farthest ever object from earth. Known as HD1, it is estimated to be 13.5 billion light years away. What kind of object is it?

2) Today, the date of composing this quiz, is Good Friday. How is the date of Good Friday determined each year?

3) The first of the four major golf championships of the year was completed last Sunday. Where is it held traditionally each year?

4) A new museum to honour the Prime Ministers of the country was inaugurated in Teen Murti Bhavan, which was the residence of Jawaharlal Nehru. Originally known as Flagstaff House, to house whom was this built in 1930?

5) Which 2 countries announced that they are contemplating joining NATO?

6) How much was Boris Johnson fined for attending a party during lockdown?

7) Ioniq 5 has been voted World Car of the Year. Who makes this electric car?

8) Name the missile cruiser, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, that was reportedly sunk by Ukraine.

9) Clubs from which 2 countries will compete in this year’s semi-finals of Champions League?

10) Passover, the major Jewish festival celebrating the exodus from slavery in Egypt began today. What is it known as in Hebrew?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/14

 

1. 1961
2. We Are
3. Christian Small
4. Lepakshi
5. Geneva
6. Basketball
7. Axiom Space
8. 7.2 MW
9. New York
10. Tanis, North Dakota

QUIZ - 2022/14

1)  Indian Antarctic Bill introduced in Parliament aims to lay down a set of rules to regulate a range of activities on territories in Antarctica, where India has set up research stations. 54 nations are currently the signatories to the Antarctic Treaty which cover the area south of 60 degrees S latitude. When did the treaty come into force?

2)   What album with relatively modest commercial and critical success pip many hot favourites to take the top prize at this year’s Grammys?

3)   What former employee of Amazon is emerging as the face of the revival of labour union movement in USA?

4)   Among 3 additions from India to UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage sites this year is a 16^th C Shiva temple. What is the name of the village in the district of Anantapur, where this temple is located?

5)    Russia was suspended from the 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council, following allegations of war crime in Bucha. Where is the headquarters of this UN body?

6)  Kansas won this year’s collegiate level tournament, popularly known as March Madness, which concluded this week. What is the sport involved?

7)    The first all-commercial mission to the International Space Station is scheduled for take-off today. What is the name of Houston based company that is behind this endeavour with ambitions of space tourism?

8)    Vestas, the Danish company, has unveiled the world’s largest onshore wind turbine. What is its nameplate capacity?

9)   Even as bigoted voices are calling for removal of Ganesha idols from Delhi’s Qutub Complex, in which leading metropolis of the world was a street named after Ganesha Temple?

10) What is the name of the fossil site, where scientists have found the perfectly preserved leg of a dinosaur believed to have been killed on the exact day an asteroid crashed in to earth 66 million years ago?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/13

1. Istanbul
2. British Colombia, Canada
3. Skating on natural ice
4. Human Genome Sequencing
5. El Salvador
6. Blogging
7. Macon, Georgia (USA)
8. Assam
9. Children of Deaf Adults
10. Valeri Polyakov

QUIZ - 2022/13

 

1)      Which city is hosting the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine?

2)      In which country has a province proclaimed April as Dalit History Month?

3)      In which activity was the 100 km/h barrier broken by a Dutchman?

4)      Scientists working on a project for more than 2 decades have announced a new reference termed as T2T-CHM13. What is this project about?

5)      Which country declared a state of emergency after 62 people died on a single day due to gang violence?

6)      Dagny Carlsson, a Swedish woman, passed away at the age of 109. What activity did she take up at the age of 99, for which she earned international recognition?

7)      Cherry blossom trees are blooming across Japan. But the Cherry Blossom capital of the world is not in Japan. Where is it and what is its name?

8)      In which state of India have archaeologists discovered giant stone jars?

9)      CODA, a film with a largely deaf cast, won the Best Picture at this year’s Oscars. What is CODA the acronym for?

10)   Mark Vande Hei returned to earth after spending 355 days in space, the most by an American astronaut. But who holds the world record for spending the most consecutive days (437) in space?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/12

1. Just Stop Oil
2. The country has run out of paper
3. Byjus
4. Finland
5. Jamaica
6. Odd Radio Circles
7. Bill Clinton
8. North Macedonia
9. BA.2
10. Wagner Group 

QUIZ - 2022/12

 

1)     What is the name of the group, whose members have been disrupting Premier League matches in England by tying themselves to goal posts?

2)      Why has Sri Lanka cancelled school examinations?

3)     Which Indian company has been selected as an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup to be played in Qatar later this year?

4)      Which country has retained the top position in the World Happiness Report for the fifth consecutive year?

5)      Which country has announced its plans to remove Queen Elizabeth as its Head of State?

6)   First spotted in 2019, a radio telescope in South Africa has captured the best image ever of mysterious objects known as ORCs. What Is ORC the acronym for?

7)   Madeleine Albright, who passed away this week, was the first woman Secretary of State in USA. Under which President did she serve?

8)      Italy, 4-time world champions, have failed to qualify for the World Cup finals for the second time running. Which country dashed their hopes in a qualifying match?

9)   What is the name of the Omicron subvariant that is responsible for a fresh surge of Covid19 cases across the world?

10)   What is the name of the Russian mercenaries with links to Vladimir Putin that is fighting in Ukraine?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/11

1. Bermuda
2. Khatkar Kalan
3. Corsica
4. Kapil Dev
5. Cost of ingredients in bread and cake
6. Chesapeake Bay
7. Dolly Parton
8. Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia
9. Elon Musk 
10. Because it was a Gourd

QUIZ - 2022/11

 

1) Which country suspended the airworthiness certification of more than 700 Russian aeroplanes following international sanctions on Russia?

2) What is the name of the ancestral village of legendary freedom-fighter Bhagat Singh, where the new Chief Minister of Punjab, Bhagwant Mann was sworn in?

3) For which island in the Mediterranean is France willing to consider autonomy, following days of violent protests?

4) Whose 40-year-old record did Rishabh Pant break to score the fastest fifty (in 28 balls) by an Indian batsman in test cricket?

5) This week we learned about the passing away of Mary Coombs, aged 93, the first woman to write a commercial computer program. What cost was the program used to calculate?

6) In which US bay has “Ever Forward”, a ship owned by Evergreen Corporation, run aground? The company’s “Ever Given” had been stuck in the Suez Canal for 2 weeks last year throwing maritime traffic into chaos.

7) Which legendary American singer has requested to pull out her nomination for induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, saying that she has not earned that right? Her request was rejected.

8) In an extraordinary display of personal courage and support to Ukraine, the Prime Ministers of which three countries travelled by train to Kyiv?

9) Who challenged Vladimir Putin to a “single combat” with Ukraine as stakes?

10) Why was the world’s largest potato, weighing 7.9 kg, dug up by a New Zealand couple rejected by Guinness World Records?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/10

 

1. Winston Churchill, 1940
2. Yandex
3. Weddell Sea
4. China
5. Nickel
6. England
7. San Marino
8. Z
9. Pole Vault
10. Jellyfish

QUIZ - 2022/10

1) Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky became the first foreign leader in history to address the House of Commons. In his virtual address to the British Parliament, he said – We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets. Whose landmark speech and from when was he echoing in the House of Commons?

2) What company that is regarded as “Russian Google” is likely to default on its debt following economic sanctions? 

3) 107 years after it sank, the wreckage of “The Endurance”, the ship of the Antarctic Explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, has been located. In the bottom of which sea has the shipwreck been sighted?

4) Which country is refusing to take responsibility after a 3 tonne chunk from its rocket slammed into Moon creating a 65-foot-wide crater?

5) Trading in which metal was suspended on London Metal Exchange after a 250% spike in price?

6) ICC Women’s World Cup is currently underway in New Zealand. Who are the current champions?

7) When 36-year-old Gabriel Boric assumes office today as the President of Chile, he will be the second youngest head of state. Which country has currently the youngest head of state at 27?

8) What alphabet painted on streets, inscribed on vehicles and even emblazoned on clothing has emerged as a pro-war symbol in Russia?

9) In which athletic event did Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis of Sweden break his own world record this week?

10) What creature is likely to pose a serious threat to Australia’s nuclear submarines if they are based in Brisbane? This creature has already caused shutdown of many nuclear plants across the world. 

Answers to Quiz - 2022/9

 

1. Afghanistan and Romania
2. Montreux Convention
3. Thurgood Marshall
4. Suez Crisis, November 1956
5. Operation Ganga
6. League of Nations
7. Toyota
8. Vacuum Bomb
9. Sachin Tendulkar, 200
10. Most runs (3154) in test cricket without a century

QUIZ - 2022/9

 

1) By registering a comfortable victory against Sri Lanka in the 3^rd T20 match at Dharamsala, India equalled the record for the most consecutive T20 wins of 12. Which two other unlikely countries does India currently share this record with?

2) What is the name of the convention signed in 1936 that gives Turkey the right to regulate wartime traffic between Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea?

3) Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first black woman to be nominated as Justice of the US Supreme Court? Who was the first black person to become Justice of the US Supreme Court in 1967?

4) The emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine was only the 11^th such instance in the history of the UN. When was the first emergency special session of UNGA convened and what was its purpose?

5) What is the name of the mission to evacuate Indian nationals stranded in war-ravaged Ukraine?

6) One of the interesting casualty of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the neutrality of Switzerland, when it adopted all financial sanctions imposed by EU on Russia. Which institution formally recognised the “perpetual neutrality” of Switzerland in February 1920?

7) Which auto maker had to halt production following a suspected cyberattack on a critical components supplier?

8) Ukraine has accused Russia of using a certain kind of explosive which, if true, would constitute a war crime. What is the popular name for this extremely devastating explosive?

9) Virat Kohli played his 100^th test match today. Who has played the most number of test matches and how many?

10) The legendary spinner Shane Warne, who passed away today, holds an unusual batting record in test cricket. What is it?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/8

 

1. Kenya Airways
2. Benin Bronzes
3. Baltic Sea
4. V S Gaitonde
5. Paris
6. Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications
7. Visakhapatnam
8. Maheshwari Amma
9. The Felicity Ace
10. Sean Penn

QUIZ - 2022/8

 

1)    Ruth Karauri took the Internet by storm after her textbook landing of Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Heathrow during Storm Eunice. What carrier operated that flight?

2)  More than a century after they were looted by British troops, two iconic artefacts were restored to a traditional palace in Nigeria. What are they famously known as?

3)   Following Russia’s recognition of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine, Germany suspended the certification of Nord Stream – 2 gas pipeline. Under which sea does this pipeline run from Russia to Germany?

4)   An untitled oil painting from 1969 became the highest valued Indian work of art when it fetched Rs 42 Crores at an auction. Who is this artist who broke his own previous record?

5)   One of the earliest casualties of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the Champion’s League final, which has been shifted out of Saint Petersburg. Where will it be played now?

6)    NATO nations are mulling over disconnecting Russia from SWIFT which would cripple its ability to trade with the outside world. What does SWIFT stand for?

7)     Of which coast did the President’s Fleet Review take place over the last weekend?

8)   KPAC Lalitha passed away this week at the age of 74 after wowing Malayalam speaking viewers in over 550 films in an acting career that spanned 5 decades. What was her real name?

9)    What is the name of the US-bound cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury electric vehicles that caught fire off the coast of Azores Islands and burnt for several days?

10) Which Oscar-winning Hollywood actor is currently in Ukraine filming a documentary on Russian invasion?

Answers to Quiz - 2022/7

 

1. Methane
2. Chris Morris, Rajasthan Royals
3. Bengal Stove
4. Munich Security Conference
5. Speak Out, Act, Reclaim
6. Apollo
7. Tokamak
8. “We baptise you” instead of “I baptise you”
9. Curling
10. Oak

QUIZ - 2022/7

 

1. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is building a radically different spacecraft with the idea of establishing a permanent settlement on Mars. The vehicle, known as Starship, is designed to be reused 1000 times and can ferry up to 100 people to Mars. Starship will be powered by a new kind of rocket engine, “Raptor”, unlike anything that has been used before. What unusual fuel would be burned by Raptor?
2. Ishan Kishan was the most expensive buy in IPL 2022 auction with Mumbai Indians snapping him up for a whopping Rs 15.25 crores. Which player holds the record for the most expensive player of IPL in its 14-year-old history and which team acquired him?
3. This year’s Super Bowl was won by Los Angeles Rams who defeated Cincinnati Bengals 23-20. Founded in 1967, Cincinnati Bengals adopted the name as a tribute to a club by the same name that played from 1937 to 1941. The original Bengals got its name from the founder Hal Pennington after an object in his mother’s kitchen. What is this object that continues to lend its name to a premier NFL team even today?
4. Born a year after the end of WW-II, Wolfgang Ischinger became a career diplomat and was German Ambassador to USA and UK. Since 2008, as the chairman of a non-profit organisation, he has been helming an annual summit where he hobnobs with world’s top politicians, policy makers and military experts. What is the name of this elite gathering, which will be held from 18^th to 20^th February this year?
5. A photograph taken in 2001 showing Prince Andrew with his arm around the waist of a 17-yo teenager has been the symbol of one of the most high-profile sexual abuse cases in recent times. Though the veracity of the picture has been hotly contested, the prince reached an out of court settlement with the woman in question, Virginia Giuffre, offering to pay a large undisclosed sum to her charity – SOAR. What does this acronym expand to?
6. The National Medical Commission has plans to replace Hippocratic Oath by Charak Shapath. By which multifaceted Greek god do doctors swear when they take the Hippocratic Oath?
7. By producing 59 megajoules of energy over 5 seconds in an experiment, a 24-year-old record of nuclear fusion was smashed. This is only an infinitesimal step towards mastering a near-limitless source of clean energy. Such experiments use magnetic fields to confine plasma in doughnut shaped reactors. What are these reactors known as?
8. The Catholic Church has ruled that thousands of baptisms performed by Rev Andres Arango, a priest in Arizona, are invalid because of the incorrect usage of a single word. What was the offending pronoun?
9. What is the intriguing winter Olympic sport that seemingly defies the laws of physics and is played in ten Ends?
10. A 20-foot long white table across which Putin had separate meetings with Macron and Scholz in Kremlin has spawned numerous hilarious memes on social media. The table was only one of the many items of furniture made by a small Italian family firm under a contract valued 50 million Euros in 1995-97. After which sturdy wood is the Italian firm named, though the table top is made out of beech wood?