QUIZ CLUB

21/08/19

GRADES 9 – 12
Round 1
What is the name of the father of ISRO, on whose
100th birthday, Google has dedicated a doodle?

a) Homi Bhabha
b) Ramesha Chandra
c) Vikram Sarabhai
d) Anil Vijayan
Donald Trump accused which two countries of taking
advantage of the WTO’s ‘developing economies’ tag?
a) China and Japan 
b) India and Pakistan
c) Pakistan and China
d) India and China
Who among the following was conferred the Bharat
Ratna honour?

a) Ram Nath Kovind

b) Pranab Mukherjee
c) Arun Jaitely 
d) Meira Kumar
Name of the former External Affairs Minister and first
women chief minister of Delhi who passed away recently.

a) Sonia Gandhi
b) Rekha Mahajan
c) Sushma Swaraj
d) Sheila Dikshit
Reliance Jio has partnered with which tech company to offer cloud infra for
businesses?

a) Microsoft
b) Amazon
c) Infosys
d) Facebook
On which date was the 2019 World Photography Day
observed recently?

a) August 18
b) August 21
c) August 19
d) August 20
Which film won the national film award 2019 for
“Best Film”?

a) Uri 
b) Padman
c) Hellaro 
d) Andhadhun
Which court refused to pass any order on J&K saying
that it will wait for normalcy to return to the state?

a) Delhi HC
b) Madras HC
c) Supreme Court
d) Allahabad HC
Chandrayaan-2 took off from which of the following
places?

a) Sriharikota
b) Porbandar
c) Chandipur
d) Pokhran
MS Dhoni will be deployed with the Territorial
Army Battalion in which state?

a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Arunachal Pardesh
c) Sikkim
d) Jammu and Kashmir
For an extra
Point!
Which batsman has become first cricketer to score
20,000 international runs in a decade?

a) Virat Kohli
b) Rohit Sharma
c) Babar Azam
d) Francois du Plessis
Round 2
o Prime Minister Narendra Modi
announced the creation of the
post of Chief in which sector in
his Independence Day speech
2019?
o The airport of which country was
shut down on August 12 and 13
owing to mass protests from its
citizens?
o Which country has passed a new rule
that allows women to obtain passports
and travel freely without the approval
of a male guardian, thereby ending an
age-old restriction?
oIndia’s first health-focused
credit card has been launched
by which bank?
o In a path breaking move, which
cricket board has launched
transgender and gender diverse
policy?
Round 3
Can you guess what is common between all these
prominent temples?

Kedarnath
Kalahasthi
Thiruvanamalai
Chidambaram Nataraja
Rameshwaram
Kaleshwaram
Which sport, which is now world famous, was
invented by a blonde middle aged British
woman in a café in Edinburgh in the mid-
1990’s. World cups are also said to be held of
the sport, the most recent WC final being
between Australia and USA, which was won
by Australia.
 In 2013, the picture of Xi Jinping
and Obama, went viral on Social
media. Smiling Xi swinging his
arms and walking just before a tall ,
skinnier, and smiling obama,
chinese Social media lit up with
comparisons of Xi and Obama to
two anthromorphic creatures of X
and Y , who are the best of friends
and are often depicted in the
attitude shown in this picture. The
Chinese censors’ immediate
reaction was to ban all pictures and
mentions of X & Y on the internet
and in Chinese bookstores,
doubtless causing bitter tears to X &
Y’s numerous young fans . Identify
X & Y.”
 Thank you!
See you next Wednesday!

CHINCHU & NAOMI