Quiz – Week Fifteen

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Question 1

Rukhmabai was a doctor and a champion of women’s rights in 19th and 20th century India. She directly challenged rigid Hindu Laws of the time by refusing to live with her husband to whom she was married off to as a child. She also successfully approached Queen Victoria to intervene on her behalf in the matter, stating that the decision to get married was not hers. This led to a very important piece of legislation, on an aspect of women’s and children’s rights that continue to remain in the spotlight. What did Rukhmabai’s campaign lead to?

Question 2

In January 2020, Dr Li Wenliang, a ophthalmologist, was charged for “spreading rumours” as local authorities believed his comments about something “were not factual and broke the law” and his behaviour had “severely disturbed public order”. This was in relation to a social media post that he wrote on 30…

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Quiz – Week Fourteen

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Question 1

For what reason in international politics and diplomacy are Bahrain, Bhutan, Morocco, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates in the news?

Question 2

This is known as Sagarmatha, Chomolungma, and Qomolungma Feng depending on the language one is speaking in. What am I referring to?

Question 3

Sir Frederick Banting, Charles Best, James Collip, and John Macleod are names associated with the discovery of which life-saving medicine? On its discovery nearly a century ago, Banting declared that ‘_______ does not belong to me, it belongs to the world’. As a result, the patent was sold to the University of Toronto for $1. Banting and Macleod were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine too. It is ironic how expensive this medicine is today.

Question 4

Nupi Lan Day (12 December) is associated with which state in India’s east? This day commemorates the state’s women-led struggles against exploitative economic practices…

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Quiz – Week Thirteen

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Question 1

This country on Europe’s Southern Coast is home to 51 World Heritage Sites – the most in the world. Which country?

Question 2

In a recent interview, while promoting the documentary Sons of the Soil, the owner of which Indian sports team, attributed its name to a nickname he had for his father, his daughter’s favourite colour, and a film his wife was a part of?

Question 3

This phenomenon in the world of clothing focusses on rapid manufacture and sale of product to reflect the latest trends. The impact it has on the planet’s health and how it impinges on the rights of workers has been widely discussed. Which phenomenon?

Question 4

In the context of the Second World War and the United States’ involvement, 7 December 1941 was described as a ‘day that will live in infamy’ by President Franklin Roosevelt. Why?

Question 5

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Quiz – Week Twelve

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Question 1

Every year, 23 December marks the contributions of which group of people in India? Despite being central to our survival, they are almost always in the margins of mainstream dialogue.

Question 2

The San Paolo Stadium, the home of football club SSC Napoli in Naples, Italy will be renamed in tribute to whom?

Question 3

The history of how this day in the United States came to be can be attributed to multiple sources. It has now been sanitised to represent only one source – that after operating at losses through the year, retailers see profits because of the sales they make on this day and the period following it. Which day?

Question 4

Ahmedabad, Chandola Lake, Aslali, Navagam, Matar, Nadiad, Anand, Napa, Borsad, Ras, Kanakpura, Kareli, Gujera, Ankhi, Jambusar, Amod, Buva, Samni, Trasla, Derol, Bharuch, Ankleshwar, Sajod, Mangrol, Rayma, Umrachi, Ertham, Bhatgam, Sandhier, Delad, Chhaprabhatha, Surat, Dindoli…

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Quiz – Week Eleven

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Question 1

In the history of Chief Ministers of Indian States, what do Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Delhi share?

Question 2

Jacob Davis was a tailor. He and an owner of a fabric-house in San Francisco designed clothing with pockets and rivets widely used and appreciated by miners in the late 19th century? This clothing was already in use, but Davis and the fabric-house owner’s additions have since come to define it. What am I referring to?

Question 3

The best in Australian television is celebrated through the Logie Awards every year. What significance does the name of the awards carry?

Question 4

At the 12th Academy Awards, Hattie McDaniel was one of the nominees in the Best Supporting Actress category. At the ceremony held at the Ambassador Hotel, she was not allowed to sit with the rest of the cast of her film, Gone with the Wind, and…

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Quiz – Week Ten

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Question 1

In 2009 Muntazer al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist wrote, ‘When I threw the shoe in the face of the criminal __________, I wanted to express my rejection of his lies, his occupation of my country, my rejection of his killing my people. My rejection of his plundering the wealth of my country, and destroying its infrastructure…’ Who did al-Zaidi throw his shoe at? He was imprisoned for nearly a year for his act.

Question 2

In the 17th century, Gobindpur, Sutanati, and ______ were villages incorporated to form which city?. This city was the capital of British India from 1772 to 1911.

Question 3

In Karachi, Pakistan, roads named after Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal Nehru have since been renamed. However, one road continues to be named after a member of their family. She made her own contributions to the struggle for Independence, but in 1936, her life was cut…

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Quiz Week – Nine

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Question 1

They Shall Not Grow Old, a documentary by Peter Jackson, was released in 2018 to mark 100 years of the end of which event?

Question 2

In 1904, Elizabeth Magie created The Landlord’s Game in an attempt to make people aware about the evils of income inequality. In 1935, she sold her patent over the game to the Parker Brothers. Today, this widely-played board game is not representative of Magie’s vision at all. Which game?

Question 3

CB Muthamma became the country’s first woman Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Officer in 1948. Before joining, she had to sign an undertaking (applicable only to women) regarding choices she would make in her personal life. In 1979, she took the Ministry of External Affairs to Court for being overlooked for a promotion. The ruling was in her favour and she was promoted. In the same Court ruling, a set of rules…

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Quiz – Week Eight

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Question 1

Norway, Sweden, Myanmar, Austria, Peru, Egypt, Ghana, South Korea, and most recently, Portugal are uniquely linked to the history of the United Nations, particularly its Secretariat. What is the link that I’m referring to?

Question 2

Which former President of India is the only foreign contributor to the book Voices of Millions? The book is an anthology of essays honouring Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to mark the centenary of his birth.

Question 3

In 2017, in an open letter, Desmond Tutu wrote, ‘My dear sister: If the political price of your ascension to the highest office in _______ is your silence, the price is surely too steep’. It was addressed to a fellow recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace and drew attention to the plight of one of the most disenfranchised communities in the world today. Who did Archbishop Tutu address this letter to?

Question 4

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Quiz – Week Seven

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Anusha Bhansali

Question 1

When Australian athlete Peter Norman passed away in 2006, two of his pall-bearers were American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos. Their association goes back to the Olympics of 1968 and something that happened there. What happened?

Question 2

Mancherjee Bhownagree and Shapurji Saklatvala were the second and third Members of the British Parliament of Indian origin. Who was the first? He was also known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’.

Question 3

What distinction connects President George Weah and Prime Minister Imran Khan?

Question 4

Which South East Asian capital city’s former name was Batavia? This city faces a very real threat from rising sea levels, causing the government to look for a second capital to ease pressure on its resources.

Question 5

The Santiago International Airport (Arturo Merino Benitez Airport) was to be renamed after which Nobel Prize winning poet? The renaming has not happened…

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Quiz – Week Six

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Question 1

Two of India’s most influential bureaucrats were classmates at BEM High School and Victoria College in Palakkad, Kerala. They are revered for their work in the Election Commission and the Railways, respectively. Who am I talking about?

Question 2

Pandita Ramabai was an Indian educator, and social reformer. When she visited the United States of America in the 19^th century, she met and interacted with which American abolitionist, and activist, famous for her use of the Underground Railroad to rescue enslaved people?

Question 3

Muhammad Ali Jinnah has familial ties to one of the oldest family-run business conglomerates in India. Which one?

Question 4

Jeremy Corbyn of the Labour Party, also an Arsenal fan, said something to address how football clubs are run and governed in the UK while campaigning last year. What did Corbyn say?

Question 5

What is the connection between Annie Besant, Sarojini Naidu…

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