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Vol XXXI No. 20, February 1-15, 2022
Quizzin’ with Ram’nan
Quizmaster V.V. Ramanan’s first 10 questions are on current affairs and the next 10 are on mountains.
1. Which animal represents the Chinese New Year that began on February 1?
2. The WWF recently released a list of 224 new species of flora and fauna in which region of Asia?
3. The far side of the moon will get an artificial crater when an errant spacecraft crashes into it in early March. Which rocket and who owns it?
4. In its biggest acquisition ever, Microsoft recently agreed to buy which video game company for $68.7 billion?
5. Name the screen legend, the first Black performer to win an Academy Award for best actor, and civil rights campaigner who passed away recently aged 94.
6. Which African nation, that had the longest-lasting pandemic-related school shutdown in the world, recently reopened schools for the first time since March 2020?
7. The first successful transplant of the heart from which animal was performed recently on an American named David Bennett?
8. Which Asian nation has announced a new capital called Nusantara (“archipelago” in the local language)?
9. On January 3, which entity became the world’s first $3 trillion company?
10. Which auto major recently unveiled the Vision EQXX, an electric concept vehicle capable of driving 1000 km on a single charge?
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11. In which country are the Southern Alps located?
12. Which is the highest mountain in the world outside of the Himalayas–Karakoram range?
13. Which mountain’s name in the local language means ‘five treasures of the high snow’?
14. The Atlas Mountains in North Africa spans three countries. One is Tunisia. Name the other two.
15. What is the Indian name for the mountain that Tibetans call ‘Gang Rinpoche’?
16. Which famous climber made the famous remark “Because it’s there,” when asked why he wanted to climb Everest?
17. Located in the Western Ghats, which is the highest point in India south of the Himalayas?
18. Which mountain’s summit is the farthest point on the Earth’s surface from the Earth’s centre because it is located on the planet’s equatorial bulge?
19. Which UNESCO World Heritage Site is located on the Cordillera de Vilcabamba of the Andes Mountains?
20. At 10,203m, which is the tallest mountain on earth measured from top to bottom?
Answers to Quiz1. Tiger, 2. Greater Mekong, 3. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, 4. Activision Blizzard which makes games like Warcraft, Call of Duty, and Candy Crush, 5. Sidney Poitier, 6. Uganda, 7. Pig, 8. Indonesia, 9. Apple, 10. Mercedes.
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11. New Zealand, 12. Tirich Mir in Pakistan, 13. Kanchenjunga, 14. Morocco and Algeria, 15. Mt. Kailash, 16. George Mallory, 17. Anamudi in Kerala, 18. Chimborazo, 19. Machu Picchu, 20. Mauna Kea in Hawaii. It only rises 4,205m above the sea.
