This document contains a 20 question evening quiz with answers on current events from newspapers and trivia. The questions cover a range of topics including recent deaths of notable people, current government office holders, movie and book awards, infrastructure projects inaugurated by the Prime Minister, and schemes launched by state governments.

1. An Evening Quiz ANSWERS
Set by, George Zacharia
20 questions, 20 Marks. Time: 25 minutes
Note:- Write answers legibly in Capitals. Please fill all the blanks. Can give guesses. We will check if guesses
are close to the answer.
Be specific wherever possible. Blanks are not indicative of size of answer.
SECTION I) Are you reading the newspapers?
1) Name the Indian who was a Ramon Magsaysay awardee and served a key post (currently, Sunil
Arora holds that post) in the government in the years 1990-96. He passed away recently.
TN Seshan
2) “The Testaments” was one of the two books that won the Man Booker Prize in 2019. It was the
sequel to a famous work of fiction that also went on to be a famous TV Series. Name the first book.
The Handmaid’s Tale
3) Who is the current president of the BCCI? Sourav Ganguly
4) What is the current Infant Mortality Rate of Kerala as per the latest statistics released last week?
(Clue: It is now comparable to USA) 6
5) PM Modi inaugurated a specific corridor which will help Sikh pilgrims to visit one of their Religious
shrines in Pakistan. Name this corridor. Kartapur
6) Which is India’s official entry to the Oscars? Gully Boy
7) For which case did Harish Salve charge Re 1 for representing the Indian Government in the
International Court of Justice? Kulbhushan jadav Case
8) Who is the current health minister of India? Harshvardhan
SECTION II) Miscellaneous (Everything is guessable and workable! J )
9) On the night of July 22nd
2019, thousands of Australians reported seeing some strange bright light
in the sky which was unusual. It was initially thought as a UFO sighting by many of them.
Jonti Horner, an astrophysics professor at the University of Southern Queensland, was the first to
point out on a Facebook post that, ”Looking at the footage, it looks like what you get when a
spacecraft above the atmosphere engages its rockets and does a burn. It's way too slow-moving to
be a meteor.”
What did the Australians actually see? Chandrayaan 2
10) The Government of Kerala launched a scheme, named, “Mazhavillu” in 2018 for the benefit of a
particular community. The scheme had various projects including helplines, crisis management
centres, short stay homes, id cards, etc for this particular community. Identify the community.
Transgenders / LGBT (only points if any of these 2 mentioned)
11) What did “Think and Learn Pvt Ltd” acquire from OPPO this year? Advertising rights on Indian
Cricket Team Jersey (Byju’s APP official name is Think and Learn Pvt Ltd)
12) Super Bowl 53 was carrying the record of the most social impressions for a televised
event with 3.4 billion impressions. But the record has been broken by another TV
programme aired on August 12th
2019. Identify this record breaking programme with
3.6 billion social impressions. Modi and Bear Grylls Show
13) The central ring of NSS’s logo is inspired by an iconic structure in a famous Indian
monument. Identify the Indian monument. Sun Temple Konark (the Chariot Wheel)
14) One theory says that the city’s name is coined from the Tamil word , which means the abode of
Lord Shiva. Another version supposes that the name was drawn from Malayalam, which literally
translates to ‘Pond for a long time’. Identify this place. Ernakulam (ere-naal-kulam)

2. 15) An Indian movie also premiered at this year’s edition of Toronto International film festival and was
one of the ”Best Movies in Horror and Science-Fiction Category”. The film is named after a
controversial traditional practice in a particular place where Bos indicus is released into a crowd of
people.
Narmakairali, a drama troupe in Trivandrum did a drama last week which’s name was a pun on this
cinema name. The drama was scripted and directed by Dr. Thomas Mathew, ex-principal of Medical
College, Trivandrum. The first part of the name of the movie was substituted with a leading
personality in the news. Identify the name of the Drama. Jollykettu (only points for Jollykettu, no
points for Jellikettu)
16) Terra-Plane is a popular parcel delivery service. What do they use to transport the couriers? (Be as
specific as possible. For eg, don’t write simply a Boat. Write as Indian Navy’s Boat, etc) KSRTC Buses
17) One of the most dangerous airports in Lukla, Nepal is named after 2 heroes who
hit headlines on 29th
May 1953. Who? Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary (0.5
each)
18) Identify the famous painter of this famous painting of St. Gregorius (Parumala
Thirumeni). Raja Ravi Varma
19) Annie McClain, is a lieutenant colonel in the US Army, Engineer and NASA
Astronaut. She was on the International Space Station and was also scheduled to
be a part of the All-Female Space Walk , which was later postponed due to space
suit size issues.She is also the first openly LGBT astronaut and person in space. She came into the
news recently for a possibility of achieving a first in space. What is it? 1st
Crime in Space (for
accessing bank account of her estranged spouse)
20) What would happen if a crowd of people stormed the gates of Area 51 looking for aliens, and all of
them ran really fast with their arms outstretched behind them?
On June 27, a Facebook account whose name includes a vulgarity shared an event called “Storm
Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us.” It is scheduled for 3 a.m. on Sept. 20 in Amargosa Valley, Nev.
“We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry,” the
Facebook event page said. “If we __X___ run, we can move faster than their bullets. Let’s see them
aliens.” Warnings had been issued by the US authorities against this event.
Identify what is the name of the very popular style of “Run” they were planning to do. (X Run)
Naruto Run
Hope you enjoyed attempting the quiz!