General Knowledge Quiz 27

General Knowledge Quiz 27

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1. A toxophilite is a person who is fond of or an expert at which sports?

Archery
Watercraft
Taekwondo
Rugby

2. 'Retired hurt' is common parlance in cricket, but a former cricketer had chosen it as the title for his autobiography. Who is he?

Aravind de Silva
Imran Khan
Roshan Mahanama
Shane Warne

3. Albert Park Circuit is used annually as a recetrack for the Formula One races. Where is it located?

Shanghai, China
Melbourne, Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Mexico City, Mexico

4. The Port of Benghazi which was reopened after a three-year closure due to fighting between rival fraction is situated in which African country?

Congo
Sudan
Tunisia
Libya

5. Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature 2017?

Haruki Murakami
Margaret Atwood
Swetlana Alexievich
Kazuo Izhiguro

6. Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh was in the news in October 2017 as he was appointed as the Prime Minsiter of this East Asian country. Name the country

South Korea
Taiwan
Mongolia
China

7. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Where is the headquarters of ICAN?

London
Washington D C
Tokyo
Geneva

8. Unstoppable: My Life So Far is the autobiography of a famous female tennis player. Who is she?

Venus Williams
Maria Sharapova
Steffi Graf
Martin Navratilova

9. Brenda Hale has been appointed as the first female president of the supreme court of which country?

United Kingdom
United States of America
Canda
France

10. Which city was selected by United Nations as the data hub for Middle East North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region?

New Delhi
Dubai
Beijing
Seoul

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