If God was 2nd, who was 1st on this list?
Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts
Oct 22, 2017
Q.2579
In 2017, Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was revealed as having harassing and abusing several women over the years. In an attempt at a measure of his power in the film industry, Quartz magazine wrote that he was #3 on the list of most entities thanked by Oscar winners in the last 50 years.
Oct 18, 2017
Q.2575
This 2017 book's title is about a boy named William Wallace, his father, and a Buddhist concept of a state between death and before being born again. Which award-winning book?
Oct 8, 2017
Q.2565
In 2017, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . The campaign coalition was only a decade old, having been set up in 2007. Its origins lie in the meetings of another non-state federation, the International _______ for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which itself won the Peace Nobel in 1985.
Which word fills the blank?
Oct 6, 2017
Q.2563
The 2017 Nobel for Physiology or Medicine went to 3 researchers of the circadian rhythm. In an interview, winner Jeffrey Hall said: "The key fourth awardee here is, as some of us call them, the ___ ___. So the __ ___ deserve another tip of the hat, I think, in terms of what has happened today."
Who according to Hall was the 'fourth awardee'?
Oct 28, 2016
Q.2220
In Oct 2016, "The Sellout" became the first book by an American author to be awarded the Man Booker Prize. The satirical book follows a character named "Me" who lives in a place 'wiped off the map' and sells watermelons and marijuana. How Me and others try to bring the town "back" drives the rest of the novel.
The name of the town is shared with a legendary English author, whose books also wrote about society, occasionally with a comic touch. What's the name?
Oct 21, 2016
Q.2213
Sara Danius is a Swedish professor of Aesthetics and Literature. In Oct 2016, while interacting with the media after making an important announcement on behalf of a group of 18, she was asked whether the decision changed the way they looked at literature, she replied "The times they are a-changing, perhaps".
What was this decision?
Oct 16, 2016
Q.2208
American playwright Edward Albee died in Sept 2016. He won several Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Surprisingly, what is arguably his best known play didn't win a Pulitzer amidst controversial circumstances.
What was the name of the play, whose last line is, aptly, "I am, George...I am."?
Oct 10, 2016
Q.2202
There are 10 such instances. The latest happened in Oct 2016. The countries associated with the first nine countries are:
USA (1906), USA (1919), Egypt (1978), Costa Rica (1987), USSR (1990), South Africa (1993), South Korea (2000), USA (2009), and Liberia (2011).
What's the tenth and latest, and what are we talking about?
Oct 6, 2016
Q.2198
In Oct 2016, Japanese biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on 'autophagy' i.e. cells eating themselves. He had primarily studied which group of micro-organisms, a household name around the world?
Oct 2, 2016
Q.2194
In 2006, M. Chandrakumar a.k.a 'Auto Chandran' (he is an auto rickshaw driver) wrote 'Lock Up' about his experiences being jailed in the 80s. What honour did an 'interrogative' work derived from this novel receive in 2016?
Jun 29, 2016
Q.2099
Three of the four winners of the 2016 World Food Prize worked on the same project: to bring an orange-fleshed version of a vegetable to parts of Africa. Rich in Vitamin A, this vegetable variant has helped improve nutritional levels on the continent. Which vegetable?
Jun 10, 2016
Q.2080
Guest question by Dipanjan Pal
In 2001, after winning his third title, he did 'something' on the court with a piece of equipment (also falling backwards) to show his love for the tournament.
In June 2016, another player, finally winning the tournament after losing 3 previous finals, famously imitated this former player after seeking permission from him before the final.
Who are the players and what are we talking about?
Jun 3, 2016
Q.2073
In May 2016, a school of Sharks plays a colony of Penguins for a large 'drinking object' which is courtesy of the 16th Earl of Derby.
Explain!
May 31, 2016
Q.2070
In May 2016, Rishi Nair won this American competition to become its 28th champion; among his prizes was a trip to Alaska. As before, participants of Indian origin dominated the 2016 contest. Which competition?
May 16, 2016
Q.2055
The Maurice Podoloff Trophy is given annually to one player in this professional sports league, who is chosen by a vote by a group of people mainly consisting of sports journalists and broadcasters. 2015's winner won again in 2016, becoming the first to be voted unanimously.
Which award and which player?
May 5, 2016
Q.2044
The 63rd National Awards for Indian Films were given away in May 2016. This legendary artist received an award for his 1000th film, but did not show up to receive the award. Reportedly, this was because he disagreed with the validity of the category he had received the award for, saying it seemed to indicate he had done an 'incomplete job'
Incidentally, he was the first winner in that category when it was formally introduced at the 57th National Awards.
Who is this artist, who has a total of 5 National Awards (as of 2016)?
Feb 1, 2016
Q.1950
In Jan 2016, the Indian government announced its annual list of "Padma" awards. 10 people were awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan.
Two of them have the word 'Rao' in their name and both are from the film world. Who are these two?
Dec 30, 2015
Q.1917
Well-known sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik’s ___ ______ sculpture on 29 December 2015 made headlines.
Pattnaik claimed that he had created a 45 feet high sand _____ _____ at Puri beach on 24 December 2015, which was recognised as the largest sand sculpture of this figure by the Limca Book of World Records.
What was this sculpture depicting?
Dec 29, 2015
Q.1916
Gujarat on 28 December 2015 clinched the 14th Season of the _____ ______ Cricket Trophy. It is the first time that Gujarat won this trophy. In the final of the limited overs tournament, Gujarat defeated Delhi by 139 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
Identify this Trophy which is also known as the ‘Ranji One Day Trophy’. It is named after an Indian cricket player from Maharashtra who captained the Indian cricket team in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953.
Dec 23, 2015
Q.1910
Search engine giant Yahoo on 21 December 2015 named ___ as the Personality of the Year 2015. ___ managed to top the list over other high-profile contenders for the spot in Yahoo’s list of 2015 Year in Review (YIR) for India.
As per Yahoo India, it all started after the announcement of a certain type of ban in Maharashtra, which led to massive debates and arguments. The controversy was fuelled further by Dadri lynching and Award Wapsi campaign, and the ___ soon became the icon of discussions on intolerance.
Fill in the blank with a 3-lettered holy answer!
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