And the Winners [of Today's Newspaper Quiz] Are... ❤️

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And the Winners Are… 

5th March 2024

Yesterday, I’d passed on the poster on the Newspaper Quiz to the Class representative Kirthika, exhorting the class to gear up for the event!

Today, when I met the class, at 9.30 am, the entire class was waiting with bated breath for the Quiz, with the day’s Newspaper in hand.

After clearly outlining the rules for the Quiz, the event started off in style.

All questions were based on today’s Chennai edition of the Times of India Newspaper. 

The following questions formed part of the Quiz today.

1. “But I've got a blank space, baby, And I'll write your name!” Who said/ sang these lines?

2. Male is the capital of Maldives. Which country inked pact with Male?

3. Who is the President of Male?

4. Who is the Nepalese PM?

5. Based on today’s newspaper, ‘Information opacity’ is a term associated with which country?

6. Which technology company was fined 1.84 billion euros ($2bn) for thwarting competition from music streaming rivals via restrictions on its App Store?

7. Who gave the complaint against this technology company?

8. Which country has become the first country in the world to explicitly write access to abortion into its Constitution?

9. Which government has Oked delivery of missiles? So which country sought it?

10. America’s hottest conspiracy theory right now is that Swift is a “Pentagon psy-op asset”. Who is referred to as ‘psy-op asset’ here?

11. What is PSY-OP Asset?

12. Students of a famous Institute in Chennai have landed high-paying jobs in spite of the gloomy placement season in 2023-24 academic year? What is the name of the Institute?

13. What is the average salary offered for the placed students?

14. What is the meaning of ballast?

15. For the first time, one metro railway route in Chennai is expected to have only ballasted tracks. Which place is it?

16. Where is the country’s first indigenous fast breeder reactor (500 Mwe) located?

17. Which coast is referred to, in the line, ‘NO COAST FOR FISHING BOAT DRIVERS’.

18. A terrestrial bird census was conducted in the reserve forest lands recently in Ramanathapuram district. When was it conducted?

19. How many birds were recorded in the Bird census?

20. How many species were recorded in the census?

And the winners are –

Catherine – First Place wins Rs. 1000/-

Kirthika – Second Place wins Rs. 750/-

Jona – Third Place wins Rs. 500/-

Congratulations dear Winners and a special note of congratulations to the following students, who won points for their right answers.

Ann

Catherine

Ilfa

Kavin

Lavanya

Swathi

Thang

Vasanth

Keep it up, class!

PS: You may want to read more on how to enhance your vocabulary by acing the day’s newspaper HERE.