Facebook has committed ______ million in donations in the global fight against Coronavirus
- A. $10 million
- B. $15 million
- C. $20 million
- D. $25 million
Correct Answer: C. $20 million
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Who becomes the first African American woman to appear on US coin?
- A. Guy Johnson
- B. Maya Angelou
- C. Oprah Winfrey
- D. Sally Ride
Correct Answer: B. Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou has becomed the first Black woman ever to appear on a US quarter, after a coin featuring the late poet and activist’s image went into circulation on 13 January 2022. The quarter features an image of Angelou with her arms uplifted, a bird in flight, and a rising sun behind her, with a portrait of George Washington on the “heads” side. The US Mint said the image of Angelou was “inspired by her poetry and symbolic of the way she lived”. The poet and writer, who died in 2014, was the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, in which she wrote about the racial discrimination she experienced growing up.
Name the Sri Lankan author who won the 2022 Booker Prize?
- A. Percival Everett
- B. Shehan Karunatilaka
- C. Ulf Kristersson
- D. Claire Keegan
Correct Answer: B. Shehan Karunatilaka
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the 2022 Booker Prize for fiction at a London ceremony on October 17, 2022, for his work, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, about a murdered journalist. The 47-year-old author won international recognition with his 2010 debut novel, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew.
On 24 August 2022, Ukraine to celebrate its ______ Independence Day.
- A. 18th
- B. 20th
- C. 26th
- D. 31st
Correct Answer: D. 31st
Independence Day of Ukraine is the main state holiday in modern Ukraine celebrated on 24 August in commemoration of the Declaration of Independence of 1991. Ukraine’s 31st Independence Day on Aug. 24 also marks exactly six months after Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Which nation has announced its intention of withdrawing itself from the Open Skies Treaty?
- A. UK
- B. Russia
- C. Japan
- D. US
Correct Answer: D. US
Treaty on Open Skies is a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of participating countries. It is designed to enhance mutual understanding and confidence as it provides the participants, a direct role in gathering information about military forces. This pact entered into force in January 2002. It has 34 participants currently. On May 21, 2020, President Trump announced that the United States would be withdrawing from the treaty due to alleged Russian violations. On 22 May 2020, the United States submitted a notice of withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies. On 22 November 2020, United States official sources—including U.S. Department of State websites, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and the National Security Council’s official Twitter account—announced that the six-month period was over and the U.S. was no longer a party to the Treaty.
Sir Harold Evans, a British American editor died on September 23, 2020 at the age of:
- A. 83
- B. 88
- C. 92
- D. 94
Correct Answer: C. 92
Sir Harold Evans, a British American editor whose 70-year career as a hard-driving investigative journalist, magazine founder, book publisher, and the author made him one of the most influential media figures of his generation, died on September 23, 2020, at the age of 92. Evans died of congestive heart failure in New York, according to his wife Tina Brow.
Which nation’s Parliament has begun the process of banning same-sex marriage?
- A. Japan
- B. South Korea
- C. United Kingdom
- D. Russia
Correct Answer: D. Russia
Russian Parliament has begun the process of legalizing a ban on same-sex marriage. The Russian lawmakers submitted draft legislation on July 14, 2020, that seeks to ban same-sex marriage. The move follows the Russian Referendum 2020 on July 1st when the voters overwhelmingly supported the proposed changes to the constitution, one among which defines marriage as a union of a man and a woman only.