Who is the first person to win a gold medal in an individual event at five different Olympics?
- A. Ireen Wust
- B. Usain Bolt
- C. Micheal Jordan
- D. None of these
Correct Answer: A. Ireen Wust
Dutch speed skater Ireen Wust has become the first person to win a gold medal in an individual event at five different Olympics after retaining her 1500 meters title in Beijing on 7 February 2022. She won her first gold medal at the 2006 Turin Olympics.
Correct Answer: A. Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Nord Stream 2 pipeline will be a major topic at the 56th MSC. Scheduled to start operation in 2020, the 1,230-kilometer-long pipeline could deliver 55 billion cubic meters of Russian gas to Europe per year.
Correct Answer: A. Astana
Kazakhstan’s capital is set to soon be rename back from Nur-Sultan to Astana after the Parliament inscribe the draft law on constitutional amendments required to rename the capital on Sept. 16. The document now expected President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s discretion. President Tokayev had agreed to restore the former name of the country’s capital just three years after he proposed to rename it in recognition of the special role of the outgoing president Nursultan Nazarbayev, one of his first moves upon taking office in March 2019 when Nazarbayev unexpectedly stepped down.
Correct Answer: B. La’eeb
the name meaning “super-skilled player” in Arabic. The mascot is a portrayal of a keffiyeh, which is a traditional Arabian headdress, and an agal. La’eeb was revealed during yesterday’s World Cup draw which took place in Doha.
Correct Answer: C. 1st week of July 2023
The beginning of July was the hottest week on recorded for the planet, according to early findings on Monday from the World Meteorological Organisation, after a series of scorching days saw global temperature records tumble. The world just had the hottest week on record, according to preliminary data, the WMO said in a statement after climate change and the early stages of the El Nino weather pattern drove the warmest June on recorded.
Correct Answer: B. 7 September 2023
Japan launched a lunar exploration spacecraft on 7 September 2023, Dubbed the “moon sniper”, Japan aims to land SLIM within 100 metres of its target site on the lunar surface. The $100-million mission is expected to start the landing by February after a long, fuel-efficient approach trajectory. The big objective of SLIM is to prove the high-accuracy landing … to achieve ‘landing where we want’ on the lunar surface, rather than ‘landing where we can’,” JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa told a news conference.
Correct Answer: A. USA
US President Joe Biden signed into law a bill titled, “Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act”, to provide recognition to the ‘Ghost Army’. It is a tactical deception unit deployed by the US during World War II. There are just nine surviving veterans of the Ghost Army across the US. The Congressional Gold Medal is the Congress’s highest award of national appreciation for distinguished contributions.