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Daily Quiz: On Christmas traditions followed across the world A symbolic tradition involves the burning of effigies. File START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Many people use Advent calendars to count the days until Christmas. In which country did this tradition originate? 2 / 6 | Noche de las Velitas (Day of the Little…
Daily Quiz: On life and work of Isaac Newton Isaac Newton was a member of the Parliament of England from a district that was created in 1603 and abolished in 1950. File START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Name the book Newton published in 1687 that laid the foundations of classical mechanics. The three-volume…
Daily Quiz | On events and birthdays that happened today throughout history Václav Havel, a Czech writer and later, President, who died on this day in 2011. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | On this day in 1865, by proclamation of the U.S. Secretary of State, the _____ Amendment to the Constitution, outlawing slavery,…
Daily Quiz | On first transatlantic radio transmission Name this German scientist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with the answer to question 1 for his contributions to wireless communication. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | Who designed the transmission system and received the first signal? 2 / 5 | Name the source…
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Daily Quiz: On the Syrian civil war This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows crowds gathering at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Prior to his assassination, this military leader of Iran’s elite Quds Force played a major role in training fighters in…
Daily Quiz: On martial law across the world Chief of Army Staff Zia ul Haq was also Chief Martial Law Administrator, who then went on to serve as President of Pakistan. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | This liberal was once Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. When he died, thousands mourned him and…
Daily Quiz: On Nelson Mandela This flower is named Paravanda Nelson Mandela, after the anti-apartheid activist. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | What is Nelson Mandela’s birthname, which meant ‘to pull a branch off a tree’ and ‘troublemaker’ in his Xhosa tribe? 2 / 5 | Nelson Mandela had a nickname inspired by a…
NDRF personnel evacuate people in the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal. | Photo Credit: PTI Cyclone Fengal has wreaked a havoc across the country. Cyclones in the North Indian Ocean are named by member countries of the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific panel. The name…
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Daily quiz: in honour of the world’s first artificial nuclear reactor, on its birth anniversary 1 / 5 | Though X described the world’s first artificial nuclear reactor as a “crude pile of black bricks and wooden timbers”, Chicago Pile-1 was actually quite safe — a reputation it had acquired from X himself, a uniquely…