FUNDAMENTALS
How well do you know the year 2021? For the last quiz of the year, Fundamentals continues the tradition of a yearender quiz.
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THE YEAR 2021
1. Name the massive container ship that was stuck at the Suez Canal and blocked half of the world's cargo traffic for six days in March this year?
2. “Only legends will understand. What I did after the match was L2 + left,” This was how Daniil Medvedev explained his unique celebration after his US Open victory. Explain L2 + Left?
3. Name the Israeli surveillance technology firm behind Pegasus spyware that were sold to multiple countries across the world including India?
4. Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 other defence personnel died immediately when their helicopter crashed in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor. Name the only lone survivor of the crash, who succumbed to injuries after a week?
5. Vítezslav Veselý and Jakub Vadlejch, both from the Czech Republic stood second and third in what event and who got the first position in that event?
6. WHO has been using letters of the Greek alphabet for names of the variant of SARS-CoV2. The WHO however skipped two letters while coming up with Omicron. Which two letters and why were they skipped?
7. The highest grossing movie of 2021 is not a Hollywood movie but a Chinese war epic. Name this movie has currently grossed over $905 million at the box office?
8. Ronaldo famously removed the Coke bottle at the Euro this year. In a lesser known incident at the Euro, another famous footballer removed a bottle of Heineken beer placed in front of him. Name the player
9. The strongest hurricane that hit the continental US ravaged the US East Coast in August this year. The storm killed at least 45 people from Maryland to New York. Name this hurricane?
10. How did a former student of the Holy Cross Convent High School in Kolhapur and also The New College, Kolhapur, make news this year?
11. Complete this list with the fifth name - Nadia Ferreira, Lalela Mswane, Valeria Ayo, Beatrice Gomex and…?
12. Sprint legend Milkha Singh died after a monthlong battle with Covid-19. His wife, a former national volleyball captain, passed away five days prior to his death. Name her?
13. India’s most famous cruise ship was in the news for all the wrong reasons when it became the centre of a drug bust that involved high profile celebrities including Aryan Khan. Name this cruise ship?
14. The year saw many high profile weddings in India and across the world. Katrina Kaif & Vicky Kaushal; Malala Yousafzai & Asser Malik. Name the entrepreneur who married Paris Hilton this year?
15. Non Fungible Token (NFT) became the hottest item across the world of tech this year. Which NFT by Digital artist Pak fetched US$91.8 million becoming the most expensive NFT ever sold