LEARN 5 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Q/A DAILY FOR 22 Aug 2022

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 Question 1 of 5:

Who among these claimed 3 gold medals at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games?

Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is an Indian professional table tennis player. He is the first Indian table tennis player ever to become ten times Senior National Champion hence breaking the record of eight times National Champion Kamlesh Mehta. In 2019 he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award.

The 40-year-old from India bagged three gold medals - Men's Team, Mixed Doubles, Men's Singles, and a silver in Men's Doubles at the Commonwealth Games. Achanta Sharath Kamal's 3 gold medals and a silver also puts him in the 16th spot in the medal tally ahead of Uganda, who bagged 3 gold and two bronze.

The answer is- Achanta Sharath Kamal

Question 2 of 5:

Advait Chandan is in the news for recently directing a Hindi remake of which famous Hollywood movie?

Advait Chandan is an Indian film director works in Hindi film. He made his debut as a director in 2017 with the movie Secret Superstar.  

Laal Singh Chaddha is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Advait Chandan from a screenplay by Eric Roth and Atul Kulkarni. It is a remake of the 1994 American film Forrest Gump which itself is an adaptation of the novel of the same name.The film stars Aamir Khan as the title character alongside Kareena Kapoor, Naga Chaitanya (in his Hindi film debut) and Mona Singh.

The answer is- Forrest Gump

Question 3 of 5: 

This year's third and final supermoon was visible between August 11 and 12, it was also called what?

The Full Moon in August is called Sturgeon Moon because of the large number of sturgeon fish that were found in the Great Lakes in North America this time of year.

The most common sturgeon in the Great Lakes is the lake sturgeon—males have a life span of 55 years, while females can live up to 150 years! It is also the American continent’s largest freshwater fish and can grow to over two meters long (6 feet) and weigh around 90 kilos (200 pounds).

Other names for this Full Moon include Grain Moon, Corn Moon, Lynx Moon, and Lightning Moon.

The answer is- Sturgeon Moon

Question 4 of 5:

What is this shape of Christmas ornament called?

Tradition states that from that moment, fir trees were brought into Christian homes, decorated in the name of Jesus. Hanging religious ornaments called Baubles on a tree was a way to honor the true meaning of Christmas, Jesus Christ's birth.

The answer is- Baubles

Question 5 of 5:

This monument, called Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, in Spain is a what?

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (Valencian: [paˈlaw ðe lez ˈaɾdz ˈrejna soˈfi.a]; Spanish: Palacio de las Artes Reina Sofía; anglicised as "Queen Sofía Palace of the Arts") is an opera house, performing arts centre, and urban landmark designed by Santiago Calatrava to anchor the northwest end of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain. It opened on 8 October 2005; its first opera staging was of Beethoven's Fidelio on 25 October 2006. Tenor and conductor Plácido Domingo has maintained a special relationship with the Palau since its founding and has established a young singers training program there.

The answer is- Opera House

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