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Question 1 of 5:
Who recently achieved the record of reaching 1000 runs in T20 internationals in the least number of balls faced?
A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. Starting from the format's inception in 2005, T20I status only applied to Full Members and some Associate Member teams. However, in April 2018, the ICC announced that it would grant T20I status to all its 105 members from 1 January 2019.
DYK:
1) The first Twenty20 International took place on 17 February 2005 when Australia defeated New Zealand, and the first tournament was played two years later, with the introduction of the ICC T20 World Cup.
2) The highest individual score in a Twenty20 International is 172, made by Australia's Aaron Finch against Zimbabwe in 2018.
Suryakumar Ashok Yadav (born 14 September 1990), also known as Suryakumar Yadav or SKY, is an Indian cricketer who plays for India in the ODI and T20I formats. He made his Twenty20 International debut for the India cricket team on 14 March 2021 against England.He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for India on 18 July 2021 against Sri Lanka.
* Suryakumar Yadav reached the 1000-run mark in T20Is only in 574 balls while Glenn Maxwell had reached the mark in his 604th delivery.
The answer is- Suryakumar Yadav
Question 2 of 5:
In the upcoming movie 'Adipurush' who would be seen in the role of Ravana?
Adipurush (transl. The first man) is an upcoming Indian Hindu mythological film based on the epic Ramayana. The film is directed by Om Raut. Shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu languages, the film stars Prabhas as Raghava, Kriti Sanon as Janaki, and Saif Ali Khan as Lankesh Ravana etc roles.
The answer is- Saif Ali Khan
Question 3 of 5:
Svante Paabo who recently won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine is from which country?
Svante Pääbo (Swedish: [ˈsvânːtɛ̂ ˈpʰɛ̌ːbʊ̂]; born 20 April 1955) is a Swedish geneticist who specialises in the field of evolutionary genetics. As one of the founders of paleogenetics, he has worked extensively on the Neanderthal genome. He is the founding director of the Department of Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, since 1997.
In 2022, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution".
The answer is- Sweden
Question 4 of 5:
What is the language in the photo?
Vietnamese (Vietnamese: tiếng Việt) is an Austroasiatic language originating from Vietnam where it is the national and official language. Vietnamese is spoken natively by over 70 million people, several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined.
DYK:
Vietnamese was historically written using Chữ Nôm, a logographic script using Chinese characters (Chữ Hán).
The answer is- Vietnamese
Question 5 of 5:
What was the main aim of building this tower in Tokyo?
The Tokyo Tower (東京タワー, Tōkyō tawā, officially called 日本電波塔 Nippon denpatō "Japan Radio Tower") is a communications and observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, built in 1958. At 332.9 meters (1,092 ft), it is the second-tallest structure in Japan.
DYK:
The tower is repainted every five years, taking a year to complete the process.
The answer is- Broadcasting
