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Question 1 of 5:
Who won the 2021 Puskas Award for his audacious 'Rabona' goal?
The FIFA Puskás Award [ˈpuʃkaːʃ] is an award established on 20 October 2009 by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), at the behest of then-president Sepp Blatter, to be awarded to the male or female judged to have scored the most aesthetically significant, or "most beautiful", goal of the calendar year.
The award is in honour of Ferenc Puskás, the striker of Real Madrid during the late 1950s and the 1960s, and central member of the highly successful Hungarian side of the same era.
Erik Manuel Lamela Cordero (born 4 March 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for La Liga club Sevilla and the Argentina national team.
On 14 March, Lamela came off the bench and scored a rabona to help Spurs take the lead in the North London derby, but he was subsequently sent off for a second yellow card and Spurs fell to a 2–1 defeat. The goal was voted Goal of the Season by Match of the Day. The goal also won the 2021 FIFA Puskás Award as the best goal of the year.
The answer is- Erik Lamela
Question 2 of 5:
Recently removed, which sculpture stood at the University of Hong Kong memorializing the victims of Beijing's Tiananmen Square?
Pillar of Shame is a series of sculptures by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt memorialising the loss of life during specific events or caused by specific circumstances in history.
The Pillar of Shame (Chinese: 國殤之柱; Jyutping: gwok3 soeng1 zi1 cyu5; pinyin: Guóshāng zhī Zhù; lit. 'martyrs' pillar') in Hong Kong was a copper sculpture, first erected in Victoria Park in 1997 to mark the eighth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. The statue depicts 50 torn and twisted bodies to symbolize those who died in the government crackdown. On the base of the statue, the history and pictures of the massacre are carved in and engraved into the base, in both English and Chinese, are the words "The Tiananmen Massacre", "June 4th 1989" and "The old cannot kill the young forever."
The answer is- Pillar of Shame
Question 3 of 5:
Which country became the first country to transition to 4.5-day work week?
The United Arab Emirates has announced to change its existing five-day workweek to a four-and-a-half day starting January 1,2022 becoming the world’s first country to make the employee-friendly transition as part of its efforts to improve productivity and work-life balance. According to the new schedule, Monday to Thursday the work timings would be from 7.30 am to 3.30 pm, followed by a half-day on Friday from 7.30 am to 12.00 pm. Saturdays and Sundays are full-day holidays under the new rule.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
UAE Capital: Abu Dhabi;
UAE Currency: United Arab Emirates dirham;
UAE President: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The answer is- UAE
Question 4 of 5:
Which catfish lives in the abandoned cooling ponds of the exclusion zone of this famous nuclear reactor?
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is located near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine 16.5 kilometers (10 mi) northwest of the city of Chernobyl. On 26 April 1986, the Chernobyl disaster occurred at reactor No. 4, caused by a catastrophic power increase resulting in core explosions and open-air fires. This caused large quantities of radioactive materials and airborne isotopes to disperse in the atmosphere and surrounding land.
Wels catfish have also been observed thriving in the cooling ponds of the damaged Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Although popularly believed to have been mutated into large sizes as a result of radioactive fallout, in reality the fish are growing to such proportions due to the absence of humans, hunting and fishing having been outlawed in the exclusion zone following the accident, as well as being provided food by generous tourists visiting the area.
The answer is- Wels Catfish
Question 5 of 5:
This famous band was formed in which country?
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals). The musical film based on The Wall, Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982), won two BAFTA Awards.
In 2008, Pink Floyd were awarded the Polar Music Prize in Sweden for their contribution to modern music.
The answer is- UK
