Today's Amazon Daily Quiz Answers (Fun Zone) - 29 NOV 2022 - Win ₹5,000 Amazon Pay Balance
Question 1:
Cochin International Airport halts flight operations twice every year to allow smooth passage for whom?
Cochin International Airport (IATA: COK, ICAO: VOCI) is an International airport serving the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India.
It is the busiest and largest airport in the state of Kerala and 4th biggest airport in South India.
According to the traditional practice, the processional idols of the temple deities would be carried to the sea behind the airport for a holy dip twice a year in a ceremonial march, which has been taking this route even before the airport was established in 1932. The airport issues a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) twice every year before the runway is closed during the bi-annual Alpashy festival which falls in October-November and the Panguni festival in March-April.
Correct answer: God Padmanabhaswamy
Question 2:
Which famous painting by Vermeer was recently attacked by climate activists at The Hague?
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel) is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, dated c. 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments.
A climate protestor representing the Just Stop Oil campaign attempted to glue his head to the glass protecting the painting in October 2022, and was covered in tomato soup by another protestor.
Correct answer: Girl With a Pearl Earring
Question 3:
A Precision Air passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in which country?
Precision Air is Tanzania's largest private airline and is partly owned by Kenya Airways. It was founded in 1993 and operates domestic and regional flights.
A Tanzanian passenger plane has crashed into Lake Victoria as it attempted to land in the lakeside town of Bukoba, killing at least 19 people. Of the 43 people on board there were 24 survivors, according to operator Precision Air.
Correct answer: Tanzania
Question 4:
Where is this mosque located?
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque (Indonesian: Masjid Raya Baiturrahman; Acehnese: Meuseujid Raya Baiturrahman) is a Mosque located in the center of Banda Aceh city, Aceh Province, Indonesia. The Baiturrahman Grand Mosque is a symbol of religion, culture, spirit, strength, struggle and nationalism of the Acehnese people.
The original Masjid Raya ("Grand Mosque") was built in 1612 during the reign of Sultan Iskandar Muda. Some say the original mosque was built even earlier in 1292 by Sultan Alaidin Mahmudsyah.
Correct answer: Indonesia
Question 5:
Which was the first mission to mercury?
Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus. It was the first spacecraft to perform flybys of multiple planets.
Mariner 10 was launched approximately two years after Mariner 9 and was the last spacecraft in the Mariner program.
The mission objectives were to measure Mercury's environment, atmosphere, surface, and body characteristics and to make similar investigations of Venus. Mariner 10's science team was led by Bruce C. Murray at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Correct answer: Mariner 10
