Today's Amazon Daily Quiz Answers (Fun Zone) - 15 January 2023 - Win ₹5,000 Amazon Pay Balance
Question 1 of 5:
In December 2022, whose bust was added to the UN headquarters campus in New York city?
The answer is- Mahatma Gandhi
Expl: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar. He was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "great-souled", "venerable"), first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.
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Gandhi's birthday, 2 October, is commemorated in India as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Nonviolence.
On 15 December 2022, the United Nations headquarters in New York unveiled the statue of Gandhi. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called Gandhi an "uncompromising advocate for peaceful co-existence".
Question 2 of 5:
Claudine Gay became the first Black person and second woman to lead which prestigious academic institution?
The answer is- Harvard University
Claudine Gay is a political scientist and university administrator. On December 15, 2022, Harvard announced that Gay had been selected as the 30th president of Harvard University, with her term beginning on July 1, 2023. She will be Harvard’s first black president. She serves as Harvard's Wilbur A. Cowett Professor of Government and of African and African-American Studies, and Edgerley Family Dean of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She is vice president of the Midwest Political Science Association.
Question 3 of 5:
Who was the Player of the Match in the first T20I between India and Sri Lanka in 2023?
The answer is- Deepak Hooda
Deepak Jagbir Hooda was born on 19 April 1995 in Rohtak, Haryana. He is an Indian International cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team. He also plays in the Indian Premier League for Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan in the domestic cricket. He made his international debut for India in February 2022.
In June 2022, Hooda was named in India's squad for their T20I series against Ireland. In the second match of the series, Hooda went on to score his maiden T20I century.
Question 4 of 5:
Name this bird, that shares its name with a sports good manufacturer
The answer is- Kookaburra
Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus Dacelo native to Australia and New Guinea. The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, onomatopoeic of its call.
Australian sports equipment company Kookaburra Sport is named after the bird.
Question 5 of 5:
Which of these is an A.I developed by this character?
The answer is- J.A.R.V.I.S
J.A.R.V.I.S. (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System) is a fictional character voiced by Paul Bettany in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film franchise, based on the Marvel Comics characters Edwin Jarvis and H.O.M.E.R., respectively the household butler of the Stark family and another AI designed by Stark. J.A.R.V.I.S. is an artificial intelligence created by Tony Stark, who later controls his Iron Man and Hulkbuster armor for him. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, after being partially destroyed by Ultron, J.A.R.V.I.S. is given physical form as Vision, physically portrayed by Bettany. Different versions of the character also appear in comics published by Marvel Comics, depicted as AI designed by Iron Man and Nadia van Dyne.
