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Question 1 of 5:
Apart from being Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankar is also the Chairman of which of the following?
The answer is- Rajya Sabha
Jagdeep Dhankhar born on 18 May 1951, in Kithana, a small village in the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. He is an Indian politician and lawyer, who is serving as the 14th and current vice president of India, since 11 August 2022. Prior to serving in this position, he served as the Governor of West Bengal. He also held office as the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs under the Chandra Shekhar ministry in 1990. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the first Vice President of India to have been born after India became a republic, hence the first Vice President of India to be born after that position was established.
Question 2 of 5:
As of January 2023, who holds the record for the fastest double hundred in one-day internationals?
The answer is- Ishan Kishan
Ishan Pranav Kishan was born on 18 July 1998 at Bihar. He is an Indian international cricketer. He plays for the Indian national cricket team and in the Indian Premier League for Mumbai Indians as a wicket-keeper and batsman. He made his international debut in March 2021 against England.
In December 2022 he scored 210 runs from 131 balls in a One Day International (ODI) match against Bangladesh, becoming both the youngest and the fastest cricketer to score an ODI double century and the first to convert a maiden ODI century to a double century.
Question 3 of 5:
Letitia Wright plays which important female character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
The answer is- Shuri
Letitia Michelle Wright (born 31 October 1993) is a Guyanese-British actress. She began her career with guest roles in the television series Top Boy, Coming Up, Chasing Shadows, Humans, Doctor Who, and Black Mirror.
In 2018, she attained global recognition for her portrayal of Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther, for which she won an NAACP Image Award and a SAG Award. She reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). In 2019, she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She also appeared in the 2020 anthology series Small Axe, which earned her a Satellite Award nomination.
Question 4 of 5:
This dish is a feature of which cuisine?
The answer is- Italian
Risotto (/rɪˈzɒtoʊ/, Italian: [riˈzɔtto, -ˈsɔt-], from riso meaning "rice")[1] is a northern Italian rice dish cooked with broth until it reaches a creamy consistency. The broth can be derived from meat, fish, or vegetables. Many types of risotto contain butter, onion, white wine, and Parmigiano-Reggiano. It is one of the most common ways of cooking rice in Italy. Saffron was originally used for flavour and its signature yellow colour.
Italian Street Food – Cicchetti – Risotto; Prawns & Nduja; Parmigiana
Italian street food known as cicchetti originated in Venice where wine bars (bàcaro) serve bite size and small dishes.
Question 5 of 5:
This breed of owl was the pet of which fictional character in J K Rowling's Wizarding World?
The answer is- Harry Potter
Harry’s owl Hedwig is a Snowy Owl. She’s a female but, in the movie, the actors playing her are males. You can tell that the owl playing Hedwig in the photo is really a male because his plumage is so white—female Snowy Owls have dark markings. Seven different owls played the role of Hedwig. Their names are Gizmo, Kasper, Oops, Swoops, Oh Oh, Elmo and Bandit.
DYK:
Real Snowy Owls live in the arctic tundra, in North America, Europe, and Asia. A few breed in the northern British Isles.
