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Question 1 of 5:
The inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League organized by the BCCI will have how many teams?
The answer is- 5
The Women's Premier League (WPL) is an upcoming women's Twenty20 cricket franchise league in India. It is owned and operated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
The first season will be played in 2023 in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai with five franchises taking part.
History :
The predecessor of the WPL was the Women's T20 Challenge which started as a single-match tournament in 2018, and expanded to a three-team, three-match competition held in 2019, 2020 and 2022. In October 2022, the BCCI announced that they were considering a five-team tournament which would take place in March 2023
Question 2 of 5:
Who recently became the first actor to have 4 movies that have grossed over $2 billion at the box office?
The answer is- Zoe Saldana
Zoë Yadira Saldaña-Perego (née Saldaña Nazario; born June 19, 1978) is an American actress. Known primarily for her work in science fiction film franchises, she has appeared in four of the six highest-grossing films of all time (Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame), a feat not achieved by any other performer. Films she has appeared in grossed more than $13 billion worldwide and, as of 2023, she is the second-highest-grossing film actress of all time, and the fourth actor overall.
Question 3 of 5:
Focus, Endeavour, and Model T are cars from which famous company?
The answer is- Ford
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln luxury brand.
The Ford Focus is a compact car (C-segment in Europe) manufactured by Ford Motor Company since 1998.
The Ford Everest (model code U268) is a midsize SUV sold in Asia, and the Bahamas. The Everest is based on the local (Mazda-based) Ford Ranger pickup truck platform. The SUV is also sold as the Ford Endeavour in India.
The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by the Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927. It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, which made car travel available to middle-class Americans.
Question 4 of 5:
What is the name of the dog that is shown in the visual?
The answer is- Snowy
Snowy (French: Milou [milu]) is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Snowy is a white Wire Fox Terrier who is a companion to Tintin, the series' protagonist. Snowy debuted on 10 January 1929 in the first installment of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, which was serialised in Le Petit Vingtième until May 1930.
Snowy is modeled in part on a Fox Terrier at a café that Hergé used to frequent. Milou, Snowy's original French name, was the nickname of Hergé's first girlfriend.
DYK:
Snowy's original French name Milou—an abbreviation of Marie-Louise—is borrowed from the nickname of Hergé's first girlfriend, Marie-Louise Van Cutsem.
Question 5 of 5:
This is a famous landmark in which city?
The answer is- Delhi
The India Gate (formerly known as the All India War Memorial) is a war memorial located near the Kartavya path on the eastern edge of the "ceremonial axis" of New Delhi, formerly called duty path. It stands as a memorial to 84,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who died between 1914 and 1921 in the First World War, in France, Flanders, Mesopotamia, Persia, East Africa, Gallipoli and elsewhere in the Near and the Far East, and the Third Anglo-Afghan War.
DYK:
Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the gate evokes the architectural style of the memorial arch such as the Arch of Constantine, in Rome, and is often compared to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, and the Gateway of India in Mumbai.
