Today's Amazon Daily Quiz Answers (Fun Zone) - 16 March 2023 - Win ₹5,000 Amazon Pay Balance
Question 1 of 5:
Who was the player of the match in the very first game of the 2023 Women's Premier League?
The answer is- Harmanpreet Kaur
The 2023 Women's Premier League is the ongoing inaugural season of the Women's Premier League, a women's franchise Twenty20 cricket league organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The tournament features five teams and is being held from 4 March to 26 March 2023. In this season batter and bowling team can appeal for or against No ball and wide ball through Decision Review System to the umpires.
The opening ceremony took place on 4 March at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, with AP Dhillon, Kriti Sanon and Kiara Advani performing.
Mumbai Indians won by 143 runs against Gujarat Giants in DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai. The Umpires are Nitin Pandit (Ind) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind). Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to field. Player of the match is Harmanpreet Kaur 65 (30) (Mumbai Indians).
Question 2 of 5:
The Amazon Prime show 'The Terminal List' stars which of these actors in the lead role?
The answer is- Chris Pratt
The Terminal List is an American action thriller television series created by David DiGilio, based on Jack Carr's 2018 novel of the same name. The series tells the story of a Navy SEAL who seeks to avenge the murder of his family. It stars Chris Pratt (who also serves as an executive producer), Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, and Jeanne Tripplehorn.
Chris Pratt acted as Lieutenant Commander James Reece, a US Navy SEAL with eight combat deployments, and the Commander of Alpha Platoon, SEAL Team 7, and Task Force Odin's Sword.
Question 3 of 5:
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in which continent?
The answer is- Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro (/ˌkɪlɪmənˈdʒɑːroʊ/) is a dormant volcano located in Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: 5,895 metres (19,341 ft) above sea level and about 4,900 metres (16,100 ft) above its plateau base. It is the highest volcano in Africa and the Eastern Hemisphere.
DYK:
The German missionaries Johannes Rebmann of Mombasa and Johann Krapf were the first Europeans known to have attempted to reach the mountain.
Question 4 of 5:
This famous structure is located in which city in the southern hemisphere?
The answer is- Sydney
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architecture.
Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, but completed by an Australian architectural team headed by Peter Hall, the building was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973 after a gestation beginning with Utzon's 1957 selection as winner of an international design competition.
DYK:
The building comprises multiple performance venues, which together host well over 1,500 performances annually, attended by more than 1.2 million people.
Question 5 of 5:
This photograph is taken in which of these places famous for a mangrove forest?
The answer is- Sundarbans
Sundarbans (pronounced /sʌnˈdɑːrbənz/) is a mangrove area in the delta formed by the confluence of the Padma, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. Sundarban Reserve Forest (SRF) of Bangladesh is the largest mangrove forest in the world. It spans the area from the Baleswar River in Bangladesh's division of Khulna to the Hooghly River in India's state of West Bengal.
DYK:
1. The literal meaning of Sundarbans (Bengali: সুন্দরবন, romanized: Sundôrbôn) is "beautiful forest".
2. The history of human settlement in the Sundarbans area can be traced back to Mauryan era (4th-2nd century BCE).
