Amazon Daily Quiz Time / Test Your GK Knowledge 02 October 2023
1) Who were the two batters to score centuries in the first Men's Ashes Test of 2023?
The answer is- Joe Root and Usman Khawaja
The 2023 Ashes series (officially the LV= Insurance Men's Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons) was a series of Test cricket matches played between England and Australia for the Ashes in June and July 2023. The result was a 2–2 draw, with Australia retaining the Ashes (having won in 2021–22).
Joe Root, England scored 118* (152) and Usman Khawaja, Australia 141 (321)
2) Which actor plays the role of serial killer Anand Swarnakar in the Amazon Prime series 'Dahaad'?
The answer is- Vijay Varma
Dahaad (transl.Roar) is a Hindi-language crime, thriller web series created by Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar, directed by Reema Kagti and Ruchika Oberoi, and starring Sonakshi Sinha, Gulshan Devaiah, Vijay Varma and Sohum Shah.
Sonakshi Sinha acted as SI Anjali Bhaati/Anjali Meghwal
Gulshan Devaiah as SHO/Inspector Devi Lal Singh
Vijay Varma as Anand Swarnakar
Sohum Shah as SI Kailash Parghi
3) The famous Masai Mara National Reserve is located in which country?
The answer is- Kenya
Maasai Mara, also sometimes spelled Masai Mara and locally known simply as The Mara, is a large national game reserve in Narok, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is named in honour of the Maasai people, the ancestral inhabitants of the area, who migrated to the area from the Nile Basin.
4) Name this bird
The answer is- Albatross
Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific.
A Laysan albatross, named Wisdom, on Midway Island is the oldest-known wild bird in the world.
5) Which famous person from the world of music is depicted here?
The answer is- Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Generally regarded as one of the greatest songwriters ever. "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements.
In 2016, Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
