Amazon Daily Quiz Time / Test Your GK Knowledge 09 October 2023
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1) Who became the 14th player in cricket history and the second England player to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket?
The answer is- Joe Root
Joseph Edward Root, MBE (born 30 December 1990) is an English international cricketer, who plays for the English cricket team and formerly captained the Test team. Root is currently the leading run-scorer among all active batsmen and the tenth highest run-scorer of all time in Test cricket.
Root made his Test debut in 2012, his ODI debut in 2013, and played for the England Twenty20 International team between 2012 and 2019. In June 2022, he became the second batsman for England, and fourteenth overall, to score 10,000 Test runs.
He holds the record for most ODI centuries for England with 16 and, along with James Anderson, holds the world record for highest tenth-wicket stand in Tests (198).
2) In the 2012 film 'OMG – Oh My God!', Akshay Kumar played the role of which god?
The answer is- Lord Krishna
Oh My God! is a 2012 Indian Hindi language satirical comedy-drama film written and directed by Umesh Shukla. The storyline is based on the Gujarati stage-play Kanji Virudh Kanji, which itself was inspired by the Billy Connolly film The Man Who Sued God. The film stars Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar and Mithun Chakraborty along with Om Puri, Govind Namdeo, Poonam Jhawer, Puja Gupta and Mahesh Manjrekar in pivotal roles.
Paresh Rawal as Kanji Lalji Mehta; Akshay Kumar as Krishna Vasudev Yadav
3) Who won the Austrian GP in 2023?
The answer is- Max Verstappen
The 2023 Austrian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Großer Preis von Österreich 2023) was a Formula One motor race, which was held on 2 July 2023 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. It was the ninth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship and the second Grand Prix weekend of the 2023 season to utilise the sprint format. Both races were won by Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen, who started on pole position for both.
4) These animals have been called the "the unofficial welcoming committee" of which island?
The answer is- Galapagos Islands
Sea lions are pinnipeds characterized by external ear flaps, long foreflippers, the ability to walk on all fours, short and thick hair, and a big chest and belly. Together with the fur seals, they make up the family Otariidae, eared seals. They have an average lifespan of 20–30 years.
They have sometimes been called "the unofficial welcoming committee of the Galápagos Islands"
5) These insects have how many eyes?
The answer is- 5
A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to mainland Afro-Eurasia. The best known honey bee is the western honey bee, (Apis mellifera), which was domesticated for honey production and crop pollination. The genus name Apis is Latin for "bee". Bees have 5 eyes and 6 legs
Male bees in the hive are called drones,Female bees in the hive (except the queen) are called worker bees.
In ancient Egyptian mythology, honey bees were believed to be born from the tears of the Sun God, Ra.
