Q1. This ex-football player is the only one to have scored in an FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League, and UEFA Cup Final, contributing to his team’s victory on each occasion. Captain for his club and country, he has won a lot of laurels, but could not win the Premier League. Similar to many of his compatriots and other celebrity footballers, he joined LA Galaxy shortly before retiring.
Who is this 38-year-old English legend, who has recently been appointed as the manager of Rangers FC in the Scottish Premiership, and takes charge on June 1?
Q2. Federal Bank has launched a digital platform called Fedbook ______, integrated with their Fedbook mobile banking service, to enable customers to open savings accounts from the comfort of their homes. To open an account, all a person has to do is download the Fedbook app, scan their Aadhaar and PAN cards, and perform another activity which has been a recent addition to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Identify the name of the service or the activity required to open such an account.
Q3. Before he was the President of the United States, Donald Trump was the host of the reality show ‘The Apprentice’. This is where his catchphrase, ‘You’re Fired!’, became popular.
Now that Trump is otherwise engaged, Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken over as the host of ‘The Apprentice’. He uses a phrase quite similar in meaning to Trump’s phrase. The origins of this phrase are from his career before he became a politician.
What is the phrase Schwarzenegger uses?
Q4. The Final War of the Roman Republic (32 BC – 30 BC), concluded with the Battle of Actium. This war started because of Marc Antony’s affair with Queen Cleopatra of Egypt while he was married to Octavian’s sister. It ended with Octavian laying siege to Alexandria, where Cleopatra and Marc later committed suicide.
This war’s end started the Pax Romana, the longest duration of peace in the history of Europe. Later, Octavian changed his name to Augustus.
Apart from his name change, what titular first did Octavian lay claim to?
Q5. Although the origin of this phrase is unclear, it is believed that the creatures it refers to like to lead solitary lives. The phrase depicts them as very wise and decisive creatures. Their association with Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom could also be one of the reasons to justify this phrase. This phrase is used famously in DC Comics, as a collective of Batman’s most powerful enemies. Which phrase, or which creatures are we talking about?
Q6. In 2017, Google launched a new hyperlocal food delivery and home service app which competes with the likes of UrbanClap and Tapzo. It is now available in the cities of Bengaluru, Pune, Gurgaon, Delhi and Mumbai.
The name of this service is usually used as a prefix which means ‘of the planet Mars.’
Identify the name of this service.
Answers:
A1. Steven Gerrard
A2. Selfie
A3. You’re Terminated.
A4. He was the 1st Roman Emperor.
A5. Owls, Court of Owls.
A6. Google Areo
