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What is the highest individual score by a No. 11 batsman in a Test innings?
A. Ashton Agar
B. Tino Best
C. Zaheer Khan
D. Glenn McGrath
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Ashton Agar scored 98 against England on his debut in 2013, the highest score by a number 11 in Test history.
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Who was the first cricketer to play 200 Test matches?
A. Ricky Ponting
B. Steve Waugh
C. Sachin Tendulkar
D. Jacques Kallis
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Sachin Tendulkar is the only cricketer in history to have played 200 Test matches. His 200th match was his final game against the West Indies in 2013.
873
Who is the most successful player in World Championships history (Men's Singles)?
A. Lee Chong Wei
B. Chen Long
C. Lin Dan
D. Viktor Axelsen
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Lin Dan has won the World Championships five times (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013).
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Who was the manager of Manchester United for 26 years (1986–2013)?
A. Matt Busby
B. Jose Mourinho
C. Alex Ferguson
D. Arsene Wenger
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Sir Alex Ferguson managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013, winning 38 trophies.
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The 'Curiosity' rover was designed to explore which celestial body?
A. The Moon
B. Mars
C. Titan
D. Europa
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NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars in 2012 to investigate the planet's climate and geology.
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Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013 for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass (Higgs Boson)?
A. Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose
B. François Englert and Peter Higgs
C. Gerard 't Hooft and Martinus Veltman
D. David Gross and Frank Wilczek
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They were awarded the prize following the confirmation of the Higgs boson particle by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN.
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The 'Taper Tantrum' of 2013 occurred when the US Federal Reserve signaled it would:
A. Raise taxes
B. Reduce (taper) its bond-buying program (Quantitative Easing)
C. Print more money
D. Switch to the Gold Standard
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The Taper Tantrum was a reactionary panic that triggered a spike in US Treasury yields after the Federal Reserve announced it would slowly reduce the pace of its asset purchases.
878
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was proposed by which country?
A. Japan
B. India
C. China
D. South Korea
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank that aims to improve economic and social outcomes in Asia. It was proposed by China in 2013 and the initiative was launched at a ceremony in Beijing in October 2014.
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Which multilateral environmental agreement addresses mercury pollution at a global scale?
A. Stockholm Convention
B. Minamata Convention
C. Basel Convention
D. Rotterdam Convention
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The Minamata Convention (2013) targets mercury use and emissions to protect health and environment.
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Which environmental treaty bans mercury emissions and addresses health impacts (adopted 2013)?
A. Minamata Convention
B. Stockholm Convention
C. Basel Convention
D. Rotterdam Convention
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The Minamata Convention (2013) aims to protect human health and the environment from mercury.
