Weekly Quiz || 17th April 2024

What is the name of the city in China which is famous for its Ice and Snow festival featuring huge ice sculptures?

• Beijing
• Guangzhou
• Harbin
• Shanghai

. In the coast of which continent is the Great Barrier Reef located?

• Europe
• Australia
• Asia
• Africa

Write the full name of the Islamic celebration that marks the end of the fasting of Ramadan which was celebrated last Wednesday.

What is the second most common element that can be found on Earth?

• Oxygen
• Silicon

• Carbon
• Nitrogen

What is the name of the Russian revolutionary who introduced communist rule in Russia and formed the Soviet Union?

• Joseph Stalin
• Vladimir Lenin
• Leon Trotsky
• Mikhail Gorbachev

Which title is the highest by rank in the Peerage of England?

• Baron
• Earl
• Duke
• Marquess

Which of the following stupas is considered the largest in Sri Lanka?

• Abhayagiriya
• Jetavana

• Thuparamaya
• Ruwanwelisaya

What was the nationality of Alexander the Great?

• Macedonian
• Persian
• Greek
• Roman

Which artist is famous for his artwork in the Kelaniya Temple?

• M. Sarlis

• J. Wijesinghe

• Henry Dharmasena

• Solias Mendis

Who is known as the ‘father of music’?

• Beethoven
• Mozart
• Pythagoras
• Bach