Awards Quiz

Question 1. Who won the 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize?
Answer. Columnist and author Jerry Pinto

Question 2. Who won the 'Best Film Critic' award at the 63rd National Film Awards, 2015?
Answer. Manipur's Meghachandra

Question 3. Who won the Global Green Hero award?
Answer. Veteran singer Stevie Wonder

Question 4. Who got the UK’s prestigious Founders Award 2016?
Answer. Mother Teresa(posthumously)

Question 5. Who won the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award?
Answer. Late Captain Shankar Laxman

Question 6. Name the personality who has been awarded with the Global Indian of the Year 2016?
Answer. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Question 7. Who won the Hridaynath Award?
Answer. Chess wizard Viswanathan Anand

Question 8. Who won the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award?
Answer. Egyptian novelist and journalist Ahmed Naji

Question 9. Who won the 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize?
Answer. Columnist and author Jerry Pinto

Question 10. Who has been awarded with Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour)?
Answer. Tikka Shatrujit Singh

Question 11. Who has won the '2016 The Caine Prize' for African Writing for his story ‘Memories we Lost’?
Answer. South African writer Lidudu malingani Mqombothi

Question 12. Who will become the first woman in the world to receive the Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea from the International Maritime Organisation?
Answer. Radhika Menon

Question 13. Who has been ranked as the best banking CEO in Asia by the investor community?
Answer. Aditya Puri

Question 14. Who won the mentioned prize for Asia-Pacific region in the Google Science Fair of 2016 for projecting to safeguard fishermen?
Answer. 14-year old Indian boy Advay Ramesh

Question 15. Who have been honoured with 'Mahanayak award' by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee?
Answer. Renowned Music Director & singer Bappi Lahiri & Critically-acclaimed filmmaker Goutam Ghose

Question 16. Who was selected for the prestigious 2016 SangitaKalanidhi Award?
Answer. Renowned violinist Avasarala Kanyakumari from south India

Question 17. Who was honored the 'Lifetime Achievement Award'during the Asian Achievers Awards for his work in the medical profession & public life in Britain over the years?
Answer. Lord Narendra Babubhai Patel ,a 78-year-old Indian-origin British obstetrician & member of the UK Parliament

Question 18. Who has won the Platinum Award for Inclusive Insurance at the SKOCH Insurance Awards 2016?
Answer. Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd, a microfinance institution

Question 19. Who has been conferred the prestigious membership of the Asia-Pacific Aerospace Quality Group (APAQG)under the category 'Full Member with voting rights'?
Answer. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Question 20. Who will receive the Britannia Humanitarian Award at the British Academy Britannia Awards in California next month (October, 2016)?
Answer. Actor Ewan McGregor.