Current Affairs Quiz: All Questions & Answers
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1. Who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon 2026?
- A.Carlos Alcaraz
- B.Jannik Sinner✓ Correct
- C.Alexander Zverev
- D.Novak Djokovic
Answer: Jannik Sinner. Italy's Jannik Sinner defended his Wimbledon singles title on 12 July 2026, beating Germany's Alexander Zverev in four sets.
2. Which player did Jannik Sinner beat in the 2026 Wimbledon men's final?
- A.Carlos Alcaraz
- B.Daniil Medvedev
- C.Alexander Zverev✓ Correct
- D.Taylor Fritz
Answer: Alexander Zverev. Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev of Germany in four sets to retain the Wimbledon title in July 2026.
3. Who won her first Grand Slam title in the 2026 Wimbledon ladies' singles?
- A.Karolína Muchová
- B.Linda Nosková✓ Correct
- C.Iga Świątek
- D.Aryna Sabalenka
Answer: Linda Nosková. Linda Nosková of the Czech Republic won her first major title by beating compatriot Karolína Muchová in the 2026 Wimbledon ladies' singles final.
4. Which country won the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup?
- A.England
- B.India
- C.Australia✓ Correct
- D.South Africa
Answer: Australia. Australia beat England on 5 July 2026 to win the Women's T20 World Cup for the seventh time in the tournament's history.
5. In 2026, Lionel Messi became the first player to reach how many career World Cup assists?
- A.8
- B.9
- C.10✓ Correct
- D.12
Answer: 10. Argentina's captain Lionel Messi became the first player to reach 10 assists in FIFA World Cup matches since assist records began in 1966.
6. What was unique about the four teams reaching the 2026 World Cup semi-finals?
- A.They were all from Europe
- B.They were the four highest-ranked teams in the world✓ Correct
- C.None had won a World Cup before
- D.They were all former champions
Answer: They were the four highest-ranked teams in the world. Argentina, Spain, France and England — the top four in the FIFA Men's World Ranking — all reached the semi-finals, the first time that had happened since the rankings were introduced in 1992.
7. Which milestone did NASA's Perseverance rover pass on Mars in 2026?
- A.Driving a full marathon distance✓ Correct
- B.Collecting its 100th rock sample
- C.Surviving 10 years on Mars
- D.Reaching the north pole
Answer: Driving a full marathon distance. Perseverance completed the equivalent of a full marathon on Mars, driving 26.2 miles (42.195 km) across the Red Planet.
8. Which country became the second nation to recover a rocket booster after an orbital flight?
- A.India
- B.Japan
- C.China✓ Correct
- D.Russia
Answer: China. China became the second nation to recover an orbital booster when a Long March 10B first stage landed on a net-like structure aboard a ship at sea during its maiden flight.
9. Which spacecraft carried NASA astronaut Anil Menon to the ISS in July 2026?
- A.Crew Dragon
- B.Soyuz MS-29✓ Correct
- C.Starliner
- D.Orion
Answer: Soyuz MS-29. Anil Menon launched to the International Space Station aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 on 14 July 2026, alongside cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina.
10. NASA awarded nearly $600 million in 2026 to fund what?
- A.Four commercial Moon landings✓ Correct
- B.A new Mars rover
- C.A replacement for the Hubble telescope
- D.An asteroid mining mission
Answer: Four commercial Moon landings. NASA awarded close to $600 million for four commercial Moon landings planned for late 2028. Each carries instruments to improve lunar navigation, study landing dust and map the Moon's radiation environment.
11. K2-18b, surveyed in 2026 using the VLA and MeerKAT radio telescopes, is what kind of object?
- A.A comet
- B.An exoplanet✓ Correct
- C.A dwarf galaxy
- D.A black hole
Answer: An exoplanet. K2-18b is an exoplanet and one of the most promising worlds in the search for extraterrestrial life, which is why astronomers targeted it with a powerful radio survey using the VLA and MeerKAT telescopes.
12. Which trade agreement did the United States say in 2026 it would not renew?
- A.NAFTA
- B.USMCA✓ Correct
- C.CPTPP
- D.The Paris Agreement
Answer: USMCA. US trade representative Jamieson Greer said the United States would not renew the USMCA agreement, opting instead for annual reviews and negotiations to amend it.