General Knowledge

Explanation: The 2019 Chemistry Nobel went to all three (Goodenough, Whittingham, Yoshino).

Explanation: Political philosopher Edmund Burke was from Britain (Ireland/UK).

Explanation: The Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) ended without a clear victor; Iran is cited here per the key.

Explanation: The 2019 World Tourism Day theme was 'Tourism and Jobs: A Better Future for All.'

Explanation: The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded in cosmology/exoplanets.

Explanation: The first World Cotton Day was hosted by the WTO in Geneva in 2019.

Explanation: The world's largest tree (General Sherman) is in California.

Explanation: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' was written by Edward Gibbon.

Explanation: Halle is a city in Germany.

Explanation: Yom Kippur is the holiest day in Judaism.