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What word describes a retail dealer in special supplies or equipment for ships?

posted Dec 7, 2022 by Udita

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Sunspots on the sun are the result of what?

posted Dec 6, 2022 by Balwinder

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What type of apple was adopted by The Beatles' "Apple Records" as its symbol?

posted Dec 5, 2022 by Riteshwar

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Where are transoms found?

posted Nov 30, 2022 by Ujjwal Mehra

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What word can, depending on context, mean white, reddish, or black and blue?

posted Nov 29, 2022 by Madhavi Latha

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What is the engineering term for the slope of a structure, slightly out of the vertical?

posted Nov 24, 2022 by Nikita Sehgal

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Where would you NOT find Fourier transforms being used directly?

posted Nov 22, 2022 by Prachi Sharma

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What is a Russian Blue?

posted Nov 18, 2022 by Anil Chaurasiya

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If an animal bears live young it is termed what?

posted Nov 17, 2022 by Kapil Kapoor

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The Nazca Plate, part of the earth's lithosphere, lies under which ocean?

posted Nov 16, 2022 by Vikram Luthra

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What usually powers the spray action of paint spray cans in the 21st century?

posted Nov 16, 2022 by Prithvi

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According to The Mamas and the Papas, which day cannot be trusted?

posted Nov 16, 2022 by Varun Kumar

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Topiary is practised on what objects?

posted Nov 15, 2022 by Varuna Magar

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What is Parris Goebel's specialist field?

posted Nov 14, 2022 by Ujjwal Mehra

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What is a tallit, or tallis or talith?

posted Nov 11, 2022 by Amarvansh

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What have George Etheridge, William Wycherley, Thomas Shadwell, Thomas Otway Colby Ciber and William Congreve in common?

posted Nov 10, 2022 by Chahat Sharma

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In various English-speaking countries, a flag is flown at what is said to be half mast as a mark of respect.............

posted Nov 10, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Which country officially observes the Shalivahana Shaka alongside the Gregorian Calendar?

posted Nov 9, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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Tableland, large flat elevated areas sitting above cliffs, is sometimes called what?

posted Nov 8, 2022 by Aarati Mahajan

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In the various Conventions for SOLAS, in 1914, 1929, 1948, 1960 and 1974, what does the second "S" stand for?

posted Nov 8, 2022 by Anuradha Tabyal

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In the printing industry what is a proofreader asked to do?

posted Nov 7, 2022 by Maninder Bath

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Where is the term "brinelling" used?

posted Nov 7, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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What indicates the legal limit to which a ship may be loaded?

posted Nov 4, 2022 by Swati Arora

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A baby's first teeth are called what?

posted Nov 3, 2022 by Udita

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What is another name for bilharzia?

posted Nov 3, 2022 by Atif

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What is the Latin for "therefore"?

posted Nov 2, 2022 by Anil Chaurasiya

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What is a mermaid's purse?

posted Nov 2, 2022 by Balwinder

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Someone is unsuccessfully trying to look well-dressed is said to be "dressed up like a" what?

posted Oct 31, 2022 by Ritika

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What city is the subject of "The Book of the City of Ladies" (finished 1405)?

posted Oct 31, 2022 by Vikram Luthra

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Drakensberg is a name for an escarpment in what area?

posted Oct 31, 2022 by Prithvi

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In probability theory, a stochastic process is what kind?

posted Oct 31, 2022 by Varun Kumar

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What is shigella?

posted Oct 28, 2022 by Sandeep Otari

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Phenolics are what?

posted Oct 27, 2022 by Sandeep Bedi

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What is a medical term referring to the presence of pathogenic organisms in the bloodstream, leading to blood poisoning?

posted Oct 26, 2022 by Amarvansh

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The Dutch-based Stellantis N.V., formed in 2021, is a 50:50 merger between two internationally recognised.............

posted Oct 26, 2022 by Madhavi Latha

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Where are bascules found?

posted Oct 25, 2022 by Saif Khanam

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When is a stirrup cup traditionally served?

posted Oct 14, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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What is a tabor?

posted Oct 13, 2022 by Pushpak Chauhan

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French actress Catherine Deneuve has been married once, from 1965 to 1972, to whom?

posted Oct 12, 2022 by Maninder Bath

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Once it is harvested, spelt is usually …?

posted Oct 12, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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When was the first European crossing of North America from coast to coast accomplished?

posted Oct 11, 2022 by Prachi Sharma

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Hōkūleʻa, Star of Gladness, a double-hulled sailing canoe launched in 1975 in Hawai'I, has completed multiple voyages...

posted Oct 10, 2022 by Nimish

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What field of activity does the phrase "on tenterhooks" refer to?

posted Oct 10, 2022 by Mohammad

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What word describes an open artificial water channel, in the form of a gravity chute, that leads water from.......

posted Sep 30, 2022 by Akriti

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A "bench press" is used in what activity?

posted Sep 28, 2022 by Sandeep Otari

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In the USA it is called a bathrobe. What do the British call it?

posted Sep 27, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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What is an Afrikaans and South African English word for a roughly circular enclosure for livestock, surrounded.........

posted Sep 26, 2022 by Manish Tiwari

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Where does the dry föhn wind known as Zonda blow?

posted Sep 20, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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In Victorian London, what was thick smog called?

posted Sep 16, 2022 by Vishal

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A cummerbund is worn on which part of the body?

posted Sep 15, 2022 by Balwinder