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What computer game was invented by Toru Iwatani, first released in Japan in May 1980?

posted 17 hours ago by Manish Tiwari

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Analysis about Mariano Herbosa writes to Rizal about taxes

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During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, what did Kennedy threaten if Khrushchev did not agree to remove missiles.......

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What vehicle was sold to John and Maureen Hendricks at the Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona..........

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Which German brothers published fairy tales in the 19th century?

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As well as being a spy, for which brief career she was both celebrated and then executed, in what other profession......

posted Feb 23 by Prachi Sharma

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What term was used to describe the pattern where, from 1840 to 1960, each American President who had won election.......

posted Feb 23 by Aman

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Who composed the 1768 one act comic opera "Bastien und Bastienne"?

posted Feb 22 by Nimish

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In 1950, Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona became the first native Hawai'ian woman to do what?

posted Feb 22 by Vishal

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Following the Battle of Borodino, fire raged for four days, destroying an estimated three-quarters of which city?

posted Feb 20 by Kapil Kapoor

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The Muslim leader Saladin recaptured which city from the Crusaders in 1187?

posted Feb 20 by Anamika

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What relation was Gargantua to Pantagruel in the eponymous 16th century works by François Rabelais?

posted Feb 18 by Ankur Athari

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The trial in September 1929 of Myrtle Adkins Bennett, a Kansas City housewife, for the murder of her husband............

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In 1878 the Princess Alice, a steamboat that took day-trippers up and down the Thames, crashed into another ship........

posted Feb 17 by Pardeep Kohli

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The "Three Laws of Motion" are named after which scientist who published them in 1687?

posted Feb 16 by Manish Tiwari

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What liner was destroyed in Hong Kong harbour while undergoing renovations in 1972?

posted Feb 16 by Puneet Batra

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The Battle of Antietam (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg), fought on 17 September 1862, the first major...........

posted Feb 16 by Madhavi Latha

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William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, was executed for his anti-puritan views during what period of British history?

posted Feb 15 by Chahat Sharma

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What group of men was constituted to guard the Roman emperor?

posted Feb 13 by Karan Joglekar

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Michelangelo sculpted his statue of David in which century?

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The Edinburgh Agreement, or Decision, in 1992 was reached to what?

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What name was given to Colleen LaRose, who was accused of conspiring with fighters overseas and pledging................

posted Feb 11 by Maninder Bath

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As what were the First Paralympic Games originally known?

posted Feb 10 by Prachi Sharma

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Where were the political movers known as bolsheviks and mensheviks active?

posted Feb 10 by Swati Arora

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When the Itaipu Dam was filled in 1982 it submerged what spectacular Falls?

posted Feb 10 by Mridul

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From 1935 to 1946, the Philippines was officially called The Commonwealth of the Philippines when the country...........

posted Feb 9 by Udita

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Where was the volcano which erupted in 1815 in what is considered the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history?

posted Feb 5 by Anil Chaurasiya

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31 March, the birthday of César Chávez, is recognised as a holiday......What role did he play in the history of the USA?

posted Feb 5 by Anshika Utadi

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The historically significant "Wind of Change" speech was made by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan................

posted Feb 5 by Balwinder

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Serendib, or Serendip, is one of the former names of which country?

posted Feb 3 by Vikram Luthra

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Who did Cleopatra VII, often known now simply as Cleopatra, succeed as Pharaoh of Egypt in 51 BCE?

posted Feb 3 by Prithvi

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Which country relinquished Puerto Rico and Cuba to the USA in 1898?

posted Feb 2 by Ankur Athari

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In what country were the Battles of the Somme, in 1916 and 1918, fought?

posted Feb 2 by Varuna Magar

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Why was Canadian sailor Lawrence Lemieux awarded a Pierre de Coubertin medal in the course of the 1988 Summer Olympics?

posted Jan 30 by Puneet Batra

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Where did the short-lived Kronstadt rebellion of 1921 start?

posted Jan 30 by Sidharth Malhotra

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In the 1880s Georges Seurat and Paul Signac pioneered what meticulous and precise method of painting?

posted Jan 29 by Parampreet Kaur

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To whom was the quote "Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all" first ascribed?

posted Jan 29 by Brijesh Talwar

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"Historia Naturalis" was a major work by whom?

posted Jan 29 by Saif Khanam

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The continent, or micro-continent, of Zealandia broke away from what land mass an estimated 83–79 million years ago?

posted Jan 28 by Aastha Joshi

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There were two events called "The Siege of Sevastopol". They took place in which wars?

posted Jan 28 by Samardeep Acharya

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When was the first time the Paralympic Games were held in Russia?

posted Jan 27 by Simranjeet Singh

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The president of which country was killed in a plane crash near Smolensk airport in April 2010?

posted Jan 27 by Anuradha Tabyal

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In 1745 a type of glass container was invented, dubbed the Leyden (or Leiden) jar, to do what?

posted Jan 26 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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In 1896 French engineer and scientist Henri Becquerel identified radioactivity while observing what?

posted Jan 25 by Prachi Sharma

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The philosopher Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 – c. 495 BCE) believed in transmigration of souls, led a group..............

posted Jan 22 by Udita

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In which modern country was the Aksumite, or Axumite, Empire, which flourished from about the late first................

posted Jan 22 by Nimish

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What nationality is retired racing driver Alain Prost?

posted Jan 22 by Vishal

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Under whose papacy was the Inquisition introduced into Spain?

posted Jan 22 by Mohammad

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How did the results of their athletes in weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul affect the Bulgarian........

posted Jan 22 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Where was the cocktail "daiquiri" invented?

posted Jan 21 by Balwinder