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Cuba first participated in the modern Olympic Games in 1900 but then missed the Games from 1908 to 1920..............

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What was the name of the British Royal Yacht that entered service in 1953 and decommissioned on 11 December 1997?

posted 3 days ago by Atif

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What influential and at times highly controversial book was published in November 1859?

posted 6 days ago by Riteshwar

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What land was recorded by the American captain Benjamin Morrell of the schooner Wasp in March 1823, in the Weddell......

posted Aug 7 by Rajni

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The Hindu temple complex of Angkor Wat, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state........

posted Aug 4 by Varun Kumar

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In 1660 Robert Hooke developed what?

posted Aug 3 by Rahul Chandel

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When was the first international championship, the World Cup, of One Day International (ODI) cricket held?

posted Aug 3 by Sandeep Otari

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Who was the Merchant of Yonkers, in the 1938 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder?

posted Aug 3 by Ankur Athari

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Prior to its being recognised as a Winter Olympic, and Paralympic, Sport what sport was governed by the ICF?

posted Aug 2 by Sandeep Bedi

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The years 1563, 1593, 1603, 1625, 1636 and 1665 marked waves of what in and around London in England?

posted Aug 1 by Manish Tiwari

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Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, USA, saw what accident on 20 March, 1979?

posted Aug 1 by Madhavi Latha

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In 2014, how many colours are there on the New Zealand flag?

posted Jul 29 by Chahat Sharma

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Since 1951, what is the maximum number of full consecutive terms to be filled by one US president?

posted Jul 29 by Brijesh Talwar

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Marengo and Copenhagen became well-known names at the beginning of the 19th century. What were they?

posted Jul 28 by Aastha Joshi

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In the 1996 Winter Olympics what ancient tradition was revived and, for the first time in the modern Games.............

posted Jul 27 by Aarati Mahajan

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The warrant for the first Astronomer Royal appointed in England, 4 March 1675, stated what as the purpose of the office?

posted Jul 26 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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In 1955 a book was published following discussion initiated by Sir Hugh Beaver and based on the idea of settling........

posted Jul 26 by Rahul Vaidya

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In the course of which hostilities did Rome suffer what is seen as its greatest defeat?

posted Jul 26 by Rahul Vaidya

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The French astronomer and geodesist, Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713 – 1762), is known particularly for what?

posted Jul 25 by Mridul

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Alfonso de Albuquerque took areas of which modern day country for Portugal in the early 1500s?

posted Jul 22 by Vishal

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A halt in 1648 to what must have seemed at the time almost endless wars in Europe, is called what?

posted Jul 22 by Mohammad

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A club in central London called "The Night Tripper" that opened on 23 December 1966 later changed its name to what?

posted Jul 19 by Prithvi

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Who led the expedition that successfully made the first ascent of Mt Everest in 1953?

posted Jul 18 by Sandeep Otari

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Which series, originally released in 2003 on Disney Channel, was the first in the network's history to produce..........

posted Jul 18 by Ankur Athari

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The Peripatetic School founded by Aristotle was called this for what reason?

posted Jul 18 by Upma

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Who led a campaign from 1798-1801, taking a force of 500 civilian scientists, specialists in fields such...........

posted Jul 18 by Varuna Magar

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Which artists or group won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1997, for their..........

posted Jul 16 by Pardeep Kohli

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In the first half of the 18th century in Great Britain, what drug became so popular, particularly in London...........

posted Jul 16 by Sandeep Bedi

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Which kingdom, established by King Wickramabahu in the 14th century, repelled invasions by the Portuguese..............

posted Jul 15 by Manish Tiwari

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In November 1983 a bomb was exploded in the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C. What was the reason given?

posted Jul 14 by Parampreet Kaur

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Oil from oil wells was first used for what?

posted Jul 14 by Brijesh Talwar

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What concept was described and highlighted in a 1983 book edited by European-British historian Eric Hobsbawm............

posted Jul 13 by Kuldeep Apte

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Which martial art was developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan?

posted Jul 13 by Samardeep Acharya

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What is notable about the date Friday 15 October 1582 in Western history?

posted Jul 12 by Aarati Mahajan

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Tony and Maureen Wheeler began publishing what travel publications in the early 1970s?

posted Jul 11 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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How did US president William McKinley die in 1901?

posted Jul 8 by Prachi Sharma

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What event coincided with the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2014?

posted Jul 7 by Mohammad

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A celebrated case in 1734 in England concerned Judith Defour, found guilty of murdering her two-year old daughter.......

posted Jul 6 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Who was Prime Minister of the UK on 28 March 1979, when the House of Commons passed a Motion of No Confidence...........

posted Jul 5 by Rajni

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What place was Pliny the Elder (23 - 79 CE) describing in his "Natural History" when he wrote "twice in every day.......

posted Jul 1 by Upma

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At the 1912 Olympic Games Serbia competed as an independent nation, but did not do so again until when?

posted Jun 30 by Pardeep Kohli

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Why was Captain William Kidd hanged in 1701?

posted Jun 29 by Puneet Batra

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Which cricket ground was the home ground of the Manchester Cricket Club from 1856 until it became the home..............

posted Jun 27 by Aastha Joshi

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He trained as a palaeontologist and geologist,but Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 - 1955) is more widely known as what?

posted Jun 27 by Samardeep Acharya

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What was the first US Federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies, passed in 1890, that still forms the basis.......

posted Jun 25 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Of the first underground railways to open in Europe, which was the next to open after the Metropolitan Railway.........

posted Jun 24 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Which country forcibly colonised the island now known as Taiwan in 1895?

posted Jun 23 by Swati Arora

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Nick Leeson became famous in 1995 for what activity?

posted Jun 22 by Atif

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Which play, and then novel, explores, through the 164-year-history of one family, a social system much criticised.......

posted Jun 21 by Balwinder

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When was the Red Bull Air Race World Championship started?

posted Jun 20 by Rajni