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What military rank and historical title for Hereditary Commanders of Armies in Japan ended when Tokugawa Yoshinobu......

posted 1 day ago by Divya Bharti

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A find in January 1848 by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in the USA, started what?

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Which 13th century philosopher, linguist, empirical scientist, writer and Franciscan Friar known as Doctor Mirabilis?

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When did the USA formally end its state of war with Germany after the end of hostilities in 1945 in World War II?

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Which wars, from 1839 to 1842 and 1856 to 1860, were due to Britain smuggling goods from India into China?

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Which brewing company, in January 1935, was the first to sell its beer in cans?

posted Nov 29 by Ritika

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Which Scottish sailor was rescued four years after being put ashore by William Dampier at Juan Fernandez in 1703?

posted Nov 29 by Varun Kumar

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Who was the 15th century woman who led a French army to relieve the siege of Orleans by the English army?

posted Nov 28 by Ankur Athari

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What is the subject of the "Zhou Bi Suan Jing", one of the oldest and most famous Chinese texts?

posted Nov 27 by Nikhil Pandey

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What was the capital of Italian East Africa between 1936 and 1941?

posted Nov 27 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Why are Angel Falls, Venezuela, so called?

posted Nov 27 by Sandeep Bedi

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The sopranos Teresa Stolz and Maria Waldmann premiered which Verdi work in 1871?

posted Nov 25 by Chahat Sharma

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In January 1506 the first what arrived at the Vatican?

posted Nov 25 by Brijesh Talwar

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The first goal in Football World Cup history was scored on 18 July 1930 by Lucien Laurent of France.................

posted Nov 25 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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What influential and enduring company did the 22 year old Paul Allen co-found in April 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico?

posted Nov 21 by Aarati Mahajan

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Who was the first driver to die in a Formula One-related incident?

posted Nov 21 by Nikita Sehgal

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In what year did Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reach the South Pole, the first known to do so?

posted Nov 21 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Which poet, playwright, broadcaster, and children’s author co-wrote the "electronic poem" in 1981 called................

posted Nov 20 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Who was the last Nazi war criminal to be tried and executed?

posted Nov 20 by Divya Bharti

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Which country left the British Commonwealth in 1949?

posted Nov 19 by Aman

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English lawyer James Puckle patented a gun in 1718 to do what?

posted Nov 19 by Mridul

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The Mesolithic is one of the areas archaeologists divide which Age into?

posted Nov 15 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Beginning in 1612 lotteries were held in America under the auspices of King James I to do what?

posted Nov 15 by Balwinder

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Which early 19th century English writer,while collaborating in several works,also wrote under pseudonym of Sempronia?

posted Nov 13 by Varun Kumar

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The followers of John Wycliffe in the 14th and 15th century were known as what?

posted Nov 12 by Rahul Chandel

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In 1984, Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with what disorder?

posted Nov 12 by Ankur Athari

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The process of producing wootz steel, used in many famous early and mediaeval European swords, is ascribed..............

posted Nov 11 by Nikhil Pandey

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Which mediaeval German cheese still has as a special ingredient the action and presence of live mites?

posted Nov 8 by Madhavi Latha

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Which British sprinter returned to competition in 2006 after a 2 year absence due to doping offences?

posted Nov 7 by Parampreet Kaur

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What has grown from the ruins of a volcano which spectacularly destroyed itself in the Indian Ocean in August 1883?

posted Nov 7 by Brijesh Talwar

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Psychologists G. Stanley Hall and Arthur Allin in 1897 coined what term or terms?

posted Nov 6 by Aastha Joshi

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Where was the sport called "Tossing the caber" developed?

posted Nov 5 by Aarati Mahajan

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In what field is Stockhausen known?

posted Nov 5 by Simranjeet Singh

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The first of what event, organised by journalist Henri Desgrange in 1903, was won by Maurice Garin?

posted Nov 5 by Nikita Sehgal

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Which country was an ally of Germany at the start of World War II, and its enemy by the end of it?

posted Nov 4 by Maninder Bath

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Who was the Anglo-Irish scientist who, in the 17th century, discovered that "the volume of a given mass of gas..........

posted Nov 4 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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What theory, developed by Franz Joseph Gall, in which personality traits were determined by "reading" bumps.............

posted Nov 1 by Prachi Sharma

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Who, according to the Sumerian king list, was the fifth king of Uruk around 2700 BC?

posted Nov 1 by Swati Arora

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Swiss physician and psychologist Carl Jung was initially a disciple of whom, until he disagreed with his theories?

posted Nov 1 by Dilbagh

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Reputedly, when Joshua blew a trumpet, the walls of which city came tumbling down?

posted Oct 31 by Udita

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Which group was the subject of the Microsoft Xbox 360 games Rock Band that premièred in June 2009 which is..............

posted Oct 31 by Vishal

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Which early 20th century artist gained a reputation for the beauty and novelty of his staging of operas, plays..........

posted Oct 30 by Anil Chaurasiya

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In the 1890s, in what field was John L. Sullivan recognised as a world champion?

posted Oct 30 by Anshika Utadi

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Why was the Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799 and a key to deciphering writing from ancient Egypt, so called?

posted Oct 29 by Kapil Kapoor

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What are the first names of Torville and Dean, who were the highest ever scoring figure skaters for a single............

posted Oct 29 by Akriti

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Who were the USA fighting a war against in 1812 when the successful American defence of Fort McHenry in September 1814?

posted Oct 24 by Ritika

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Which country won the most races in the A1GP championship in its first 3 years (2005-06, 2006-07 & 2007-08)?

posted Oct 24 by Varun Kumar

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Which Formula One team, based in Woking, Surrey, UK, and founded in 1963 by a New Zealander?

posted Oct 23 by Sandeep Otari

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King Harold was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 when an arrow went into what part of his body?

posted Oct 23 by Ankur Athari

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Who knighted Christopher Wren, the architect responsible for rebuilding 55 churches in the City of London...............

posted Oct 23 by Upma