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Who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as US president in 1865?

posted Mar 6, 2023 by Ujjwal Mehra

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When was there a vote and decree to abolish the French slave trade and slavery in France's overseas colonies?

posted Mar 3, 2023 by Puneet Batra

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What was the codename for the invasion of Sicily by the allied forces in World War II?

posted Mar 3, 2023 by Sidharth Malhotra

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André-Jacques Garnerin carried out what feat on 22 October 1797 at Parc Monceau, Paris?

posted Mar 2, 2023 by Chahat Sharma

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Who was the world chess champion from 1969 to 1972?

posted Mar 2, 2023 by Brijesh Talwar

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In 1453, the Ottomans used a cannon called "the Great Turkish Bombard", which required an operating crew of 200.........

posted Mar 1, 2023 by Kuldeep Apte

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Which highly popular children's book was under threat in 1988 in a California school?

posted Mar 1, 2023 by Karan Joglekar

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Which career soldier and inventor was personally thanked by the Duke of Wellington after the battle of Waterloo.........

posted Mar 1, 2023 by Aastha Joshi

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What international Games were set up and held in 1963 as a direct competitor to the Olympic Games?

posted Mar 1, 2023 by Samardeep Acharya

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What name is given to the murder of 7 people as part of a Prohibition Era conflict between the South Side Italian.......

posted Feb 27, 2023 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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The principle of lex talionis first surfaces in legal codes from where?

posted Feb 27, 2023 by Rahul Vaidya

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When were the first world championships in alpine skiing held?

posted Feb 17, 2023 by Swati Arora

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Which was the first Summer Olympics to which the People's Republic of China returned following the 1952 Games when......

posted Feb 16, 2023 by Nimish

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Initially family pressure sent Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), later seen as among the most important and influential......

posted Feb 16, 2023 by Mohammad

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Where were the two Battles of Grozny fought?

posted Feb 15, 2023 by Anshika Utadi

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When did sprinter and long jumper Carl Lewis win the first of his Olympic gold medals?

posted Feb 14, 2023 by Riteshwar

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Between 1903 and 1904, sites in the Australian townships of Albury, Tumut, Orange, Bombala and Dalgety were...........

posted Feb 14, 2023 by Akriti

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Which country held the most gold medals in the Men's European Volleyball Championship from 1948 to 1999?

posted Feb 10, 2023 by Rahul Chandel

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What is the name for the style of furniture made in England between 1603 and 1688?

posted Feb 10, 2023 by Ankur Athari

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Which publisher(s) founded an imprint in 1908, now owned by Harlequin UK, which by the 1930s began to cater...........

posted Feb 9, 2023 by Pardeep Kohli

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When the Mensheviks were a political force how were their opposition known?

posted Feb 8, 2023 by Manish Tiwari

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The city was founded under the rule of King Byzas around 660 BC. What name was officially adopted for the city in 1930?

posted Feb 7, 2023 by Parampreet Kaur

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Sir Edwin Henry Landseer's painting "Monarch of the Glen" featured what animal?

posted Feb 7, 2023 by Chahat Sharma

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What Christian church observes The Sabbath on Saturday?

posted Feb 7, 2023 by Saif Khanam

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Where are the larger of the remnants of the once 68,000 sq. km (26,000 sq miles) Aral Sea?

posted Feb 7, 2023 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Which country was divided at the 17th parallel in 1954?

posted Feb 6, 2023 by Karan Joglekar

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Who was the last Danish king to rule England as well?

posted Feb 1, 2023 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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The nomadic Mongol tribes in Mongolia, Manchuria and Siberia united under which leader in the 1100s?

posted Jan 31, 2023 by Swati Arora

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The Swedish soldier, humanitarian and diplomat Greve Folke Bernadotte is particularly remembered for what during........

posted Jan 30, 2023 by Nimish

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The Massacre of Aleppo in 1850 in Syria was carried out during which rule?

posted Jan 30, 2023 by Vishal

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The Imperial House of Japan shows 126 monarchs in unbroken line, beginning with the legendary Emperor Jimmu.............

posted Jan 27, 2023 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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On 31 May 2010, the President of which country announced his resignation after local politicians criticised comments....

posted Jan 25, 2023 by Anamika

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The Corfu Incident in 1923 involved Greece and what other country?

posted Jan 24, 2023 by Vikram Luthra

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What was the result of the 1688 "Glorious Revolution" in Britain?

posted Jan 23, 2023 by Varuna Magar

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The Battle of Khafji was the first major ground engagement in which war?

posted Jan 20, 2023 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Before political activism and eventual election in 1990 as President of Republic of Poland, what was Lech Wałęsa's......

posted Jan 20, 2023 by Sandeep Bedi

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Which fictional character in a popular book published in 1876 was born in St Petersburg?

posted Jan 19, 2023 by Manish Tiwari

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A logarithmic spiral, frequently seen in natural phenomena and called spira mirabilis by Jacob Bernoulli in the 17th....

posted Jan 19, 2023 by Madhavi Latha

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The Vandals sacked which city in 445 AD?

posted Jan 18, 2023 by Parampreet Kaur

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In mid 1949, barely 4 years after the end of World War II, the UK's Ealing Studios released the comedies "Passport......

posted Jan 18, 2023 by Saif Khanam

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In 1871, Otto von Bismarck became the first what?

posted Jan 17, 2023 by Karan Joglekar

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Hammurabi was an 18th century BCE ruler where?

posted Jan 16, 2023 by Aarati Mahajan

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His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations (ions with a positively charged carbon atom)........

posted Jan 12, 2023 by Maninder Bath

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Which place between York and Knaresborough in the UK was the site of a decisive battle in 1644 when Cromwell defeated...

posted Jan 11, 2023 by Prachi Sharma

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What artificial stretch of water in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens London was made by order of Queen Caroline in 1730?

posted Jan 11, 2023 by Aman

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Although kites, balloons and other aircraft have been used in warfare for intelligence and/or communications since......

posted Jan 11, 2023 by Dilbagh

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Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Op. 28, is a tone poem written at the end of the 19th century by which composer?

posted Jan 10, 2023 by Udita

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Who created the international competition called the Goodwill Games, that were held between 1986 and 2001?

posted Jan 10, 2023 by Mohammad

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What war, begun in 1740 when Austrian Emperor Charles VI died and his daughter Maria Theresa came to the throne.......

posted Jan 9, 2023 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Before they launched as Cirque du Soleil in 1984, they were a street theatre group in Baie-Saint-Paul, near Québec......

posted Jan 9, 2023 by Basabdatta Mukherjee