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

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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

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The Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine, built by Frederic C. Williams, Tom Kilburn & Geoff Tootill that........

posted Jan 9, 2023 by Deepak Chitragar

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What decade saw the Russian revolution which overthrew the existing government and established the Russian Socialist....

posted Jan 6, 2023 by Rajni

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Which small country won its only Olympic gold medals since it first participated in 1936, at the 1980 Winter Olympics...

posted Jan 5, 2023 by Vikram Luthra

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The first iron suspension bridge of its kind in the world, which established the potential of suspension bridge........

posted Jan 4, 2023 by Upma

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Ernesto "Che" Guevara was working as a journalist and photographer when he befriended and joined forces with whom?

posted Jan 4, 2023 by Varuna Magar

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Where was the Ostrogothic Kingdom?

posted Jan 3, 2023 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Which were the last Olympic Games in which East Germany took part as a country?

posted Jan 2, 2023 by Puneet Batra

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The 2nd and 6th presidents of the USA had the same surname. What was it?

posted Jan 2, 2023 by Madhavi Latha

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Although an annual Thanksgiving Day had been observed in several colonies throughout what became the USA, who.........

posted Dec 30, 2022 by Chahat Sharma

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What was the name of first computer used for weather research?

posted Dec 30, 2022 by Saif Khanam

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In what country was the "Red Cross" founded?

posted Dec 30, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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For what did 1973 Nobel Prize winner Konrad Lorenz receive his award?

posted Dec 29, 2022 by Karan Joglekar

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Over two days in 1921 a lynch mob destroyed 35 blocks of thriving businesses and homes, and between 30 and ........

posted Dec 29, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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"Politics and sport should not mix" is often heard, but for the 1920 Olympics the line seems to have been blurred.......

posted Dec 29, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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Who was "Sports Illustrated" magazine's first "Sportsman of the Year"?

posted Dec 28, 2022 by Nikita Sehgal

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Who was the first British monarch of the House of Windsor?

posted Dec 27, 2022 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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When Dartmoor Prison first opened in 1809 what was its purpose?

posted Dec 27, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Who was Charles XIV John, also known as Charles III John?

posted Dec 27, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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The opening of the 2012 Summer Olympics had echoes of what event at the 1984 Olympic Games opening?

posted Dec 26, 2022 by Swati Arora

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What are the first words of the hymn written by Henry Francis Lyte in 1847 that continues "Fast falls the Eventide"?

posted Dec 26, 2022 by Mridul

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What caused the eventual sinking of the Italian ship, MS Achille Lauro, hijacked in 1985 by four members..........

posted Dec 23, 2022 by Vishal

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Voyages of exploration which stretched from 1492 to 1504 started with what purpose?

posted Dec 23, 2022 by Atif

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Who were the Persians defeated by in the sea battle at Salamis in 480BC?

posted Dec 22, 2022 by Anshika Utadi

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Football athlete, broadcaster and actor, O.J. Simpson, ran in the Torch Relay for which Olympic Games?

posted Dec 22, 2022 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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What field of work is Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) best known for?

posted Dec 21, 2022 by Riteshwar

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In 1864, as retaliation for an incident the previous year which involved death or injury to about 5 Spanish citizens....

posted Dec 21, 2022 by Akriti

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Which US President has figured on the cover of the magazine Sports Illustrated, twice?

posted Dec 20, 2022 by Vikram Luthra

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Concorde, a collaboration between British Aircraft Corporation from the UK and Aérospatiale from France...........

posted Dec 20, 2022 by Varun Kumar

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What was the nickname of Lawrence Peter Berra, a former Major League Baseball player and manager who played.........

posted Dec 20, 2022 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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A partial meltdown in a nuclear power plant on 20 March 1979 happened where?

posted Dec 16, 2022 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Blood Wedding (1932) by Garcia Lorca was based on elements of a true story which happened when?

posted Dec 16, 2022 by Sandeep Bedi

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Which 18th century self-taught Liverpudlian, who studied human anatomy and spent 18 months dissecting horses........

posted Dec 15, 2022 by Puneet Batra

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Which is a game thought to have been commercialised in 1760 by John Spilsbury, a London mapmaker and engraver?

posted Dec 14, 2022 by Brijesh Talwar

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The short story writer Katherine Mansfield died in 1923 at the age of 34 from what?

posted Dec 13, 2022 by Karan Joglekar

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In the time of the British Empire, India was referred to by Britain as what?

posted Dec 13, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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Which Olympic Games were the last to offer gold medals made of solid gold?

posted Dec 12, 2022 by Pushpak Chauhan

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What was the name of the unfortunate fish in the 1988 film starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline........

posted Dec 12, 2022 by Anuradha Tabyal

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In 1713 Charles XII, King of Sweden, created what position to ensure that public officials acted in accordance..........

posted Dec 9, 2022 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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The GANEFO tournaments were initiated, and first held, where?

posted Dec 9, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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From 1925 to the start of World War II in 1939, Ahmed Muhtar bey Zogolli ruled what country?

posted Dec 9, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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Where was there an armed attack on the Parliament building by militants on the morning of 19 October 2010?

posted Dec 8, 2022 by Dilbagh

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The first Pierre de Coubertin medal awarded was to Eugenio Monti who competed in what discipline in the 1964 Winter.....

posted Dec 6, 2022 by Deepak Chitragar