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Which chemist, engineer, and armaments manufacturer invented dynamite and a detonator for it and then founded...........

posted Nov 29, 2022 by Manish Tiwari

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When were 18 year olds allowed to vote in a General Election in the United Kingdom?

posted Nov 29, 2022 by Puneet Batra

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When the amateur World Wrestling Championships combined events for men and women after 2003, the Championships..........

posted Nov 29, 2022 by Amarvansh

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It was released as a video game in 1994, was restructured as a subscription-based MMORPG in 2004, and in February.......

posted Nov 28, 2022 by Chahat Sharma

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What London establishment was created in 1753 by Sir Harris Sloane?

posted Nov 28, 2022 by Saif Khanam

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What was the name of the Liverpool club where the Beatles played in the early 1960s?

posted Nov 28, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Which bank, which had opened in 1762 (and was the oldest merchant bank in London) collapsed in 1995 after one..........

posted Nov 25, 2022 by Karan Joglekar

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Who became president of Afghanistan in December 2004?

posted Nov 23, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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Set to poetry, owing much to fairy tales of the same kind as those used by Hans Christian Andersen, and an enduring.....

posted Nov 22, 2022 by Swati Arora

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"The Spanish Tragedie, or Hieronimo is Mad Againe", written in the late 16th century, is a work by which playwright?

posted Nov 22, 2022 by Aman

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Which polemical and lastingly influential book about writing and freedom was published in England in 1644 at the......

posted Nov 21, 2022 by Udita

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When did the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire achieve the right to have legislative independence.........

posted Nov 21, 2022 by Vishal

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Where was the centennial Winter Olympics held?

posted Nov 21, 2022 by Atif

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When was the first modern Olympic Games scheduled to be held in an Asian country?

posted Nov 18, 2022 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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The Oregon Treaty of 1846, which divided "the Oregon Country" along the 49th parallel, gave the USA land which later....

posted Nov 15, 2022 by Ankur Athari

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In 1391 Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a partly completed instruction manual for a scientific instrument, in English..........

posted Nov 11, 2022 by Manish Tiwari

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The body of writings contained in the Ayurveda - life science, or knowledge - dealing in lifestyle and therapy..........

posted Nov 11, 2022 by Puneet Batra

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Luigi and Lucia Galeazzi Galvani are credited with the first studies in what, published in 1791?

posted Nov 10, 2022 by Parampreet Kaur

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Among the changes announced to the rules for the World Netball Series in October 2009, the length of each quarter.......

posted Nov 9, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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What was the first event to be competed in the modern Olympic Games?

posted Nov 8, 2022 by Nikita Sehgal

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When Hugo Chávez entered the Venezuelan Military Academy in 1971 at the age of 17, what was he aiming to be?

posted Nov 3, 2022 by Nimish

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Where did the 1819 event known as Peterloo take place?

posted Nov 2, 2022 by Anshika Utadi

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Roughly when was the Hampton Court Maze created?

posted Nov 1, 2022 by Riteshwar

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Who was the last to hold the presidential insignia for Poland before democratic election handed it to Lech Wałęsa?

posted Nov 1, 2022 by Anamika

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In 1577, Francis Drake embarked on a voyage around the world with 5 ships. After 3 years, which was the only one........

posted Nov 1, 2022 by Rajni

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Who discovered and named the element francium in 1939?

posted Oct 28, 2022 by Rahul Chandel

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Before 1972, what was Sri Lanka known as?

posted Oct 28, 2022 by Upma

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It originated in the 5th century BCE or earlier as training for the military, could involve up to 200 a game...........

posted Oct 28, 2022 by Varuna Magar

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Who was on the English throne at the time of the "Gunpowder Plot" to blow up the House of Lords?

posted Oct 27, 2022 by Nikhil Pandey

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Who was shot by Valery Solanas on 3 June 1968?

posted Oct 27, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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Which extra element did Einstein include in his understanding of general relativity, which he had not previously........

posted Oct 27, 2022 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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A hunter claimed to have seen what bird in 1688, thought to be the last recorded sighting?

posted Oct 26, 2022 by Manish Tiwari

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Claimed by Spain in 1606, notionally Dutch in 1660, halved between the Dutch and Great Britain in 1824 (who divided.....

posted Oct 25, 2022 by Chahat Sharma

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Near Lubumbashi (once named Élisabethville), third largest city of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the dark...........

posted Oct 25, 2022 by Brijesh Talwar

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When was Berlin's Tegel Airport first given its time-saving hexagonal terminal complex, and substantially increased.....

posted Oct 14, 2022 by Kuldeep Apte

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In 1986, which country was found guilty by the International Court of Justice (World Court) of war crimes against.......

posted Oct 14, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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Which European country did not finally lose its territory in India until 1961?

posted Oct 13, 2022 by Nikita Sehgal

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Among the hyped contests in world boxing was the match in October 2021 between heavyweight WBC ex-champion..............

posted Oct 13, 2022 by Anuradha Tabyal

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What was the profession of the person who invented the mechanism of the door lock for London toilets operated...........

posted Oct 12, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Which 19th century book has been everything from inspiration to source of intriguing speculation for writers..........

posted Oct 11, 2022 by Aman

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The amateur Sumo World Championships has provided for female competition, as well as male, from when?

posted Oct 11, 2022 by Mridul

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In 1456 a trial was held in Rouen in France, to rehabilitate whom?

posted Oct 10, 2022 by Vishal

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At what Olympic Games was the Olympic cauldron first lit by a woman?

posted Oct 3, 2022 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Which Winter Olympic Games was the last to have an outdoor speed skating rink?

posted Oct 3, 2022 by Deepak Chitragar

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What did Emperor Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, aim to achieve when he called the Diet of Worms together............

posted Sep 30, 2022 by Riteshwar

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The oldest surviving almost-complete tablets recording a kingdom's code of laws, formed c. 2100–2050 BCE, applied.......

posted Sep 30, 2022 by Kapil Kapoor

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At the end of March 1949, Newfoundland did what?

posted Sep 29, 2022 by Vikram Luthra

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How many teams competed in the Rugby World Cup 2011?

posted Sep 28, 2022 by Varuna Magar

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Argentina invaded UK's Falkland Islands, Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, Canada became officially independent.........

posted Sep 27, 2022 by Ujjwal Mehra

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The sci-fi horror film "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (released 1959) marked the last appearance on film by screen icon......

posted Sep 27, 2022 by Sandeep Bedi