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On which body of knowledge was the 1552 "Badianus" manuscript of botanical medicine (in various libraries...............

posted May 3, 2022 by Udita

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In what field is or was the art of Ralph Steadman, Thomas Nast, James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson usually expressed?

posted May 2, 2022 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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The series of wars known in some places as the French and Indian Wars was fought over the late 17th...............

posted Apr 28, 2022 by Akriti

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In its first 32 years which was the first time the 4-yearly Rugby World Cup was hosted in an Asian country?

posted Apr 27, 2022 by Vikram Luthra

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An annual rodeo, exhibition and festival first held in 1912 and named the Stampede, is now held every July, where?

posted Apr 27, 2022 by Prithvi

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Who signed and issued the Emancipation Proclamation in the USA on New Year's day 1863?

posted Apr 26, 2022 by Sandeep Otari

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In 1750 French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille set up an observatory in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope..........

posted Apr 26, 2022 by Ankur Athari

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Where, in 1857, was there a brutal and unsuccessful uprising against British control, with estimates of the number......

posted Apr 25, 2022 by Ujjwal Mehra

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The Bretton Woods Agreements, signed by 44 nations in 1944, were about what?

posted Apr 22, 2022 by Manish Tiwari

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African nations boycotted the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976, as a protest against a recent tour of South Africa........

posted Apr 22, 2022 by Puneet Batra

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Which Dutch fabric merchant, surveyor, wine assayer, and minor city official, learned to grind lenses for simple.......

posted Apr 22, 2022 by Amarvansh

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What was the name of the English parliament that restored Charles II as king in 1660?

posted Apr 22, 2022 by Madhavi Latha

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What was reported as being from ancient Greece by authors Lynn and Gray Poole in their "History of the Ancient..........

posted Apr 21, 2022 by Chahat Sharma

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Which was the first Olympic Games to held in the Balkans, after the 1896 Games in Athens?

posted Apr 21, 2022 by Saif Khanam

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What was the special field of history examined by English historian and Member of Parliament, Edward Gibbon?

posted Apr 20, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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Which country was the first to win the Rugby World Cup other than its founders, New Zealand and Australia?

posted Apr 19, 2022 by Simranjeet Singh

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Jean de Ockeghem, composer of sacred and secular music, wrote in which century?

posted Apr 19, 2022 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Which was the first National Olympic Committee to be recognised by the International Olympic committee after...........

posted Apr 18, 2022 by Maninder Bath

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What was the code name for the German invasion of Russia in World War II?

posted Apr 17, 2022 by Swati Arora

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Who was killed on 4 January 1967 when his jet propelled boat, Bluebird K7, somersaulted and disintegrated...........

posted Apr 13, 2022 by Balwinder

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After Mac Bethad mac Findláich, or MacBeth as he is known in English, the Mormaer of Moray, claimed the throne..........

posted Apr 11, 2022 by Ritika

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He was of Huguenot descent, lost sight in one eye in a practice fencing bout with his father, was knighted..............

posted Apr 11, 2022 by Prithvi

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What is the name of the 1928 ballet commissioned for performance at the Library of Congress in Washington...............

posted Apr 9, 2022 by Rahul Chandel

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The first 1863 issue of American magazine Harper's Weekly carried the first of an image which developed...........

posted Apr 9, 2022 by Sandeep Otari

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Under what name is Company Bahadur better known?

posted Apr 8, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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Initially a lawyer, then serving his monarch as English ambassador to France (where he witnessed the............

posted Apr 8, 2022 by Sandeep Bedi

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One of the first actions taken in China's "Great Leap Forward" was a campaign initiated by Mao Zedong..........

posted Apr 7, 2022 by Amarvansh

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In 1863 the Société d'Encouragement launched an event to see international contest between what or who?

posted Apr 6, 2022 by Chahat Sharma

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Which English King was the father of King John and Richard the Lionheart?

posted Mar 31, 2022 by Aman

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The Battle of the Three Emperors, the Battle of Austerlitz, is seen as a decisive engagement in what longer conflict?

posted Mar 30, 2022 by Nimish

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In the UK during the First World War, what did "Dora" mean?

posted Mar 29, 2022 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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The Treaty of Fontainebleau, signed on 11 April 1814 by representatives of France, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia............

posted Mar 28, 2022 by Rajni

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Until 1599 (in Sweden, Norway and Denmark), 1600 (in Scotland ), 1725 (in Russia), and 1752 (in England, Wales..........

posted Mar 26, 2022 by Varun Kumar

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Who was Minister-Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government and Prime Minister of Russia from 21 July 1917..........

posted Mar 25, 2022 by Upma

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Seven countries did not attend the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea. What did Nicaragua and Madagascar...............

posted Mar 25, 2022 by Varuna Magar

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What battle, described as the last great medieval battle in the British Isles, was fought on 9 September 1513...........

posted Mar 24, 2022 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Which mathematician, astronomer and physicist is known in the West for his discoveries on light and vision..............

posted Mar 24, 2022 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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The opening ceremony of the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp was marked by what?

posted Mar 23, 2022 by Amarvansh

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What was the US codename for President George H. W. Bush's 1989 invasion of Panama, to depose and seize..............

posted Mar 22, 2022 by Parampreet Kaur

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In April 1947, following a rapidly spreading epidemic of what disease, New York, USA, carried out a programme...........

posted Mar 22, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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The Battle of Guadalcanal was between troops from the USA and what other country?

posted Mar 21, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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The Mukden Incident in late 1931, provided an excuse for what Japanese action later that year?

posted Mar 17, 2022 by Maninder Bath

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The 1966 anthology of caricatures "World of Hirschfeld" includes a drawing called "Nina's Revenge" which contains what?

posted Mar 17, 2022 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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In 1965, who became the first non-American golfer to win the Masters, the US Open, The Open Championship................

posted Mar 17, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Which war, from 1853 to 1856, was between Turkey and Sardinia together with (from 1854) Britain and France..............

posted Mar 17, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Richard Colvin Reid is a self-admitted member of al-Qaeda who pleaded guilty in 2002 in US federal court................

posted Mar 17, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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Who commanded the Spartan fleet in the Hellespont, which defeated the Athenians at Aegospotami in 405 BC?

posted Mar 16, 2022 by Aman

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What was the Mississippi State Penitentiary formerly called?

posted Mar 16, 2022 by Mridul

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What was the Menin Gate, unveiled in 1927, built to signify?

posted Mar 15, 2022 by Mohammad

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The first Olympic Games to be held in South America were held where?

posted Mar 11, 2022 by Akriti