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In the course of which hostilities did Rome suffer what is seen as its greatest defeat?

posted Jul 26, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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The French astronomer and geodesist, Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713 – 1762), is known particularly for what?

posted Jul 25, 2022 by Mridul

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Alfonso de Albuquerque took areas of which modern day country for Portugal in the early 1500s?

posted Jul 22, 2022 by Vishal

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A halt in 1648 to what must have seemed at the time almost endless wars in Europe, is called what?

posted Jul 22, 2022 by Mohammad

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A club in central London called "The Night Tripper" that opened on 23 December 1966 later changed its name to what?

posted Jul 19, 2022 by Prithvi

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Who led the expedition that successfully made the first ascent of Mt Everest in 1953?

posted Jul 18, 2022 by Sandeep Otari

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Which series, originally released in 2003 on Disney Channel, was the first in the network's history to produce..........

posted Jul 18, 2022 by Ankur Athari

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The Peripatetic School founded by Aristotle was called this for what reason?

posted Jul 18, 2022 by Upma

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Who led a campaign from 1798-1801, taking a force of 500 civilian scientists, specialists in fields such...........

posted Jul 18, 2022 by Varuna Magar

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Which artists or group won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1997, for their..........

posted Jul 16, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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In the first half of the 18th century in Great Britain, what drug became so popular, particularly in London...........

posted Jul 16, 2022 by Sandeep Bedi

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Which kingdom, established by King Wickramabahu in the 14th century, repelled invasions by the Portuguese..............

posted Jul 15, 2022 by Manish Tiwari

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In November 1983 a bomb was exploded in the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C. What was the reason given?

posted Jul 14, 2022 by Parampreet Kaur

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Oil from oil wells was first used for what?

posted Jul 14, 2022 by Brijesh Talwar

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What concept was described and highlighted in a 1983 book edited by European-British historian Eric Hobsbawm............

posted Jul 13, 2022 by Kuldeep Apte

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Which martial art was developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan?

posted Jul 13, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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What is notable about the date Friday 15 October 1582 in Western history?

posted Jul 12, 2022 by Aarati Mahajan

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Tony and Maureen Wheeler began publishing what travel publications in the early 1970s?

posted Jul 11, 2022 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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How did US president William McKinley die in 1901?

posted Jul 8, 2022 by Prachi Sharma

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What event coincided with the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2014?

posted Jul 7, 2022 by Mohammad

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A celebrated case in 1734 in England concerned Judith Defour, found guilty of murdering her two-year old daughter.......

posted Jul 6, 2022 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Who was Prime Minister of the UK on 28 March 1979, when the House of Commons passed a Motion of No Confidence...........

posted Jul 5, 2022 by Rajni

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What place was Pliny the Elder (23 - 79 CE) describing in his "Natural History" when he wrote "twice in every day.......

posted Jul 1, 2022 by Upma

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At the 1912 Olympic Games Serbia competed as an independent nation, but did not do so again until when?

posted Jun 30, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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Why was Captain William Kidd hanged in 1701?

posted Jun 29, 2022 by Puneet Batra

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Which cricket ground was the home ground of the Manchester Cricket Club from 1856 until it became the home..............

posted Jun 27, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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He trained as a palaeontologist and geologist,but Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 - 1955) is more widely known as what?

posted Jun 27, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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What was the first US Federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies, passed in 1890, that still forms the basis.......

posted Jun 25, 2022 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Of the first underground railways to open in Europe, which was the next to open after the Metropolitan Railway.........

posted Jun 24, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Which country forcibly colonised the island now known as Taiwan in 1895?

posted Jun 23, 2022 by Swati Arora

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Nick Leeson became famous in 1995 for what activity?

posted Jun 22, 2022 by Atif

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Which play, and then novel, explores, through the 164-year-history of one family, a social system much criticised.......

posted Jun 21, 2022 by Balwinder

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When was the Red Bull Air Race World Championship started?

posted Jun 20, 2022 by Rajni

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What was the Schmalkaldic League, formed during the mid-16th century?

posted Jun 17, 2022 by Ritika

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Which island was sold by Genoa to France in 1764, was ruled by Britain for two years from 1794 to 1796............

posted Jun 17, 2022 by Varun Kumar

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By what name was the Castle of St Antoine that was built in Paris in 1369 as a fortress better known?

posted Jun 16, 2022 by Rahul Chandel

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Who defected from Russia to the West at a Paris airport on 17 June 1961?

posted Jun 16, 2022 by Ankur Athari

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Which was the first Olympic Games in which athletes from Kosovo were able to compete under flag of their own country?

posted Jun 15, 2022 by Ujjwal Mehra

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The sinking, approximately 200 miles off Hampton Roads, Virginia, of which steamship on 12 November 1928.........

posted Jun 10, 2022 by Kuldeep Apte

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The British conquest of which country began in 1824 in response to its attempt to invade India, and from 1886...........

posted Jun 10, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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Which year was called the Year of the Five Emperors?

posted Jun 7, 2022 by Dilbagh

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Between 1783 and 1865, Englishmen William Wilberforce, Sir Cecil Wray and Dr Beilby Porteus, Africans................

posted Jun 4, 2022 by Deepak Chitragar

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The Battle of the Tiger's Mouth in 1809-10 was fought between which two forces?

posted Jun 3, 2022 by Riteshwar

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What name was given to a trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War?

posted Jun 2, 2022 by Vikram Luthra

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Which languages have been spoken, for at least 6,000 years, by the peoples of an island forcibly colonised...........

posted Jun 1, 2022 by Ankur Athari

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One couple won the World Figure Skating Championships for Ice Dancing for four successive years 1981-1984.........

posted May 31, 2022 by Nikhil Pandey

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How did Charles II, after he accepted the English crown in 1660, mark his opinion of Oliver Cromwell and other..........

posted May 31, 2022 by Sandeep Bedi

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The Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471 was decisive in which conflict?

posted May 31, 2022 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which British boxer lost the WBA world lightweight title in 1972?

posted May 25, 2022 by Puneet Batra

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To what office in the USA was Henry Kissinger appointed in 1973?

posted May 25, 2022 by Amarvansh