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Which were the first Olympic Games to be held in the Balkans after the 1896 Games in Athens, Greece?

posted Dec 15, 2021 by Varun Kumar

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A gold cauldron discovered in 2001, initially thought to be ancient, then to be early 20th century, and later...........

posted Dec 13, 2021 by Pardeep Kohli

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Which city won the right to host the Centennial Olympic Games over the early favourite, Athens in Greece?

posted Dec 13, 2021 by Sandeep Bedi

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What does the 1954 book "The Bafut Beagles" describe?

posted Dec 10, 2021 by Sidharth Malhotra

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What was the stated purpose of the Morges Manifesto signed in 1961?

posted Dec 10, 2021 by Amarvansh

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What ceremony was held for the first time on 10 December 1901?

posted Dec 9, 2021 by Chahat Sharma

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What change was implemented in Turkey on 1 December 1928?

posted Dec 8, 2021 by Kuldeep Apte

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What is the present name of the country in which the Winter Olympics of 1984 were held?

posted Dec 8, 2021 by Karan Joglekar

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Canfranc, in the Pyrenees on the border between Spain and France, became especially well-known for activities...........

posted Dec 8, 2021 by Aastha Joshi

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When was the first written record of the name which British Honduras chose when it became independent..............

posted Dec 6, 2021 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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What route was the torch relay for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico designed to do?

posted Dec 6, 2021 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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He was born in Florence in 1265, fought in the Guelph–Ghibelline conflict as both soldier and politician................

posted Dec 6, 2021 by Rahul Vaidya

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What country was divided at the 38th parallel in 1945?

posted Dec 3, 2021 by Dilbagh

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Why were the 1904 Olympic Games, originally awarded to Chicago, Illinois, USA, eventually held in St Louis, Missouri?

posted Dec 1, 2021 by Udita

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At which Olympic Games were some events held close to a major monument to a country-defining civil war..................

posted Nov 30, 2021 by Balwinder

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After the Battle of Landriano, French monarch François I was forced to concede defeat in which war?

posted Nov 29, 2021 by Kapil Kapoor

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Why is the US city of Pittsburg so named?

posted Nov 26, 2021 by Vikram Luthra

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In the early 19th century, who began classifying minerals by their physical characteristics and not, as had.............

posted Nov 26, 2021 by Varun Kumar

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Which war pitted anarchists, socialists, and Communists supported by the Soviets and international volunteers...........

posted Nov 26, 2021 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Who wrote the piece of music recognised in much of the Western world as "The Wedding March"?

posted Nov 24, 2021 by Pardeep Kohli

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After 97 years since being installed on a rock in Copenhagen harbour, the statue of "The Little Mermaid" left...........

posted Nov 24, 2021 by Sandeep Bedi

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What battle cry of Richard I at the Battle of Gisors in 1198 was adopted as the motto of the arms of England............

posted Nov 24, 2021 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Francis Drake captained the ship "Revenge" during naval engagements concerning what?

posted Nov 22, 2021 by Chahat Sharma

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Robin Hood wanted who to be on the English throne instead of King John?

posted Nov 22, 2021 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Roland Berrill, an Australian barrister, and Dr. Lancelot Ware, a British scientist and lawyer, founded.................

posted Nov 19, 2021 by Kuldeep Apte

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The battles of Talavera and Salamanca took place during which war?

posted Nov 18, 2021 by Nikita Sehgal

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What was name of the last British monarch from the House of Hanover?

posted Nov 18, 2021 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Muesli was developed around 1900 by Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner to feed who?

posted Nov 18, 2021 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Which king of England was overthrown in the "Glorious Revolution" that occurred in Britain in 1688?

posted Nov 17, 2021 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Tanzania was renamed in 1964. What was it previously called?

posted Nov 17, 2021 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Chaminda Vaas bowled a hat trick for Si Lanka in his first 3 deliveries against Bangladesh in which Cricket World Cup?

posted Nov 16, 2021 by Aman

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Who succeeded Lyndon Johnson as president of the USA on 20 January 1969?

posted Nov 15, 2021 by Nimish

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What was the Giotto spacecraft sent to investigate in 1985?

posted Nov 15, 2021 by Vishal

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Who was the legless World War II fighter pilot who was detained in German prisoner of war camps for 4 years?

posted Nov 15, 2021 by Atif

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What name was commonly used for the struggle that emerged after World War II between capitalism and communism...........

posted Nov 12, 2021 by Anil Chaurasiya

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What did Basutoland change its name to in 1966?

posted Nov 12, 2021 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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Where did Portuguese traders begin to settle in the 16th century, administering the area until 20 December 1999?

posted Nov 11, 2021 by Akriti

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Who died suddenly on 14 October 1977 from a heart attack soon after a round of 18 holes of golf near Madrid.............

posted Nov 11, 2021 by Rajni

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Charles Lindbergh's first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 was between which two cities?

posted Nov 10, 2021 by Vikram Luthra

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What was the common name of the Volkswagen Type 14, a 2+2 sold from 1955 to 1974 in coupe and convertible...............

posted Nov 9, 2021 by Sandeep Otari

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The English football team played the World Cup Final in 1966 in what coloured shirts?

posted Nov 5, 2021 by Puneet Batra

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The Oscar statuettes are gold-plated. During World War II, they were made of what material?

posted Nov 5, 2021 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Emperor Pedro II, Deodoro da Fonseca, Floriano Peixoto, Manuel Vitorino Pereira and Prudente de Morais are names........

posted Nov 2, 2021 by Parampreet Kaur

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Victor Emmanuel II was the first king of what nation?

posted Nov 2, 2021 by Brijesh Talwar

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John and David Lloyd represented Great Britain in the early 1970s at what sport?

posted Oct 30, 2021 by Karan Joglekar

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Which cable suspension road bridge, known as "Galloping Gertie", was completely destroyed due....................

posted Oct 30, 2021 by Aastha Joshi

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Beginning in the late 15th century, expeditions mainly from Britain and which other country explored....................

posted Oct 29, 2021 by Simranjeet Singh

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What was the cause of the sinking of the "Lusitania" in May 1915 and the subsequent deaths of 1,198 people?

posted Oct 28, 2021 by Maninder Bath

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Who was shot dead on 9 October 1967 while trying to organise a revolution in Bolivia?

posted Oct 28, 2021 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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On April 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison became what?

posted Oct 28, 2021 by Rahul Vaidya