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Who was first governor general of independent India?

posted Nov 21, 2014 by Salil Agrawal

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Who is the first indian cricket team captain ?

posted Nov 7, 2014 by anonymous

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In the USA there is a national holiday annually on the third Monday in January, in honour of whom?

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Singer Avril Lavigne was born in which country?

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Gordon Bennett, a leading figure on the world stage in the 19th century, made his substantial fortune in what field?

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Who compiled the 5 volume "The Canon of Medicine", completed in 1025 and still in use as a standard medical textbook....

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In 1997 at the World Snooker Championship, who made the fastest-recorded maximum break of 147?

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Archimedes is the first person recorded to have designed and built an elevator, in about 236 BC. Who is..........

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In 2022 gymnast Simone Biles was awarded what?

posted Apr 15 by Rahul Vaidya

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What was Maria Callas?

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Hussein Abdi Kahin was revealed in July 2022 to be the birth name of whom?

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"Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace" is a graphic biography of Kenyan scientist Wangari Maathai, the first.......

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Belgian competitor Eddy Merckx, often referred to as among the best of all time in his field, was involved in what......

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What post was held by Winston Churchill during the 1926 General Strike in the UK?

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He was deeply interested in the Vedanta philosophy of Hinduism, won the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics, published works....

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With which organisation is European star Jiří Kylián most associated?

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In September 2013 Kurt Steiner in Pennsylvania set the world record, according to the Guinness Book of Records..........

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What name did Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe perform under?

posted Mar 21 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Who, as the WBA champion, beat Evander Holyfield in December 2008?

posted Mar 21 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Steven Adams a basketballer from New Zealand joined the US team Thunder in 2013 just before they became the first-ever..

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Who gave rise to the popular Macavity the Mystery Cat?

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He was the fourth of 6 children and the oldest surviving, was a choir singer, a painter, a writer, an admirer...........

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Andreas Thorkildsen set a new Olympic record at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing for throwing what?

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Who died in 1658, was buried at Westminster Abbey, and was disinterred and hanged in 1660?

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In the 12th century, who was the lover and then husband of Héloïse, celebrated as a writer and scholar and, later.......

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With which organisation was Jacques Rogge, Count Rogge, associated?

posted Feb 27 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Who was the only person, until Bob Dylan in 2016, to win both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize for Literature?

posted Feb 23 by Aman

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In 1938, after receiving the Nobel Prize, which physicist emigrated to the USA, protesting the oppressive regime........

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What was the Olympics venue announced by Jacques Rogge as his last before he resigned as President..........

posted Feb 15 by Rajni

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Where did Stradivari, the famous violin maker, live and work?

posted Feb 14 by Vikram Luthra

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Chelsy Davy has been romantically linked to whom?

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Whose final words, on 8 April 1973, were reported to be “Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink.......

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Edison Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, retired in 1977 from what sport?

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When the US swimmer Michael Phelps became the youngest male at the time to break a world record in swimming........

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What was the name of the German fighter pilot known as the "Red Baron", officially credited with 80 confirmed air.......

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After Gianni Versace died, Donatella Versace, formerly vice-president, stepped in as creative director of Versace.......

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In the 18th century, Carl Linnaeus laid the foundations for what system, still in use today?

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Which Canadian portrait photographer of Armenian heritage photographed Winston Churchill in his studio in Ottawa........

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He was a linguist and translator, author of "Ecclesiastical History of the English People", considered one...........

posted Dec 21, 2023 by Prithvi

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Greg LeMond was a champion in which sport?

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Which English explorer commanded the ships "Discovery" and "Terra Nova" to explore the Antarctic?

posted Dec 20, 2023 by Rahul Chandel

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Phil Mickelson is a professional in what sport?

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Golfer Vijay Singh, who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005, was born......

posted Dec 14, 2023 by Saif Khanam

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Lydia Ko who took the 2012 Canadian Women's Open as a 15 year old amateur, became the youngest person to win an LPGA....

posted Dec 13, 2023 by Karan Joglekar

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What Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor was granted a peerage in 1917, was the first Minister of Information....

posted Dec 8, 2023 by Aman

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What was the first name of the political cartoonist known as Hogarth?

posted Dec 5, 2023 by Riteshwar

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Kelly Slater is both the youngest and oldest person to hold the world title in what sport?

posted Nov 30, 2023 by Pardeep Kohli

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Who were, respectively, the first conductor and Artistic Director of the Glyndebourne Opera?

posted Nov 30, 2023 by Ujjwal Mehra

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US TV personality Jerry Springer was once mayor of which city?

posted Nov 27, 2023 by Samardeep Acharya

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The pas de deux "Urlicht" was the first dance choreographed by which later internationally influential person.........

posted Nov 24, 2023 by Anuradha Tabyal