Recent posts under tag personality

+1 vote

1 answer

Colin Meads played rugby union for which country?

posted Sep 26, 2020 by Upma

+1 vote

1 answer

Nirmala Nagpal, known as Saroj Khan or Master Ji, was known in India and internationally in what field?

posted Sep 25, 2020 by Ujjwal Mehra

0 votes

0 answers

What is the significance and impact of the first things first journey around the world?

posted Sep 24, 2020 by Joemarie Basilisco

+1 vote

1 answer

Who was the last head of state of the USSR, serving from 1988 until 1991, and the only Soviet leader....................

posted Sep 22, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

+1 vote

1 answer

What was the nickname of the British army regiment called "5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards "?

posted Sep 20, 2020 by Mishthy Mukherjee

+1 vote

1 answer

What nationality is Peter Carey, twice Booker Prize winner for his books "Oscar and Lucinda" and................

posted Sep 18, 2020 by Aman

+1 vote

1 answer

Joseph Marie Jacquard invented the punch card in 1801 as a means of automating what process?

posted Sep 17, 2020 by Udita

+1 vote

1 answer

Why did Canadian George Lyon refuse to accept his gold medal for golf at the 1908 Olympics?

posted Sep 16, 2020 by Deepak Chitragar

+1 vote

1 answer

A second century CE Roman, a Lusitanian Spaniard by birth, became the highest paid athlete ever, as what?

posted Sep 15, 2020 by Akriti

+1 vote

1 answer

Gregor Johann Mendel, a 19th Century Augustinian priest and scientist, gained posthumous fame as the figurehead.........

posted Sep 14, 2020 by Ritika

+1 vote

1 answer

What nationality was the first golfer to win the United States Open Championship, known as the U.S. Open?

posted Sep 11, 2020 by Ankur Athari

+1 vote

1 answer

The present human footspeed record was set in 2009 by Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. What speed did he reach?

posted Sep 10, 2020 by Pardeep Kohli

+1 vote

1 answer

Arnall Patz received the US Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004 for his lifetime of work in what field?

posted Sep 9, 2020 by Manish Tiwari

+1 vote

1 answer

What problem did Leonardo Bonacci, nicknamed Fibonacci, quote as a demonstration in his 1202 book explaining............

posted Sep 9, 2020 by Amarvansh

+1 vote

1 answer

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was the first US-born citizen of the USA to what?

posted Sep 1, 2020 by Divya Bharti

+1 vote

1 answer

Who was the first artistic director of the National Theatre in London?

posted Aug 31, 2020 by Mridul

+1 vote

1 answer

L. Ron Hubbard is known as the founder of what movement?

posted Aug 28, 2020 by Mohammad

+1 vote

1 answer

In 1976, who was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event?

posted Aug 25, 2020 by Harshita Dhaliwal

+1 vote

1 answer

Who was Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585)?

posted Aug 24, 2020 by Ankur Athari

+1 vote

1 answer

In 1996, at Atlanta, Karch Kiraly was the first US player of which sport to win three Olympic gold medals?

posted Aug 21, 2020 by Sandeep Bedi

+1 vote

1 answer

Where and when did Martina Navratilova became the oldest winner of a tennis grand slam titled aged 46?

posted Aug 20, 2020 by Amarvansh

+1 vote

1 answer

Who made the first solo non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in 1927?

posted Aug 20, 2020 by Madhavi Latha

+1 vote

1 answer

Which US presidential nominee in 1948 advocated closer cooperation with the Soviet Union, United Nations................

posted Aug 19, 2020 by Parampreet Kaur

+1 vote

1 answer

What was the original nationality of the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Mario and the Magician".................

posted Aug 11, 2020 by Vikram Luthra

+1 vote

1 answer

What was the nickname of tennis player Mark Philippoussis?

posted Aug 10, 2020 by Varuna Magar

+1 vote

1 answer

Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929), art critic, patron and ballet impresario, founded what famous ballet company in 1909?

posted Aug 8, 2020 by Sidharth Malhotra

+1 vote

1 answer

Who was married to Anne More, father of 12 children, subsequently a reluctant cleric, an MP and a greatly admired poet?

posted Aug 7, 2020 by Chahat Sharma

+1 vote

1 answer

Which Irish philanthropist founded houses for destitute children in Stepney in 1870?

posted Aug 6, 2020 by Aastha Joshi

+1 vote

1 answer

Who, before being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2003, was first author to be awarded the Booker Prize twice?

posted Aug 3, 2020 by Aman

+2 votes

1 answer

The score of which athlete could not be displayed in the 1976 Summer Olympic Games?

posted Aug 3, 2020 by Dilbagh

+1 vote

1 answer

Morgan Tsvangirai is a politician in which country?

posted Aug 2, 2020 by Mohammad

+1 vote

1 answer

Who is the person, or are the people, who in 1920 formed the company which eventually became Columbia Pictures?

posted Jul 31, 2020 by Rajni

+1 vote

1 answer

Who was alleged to have choked pop star Rhianna until she was unconscious in a rented Lambhorgini shortly...............

posted Jul 30, 2020 by Ritika

+1 vote

1 answer

Sir Peter Blake led a team which won what in 1995 and 2000?

posted Jul 29, 2020 by Rahul Chandel

+1 vote

1 answer

What is Lester William Polsfuss famous for developing and inspiring?

posted Jul 23, 2020 by Karan Joglekar

+1 vote

1 answer

What was the name of the house where William Wordsworth and his sister lived in Grasmere in the Lake District?

posted Jul 23, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

+1 vote

1 answer

Beatrice Tinsley was well known in what field?

posted Jul 21, 2020 by Divya Bharti

+1 vote

1 answer

Who is credited with inventing bungee jumping and developing it into a commercial operation?

posted Jul 21, 2020 by Rahul Vaidya

+1 vote

1 answer

What was the painter Monet's first name?

posted Jul 20, 2020 by Prachi Sharma

+1 vote

1 answer

Which New Zealander, known as "The White Mouse", was a leading figure in the maquis groups of the French................

posted Jul 20, 2020 by Dilbagh

+1 vote

1 answer

Thirty year old Nigerian New Zealander Israel Adesanya won which mixed martial arts world title in 2019?

posted Jul 20, 2020 by Mridul

+1 vote

1 answer

In 1978, after escaping from Iran, where was the Ayatollah Khomeini granted political asylum?

posted Jul 19, 2020 by Atif

+1 vote

1 answer

In the 25 years from 1962 to 1986, which golfer won a record 18 professional major championships?

posted Jul 19, 2020 by Mohammad

+1 vote

1 answer

The re-election campaign of 66 year old Uganda president Yoweri Museveni gained international attention in 2010, why?

posted Jul 17, 2020 by Akriti

+1 vote

1 answer

Which German author won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature?

posted Jul 17, 2020 by Anamika

+1 vote

1 answer

What was Sir Peter Blake internationally known for?

posted Jul 16, 2020 by Varun Kumar

+2 votes

2 answers

Who, in 1955 and 1956, was the first British driver to win the Mille Miglia, the British Grand Prix.....................

posted Jul 16, 2020 by Harshita Dhaliwal

+1 vote

1 answer

English journalist, playwright and reform advocate, Henry Mayhew, and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells started...........

posted Jul 15, 2020 by Upma

+1 vote

1 answer

Leon Trotsky, who had been Russia's foreign secretary from 1918 under Lenin, was exiled to Siberia in 1927..............

posted Jul 14, 2020 by Nikhil Pandey

+1 vote

1 answer

By what name is Iosif Vissarionovich Izhugashvili better known?

posted Jul 13, 2020 by Sidharth Malhotra