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In the 18th century John Harrison solved the problem of determining longitude at sea using what instrument?
posted Apr 8
  • history
  • instrument
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When was the repeal of the US federal law called the "Chinese Exclusion Act" (1882) which banned Chinese immigration?
posted Mar 14
  • usa
  • history
  • laws
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According to Norse legend, which is the chief of the Valkyries (warrior maidens)?
posted Feb 15
  • mythology
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What is a mathematical term for "one quarter"?
posted Jan 12
  • mathematics
  • term
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Who became the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons, as the result.........
posted Dec 5, 2023
  • history
  • politics
  • woman
  • british
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Thomas Becket was murdered in which English Cathedral?
posted Nov 15, 2023
  • history
  • personality
  • murder
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What is the meaning of the motto on the Great Seal of the USA, "E Pluribus Unum"?
posted Oct 16, 2023
  • general
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What is a Herdwick?
posted Sep 27, 2023
  • general
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Spain has been through the upheaval of civil war more than once; what were the dates of the war in the 20th century?
posted Sep 4, 2023
  • history
  • spain
  • civil war
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What was Harry Buermeyer's club in 1878 when he became first official amateur heavyweight boxing champion in America?
posted Jul 31, 2023
  • history
  • heavyweight championship
  • personality
  • club
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What was the subject of the final (20 million rupee) question on the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" programme.........
posted Jul 13, 2023
  • movies
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Netflix's 2022 true crime documentary "The Tinder Swindler" centres on what?
posted Jun 27, 2023
  • tv series
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Countries which in the 19th century permanently abolished the death penalty were the Roman Republic (1849), Venezuela...
posted Jun 7, 2023
  • history
  • country
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What is the English name for what the French call "crème anglaise"?
posted May 19, 2023
  • general
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Directly leading up to WW I (1914-18) were two other major European conflicts in 1912 and 1913, usually called........
posted May 2, 2023
  • history
  • conflicts
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What infectious disease, caused by a virus, is characterised by the eruption of successive crops of blisters?
posted Mar 29, 2023
  • disease
  • infectious
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The main ingredients of gunpowder are saltpetre, charcoal and what else?
posted Mar 9, 2023
  • gunpowder
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Between 1903 and 1904, sites in the Australian townships of Albury, Tumut, Orange, Bombala and Dalgety were...........
posted Feb 14, 2023
  • history
  • australia
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An internationally recognised activist for freedom of information, is Julian who?
posted Jan 25, 2023
  • personality
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An American intelligence analyst with the US military, and eventually an activist and whistleblower, changed her name...
posted Jan 6, 2023
  • usa
  • personality
  • analyst
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In 1864, as retaliation for an incident the previous year which involved death or injury to about 5 Spanish citizens....
posted Dec 21, 2022
  • history
  • spain
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What song was a UK #1 hit for Mike and the Mechanics in 1989?
posted Dec 5, 2022
  • song
  • history
  • uk
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The computer game, the aim of which is to peel something (usually a fruit or vegetable), is known as what?
posted Nov 17, 2022
  • computer
  • games
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Public attendance was particularly sparse, virtually non-existent, at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and............
posted Nov 1, 2022
  • olympic
  • games
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What word describes an open artificial water channel, in the form of a gravity chute, that leads water from.......
posted Sep 30, 2022
  • general
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By the time the first explorers from the West reached the remote Chilean island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in 1722.....
posted Sep 14, 2022
  • islands
  • history
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What was the nationality of the composer of the three piano pieces called "Gymnopédies"?
posted Aug 26, 2022
  • music
  • personality
  • country
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An operation known since prehistory, to relieve pressure inside the skull or remove splintered bone is known as what?
posted Aug 8, 2022
  • prehistory
  • operation
  • human body
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Who popularised the phrase "The buck stops here"?
posted Jul 20, 2022
  • phrase
  • personality
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The cochlea is part of which part of the body?
posted Jul 5, 2022
  • body parts
  • human body
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Which English MP, Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under King Charles II and King James II, kept a detailed............
posted Jun 20, 2022
  • british
  • personality
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In which country are members of parliament known, not as MPs, but TDs?
posted Jun 3, 2022
  • country
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The discovery was announced in 2014 of what proved to be nearly 40,000 years old what, in caves in Sulawesi, Indonesia?
posted May 14, 2022
  • indonesia
  • history
  • discovery
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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
  • history
  • war
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What is hyssop?
posted Apr 12, 2022
  • general
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Which country occupies the islands called Palawan, Mindoro, Marinduque, Masbate, Batanes, Bohol, Leyte and Samar?
posted Mar 28, 2022
  • country
  • islands
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The first Olympic Games to be held in South America were held where?
posted Mar 11, 2022
  • history
  • olympic
  • south america
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What is a Thompson seedless?
posted Feb 22, 2022
  • general
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Which ancient game is played in many variations around the world, but all with the general aim of capturing.............
posted Jan 19, 2022
  • games
  • ancient
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Which modern country was created when Prithvi Narayan united the 3 kingdoms of Kathmandu, Patan, and Bhaktapur in 1768?
posted Jan 3, 2022
  • country
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In which of his plays did William Shakespeare use a trickster and itinerant rogue named Autolycus?
posted Dec 16, 2021
  • william shakespeare
  • play
  • character
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If you were from the Cayman Islands, which is part of the British West Indies, what sort of passport would you have?
posted Nov 29, 2021
  • general
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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
  • history
  • traders
  • portuguese
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What is a "perambulator"?
posted Oct 23, 2021
  • general
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For which Games did the Olympic torch go into outer space during the torch relay?
posted Oct 5, 2021
  • history
  • olympic
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In what Olympic Games did Dick Fosbury first use his, then new, technique in the high jump?
posted Sep 20, 2021
  • olympic
  • history
  • personality
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Until Tony Blair, which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the longest overall time?
posted Aug 30, 2021
  • prime minister
  • britain
  • history
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A sulphur-crested cockatoo named Snowball (hatched in 1996) became well-known in 2008 for what?
posted Aug 10, 2021
  • general
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Who were the main figures involved in the introduction in 1892 of 35 mm film for still photography and motion pictures?
posted Jul 23, 2021
  • personality
  • history
  • photography
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This actor left their country of birth at 4, won an Oscar at the age of 11 with a film from the country.................
posted Jul 6, 2021
  • movies
  • personality
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