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Project Habakkuk was a plan by the British in World War II to construct what from ice?

posted Sep 29, 2021 by Amarvansh

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What caused the sinking of the British ship "The Royal Oak" on the night of 13 and 14 October 1939?

posted Sep 15, 2021 by Sandeep Bedi

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What was the nickname of the British army regiment called the "11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)"?

posted Sep 10, 2021 by Samardeep Acharya

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Who was British prime minister at the start of World War I?

posted Aug 11, 2021 by Balwinder

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Under the reign of what monarch were bugle calls used in the daily routines of the British army officially published?

posted Aug 2, 2021 by Kuldeep Apte

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Which British company announced, in 1960, a computer which introduced the use of core memory and was based..............

posted Jul 27, 2021 by Nimish

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What was one of the dominant characteristics of the British software company Freelance Programmers, later Xansa.........

posted Jul 20, 2021 by Pardeep Kohli

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Which British Monarch bought Buckingham House,later substantially remodelled as Buckingham Palace,for a royal residence?

posted Jun 22, 2021 by Vishal

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What land, a British colony for 155 years, and occupied by Japan briefly in WW II, was ceded to the People's............

posted Jun 1, 2021 by Akriti

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What was the nickname for a 1913 British Act of Parliament that enabled suffragettes on hunger strike to be.............

posted Apr 20, 2021 by Samardeep Acharya

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Widely known for his work on British television, for co-founding the Materials Library, and for talks on................

posted Apr 13, 2021 by Anil Chaurasiya

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By what name was British author and humourist Sir P.G.Wodehouse known to friends and family?

posted Feb 19, 2021 by Vikram Luthra

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William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, was executed for his anti-puritan views during what period of British history?

posted Feb 15, 2021 by Chahat Sharma

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The historically significant "Wind of Change" speech was made by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan................

posted Feb 5, 2021 by Balwinder

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The RMS "Lancastria" was the subject of the worst single loss of life in British maritime history.......................

posted Jan 1, 2021 by Akriti

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During the reign of which English king was there a succession crisis between his supporters and those of his cousin.....

posted Dec 29, 2020 by Sandeep Otari

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Who defeated the British army in 1879 at the Battle of Isandlwana?

posted Oct 28, 2020 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which British inventor, industrial designer, and entrepreneur is known for vacuum cleaners?

posted Sep 26, 2020 by Rahul Chandel

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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

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Who designed the British World War II fighter plane, the Spitfire?

posted Sep 10, 2020 by Sandeep Bedi

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Which of these was an irregular unit of British Special Forces founded in Cairo in 1942 by Major Vladimir...............

posted Aug 18, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

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What was abolished throughout the British Empire in 1833?

posted Aug 16, 2020 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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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

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On 6 February 1840, what document was signed by Captain William Hobson and a number of Maori chiefs.....................

posted Jun 12, 2020 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Which city was the site of the dervish rebellion and the death of the British General Gordon in 1885?

posted Jun 4, 2020 by Ankur Athari

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Which section of the British forces made a famous charge against Russian forces at Balaklava on 25 October 1854?

posted May 16, 2020 by Simranjeet Singh

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What was initiated by British conductor Sir Henry Wood?

posted May 4, 2020 by Simranjeet Singh

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Due to a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Britain at the time of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.....................

posted Apr 22, 2020 by Simranjeet Singh

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Which British army ranks is the highest?

posted Mar 4, 2020 by Varun Kumar

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The Elgin Marbles, currently in the British Museum, came from which building?

posted Feb 21, 2020 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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In 1956, British and French forces invaded a country in North Africa due to a dispute over which engineering work?

posted Feb 14, 2020 by Prithvi

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Which celebrated British couple were first mentioned in a poem by Henry Woodfall which appeared in 1735.............

posted Feb 13, 2020 by Ankur Athari

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Which English novelist wrote "Decline and Fall", "Brideshead Revisited" and "Officers and Gentlemen"?

posted Feb 10, 2020 by Chahat Sharma

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Which ship was sunk in World War II on 17 June 1940 in the course of evacuating British nationals and troops?

posted Jan 31, 2020 by Varun Kumar

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What is the name of the British rugby international touring team?

posted Jan 23, 2020 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Skin is lead singer of what British hard rock/metal band?

posted Jan 9, 2020 by Prachi Sharma

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The anniversary that commemorates Captain Arthur Phillip founding the British Colony of Australia in 1788...............

posted Jan 6, 2020 by Ritika

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What is the name of a diamond that is set in the sceptre of the British Crown Jewels?

posted Dec 16, 2019 by Upma

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American social worker Doria Ragland is the mother of what American actress who in 2018 adopted British citizenship.....

posted Nov 28, 2019 by Rahul Chandel

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Which British sprinter returned to competition in 2006 after a 2 year absence due to doping offences?

posted Nov 7, 2019 by Parampreet Kaur

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Which British parliamentarian once disparaged Gandhiji as a "half naked fakir"?

posted Oct 4, 2019 by Kuldeep Apte

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Where was the German pocket battleship, the Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled by her captain in 1939 to prevent...............

posted Sep 20, 2019 by Maninder Bath

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Which British admiral and hydrographer created a standard scale in 1805 by which naval officers could report wind speed?

posted Aug 6, 2019 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Which 1929 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock is considered to be the first all-talkie feature British film?

posted Jul 26, 2019 by Upma

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Who was largely responsible for the British application of radar in World War II?

posted Jul 23, 2019 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Which British playwright won the 2005 Nobel Prize for literature?

posted Jul 19, 2019 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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In which war did the British army first deploy tanks?

posted Jul 16, 2019 by Varun Kumar

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What was the nickname of the British army regiment called the "6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons "?

posted Jul 9, 2019 by Samardeep Acharya

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Which rectangular flag centred with a white square was flown by British ships as a sign that it was due to sail?

posted Jul 2, 2019 by Balwinder

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Who disappeared from his job at the British Foreign Office in 1951, at the same time as Donald MacLean?

posted Jun 29, 2019 by Rahul Chandel