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What is the setting for the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

posted May 22, 2023 by Balwinder

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What is the English name for what the French call "crème anglaise"?

posted May 19, 2023 by Akriti

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What does the "K" stand for in the letters "SWALK" written on an envelope?

posted May 17, 2023 by Varuna Magar

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What is millstone grit?

posted May 16, 2023 by Sandeep Bedi

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A QR, or quick response, barcode is a machine-readable label, and encodes virtually any type of data including..........

posted May 15, 2023 by Manish Tiwari

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In the acronym NTSC, used in the television industry, what does the "N" stand for?

posted May 15, 2023 by Madhavi Latha

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Dichromacy is a form of what?

posted May 12, 2023 by Brijesh Talwar

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What shape are the individual cells in a honeycomb?

posted May 11, 2023 by Karan Joglekar

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About how long would it take for bell ringers to ring a complete peal of 12 bells, i.e. with all its permutations?

posted May 5, 2023 by Dilbagh

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An archipelago is a collection of what?

posted May 5, 2023 by Mridul

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Which team won the inaugural Fast5 World Netball Series, first contested in October 2009, which had modified rules......

posted May 4, 2023 by Mohammad

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What is a name for the 3-D version of a circle?

posted May 2, 2023 by Riteshwar

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What does a "widow's peak" refer to?

posted May 1, 2023 by Varun Kumar

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Approximately how much of the water on earth is fresh water?

posted Apr 7, 2023 by Samardeep Acharya

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According to Edward Lear, who went to sea in a sieve?

posted Apr 4, 2023 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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What does "FA" stand for in the phrase "The FA cup"?

posted Apr 4, 2023 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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What is a small ceramic dish used for baking an individual portion?

posted Mar 30, 2023 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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Malick Sidibé chronicled what period of awakening consciousness?

posted Mar 28, 2023 by Vikram Luthra

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What type of apple is on the Apple Records logo?

posted Mar 28, 2023 by Varun Kumar

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A shadoof is for lifting what?

posted Mar 27, 2023 by Rahul Chandel

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In the Middle Ages, what were "hauskarls"?

posted Mar 27, 2023 by Sandeep Otari

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What fluid has groups called A, B, AB and O?

posted Mar 27, 2023 by Varuna Magar

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According to a report by the organisation called "Transparency International", what was the most corrupt country........

posted Mar 24, 2023 by Ujjwal Mehra

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What is the name of the area immediately surrounding a golf hole?

posted Mar 21, 2023 by Chahat Sharma

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When did Hall Thompson, who had established the Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama .............

posted Mar 20, 2023 by Aastha Joshi

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What is the name for a thin metal bar attached to the ribbon of a military decoration, civil decoration, or other....

posted Mar 20, 2023 by Samardeep Acharya

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Adjustment of layers of iridophore cells in some animals accounts for what?

posted Mar 17, 2023 by Aarati Mahajan

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When is Ötzi the Iceman, discovered in the Alps between Austria and Italy, believed to have lived?

posted Mar 17, 2023 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Sputnik Planum, near to Tombaugh Regio, is found where?

posted Mar 14, 2023 by Mridul

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Where is Luxor?

posted Mar 10, 2023 by Anshika Utadi

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What is a quinella?

posted Mar 8, 2023 by Prithvi

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What country was the main source of the straw hats which became popular in the 18th and 19th century among gold.........

posted Mar 7, 2023 by Sandeep Otari

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Are magnolias evergreen or deciduous?

posted Mar 6, 2023 by Sandeep Bedi

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What word's original meaning was "the common people"?

posted Mar 3, 2023 by Manish Tiwari

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What is another name for oedema?

posted Mar 2, 2023 by Saif Khanam

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What nickname is applied to the Western coast of Namibia, home to many shipwrecks?

posted Mar 2, 2023 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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The parable of "The Good Samaritan" is in which Christian gospel?

posted Feb 28, 2023 by Aarati Mahajan

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Who or what were hoplites?

posted Feb 16, 2023 by Udita

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What name is given to a substance which, when swallowed, injected or inhaled, will induce vomiting?

posted Feb 16, 2023 by Vishal

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100 kopeks make up one what?

posted Feb 15, 2023 by Deepak Chitragar

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The term "radar", of American origin, coined in 1941, replaced the British abbreviation "RDF" which stood for..........

posted Feb 13, 2023 by Ritika

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What is another name for a beekeeper?

posted Feb 13, 2023 by Prithvi

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What technique do some woodpeckers, who nest in tree cavities, use to protect the nestlings?

posted Feb 10, 2023 by Sandeep Otari

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The origin of the word "collywobbles", a very upset stomach (either physically or emotionally), is generally thought....

posted Feb 10, 2023 by Upma

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What is a fylfot cross?

posted Feb 8, 2023 by Puneet Batra

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A "Howitzer" is a type of what?

posted Feb 6, 2023 by Samardeep Acharya

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Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire & Maine are collectively known as what?

posted Feb 1, 2023 by Maninder Bath

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What association, currently of 27 members, holds over just 7% (in 2011) of the global population and generates........

posted Feb 1, 2023 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Where was Harris Tweed originally produced?

posted Jan 30, 2023 by Atif

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The World Freefall Convention moved in 2001 from Quincy, Illinois, where it had been first established in 1990,to where?

posted Jan 27, 2023 by Anil Chaurasiya