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In the annual gatherings of nations to tackle climate change known as COP, what does the "C" stand for?

posted Jan 25, 2023 by Riteshwar

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Approximately how long is the traditional Scottish caber?

posted Jan 25, 2023 by Kapil Kapoor

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The Iditarod and similar races have increasing challenges to their survival in the 21st century, for what reason?

posted Jan 23, 2023 by Rahul Chandel

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What is Brookings?

posted Jan 23, 2023 by Sandeep Otari

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When giant sea anemones which housed the anemone-toxin-resistant clownfish (also known as anemonefish) were deprived....

posted Jan 23, 2023 by Ankur Athari

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What is the name of the Hobbit who carries the ring to Mordor to be destroyed?

posted Jan 23, 2023 by Upma

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What word describes a person who sells small articles for sewing, such as buttons and ribbons, and in the USA.........

posted Jan 20, 2023 by Pardeep Kohli

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What does "coup d'etat" mean?

posted Jan 18, 2023 by Chahat Sharma

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Respiration in many arachnids is through book lungs, which are generally situated where?

posted Jan 11, 2023 by Swati Arora

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What artificial stretch of water in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens London was made by order of Queen Caroline in 1730?

posted Jan 11, 2023 by Aman

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The chayote, also known as chuchu, sayote, tayota, choko, chocho, chow-chow, christophene and mirliton, is type of what?

posted Jan 10, 2023 by Atif

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What apart from the skull-like pattern on its back is unusual about a death's-head hawkmoth?

posted Jan 6, 2023 by Riteshwar

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Who were sandwiched in 2021 between the border forces of Poland and Lithuania on one side and those of Belarus........

posted Jan 5, 2023 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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What name is given to a dam constructed from concrete and/or stone masonry and designed to hold back the water..........

posted Jan 3, 2023 by Nikhil Pandey

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What is a derogatory term for verse considered of little literary value?

posted Dec 28, 2022 by Simranjeet Singh

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What is the name for a mixture of clay, sand and silt?

posted Dec 26, 2022 by Prachi Sharma

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The filings of wood or metal are referred to as ...?

posted Dec 26, 2022 by Aman

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How is khoya, or mawa, often used?

posted Dec 22, 2022 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Who would use an inkblot or Rorschach Test?

posted Dec 22, 2022 by Deepak Chitragar

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The French word "toque" is the name given to which?

posted Dec 21, 2022 by Rajni

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What is a form of alternative medicine, first proposed by German physician Samuel Hahnemann in 1796, which uses.........

posted Dec 20, 2022 by Prithvi

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Luge and skeleton racing were developed in the late 19th century in which country?

posted Dec 16, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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What is another name for a barrel organ?

posted Dec 16, 2022 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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What are alternative names for "typhus"?

posted Dec 15, 2022 by Madhavi Latha

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Who is supposedly buried in the town of Santiago de Compostela, in North Western Spain?

posted Dec 13, 2022 by Kuldeep Apte

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EGM is the usual term for what?

posted Dec 12, 2022 by Aarati Mahajan

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Cambridge Circus is in which city?

posted Dec 12, 2022 by Simranjeet Singh

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By late 2021, how many people approximately were in the world population?

posted Dec 9, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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What is the name of a calculating machine that originally consisted of beans or stones moved in grooves in sand.........

posted Dec 8, 2022 by Swati Arora

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In Noh theatre what is the name of the main protagonist role?

posted Dec 8, 2022 by Mridul

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What word describes a retail dealer in special supplies or equipment for ships?

posted Dec 7, 2022 by Udita

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Sunspots on the sun are the result of what?

posted Dec 6, 2022 by Balwinder

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What type of apple was adopted by The Beatles' "Apple Records" as its symbol?

posted Dec 5, 2022 by Riteshwar

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Where are transoms found?

posted Nov 30, 2022 by Ujjwal Mehra

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What word can, depending on context, mean white, reddish, or black and blue?

posted Nov 29, 2022 by Madhavi Latha

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What is the engineering term for the slope of a structure, slightly out of the vertical?

posted Nov 24, 2022 by Nikita Sehgal

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Where would you NOT find Fourier transforms being used directly?

posted Nov 22, 2022 by Prachi Sharma

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What is a Russian Blue?

posted Nov 18, 2022 by Anil Chaurasiya

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If an animal bears live young it is termed what?

posted Nov 17, 2022 by Kapil Kapoor

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The Nazca Plate, part of the earth's lithosphere, lies under which ocean?

posted Nov 16, 2022 by Vikram Luthra

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What usually powers the spray action of paint spray cans in the 21st century?

posted Nov 16, 2022 by Prithvi

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According to The Mamas and the Papas, which day cannot be trusted?

posted Nov 16, 2022 by Varun Kumar

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Topiary is practised on what objects?

posted Nov 15, 2022 by Varuna Magar

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What is Parris Goebel's specialist field?

posted Nov 14, 2022 by Ujjwal Mehra

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What is a tallit, or tallis or talith?

posted Nov 11, 2022 by Amarvansh

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What have George Etheridge, William Wycherley, Thomas Shadwell, Thomas Otway Colby Ciber and William Congreve in common?

posted Nov 10, 2022 by Chahat Sharma

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In various English-speaking countries, a flag is flown at what is said to be half mast as a mark of respect.............

posted Nov 10, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Which country officially observes the Shalivahana Shaka alongside the Gregorian Calendar?

posted Nov 9, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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Tableland, large flat elevated areas sitting above cliffs, is sometimes called what?

posted Nov 8, 2022 by Aarati Mahajan

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In the various Conventions for SOLAS, in 1914, 1929, 1948, 1960 and 1974, what does the second "S" stand for?

posted Nov 8, 2022 by Anuradha Tabyal