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What music was commissioned for George II's coronation in 1727, and has featured in every British coronation since?

posted 1 day ago by Parampreet Kaur

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Where is Mozart's 1787 opera "Don Giovanni" set?

posted Feb 12 by Simranjeet Singh

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Who was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

posted Feb 12 by Pushpak Chauhan

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The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour was a gift in 1886 to the USA by whom?

posted Feb 11 by Maninder Bath

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Who did Juan Antonio Samaranch succeed when he assumed the presidency of the International Olympic Committee..........

posted Feb 11 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Choreographers Max Perry, Jo Thompson Szymanski and Scott Blevins were instrumental in developments of what...........

posted Feb 11 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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James Prescott Joule gave his name to a unit of energy, and to what else?

posted Feb 11 by Prachi Sharma

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Which Canadian-born bandleader and violinist formed The Royal Canadians in 1924 with his brothers Carmen, Lebert........

posted Feb 4 by Nimish

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Herodotus, one of the earliest writers now to be called a historian, lived when?

posted Feb 4 by Mohammad

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Which country had been, at various times between 1918 when it was pulled together and 2003 when it was finally..........

posted Jan 29 by Kapil Kapoor

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When did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the bill of rights entrenched in Canadian law as part...........

posted Jan 28 by Akriti

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What song was played at the end of the 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb"?

posted Jan 28 by Anamika

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Who in the 16th century founded the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits?

posted Jan 27 by Ritika

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He led the Kuomintang for five decades, was born in Zhejiang on the east coast of China and died in Taipei; who was he?

posted Jan 24 by Varun Kumar

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"Massacre in Korea", a 1951 expressionistic painting by Pablo Picasso which is seen as a criticism of American..........

posted Jan 23 by Rahul Chandel

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Which phrase that first came to public attention as a U.S. television commercial for the Wendy's chain of hamburger.....

posted Jan 23 by Sandeep Otari

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What was invented by George de Mestral in 1957?

posted Jan 22 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Under what name was tacataca, or metegol, patented in the UK in 1923?

posted Jan 22 by Sandeep Bedi

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Which country annexed Korea in 1910?

posted Jan 22 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Where are the Mulu Caves, explored since 1978 by a collaboration between UK speleologists, the Forestry Corporation.....

posted Jan 21 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Who, in the years prior to World War II, conceived and oversaw the development of an integrated air defence system......

posted Jan 21 by Amarvansh

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Which 1909 one-act opera was the first of the many collaborations between Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal?

posted Jan 20 by Chahat Sharma

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On 17 May 1928 the Royal Flying Doctor Service made its first official flight in what country?

posted Jan 17 by Saif Khanam

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In the Battle of Langshan Jiang, or Wolf Mountain River, the force which eventually won the battle attacked.............

posted Jan 16 by Aastha Joshi

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For the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, USA, why was there only one new venue in the 15 used?

posted Jan 15 by Aarati Mahajan

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He established inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, and is thought to have died from pneumonia contracted....

posted Jan 15 by Nikita Sehgal

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What "Commonwealth" was formed on 1 January 1901, with Lord Hopetoun as Governor-General and Edmund Barton..............

posted Jan 15 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Which country declared war on Mexico on 13 May 1846?

posted Jan 14 by Maninder Bath

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Who was expelled from the Surrealist movement due to his views on the Spanish Civil War?

posted Jan 14 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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In 1983, Mandy Smith, when aged 13, began dating which 47 year old?

posted Jan 13 by Aman

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Leif Ericson, a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America before Christopher Columbus......

posted Jan 13 by Mridul

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Of the 4 countries who competed in the Ist World Championship organised by the World Archery Foundation in 1931........

posted Jan 10 by Udita

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Which 19th century Austrian composer is famous for his waltzes such as "The Blue Danube" and "Tales of the Vienna.......

posted Jan 10 by Nimish

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When King George II of Great Britain and Ireland died in 1760, who succeeded him?

posted Jan 8 by Riteshwar

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When did homosexuality between consenting adults cease to be illegal in England and Wales?

posted Jan 7 by Ritika

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Bill Clinton is fairly fluent in which language other than English?

posted Jan 7 by Vikram Luthra

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Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo became famous in Australian history for his role in campaigning for what?

posted Dec 20, 2024 by Sandeep Otari

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Who was president of the USA when Chiang Kai-shek and his National Revolutionary Army fled to Taiwan from...........

posted Dec 20, 2024 by Upma

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What name was given to both of the Acts that united the parliaments of England and Scotland in 1707, and those........

posted Dec 18, 2024 by Sidharth Malhotra

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What name was given to 6 December 1745, after Scottish highlanders led by Charles Edward Stuart reached Derby..........

posted Dec 17, 2024 by Chahat Sharma

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In their original Greek version, what architectural style of fluted column stood directly on the flat pavement..........

posted Dec 17, 2024 by Saif Khanam

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Anniversaries of an event in July 1776 are particularly celebrated in what country?

posted Dec 4, 2024 by Samardeep Acharya

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Which 31 minute documentary made in 1938, which asked for better housing, farm techniques and flood control..........

posted Dec 2, 2024 by Nikita Sehgal

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What name was given to the conflict between Great Britain and Spain from 1739 to 1748, with major operations largely....

posted Dec 2, 2024 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Which venue hosted the Winter Olympics in both 1964 and 1976?

posted Nov 27, 2024 by Aman

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Until the Kingdom of Hellas (Greece), newly recognised internationally as independent in 1832, chose and established....

posted Nov 27, 2024 by Mridul

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When Winston Churchill said "Now this is not the end, nor is it even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps.......

posted Nov 26, 2024 by Atif

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In 1968, which book by Philip K Dick was published that became the basis for the 1982 film "Blade Runner"?

posted Nov 25, 2024 by Deepak Chitragar

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In which country, independent since 10 October 1970, have there been four coups: two in 1987 (when the military.........

posted Nov 25, 2024 by Balwinder

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At which Olympic Games was Women's diving introduced for competition?

posted Nov 22, 2024 by Akriti