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In 2001, which actor was re-elected president of the USA's National Rifle Association for a fourth term?

posted May 25, 2021 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Scientists' work in Peru's northern Zaña Valley in 1989 discovered what ancient artefacts, a mitigation.................

posted May 24, 2021 by Samardeep Acharya

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In the 18th century, the capital of Russia was moved from Moscow to where?

posted May 21, 2021 by Simranjeet Singh

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What sport was scheduled at Horse Guard's Parade at London's 2012 Summer Olympic Games?

posted May 21, 2021 by Nikita Sehgal

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What was the life expectancy of someone who contracted the bubonic plague, the most commonly seen form..................

posted May 21, 2021 by Pushpak Chauhan

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The Spanish throne had been vacant since 1936, and on 22 November 1975, Juan Carlos was designated King.................

posted May 20, 2021 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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What sport was reputedly introduced to England by the 10th Hussars in 1869?

posted May 20, 2021 by Rahul Vaidya

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From 1965 as part of a civil war, and systematically from 1975 until at least 1986, which country purposely.............

posted May 19, 2021 by Swati Arora

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The parliament of which country has met at the Binnenhof since 1464?

posted May 18, 2021 by Udita

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What murderer lived at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London?

posted May 17, 2021 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Which were the first Summer Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch?

posted May 14, 2021 by Kapil Kapoor

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What men's golf tournament was held on The Hills Golf Course, a privately owned golf course in an area known............

posted May 14, 2021 by Anamika

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In which city did a suicide bombing take place in Taksim Square on 31 October 2010, resulting in at least...............

posted May 13, 2021 by Prithvi

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What treaty ended the Second Boer War?

posted May 12, 2021 by Upma

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How, it is generally agreed, did John Wilkes Booth (who assassinated Abraham Lincoln) die?

posted May 12, 2021 by Varuna Magar

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When were the Thames Embankments in London, UK, built?

posted May 11, 2021 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Which member of the UK Parliament and member of the IRA died on hunger strike while in prison at The Maze...............

posted May 10, 2021 by Manish Tiwari

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What was the winning team in the Formula One Championship 2011?

posted May 7, 2021 by Parampreet Kaur

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What Australian weekly magazine founded by two Sydney journalists, J.F. Archibald and John Haynes?

posted May 7, 2021 by Chahat Sharma

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Which president of the USA was assassinated in 1865?

posted May 7, 2021 by Brijesh Talwar

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What name was given to an uprising of rural workers in the south and east of England in 1830 who wanted.................

posted May 6, 2021 by Karan Joglekar

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Until 1997, the Group of Eight (G8), a forum for powerful governments, was the G7. Which country was....................

posted May 5, 2021 by Simranjeet Singh

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Alice B. Woodward (1862-1951) who was born in Chelsea, London, produced work as what from 1896 to 1930?

posted May 5, 2021 by Pushpak Chauhan

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What piece of music was played by German radio in 1945 after the announcement of the death of Adolf Hitler?

posted May 4, 2021 by Maninder Bath

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What was the name of the official news agency of the USSR before it broke up?

posted May 3, 2021 by Swati Arora

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In which event did Suriname, in 1988, win its first Olympic medal?

posted May 3, 2021 by Dilbagh

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What name was given to a series of confrontations in the 1950s and 1970s between the UK and Iceland?

posted May 3, 2021 by Mridul

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What did the accord popularly known as the Good Friday Agreement, signed in April 1988 and ratified the next............

posted Apr 29, 2021 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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On what day in 1066 was William I crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey?

posted Apr 28, 2021 by Riteshwar

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Up until what Olympics was there a standing tradition to create mascots of national or regional significance............

posted Apr 28, 2021 by Kapil Kapoor

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What religious organisation was formed under the leadership of George Fox in the mid 17th century?

posted Apr 28, 2021 by Akriti

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What is the surname of the brothers Auguste and Louis, who are often credited with the invention of motion pictures?

posted Apr 28, 2021 by Anamika

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On May 23, 1816, what happened in Estonia?

posted Apr 27, 2021 by Prithvi

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What war was described as "the equivalent of two bald men fighting over a comb"?

posted Apr 27, 2021 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Marie Curie, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911), was born where?

posted Apr 26, 2021 by Rahul Chandel

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Which term was coined by the US computer scientist Grace Hopper in 1945?

posted Apr 26, 2021 by Sandeep Otari

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What did the ancient now-ruined Canal of the Pharaohs connect?

posted Apr 26, 2021 by Varuna Magar

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What does the acronym START, a treaty signed on 31 July 1991 and effective from 5 December 1994, stand for?

posted Apr 23, 2021 by Pardeep Kohli

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At the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, Swedish athlete Kerstin Palm competed in the last of how many Olympics?

posted Apr 23, 2021 by Sandeep Bedi

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In 1971,who hijacked an aeroplane, collected a ransom, parachuted out over the Rocky Mountains and was never seen again?

posted Apr 23, 2021 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which King was less than a year old when he became King of England?

posted Apr 22, 2021 by Puneet Batra

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The term "Grand Slam" was first applied to whose achievement of winning the 4 major golf events of 1930?

posted Apr 21, 2021 by Parampreet Kaur

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What organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1917, 1944 and 1963?

posted Apr 21, 2021 by Saif Khanam

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On 1 July 1967, what was the first official colour broadcast transmitted on television in the UK?

posted Apr 20, 2021 by Karan Joglekar

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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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What was the subject of the majority of the published works of Augustinian friar, Gregor Mendel, whose..................

posted Apr 19, 2021 by Pushpak Chauhan

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In October 2009, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the 2016 Summer Olympics from 5....................

posted Apr 19, 2021 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Archimedes' name is still used today to describe what type of mechanical device?

posted Apr 16, 2021 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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After the death of his elder brother Tsar Aleksandr I, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich was declared Emperor.............

posted Apr 16, 2021 by Rahul Vaidya

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In 1961 US President John F Kennedy negotiated for the release of the 1,189 survivors out of 1,500 men directed.........

posted Apr 15, 2021 by Dilbagh