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Where was the cocktail "daiquiri" invented?

posted Jan 21, 2021 by Balwinder

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James Reese Europe was a leading early 20th century exponent of what?

posted Jan 20, 2021 by Akriti

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What was Shoemaker-Levy 9, that crashed into Jupiter in 1994?

posted Jan 19, 2021 by Ritika

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Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland pioneered and were the first, in 1952, to patent what?

posted Jan 19, 2021 by Prithvi

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Harold I of England was nicknamed "Harold … " what?

posted Jan 18, 2021 by Rahul Chandel

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In 2001, American Dennis Tito was the first person to do what?

posted Jan 14, 2021 by Sandeep Bedi

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What peace treaty, signed on 28 June 1919, officially ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied.............

posted Jan 14, 2021 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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From 1988 to 1991 The Traveling Wilburys were active as a group; who formed the group?

posted Jan 13, 2021 by Manish Tiwari

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In 1970, where did the authorities attempt to dispose of the rotting carcass of a beached sperm whale with explosives?

posted Jan 13, 2021 by Puneet Batra

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David Broome was a successful competitor in what sport in the 1960s and 1970s?

posted Jan 13, 2021 by Madhavi Latha

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When did the first woman achieve a medical degree in the USA?

posted Jan 12, 2021 by Parampreet Kaur

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What was the first car to be equipped with GPS as an option, which began to be marketed in 1990?

posted Jan 12, 2021 by Brijesh Talwar

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Which country gained independence from France in 1953 and became an independent constitutional monarchy.................

posted Jan 11, 2021 by Kuldeep Apte

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Benoît B. Mandelbrot worked on a wide range of mathematical problems, including mathematical physics.................

posted Jan 11, 2021 by Karan Joglekar

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The Sagrada Família in Barcelona, which began construction in 1882, was consecrated and declared a basilica.............

posted Jan 8, 2021 by Simranjeet Singh

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When did the United Kingdom convert to decimal currency?

posted Jan 8, 2021 by Anuradha Tabyal

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For what quality was the first Nobel Prize in Literature awarded?

posted Jan 7, 2021 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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What was the reason for a period of silence observed during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games?

posted Jan 6, 2021 by Swati Arora

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Wainwrights were craftsmen who made what?

posted Jan 6, 2021 by Aman

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From and including the general election in the United Kingdom in 2010 how many of the four elections until 2020.........

posted Jan 6, 2021 by Dilbagh

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What event that caught international attention happened in room 1742 at Hotel Reine Elizabeth, Montreal on 1 June 1969?

posted Jan 6, 2021 by Mridul

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What was the original surname of T E Shaw, an RAF aircraftsman who was killed in a motorbike accident in 1935?

posted Jan 5, 2021 by Udita

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Which American brig was discovered in mid-ocean in 1872, seaworthy and under partial sail but deserted?

posted Jan 5, 2021 by Vishal

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Which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the shortest continuous period?

posted Jan 4, 2021 by Deepak Chitragar

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In which Winter Olympics did mixed doubles curling become a full medal competition?

posted Jan 1, 2021 by Kapil Kapoor

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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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In 2010 the American rock band "The Slants" was refused permission to do what?

posted Jan 1, 2021 by Anamika

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Where and when were the first Youth Olympic Games held?

posted Jan 1, 2021 by Rajni

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At the official opening ceremony of which building, on 29 March 1871, did the Prince of Wales take the place............

posted Dec 30, 2020 by Varun Kumar

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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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When did women first compete in the Olympics in gymnastics?

posted Dec 29, 2020 by Ankur Athari

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Where were the 1976 Winter Olympics held?

posted Dec 24, 2020 by Nikhil Pandey

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What was the immediate effect of a decision of the US Supreme Court in 1972 known as Furman v. Georgia?

posted Dec 24, 2020 by Ujjwal Mehra

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The phrase "bigger bang for the buck", first heard in the USA in 1954, was used to describe what?

posted Dec 24, 2020 by Sandeep Bedi

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After the Parthenon had stood in Athens for over 2,000 years it was destroyed in 1687 by which two countries?

posted Dec 22, 2020 by Saif Khanam

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Benjamin Disraeli's government was elected in the UK how many times?

posted Dec 22, 2020 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Who was the first US president to succeed to the Presidency upon the assassination of his predecessor...................

posted Dec 21, 2020 by Aastha Joshi

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Professional American baseball player Toni Stone (1921-1996) was the first what?

posted Dec 21, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

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When did the territory known as New France, also sometimes known as the French North American Empire or Royal New.......

posted Dec 18, 2020 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Which chemist and physicist established the basis for the magnetic field concept, discovered electromagnetic............

posted Dec 18, 2020 by Rahul Vaidya

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Who had his medals reinstated in 1983, 30 years after his death, after they were taken away at Stockholm in 1912?

posted Dec 17, 2020 by Swati Arora

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Where was the Mary Celeste headed when she sailed in 1872 but was found adrift and deserted mid-Atlantic................

posted Dec 16, 2020 by Udita

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Dr John Dee (1527 – 1608), English mathematician, philosopher, astrologer, leading expert on navigation.................

posted Dec 16, 2020 by Atif

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In 1904 the Russian cruiser "Rossia" used what, first time it was used by a warship on high seas during a time of war?

posted Dec 16, 2020 by Mohammad

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Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann was talking about what when he said "I think that in human evolution it has..............

posted Dec 15, 2020 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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The first European landfall was made on the continent of Australia by Willem Janszoon in what year?

posted Dec 15, 2020 by Deepak Chitragar

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India's first victory in a Test match with England coincided with what else?

posted Dec 14, 2020 by Riteshwar

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What was a feature of the results of the dressage events in the 1988 Summer Olympics?

posted Dec 14, 2020 by Kapil Kapoor

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What retail chain is named after a character from Herman Melville's book Moby Dick?

posted Dec 14, 2020 by Akriti

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James Chadwick discovered which sub-atomic particles in 1932?

posted Dec 14, 2020 by Anamika