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What nickname was given to Mary Mallon, who infected a known 53 people working as a cook in New York and, in 1907.......

posted Oct 21, 2020 by Nikita Sehgal

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At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, Canadian athlete Ian Millar competed in his last of how many Olympics?

posted Oct 21, 2020 by Maninder Bath

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Wealthy Quaker Richard Tapper Cadbury, a linen and silk draper, had a son John who founded a business in what?

posted Oct 19, 2020 by Aman

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In 300 BC, the country now known as Spain was part of which empire?

posted Oct 15, 2020 by Vishal

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What was the name given to an insurrection (the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798........

posted Oct 14, 2020 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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According to sociology and sociologists such as Emile Durkheim

posted Oct 13, 2020 by Wambeo Nekesa Sylvia

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Marius Petipa's long career was as what?

posted Oct 13, 2020 by Riteshwar

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Which were the rulers of Portugal from 1640 to 1910?

posted Oct 13, 2020 by Kapil Kapoor

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Which is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Myanmar?

posted Oct 13, 2020 by Rajni

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What enabled the introduction of quiz shows to American television in the 1950s?

posted Oct 12, 2020 by Vikram Luthra

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Where were the first Winter Youth Olympic Games held?

posted Oct 12, 2020 by Prithvi

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Until the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 2002, which country had the guilder as its basic currency unit?

posted Oct 12, 2020 by Varun Kumar

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How did Jeff Stone, at the time Gilooly, figure in the 1994 Winter Olympic Games?

posted Oct 11, 2020 by Varuna Magar

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In about 1000 CE, it is believed that explorer Leif Ericson discovered North America and named it what?

posted Oct 9, 2020 by Ujjwal Mehra

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What publication did Americans DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace, later wealthy philanthropists, start in 1922?

posted Oct 7, 2020 by Manish Tiwari

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An experiment set up in 1927 by Professor Thomas Parnell of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.........

posted Oct 7, 2020 by Madhavi Latha

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What 1850 agreement between the USA and Britain resulted eventually in the British Mosquito (or Miskito) Coast..........

posted Oct 6, 2020 by Parampreet Kaur

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What name is generically given to any football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, the most followed............

posted Oct 6, 2020 by Brijesh Talwar

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Chen Cheng-po and Ran In-ting (Lan Yin Ding) are celebrated artists who grew up and painted during..............

posted Oct 6, 2020 by Saif Khanam

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What medieval coin, first minted around 1140 by Roger II of Sicily, was adopted by Florence in 1252 and Venice..........

posted Oct 5, 2020 by Kuldeep Apte

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During World War I, Turkey was on the same side as which of countries?

posted Oct 5, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

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How religion influenced of EDSA People power revolution

posted Oct 4, 2020 by anonymous

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Between 1989 and 2002, the UK's Dalton Grant was a gold medal winner in what sport?

posted Oct 3, 2020 by Aarati Mahajan

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What sport has been contested annually in Britain since 1715 in the race called "Doggett's Coat and Badge"?

posted Oct 3, 2020 by Maninder Bath

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In 1965, who became the first person to summit Mount Kennedy, at the time the highest mountain in Canada?

posted Sep 30, 2020 by Udita

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Italy controlled which country from 1911 to 1943?

posted Sep 30, 2020 by Mohammad

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The first Commonwealth Games, then called the Empire Games, was held where, in 1930?

posted Sep 28, 2020 by Kapil Kapoor

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How did Puerto Rico become a US possession?

posted Sep 28, 2020 by Rajni

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What military unit was established in 1831 so that foreign nationals could serve in a nation's Army?

posted Sep 27, 2020 by Vikram Luthra

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At what were the Allies and the US aiming in their Operation Market Garden in 1944 in World War II?

posted Sep 26, 2020 by Varuna Magar

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Where were the first modern Olympic Games held, from 6 to 15 April 1896?

posted Sep 25, 2020 by Sandeep Bedi

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As what was the RAF, formed in 1970, better known?

posted Sep 24, 2020 by Sidharth Malhotra

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What is one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals, first published on 4 November 1869?

posted Sep 24, 2020 by Amarvansh

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Hours after attacking Pearl Harbour in 1941, Japanese forces annexed which USA territory?

posted Sep 24, 2020 by Madhavi Latha

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What is the significance and impact of the first things first journey around the world?

posted Sep 24, 2020 by Joemarie Basilisco

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In 1988, 290 people were killed when an Iranian airliner was shot down by a ship belonging to what navy?

posted Sep 23, 2020 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Which "Great Fire" is believed to have started at the bakery of Thomas Farriner (or Farynor) on Pudding Lane?

posted Sep 22, 2020 by Kuldeep Apte

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The source of what river did Scottish physician and explorer Dr David Livingstone set out to find in 1866?

posted Sep 22, 2020 by Karan Joglekar

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Who was the last head of state of the USSR, serving from 1988 until 1991, and the only Soviet leader....................

posted Sep 22, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

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Five contribution of antonio pigafetta

posted Sep 21, 2020 by Estrella Pagtan

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The Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme were fought during which war?

posted Sep 21, 2020 by Aarati Mahajan

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A type of work produced in the 14th century in Europe and later, often called faience, is characterised by what?

posted Sep 21, 2020 by Simranjeet Singh

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What was the nickname of the British army regiment called "5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards "?

posted Sep 20, 2020 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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In December 2019 the wreck of what ship was discovered close to the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas); it had sunk......

posted Sep 20, 2020 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Which Roman Emperor in 482 CE promoted the Henotikon or "instrument of union", signed by all Eastern bishops............

posted Sep 18, 2020 by Dilbagh

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Joseph Marie Jacquard invented the punch card in 1801 as a means of automating what process?

posted Sep 17, 2020 by Udita

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In which century was the Suez Canal opened?

posted Sep 17, 2020 by Atif

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What was the only painting that Vincent van Gogh sold while he was alive?

posted Sep 17, 2020 by Mohammad

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Why did Canadian George Lyon refuse to accept his gold medal for golf at the 1908 Olympics?

posted Sep 16, 2020 by Deepak Chitragar

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When Napoleon Bonaparte established the coat of arms to be used for his new Empire it contained the imperial............

posted Sep 15, 2020 by Riteshwar