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A second century CE Roman, a Lusitanian Spaniard by birth, became the highest paid athlete ever, as what?

posted Sep 15, 2020 by Akriti

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Gregor Johann Mendel, a 19th Century Augustinian priest and scientist, gained posthumous fame as the figurehead.........

posted Sep 14, 2020 by Ritika

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What was the official reason stated by the Soviet Union for boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, USA?

posted Sep 14, 2020 by Vikram Luthra

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What did Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin, a character in a series of 19th century stories, do?

posted Sep 14, 2020 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Differences historiography andhistory ?

posted Sep 11, 2020 by Fiker Yen

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Discuss the similarities between and differences the past and history ?

posted Sep 11, 2020 by Fiker Yen

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Which present day country has subsumed the empire of the Ashanti which emerged in the late 17th century?

posted Sep 11, 2020 by Sandeep Otari

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What nationality was the first golfer to win the United States Open Championship, known as the U.S. Open?

posted Sep 11, 2020 by Ankur Athari

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Who designed the British World War II fighter plane, the Spitfire?

posted Sep 10, 2020 by Sandeep Bedi

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In 1567 Queen Elizabeth I established England's first what?

posted Sep 10, 2020 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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What problem did Leonardo Bonacci, nicknamed Fibonacci, quote as a demonstration in his 1202 book explaining............

posted Sep 9, 2020 by Amarvansh

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The Holy Roman Emperor Francis Ii did what in 1806?

posted Sep 8, 2020 by Saif Khanam

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Which country used to be called Southern Rhodesia?

posted Sep 4, 2020 by Karan Joglekar

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What was the last major land battle between England and France?

posted Sep 4, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

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When was the first Papal Bull issued for inquisition and uprooting of Christian heresies?

posted Sep 1, 2020 by Maninder Bath

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What is or are Eton Fives, first known in the late 19th century?

posted Aug 31, 2020 by Swati Arora

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When did the first planes fly in a military offensive for Britain, for an organised body?

posted Aug 31, 2020 by Dilbagh

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Who was the first artistic director of the National Theatre in London?

posted Aug 31, 2020 by Mridul

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What eventually historic event happened in about 570 CE in the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe in what was Arabia?

posted Aug 28, 2020 by Udita

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Once widely bred in south-east Asia for blood sport but now often kept instead domestically or as pets, what............

posted Aug 27, 2020 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Outline five reasons for industrial localization

posted Aug 27, 2020 by Jrod Hurley

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Which city, previously the Roman town of Vindobona, became the capital of the Duchy of Austria in 1156..................

posted Aug 27, 2020 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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Petroglyphic complexes in Mongolian Altai mountains include three rock art sites which have been dated to about when?

posted Aug 26, 2020 by Riteshwar

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For whom were the three orchestral suites, in F, D and G Major, together usually known as Water Music, composed in 1717?

posted Aug 26, 2020 by Kapil Kapoor

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In 1976, who was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event?

posted Aug 25, 2020 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Who was Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585)?

posted Aug 24, 2020 by Ankur Athari

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Which city was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles as a trading settlement in 1819?

posted Aug 22, 2020 by Nikhil Pandey

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In 1996, at Atlanta, Karch Kiraly was the first US player of which sport to win three Olympic gold medals?

posted Aug 21, 2020 by Sandeep Bedi

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When St Michael's Cathedral in Coventry, UK, was rebuilt after being bombed in World War II, among several epic.........

posted Aug 20, 2020 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Who made the first solo non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in 1927?

posted Aug 20, 2020 by Madhavi Latha

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Which US presidential nominee in 1948 advocated closer cooperation with the Soviet Union, United Nations................

posted Aug 19, 2020 by Parampreet Kaur

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In the 8th century world map created by Spanish theologian and monk, Beatus of Liebana, how is the Earth shown?

posted Aug 19, 2020 by Saif Khanam

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After Egypt nationalised the British- and French-controlled Suez Canal in 1956, the tri-partite military forces.........

posted Aug 18, 2020 by Kuldeep Apte

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Which country is the only one to have won a gold medal in every Winter Olympics from 1924, the first, until 2018?

posted Aug 18, 2020 by Aastha Joshi

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Which of these was an irregular unit of British Special Forces founded in Cairo in 1942 by Major Vladimir...............

posted Aug 18, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

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At the peak of its power, it was often said that "the sun never sets on" which empire?

posted Aug 16, 2020 by Maninder Bath

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What was abolished throughout the British Empire in 1833?

posted Aug 16, 2020 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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In 1947, Chuck Yeager was the first to do what in an aeroplane?

posted Aug 15, 2020 by Prachi Sharma

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America was named after the first name of which people?

posted Aug 15, 2020 by Dilbagh

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Who formally became Emperor of Japan in 1926 and became its constitutional monarch in 1946?

posted Aug 15, 2020 by Mridul

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Which country declared independence from Pakistan in 1971?

posted Aug 14, 2020 by Udita

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The first name of the First Lady of which US president was Elizabeth, known as "Betty"?

posted Aug 14, 2020 by Vishal

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What did the 1975 Viking programme aim to do?

posted Aug 14, 2020 by Atif

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Ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympic Games opened in Mexico, what tragic and related event happened?

posted Aug 13, 2020 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Who overthorne dr bussia

posted Aug 13, 2020 by Benedicta Okyere

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The killing of 58-year-old Robert Krentz and his dog, shot on 27 March 2010 on his ranch roughly 19 miles...............

posted Aug 13, 2020 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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Which daughter of James V of Scotland became Queen of France in 1559?

posted Aug 12, 2020 by Kapil Kapoor

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Which railway station, designed and overseen by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was covered by the largest train shed..........

posted Aug 12, 2020 by Akriti

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Prince Charles founded what organisation in 1976 to help young employed people?

posted Aug 12, 2020 by Anamika

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In what decade was the Korean War?

posted Aug 11, 2020 by Prithvi