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How many sports were included in the first Summer Paralympics, in 1960?

posted Aug 11, 2020 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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What was unusual about the lighting of the cauldron for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK?

posted Aug 9, 2020 by Sandeep Bedi

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Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929), art critic, patron and ballet impresario, founded what famous ballet company in 1909?

posted Aug 8, 2020 by Sidharth Malhotra

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What country was forced to withdraw from the British Commonwealth in 1961 and was reinstated in 1994?

posted Aug 8, 2020 by Amarvansh

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Which is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the U.S. by Midway, first released in Japan?

posted Aug 7, 2020 by Brijesh Talwar

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Which Irish philanthropist founded houses for destitute children in Stepney in 1870?

posted Aug 6, 2020 by Aastha Joshi

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In 711 AD, the Moors invaded part of Europe that is now part of what country?

posted Aug 6, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

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The Indonesian Army special forces group, founded in 1952, that conducts special operations missions for................

posted Aug 5, 2020 by Anuradha Tabyal

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In the third century CE, politician, geographer, writer, and cartographer Pei Xiu was the first in China recorded.......

posted Aug 4, 2020 by Maninder Bath

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Which football team returned home from the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola after their bus was shot at?

posted Aug 4, 2020 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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What was the name given to the largest alluvial gold nugget discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates.................

posted Aug 4, 2020 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Who, before being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2003, was first author to be awarded the Booker Prize twice?

posted Aug 3, 2020 by Aman

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The score of which athlete could not be displayed in the 1976 Summer Olympic Games?

posted Aug 3, 2020 by Dilbagh

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James I of Scotland was crowned how many years after he succeeded to the throne?

posted Aug 2, 2020 by Nimish

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Which book was published in 2015 but written before, and seen as a preliminary to, the author's only other..............

posted Aug 2, 2020 by Atif

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posted Aug 1, 2020 by Akn Miraz

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What is the only country in the southern hemisphere to have won a gold medal in the Winter Olympics?

posted Aug 1, 2020 by Anshika Utadi

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David Ben-Gurion became Prime Minister of the provisional government of which newly created country on 15 May 1948?

posted Aug 1, 2020 by Balwinder

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What was the nickname for the German L14 Howitzer, used in World War I?

posted Jul 31, 2020 by Kapil Kapoor

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Who is the person, or are the people, who in 1920 formed the company which eventually became Columbia Pictures?

posted Jul 31, 2020 by Rajni

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Which medal, originally called the Badge of Military Merit, was established by George Washington in 1782................

posted Jul 30, 2020 by Prithvi

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The General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge, opened in 1962 and named after a distinguished hero of the War......................

posted Jul 30, 2020 by Varun Kumar

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Horatio was a legendary Roman hero who defended a bridge against which army?

posted Jul 30, 2020 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Sir Peter Blake led a team which won what in 1995 and 2000?

posted Jul 29, 2020 by Rahul Chandel

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Which 16th century Cretan painter, sculptor and architect sculpted the Miracle of St. Ildefonso on the frame............

posted Jul 29, 2020 by Ankur Athari

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When did GMO introduction

posted Jul 29, 2020 by Tashi Dema

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In what year did Germany officially reunify?

posted Jul 28, 2020 by Pardeep Kohli

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What name was given by Barbarossa to his empire in 1156 that was applied to various territories until it was............

posted Jul 28, 2020 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which chapel in the Apostolic Palace, famous for its architecture and decoration, has been frescoed.....................

posted Jul 27, 2020 by Puneet Batra

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What airline, with a fleet of 55 aircraft, the flag carrier of Poland, was established in 1929, and is one..............

posted Jul 27, 2020 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Laura was the name of the First Lady of which US president?

posted Jul 24, 2020 by Saif Khanam

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What was the name of the house where William Wordsworth and his sister lived in Grasmere in the Lake District?

posted Jul 23, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

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What sport was part of the Olympic Games programme between 1896 and 1924, and returned as a full medal sport at 1988?

posted Jul 22, 2020 by Simranjeet Singh

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What devastating event happened in north-east Asia in May 1987?

posted Jul 22, 2020 by Nikita Sehgal

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In which Olympics were refugees included specifically, under the Olympic flag and as a separate team?

posted Jul 22, 2020 by Pushpak Chauhan

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What work of art dating from around 1100 AD is approximately 230 feet (70 metres) long by 20 inches (8 cm) wide?

posted Jul 22, 2020 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Where did 15 ships (German, American, British, Bulgarian, Swedish and Polish) spend years immobilised mid-voyage?

posted Jul 21, 2020 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Who has been Prime Minister of France twice and President of France once?

posted Jul 19, 2020 by Udita

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In 1978, after escaping from Iran, where was the Ayatollah Khomeini granted political asylum?

posted Jul 19, 2020 by Atif

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In 1979, a World Health Organization commission of scientists certified the global eradication of which human...........

posted Jul 18, 2020 by Deepak Chitragar

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The re-election campaign of 66 year old Uganda president Yoweri Museveni gained international attention in 2010, why?

posted Jul 17, 2020 by Akriti

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Which German author won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature?

posted Jul 17, 2020 by Anamika

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Where was the first "Surf Bathers' Life-Saving Club" founded?

posted Jul 16, 2020 by Ritika

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During the Second World War much of the population of Gibraltar was evacuated to where?

posted Jul 16, 2020 by Vikram Luthra

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What was Sir Peter Blake internationally known for?

posted Jul 16, 2020 by Varun Kumar

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Who, in 1955 and 1956, was the first British driver to win the Mille Miglia, the British Grand Prix.....................

posted Jul 16, 2020 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Nil River Kaha s nikalti h

posted Jul 15, 2020 by Khema Lomrod

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English journalist, playwright and reform advocate, Henry Mayhew, and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells started...........

posted Jul 15, 2020 by Upma

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Leon Trotsky, who had been Russia's foreign secretary from 1918 under Lenin, was exiled to Siberia in 1927..............

posted Jul 14, 2020 by Nikhil Pandey

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For nine years after the publication of one of his works in 1759 which author used the pseudonym of Doctor Ralph?

posted Jul 13, 2020 by Manish Tiwari