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Why was the start of Eurasian KHL (Kontinental Hockey League) 2011-12 season of ice hockey delayed for nearly a week?

posted Jan 8 by Madhavi Latha

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What worldwide movement describing itself as "a fellowship of men and women" was co-founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson......

posted Jan 5 by Chahat Sharma

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The Grand Prince of Moscow who was crowned Tsar when aged 16 on 16 January 1547, became known as whom?

posted Jan 5 by Brijesh Talwar

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Where is the Estádio da Luz ("Stadium of Light"), the home stadium of the association football club S.L. Benfica........

posted Jan 5 by Saif Khanam

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In the 18th century, Carl Linnaeus laid the foundations for what system, still in use today?

posted Jan 4 by Karan Joglekar

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Which 87 sq km (34 sq mi) island in the Caribbean Sea was divided between France and the Netherlands in 1648?

posted Jan 4 by Karan Joglekar

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The iron pillar of Delhi, India, a 7.21 m (23.7 ft) high pillar that is 98% pure wrought iron, has withstood corrosion..

posted Jan 3 by Simranjeet Singh

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What year did seven Manchester United footballers die in an air disaster at Munich airport, was Canadian Football.......

posted Jan 3 by Pushpak Chauhan

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In 1459, the Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire, England, 2 miles east of Market Drayton in Shropshire, was.........

posted Jan 3 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Which Canadian portrait photographer of Armenian heritage photographed Winston Churchill in his studio in Ottawa........

posted Jan 3 by Maninder Bath

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Robert Mallet, a Victorian geophysicist, engineer and inventor, conducted a controlled experiment on a beach.........

posted Jan 2 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Who hosted the 2006 Academy Awards ceremony?

posted Jan 2 by Rahul Vaidya

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Between 1979 and 2016 the Dakar Rally registered 28 known fatalities among competitors on and around the Rally.........

posted Dec 29, 2023 by Aman

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What was the seventh studio album by British rock band The Kinks, released in October 1969, and their last sub-Top-10...

posted Dec 29, 2023 by Dilbagh

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The federal government of Australia moved to what new, purpose-built, planned, capital city in 1927?

posted Dec 28, 2023 by Vishal

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Which were the last Summer Olympics in which teams from East Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics........

posted Dec 28, 2023 by Atif

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Who is the only US President who did not speak English as his first language?

posted Dec 27, 2023 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Cloth used to be measured in what?

posted Dec 27, 2023 by Deepak Chitragar

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Which was the first Soviet Union republic to establish its independence when the Soviet Union was dissolving?

posted Dec 26, 2023 by Riteshwar

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What public disturbance early in June 1780 in London, described by Charles Dickens in "Barnaby Rudge", was put down.....

posted Dec 21, 2023 by Vikram Luthra

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He was a linguist and translator, author of "Ecclesiastical History of the English People", considered one...........

posted Dec 21, 2023 by Prithvi

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Where is the National Monument known as McLear's Beacon, first established in 1844 and still used as a triangulation....

posted Dec 20, 2023 by Ankur Athari

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What was the purpose of explorer Captain James Cook's last voyage in 1776?

posted Dec 19, 2023 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Minh Mạng, Emperor of Vietnam 1820-1841, was deeply opposed to western involvement in his country and in 1825.........

posted Dec 19, 2023 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Who dies at the end of Shakespeare's tragedy "Troilus and Cressida"?

posted Dec 18, 2023 by Puneet Batra

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What was the stated motive behind a bombing in Centennial Park during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.........

posted Dec 18, 2023 by Amarvansh

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The British Royal House at the start of the First World War was known by the family name of whom?

posted Dec 18, 2023 by Madhavi Latha

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What is the name for the movement formed by John Nelson Darby and colleagues in the 1830s?

posted Dec 15, 2023 by Chahat Sharma

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What bridge, between Millers Point and Milsons Point, opened on 19 March 1932?

posted Dec 14, 2023 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at a stage performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre on Good Friday.......

posted Dec 13, 2023 by Karan Joglekar

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What was invented by Rene Laennec in the early 19th century?

posted Dec 13, 2023 by Samardeep Acharya

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What was the capital of Yugoslavia from 1918-2006?

posted Dec 11, 2023 by Maninder Bath

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What Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor was granted a peerage in 1917, was the first Minister of Information....

posted Dec 8, 2023 by Aman

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What was the name given to the series of trials presided over by Judge Jeffreys after the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685....

posted Dec 7, 2023 by Nimish

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The country renamed eSwatini in 2018 was known internationally as what before the change?

posted Dec 7, 2023 by Mohammad

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In what book is King Belshazzar described as seeing the writing on the wall?

posted Dec 6, 2023 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Until 2022 the only boycott of a Winter Olympics was at which Games?

posted Dec 6, 2023 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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A succession of referendums have been held for which commonwealth to decide whether, among other options, to become.....

posted Dec 6, 2023 by Deepak Chitragar

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Who became the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons, as the result.........

posted Dec 5, 2023 by Akriti

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The IWC, an international body established in 1946, is concerned with what activity?

posted Dec 5, 2023 by Rajni

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Which 1961 film, originally designed to star Marilyn Monroe, then Shirley MacLaine, then Kim Novak, eventually went.....

posted Dec 4, 2023 by Ritika

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Which was the earliest to be an influential figure in the development of ballet as a performance art?

posted Dec 4, 2023 by Varun Kumar

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Who were the contenders in the longest cricket test match ever played?

posted Dec 4, 2023 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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What is the early English name for the road that went from London through Lincoln and York to Hadrian's Wall?

posted Dec 1, 2023 by Ankur Athari

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Who were, respectively, the first conductor and Artistic Director of the Glyndebourne Opera?

posted Nov 30, 2023 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Erik Satie's three Gymnopédies were written in 1888 for which musical instrument?

posted Nov 30, 2023 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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In North American history, who was "The Flemish Bastard"?

posted Nov 29, 2023 by Manish Tiwari

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What popular name was given to the 7th Armoured Division of the British Army in World War II?

posted Nov 28, 2023 by Brijesh Talwar

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When archery was included for the first time at the Summer Olympics, in 1900, how many nations competed?

posted Nov 27, 2023 by Aastha Joshi

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Although the modern Olympic Games was established for competition by amateurs, full professionals began to be admitted..

posted Nov 27, 2023 by Samardeep Acharya