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After Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won the 100 metre dash at the 1988 Seoul Olympics,why was his gold medal taken away?

posted Dec 20, 2019 by Mohammad

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Which photographer who emigrated to Canada in 1937 is best known for his photographs of the Ottawa region?

posted Dec 19, 2019 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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What was the name of Julius Caesar's last wife?

posted Dec 18, 2019 by Kapil Kapoor

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Which country was proclaimed a republic in 1867, following the withdrawal of the French administration..................

posted Dec 18, 2019 by Akriti

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Which Scotsman took out a patent in 1876 that was the nucleus of the telephone?

posted Dec 17, 2019 by Varun Kumar

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In 1990, mountain climbers Rob Hall and Gary Ball were the first to do what in 7 months?

posted Dec 16, 2019 by Rahul Chandel

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In 1877 Sir Arthur Sullivan composed which immensely popular song?

posted Dec 16, 2019 by Sandeep Otari

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Until Lewis Hamilton's win at Spain in 2007, who held the record for being the youngest driver to lead the..............

posted Dec 13, 2019 by Ujjwal Mehra

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In November 2010, Swiss voters decided to expel what category of people from the country?

posted Dec 13, 2019 by Sandeep Bedi

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"The Motorcycle Diaries", recording an odyssey in 1952, has powerful resonance in what places?

posted Dec 12, 2019 by Sidharth Malhotra

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The music from which artist or artists closed the fiesta of British music at the closing ceremony of the 2012...........

posted Dec 12, 2019 by Amarvansh

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Who was the only President to have two women attempt to assassinate him - and in the same month?

posted Dec 11, 2019 by Parampreet Kaur

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The "Dome of Discovery" was built on London's South Bank for which occasion?

posted Dec 11, 2019 by Chahat Sharma

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Queen Anne of Great Britain suffered for many years from what ailment(s)?

posted Dec 11, 2019 by Brijesh Talwar

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Who was president of the Society for Constructive Birth Control and Racial Progress in England and the author...........

posted Dec 11, 2019 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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In 330 AD, Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome, moved the capital from Rome to where?

posted Dec 10, 2019 by Karan Joglekar

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Why were the 1940 and 1944 Olympic Games not held?

posted Dec 10, 2019 by Samardeep Acharya

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In 2007, who set a record by being the only soccer player to play on three World Cup-winning teams?

posted Dec 9, 2019 by Pushpak Chauhan

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What military rank and historical title for Hereditary Commanders of Armies in Japan ended when Tokugawa Yoshinobu......

posted Dec 6, 2019 by Divya Bharti

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A find in January 1848 by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in the USA, started what?

posted Dec 5, 2019 by Aman

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Which 13th century philosopher, linguist, empirical scientist, writer and Franciscan Friar known as Doctor Mirabilis?

posted Dec 5, 2019 by Mridul

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When did the USA formally end its state of war with Germany after the end of hostilities in 1945 in World War II?

posted Dec 2, 2019 by Riteshwar

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Which wars, from 1839 to 1842 and 1856 to 1860, were due to Britain smuggling goods from India into China?

posted Dec 2, 2019 by Rajni

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Which brewing company, in January 1935, was the first to sell its beer in cans?

posted Nov 29, 2019 by Ritika

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Which Scottish sailor was rescued four years after being put ashore by William Dampier at Juan Fernandez in 1703?

posted Nov 29, 2019 by Varun Kumar

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Who was the 15th century woman who led a French army to relieve the siege of Orleans by the English army?

posted Nov 28, 2019 by Ankur Athari

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What is the subject of the "Zhou Bi Suan Jing", one of the oldest and most famous Chinese texts?

posted Nov 27, 2019 by Nikhil Pandey

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What was the capital of Italian East Africa between 1936 and 1941?

posted Nov 27, 2019 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Why are Angel Falls, Venezuela, so called?

posted Nov 27, 2019 by Sandeep Bedi

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The sopranos Teresa Stolz and Maria Waldmann premiered which Verdi work in 1871?

posted Nov 25, 2019 by Chahat Sharma

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In January 1506 the first what arrived at the Vatican?

posted Nov 25, 2019 by Brijesh Talwar

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The first goal in Football World Cup history was scored on 18 July 1930 by Lucien Laurent of France.................

posted Nov 25, 2019 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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What influential and enduring company did the 22 year old Paul Allen co-found in April 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico?

posted Nov 21, 2019 by Aarati Mahajan

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Who was the first driver to die in a Formula One-related incident?

posted Nov 21, 2019 by Nikita Sehgal

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In what year did Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reach the South Pole, the first known to do so?

posted Nov 21, 2019 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Which poet, playwright, broadcaster, and children’s author co-wrote the "electronic poem" in 1981 called................

posted Nov 20, 2019 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Who was the last Nazi war criminal to be tried and executed?

posted Nov 20, 2019 by Divya Bharti

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Which country left the British Commonwealth in 1949?

posted Nov 19, 2019 by Aman

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English lawyer James Puckle patented a gun in 1718 to do what?

posted Nov 19, 2019 by Mridul

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The Mesolithic is one of the areas archaeologists divide which Age into?

posted Nov 15, 2019 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Beginning in 1612 lotteries were held in America under the auspices of King James I to do what?

posted Nov 15, 2019 by Balwinder

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Which early 19th century English writer,while collaborating in several works,also wrote under pseudonym of Sempronia?

posted Nov 13, 2019 by Varun Kumar

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The followers of John Wycliffe in the 14th and 15th century were known as what?

posted Nov 12, 2019 by Rahul Chandel

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In 1984, Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with what disorder?

posted Nov 12, 2019 by Ankur Athari

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The process of producing wootz steel, used in many famous early and mediaeval European swords, is ascribed..............

posted Nov 11, 2019 by Nikhil Pandey

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Which mediaeval German cheese still has as a special ingredient the action and presence of live mites?

posted Nov 8, 2019 by Madhavi Latha

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Which British sprinter returned to competition in 2006 after a 2 year absence due to doping offences?

posted Nov 7, 2019 by Parampreet Kaur

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What has grown from the ruins of a volcano which spectacularly destroyed itself in the Indian Ocean in August 1883?

posted Nov 7, 2019 by Brijesh Talwar

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Psychologists G. Stanley Hall and Arthur Allin in 1897 coined what term or terms?

posted Nov 6, 2019 by Aastha Joshi

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Where was the sport called "Tossing the caber" developed?

posted Nov 5, 2019 by Aarati Mahajan