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What was significant about the double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves on 11 August 11 1951?

posted Jun 13, 2019 by Harprith

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Find Out When These Famous Things Were First Invented!

posted Jun 13, 2019 by Abu Anam

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Which is the first Tamil book got printed?

posted Jun 13, 2019 by Kowsalya Devi

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Who won his fourth Olympic gold medal with Paul MacDonald in 1988?

posted Jun 11, 2019 by Manish Tiwari

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Who apparently received papal forgiveness in a front page article of an April 2010 issue of "L'Osservatore Romano"?

posted Jun 11, 2019 by Puneet Batra

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What was the name of the ship used by Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, an English pirate?

posted Jun 11, 2019 by Madhavi Latha

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Médecins Sans Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders, was formed by doctors and journalists in 1971 in response to what?

posted Jun 10, 2019 by Chahat Sharma

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For more than 200 years Hatchards in the UK has sold what?

posted Jun 8, 2019 by Simranjeet Singh

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Where was the annual G8 leaders summit held in the year 2000?

posted Jun 8, 2019 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Founded in London in 1766, what activity are "Christie, Manson and Woods" involved in?

posted Jun 8, 2019 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Who was the first Persian ruler that occupied part of the Indian territory?

posted Jun 7, 2019 by Yogish

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Bill and Hilary Clinton and Jim and Susan McDougal were investigated as part of what financial scandal?

posted Jun 6, 2019 by Prachi Sharma

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What French political scandal involved the sentencing of an artillery officer to life imprisonment for treason in 1894?

posted Jun 6, 2019 by Aman

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Whose forces were finally defeated at the Battle of Culloden?

posted Jun 5, 2019 by Mohammad

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In the 16th century, which explorer began and led the first known successful circumnavigation of the earth?

posted Jun 4, 2019 by Balwinder

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What was a significance of the 1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill, or Ap Bia Mountain, in Vietnam?

posted Jun 3, 2019 by Vijay

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Which building was attacked at the start of the French Revolution on 14 July 1789 because it was symbolic of injustice?

posted Jun 3, 2019 by Farhan

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Who was the Queen of the Iceni who led a rebellion against the Romans around 63 AD?

posted May 31, 2019 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Which 7 letters used by the Romans to signify numbers?

posted May 30, 2019 by Jay Yadav

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Who devised a practical system for classifying fingerprints?

posted May 30, 2019 by Reeta

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Daniel O'Connell did what in 1828 and 1829 as part of a campaign to remove restrictions on Roman Catholics in the UK?

posted May 30, 2019 by Ankur Athari

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What are the joints in the fingers called?

posted May 29, 2019 by Renita

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What is the name of the city known before 1936 internationally as Tiflis?

posted May 29, 2019 by Ati Kumar

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Name main latitudes

posted May 29, 2019 by Anas Malik

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दो नदियों का नाम दें जो ओसुनेयर सभ्यता के विकास में योगदान देते हैं

posted May 29, 2019 by anonymous

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What country adopted its federal constitution in 1848 then finally joined the United Nations in 2002?

posted May 29, 2019 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which company was founded and named after the inventor of vulcanised rubber in 1898, almost 4 decades after his death?

posted May 28, 2019 by Amarvansh

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The lands of Castile, which came to prominence in Europe in the 13th century, make up much of which modern country?

posted May 27, 2019 by Parampreet Kaur

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Who was the Princess of Tyre who, after her brother Pygmalion killed her husband Sichaeus, fled to Africa?

posted May 25, 2019 by Aastha Joshi

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Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna died while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at which motor racing circuit?

posted May 24, 2019 by Aarati Mahajan

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Coffee first arrived in Europe in the area covered by what modern day country?

posted May 24, 2019 by Simranjeet Singh

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Which claimant to the Kingdoms of England and Ireland was de facto monarch of England after the death of................

posted May 24, 2019 by Nikita Sehgal

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What phrase was used to describe the separation of China from the West during the Cold War?

posted May 24, 2019 by Anuradha Tabyal

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When they played together in 1970 musicians Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, Jim Gordon and Eric Clapton were known as what?

posted May 23, 2019 by Maninder Bath

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Why do American Airlines Flights 11 and 77 and United Airlines Flights 93 and 175 feature in the history of the USA?

posted May 23, 2019 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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What gas filled the Hindenburg zeppelin which spectacularly crashed and burnt in 1937?

posted May 23, 2019 by Rahul Vaidya

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posted May 21, 2019 by Vinni Fernandis

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Where did war between Rana Sanga and Babar take place in 1527?

posted May 19, 2019 by anonymous

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Ghumura is an ancient folk dance that originated in which states?

posted May 17, 2019 by Sunita

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When did the British women got their voting rights?

posted May 8, 2019 by anonymous

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Why's is Jaipur called a pink city?

posted May 8, 2019 by anonymous

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Which is the most brutal battle in history?

posted Apr 30, 2019 by anonymous

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During the colonial era, Calcutta was the _of india?

posted Apr 20, 2019 by Sakthi Vel

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Which company won a formative case in UK labour law that held that a union taking strike action could be................

posted Apr 16, 2019 by Maninder Bath

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In 1800 what country ceded Louisiana to what other country?

posted Apr 15, 2019 by Swati Arora

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In the 17th century, who invented the measurement called the "chain" used in surveying, which is made up of 100 "links"?

posted Apr 15, 2019 by Dilbagh

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Which English village, which grew from a tiny fishing hamlet in 1864, was completely drowned due to coastal erosion?

posted Apr 14, 2019 by Udita

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What palace / monastery covering 10 acres (4.05 hectares), in the shape of a grid iron as a monument....................

posted Apr 10, 2019 by Ritika

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In 1957 the US army donated 15 what to zoos, and sold the remainder of its stock to the public?

posted Apr 10, 2019 by Prithvi

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How did John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., the elder son of US President John F. Kennedy, die in 1999?

posted Apr 10, 2019 by Harshita Dhaliwal