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Pierre Poivre, an eighteenth‑century French horticulturalist and government administrator in the French islands.........

posted Sep 2, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 due to its occupation by troops from what country?

posted Sep 1, 2022 by Aman

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Which Wonder of the Ancient World begun in 356 BC at Ephesus under the direction of Dinocrates took over a century?

posted Aug 29, 2022 by Deepak Chitragar

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Who was president of the USA at the end of the Vietnam War when the last U.S. diplomatic, military, and civilian........

posted Aug 26, 2022 by Riteshwar

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The last beheading after death carried out in Britain (which was part of the penalty of "hanging, drawing and...........

posted Aug 25, 2022 by Prithvi

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Winchester was the capital of which Anglo-Saxon kingdom?

posted Aug 24, 2022 by Sandeep Otari

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In 1996, at the point when Desmond Tutu retired as the first black Archbishop of Capetown in South Africa.............

posted Aug 24, 2022 by Upma

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Which sport, practised since at least the 8th century BC, is still current and was celebrated on the special €10 Greek..

posted Aug 23, 2022 by Nikhil Pandey

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What were reportedly the last words of Ned Kelly when he was hanged on 11 November 1880 at the Melbourne Gaol?

posted Aug 23, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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When was the period of English history known as "The Anarchy" or "The Nineteen-Year Winter"?

posted Aug 19, 2022 by Brijesh Talwar

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Between 1696 and 1851, the British government imposed a tax on what part of a house?

posted Aug 18, 2022 by Karan Joglekar

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The modern British period of history called "The Winter of Discontent" began when?

posted Aug 18, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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Which author, poet, playwright, actor, Shintoist and nationalist committed seppuku in 1970 after declaring............

posted Aug 16, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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Cuba first participated in the modern Olympic Games in 1900 but then missed the Games from 1908 to 1920..............

posted Aug 11, 2022 by Nimish

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What was the name of the British Royal Yacht that entered service in 1953 and decommissioned on 11 December 1997?

posted Aug 11, 2022 by Atif

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What influential and at times highly controversial book was published in November 1859?

posted Aug 8, 2022 by Riteshwar

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What land was recorded by the American captain Benjamin Morrell of the schooner Wasp in March 1823, in the Weddell......

posted Aug 7, 2022 by Rajni

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The Hindu temple complex of Angkor Wat, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state........

posted Aug 4, 2022 by Varun Kumar

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In 1660 Robert Hooke developed what?

posted Aug 3, 2022 by Rahul Chandel

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When was the first international championship, the World Cup, of One Day International (ODI) cricket held?

posted Aug 3, 2022 by Sandeep Otari

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Who was the Merchant of Yonkers, in the 1938 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder?

posted Aug 3, 2022 by Ankur Athari

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Prior to its being recognised as a Winter Olympic, and Paralympic, Sport what sport was governed by the ICF?

posted Aug 2, 2022 by Sandeep Bedi

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The years 1563, 1593, 1603, 1625, 1636 and 1665 marked waves of what in and around London in England?

posted Aug 1, 2022 by Manish Tiwari

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Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, USA, saw what accident on 20 March, 1979?

posted Aug 1, 2022 by Madhavi Latha

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In 2014, how many colours are there on the New Zealand flag?

posted Jul 29, 2022 by Chahat Sharma

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Since 1951, what is the maximum number of full consecutive terms to be filled by one US president?

posted Jul 29, 2022 by Brijesh Talwar

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Marengo and Copenhagen became well-known names at the beginning of the 19th century. What were they?

posted Jul 28, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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In the 1996 Winter Olympics what ancient tradition was revived and, for the first time in the modern Games.............

posted Jul 27, 2022 by Aarati Mahajan

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The warrant for the first Astronomer Royal appointed in England, 4 March 1675, stated what as the purpose of the office?

posted Jul 26, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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In 1955 a book was published following discussion initiated by Sir Hugh Beaver and based on the idea of settling........

posted Jul 26, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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In the course of which hostilities did Rome suffer what is seen as its greatest defeat?

posted Jul 26, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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The French astronomer and geodesist, Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713 – 1762), is known particularly for what?

posted Jul 25, 2022 by Mridul

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Alfonso de Albuquerque took areas of which modern day country for Portugal in the early 1500s?

posted Jul 22, 2022 by Vishal

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A halt in 1648 to what must have seemed at the time almost endless wars in Europe, is called what?

posted Jul 22, 2022 by Mohammad

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A club in central London called "The Night Tripper" that opened on 23 December 1966 later changed its name to what?

posted Jul 19, 2022 by Prithvi

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Who led the expedition that successfully made the first ascent of Mt Everest in 1953?

posted Jul 18, 2022 by Sandeep Otari

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Which series, originally released in 2003 on Disney Channel, was the first in the network's history to produce..........

posted Jul 18, 2022 by Ankur Athari

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The Peripatetic School founded by Aristotle was called this for what reason?

posted Jul 18, 2022 by Upma

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Who led a campaign from 1798-1801, taking a force of 500 civilian scientists, specialists in fields such...........

posted Jul 18, 2022 by Varuna Magar

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Which artists or group won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1997, for their..........

posted Jul 16, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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In the first half of the 18th century in Great Britain, what drug became so popular, particularly in London...........

posted Jul 16, 2022 by Sandeep Bedi

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Which kingdom, established by King Wickramabahu in the 14th century, repelled invasions by the Portuguese..............

posted Jul 15, 2022 by Manish Tiwari

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In November 1983 a bomb was exploded in the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C. What was the reason given?

posted Jul 14, 2022 by Parampreet Kaur

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Oil from oil wells was first used for what?

posted Jul 14, 2022 by Brijesh Talwar

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What concept was described and highlighted in a 1983 book edited by European-British historian Eric Hobsbawm............

posted Jul 13, 2022 by Kuldeep Apte

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Which martial art was developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan?

posted Jul 13, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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What is notable about the date Friday 15 October 1582 in Western history?

posted Jul 12, 2022 by Aarati Mahajan

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Tony and Maureen Wheeler began publishing what travel publications in the early 1970s?

posted Jul 11, 2022 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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How did US president William McKinley die in 1901?

posted Jul 8, 2022 by Prachi Sharma

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What event coincided with the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2014?

posted Jul 7, 2022 by Mohammad