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Which movement was begun in 1909 by Richard Schirrmann, a German schoolteacher, and Wilhelm Münker, a conservationist?

posted Oct 7, 2021 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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For which Games did the Olympic torch go into outer space during the torch relay?

posted Oct 5, 2021 by Akriti

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The Ishtar Gate, constructed around 575BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II, was a gate to which city?

posted Oct 4, 2021 by Ritika

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From 1928 the obverse of medals awarded at the Olympic Games carried a picture of the Roman Colosseum. At which.........

posted Oct 4, 2021 by Vikram Luthra

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What word was coined in the 20th century for persistent mishearing and/or misunderstanding of a commonly known..........

posted Oct 4, 2021 by Prithvi

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What was the first land passage between Manhattan Island and Brooklyn that, on its opening in 1883, became..............

posted Oct 4, 2021 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Which country was proclaimed a People's Republic on 1 October 1949, following the defeat of forces led by...............

posted Oct 1, 2021 by Ankur Athari

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Project Habakkuk was a plan by the British in World War II to construct what from ice?

posted Sep 29, 2021 by Amarvansh

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Which internationally influential Brazilian architect designed both the Museum of Contemporary Art in Niterói...........

posted Sep 28, 2021 by Parampreet Kaur

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Which battle is most usually associated with the command to the soldiers of the defending force, "Don't fire............

posted Sep 28, 2021 by Chahat Sharma

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What, due to happenings in the 1960s and 1970s, became known as the Yellow Fleet?

posted Sep 27, 2021 by Kuldeep Apte

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Bohemian engraver and artist Wenceslaus Hollar (1607 – 1677) created multiple works prized in England as tools..........

posted Sep 27, 2021 by Samardeep Acharya

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The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, D.C. in 1949 by Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg................

posted Sep 27, 2021 by Samardeep Acharya

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The minting of which English gold coin began in 1663, and ceased in 1817?

posted Sep 26, 2021 by Nikita Sehgal

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Who was in charge of the ransacking of much of northern Italy in 452 AD?

posted Sep 26, 2021 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Where was the Polisario Front formally constituted in 1973?

posted Sep 22, 2021 by Nimish

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Members of what family were killed in the Massacre of Glencoe in Scotland, on 13 February 1692?

posted Sep 22, 2021 by Atif

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Where is the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, opened in 1996?

posted Sep 22, 2021 by Mohammad

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Why did the East European country of Circassia cease to exist in the 19th century?

posted Sep 21, 2021 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Roger Moore first played James Bond in which film?

posted Sep 20, 2021 by Riteshwar

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Although the first permanent colour photo was taken in 1861 by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell..............

posted Sep 20, 2021 by Kapil Kapoor

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In what Olympic Games did Dick Fosbury first use his, then new, technique in the high jump?

posted Sep 20, 2021 by Akriti

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Why were George Atzerodt, Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell and David Herold hanged in Washington, D.C., on 7 July 1865?

posted Sep 20, 2021 by Rajni

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The Romanov Dynasty (Peter I, Catherine I, Peter II, Anna, Ivan VI, Elizabeth, Peter III, Catherine II the..............

posted Sep 18, 2021 by Varun Kumar

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During World War II, Operation Sealion was the codename for the invasion of which area?

posted Sep 16, 2021 by Rahul Chandel

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Where was the first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting held, in 1989?

posted Sep 16, 2021 by Ankur Athari

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During World War I, US president Woodrow Wilson raised an army through conscription and gave total command to whom?

posted Sep 15, 2021 by Pardeep Kohli

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What caused the sinking of the British ship "The Royal Oak" on the night of 13 and 14 October 1939?

posted Sep 15, 2021 by Sandeep Bedi

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In which US state did the siege of the Alamo take place?

posted Sep 14, 2021 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Which English cricket captain had a well-publicised row with Pakistani umpire Shakoor Rana in Faisalabad in 1987?

posted Sep 13, 2021 by Chahat Sharma

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In what city did Cacareco famously receive about 100,000 votes in the city council elections of 1958, more than.........

posted Sep 10, 2021 by Kuldeep Apte

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What was the nickname of the British army regiment called the "11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)"?

posted Sep 10, 2021 by Samardeep Acharya

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What name was given to the political and social movement that united the states of the Italian peninsula................

posted Sep 9, 2021 by Pushpak Chauhan

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What was the "Haymarket Massacre" in 1886?

posted Sep 8, 2021 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Who adopted the surname "Mountbatten" in 1947?

posted Sep 7, 2021 by Rahul Vaidya

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In 1963, US President Johnson imposed a 25 % tax (almost 10 times the average) on potato starch, dextrin, brandy........

posted Sep 3, 2021 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Andrea Jaeger of the US had a successful career in professional tennis, becoming World Ranked number....................

posted Sep 3, 2021 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Before 1949, by what name was Thailand known?

posted Sep 3, 2021 by Rahul Vaidya

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Who was on the throne of England when Francis Drake fought the Spanish Armada in 1588?

posted Sep 2, 2021 by Swati Arora

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The satellite "Aryabhata", launched on 19 April 1975, to conduct experiments in X-ray astronomy, aeronomics.............

posted Sep 2, 2021 by Aman

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Who was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England?

posted Sep 2, 2021 by Dilbagh

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Abraham Ortelius, a Flemish cartographer and geographer, is generally recognised as the creator of the first............

posted Aug 31, 2021 by Anil Chaurasiya

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What were Operation Ranger, Operation Buster-Jangle, Operation Tumbler-Snapper, Operation Upshot-Knothole...............

posted Aug 31, 2021 by Deepak Chitragar

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Until Tony Blair, which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the longest overall time?

posted Aug 30, 2021 by Akriti

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Stirling WHO was a British racing driver, who raced from 1948 to 1962 and won 212 of the 529 races he entered...........

posted Aug 27, 2021 by Ritika

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Who is the only president of the USA to serve non-consecutive terms?

posted Aug 27, 2021 by Prithvi

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Where was "the Bhopal disaster" that took place at a pesticide plant owned and operated by Union Carbide................

posted Aug 26, 2021 by Ankur Athari

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The 1812 Overture was written to commemorate the defence of which city against Napoleon?

posted Aug 26, 2021 by Upma

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Which computer company produced the BBC Micro which dominated the market in the 1980s?

posted Aug 25, 2021 by Pardeep Kohli

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Which King of Macedon created one of the largest empires in ancient history between 336 and 323BC.......................

posted Aug 24, 2021 by Amarvansh