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During which period did sound recording studios first start up in the US?

posted Jul 5, 2021 by Vikram Luthra

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What was known in the UK in World war II as "the Matilda"?

posted Jul 5, 2021 by Prithvi

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Which sovereign led Japan during World War II?

posted Jul 5, 2021 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Until 1472 the archipelago known now as Orkney was part of what country?

posted Jul 2, 2021 by Sandeep Otari

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Who became Head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1954 (for 22 years), and received an honorary knighthood............

posted Jul 2, 2021 by Upma

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The World Trade Centre complex that was in New York City's downtown financial district until 2001 was made up...........

posted Jul 2, 2021 by Varuna Magar

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What was the result of the internationally noted 1956 Treason Trial, which tried 156 men for treason....................

posted Jun 30, 2021 by Manish Tiwari

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Who was Tycho Brahe?

posted Jun 29, 2021 by Brijesh Talwar

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Which country topped the gold medal count at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver?

posted Jun 28, 2021 by Aastha Joshi

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Which shipping company owned the "Titanic"?

posted Jun 28, 2021 by Samardeep Acharya

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How is 26 march celebrated every. year?

posted Jun 26, 2021 by Nilpathor Imran

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A lynx called Sjogg was adopted as the mascot for which Olympic Games?

posted Jun 25, 2021 by Aarati Mahajan

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Where did the ancient city state known now as Palenque or Lakamha flourish?

posted Jun 25, 2021 by Anuradha Tabyal

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In the early 1960s, Albert DeSalvo was given what nickname by the media?

posted Jun 24, 2021 by Maninder Bath

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What is the reputed 13th century burial place of Genghis Khan?

posted Jun 23, 2021 by Prachi Sharma

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Usually, the United Kingdom holds general elections every five, or sometimes four, years. In the 20th century...........

posted Jun 23, 2021 by Mridul

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Who was president of the USA at the outbreak of World War II?

posted Jun 22, 2021 by Nimish

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Which British Monarch bought Buckingham House,later substantially remodelled as Buckingham Palace,for a royal residence?

posted Jun 22, 2021 by Vishal

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The grandson of Sigmund Freud, Jewish and taken to Britain from an increasingly dangerous Germany in 1933...............

posted Jun 22, 2021 by Mohammad

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When Olof Palme, Prime Minister of his country at the time, died in 1986 what was the cause?

posted Jun 21, 2021 by Anshika Utadi

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What is the current name of the country that was ruled by the Pahlavi dynasty from 1925 to 1979?

posted Jun 21, 2021 by Deepak Chitragar

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Which was a journalist whose investigation into the drug trade in Dublin led to her murder in 1996, the subject.........

posted Jun 18, 2021 by Akriti

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Which New Zealand cricketer, a left-handed batsman who captained New Zealand in 4 Tests in the early 1950s..............

posted Jun 18, 2021 by Rajni

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By 1988 Switzerland finally shelved plans to develop what?

posted Jun 17, 2021 by Ritika

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Where was the Peninsular War?

posted Jun 17, 2021 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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The name of which American surgeon and medical researcher is known for a technique for rescuing someone.................

posted Jun 16, 2021 by Sandeep Otari

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Who was sent by the African Association in 1795 to find the source of the River Niger?

posted Jun 15, 2021 by Pardeep Kohli

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In Britain, rationing ended, the London gold market reopened, Roger Bannister was first to run a mile in under..........

posted Jun 15, 2021 by Sandeep Bedi

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What six-note trumpet fanfare, composed in 1946, is often played at the beginning of sporting events in the USA?

posted Jun 15, 2021 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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When and where was lethal injection first legalised as a means of executing the death penalty in the US?

posted Jun 11, 2021 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Who was known as the "Moses of her people" for leading escaped slaves to freedom during the US Civil War?

posted Jun 10, 2021 by Aastha Joshi

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What name was given to a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine.......................

posted Jun 9, 2021 by Simranjeet Singh

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What was the first public library in Europe?

posted Jun 8, 2021 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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In the 20th century what year did Estonia first declare independence?

posted Jun 7, 2021 by Aman

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The world's oldest emergency call service was introduced first in London area in 1937. What telephone number was used?

posted Jun 4, 2021 by Nimish

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What is "Midway", the site of the Battle of Midway?

posted Jun 4, 2021 by Vishal

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Who invented the ferris wheel?

posted Jun 3, 2021 by Anil Chaurasiya

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What caused Richard I of England to be out of the country between 1190 and 1194, when his younger brother John..........

posted Jun 3, 2021 by Anshika Utadi

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Which Soviet gymnast won the most medals in her career?

posted Jun 3, 2021 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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What artistic movement was brought to international attention at the World's Fair in Paris in 1925?

posted Jun 3, 2021 by Deepak Chitragar

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What land, a British colony for 155 years, and occupied by Japan briefly in WW II, was ceded to the People's............

posted Jun 1, 2021 by Akriti

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P B S Pinchback was the first non-white and first person of African American descent to become governor.................

posted May 31, 2021 by Prithvi

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The British and the French fought a battle on the Plains of Abraham in 1759. In which country did it take place?

posted May 28, 2021 by Upma

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Do you think that the two nation theory became the basis of creation of pakistan

posted May 27, 2021 by Areesha Ashfaq

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He was born in BCE 551, was known as a teacher, editor, and politician, and has been celebrated and venerated...........

posted May 27, 2021 by Nikhil Pandey

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French woman Suzanne Lenglen dominated which sport in the 1920s?

posted May 27, 2021 by Pardeep Kohli

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The 1906 Treaty of Limits established the border between what country and a then-Dutch colony?

posted May 26, 2021 by Puneet Batra

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The capital of Brazil was moved from Rio de Janeiro to the purpose-built capital city of Brasilia in what year?

posted May 26, 2021 by Sidharth Malhotra

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When were the French and Indian Wars, of which Queen Anne's War was one, fought in North America?

posted May 25, 2021 by Saif Khanam