Recent posts under tag personality

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On 17 June 1994, what vehicle was O J Simpson driving in a slow-speed chase by police at 35 miles per hour (56 km/h)?

posted Nov 7 by Nikhil Pandey

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Who was the capacity crowd's sustained loud applause for, when Croatian-Australian Ajla Tomljanović won in the third....

posted Nov 7 by Ujjwal Mehra

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What was Beethoven's last symphony?

posted Nov 7 by Sandeep Bedi

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Who identified and named alpha, beta and gamma radiation?

posted Nov 7 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839-1920), a French mining engineer and chemist, gave his name to a mineral which.........

posted Oct 28 by Rahul Vaidya

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British scientist Silvanus Thompson (1851 - 1916), a professor of Physics, talented lecturer and writer, recognised.....

posted Oct 25 by Aman

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C. F. Goldie OBE (1870 - 1947), is known for his portraits of dignitaries indigenous to which country?

posted Oct 24 by Mohammad

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Who is credited with the quote, famous in US history: "I have not yet begun to fight"?

posted Oct 23 by Anil Chaurasiya

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A doping scandal in 2012 involving Lance Armstrong relates to which sport?

posted Oct 23 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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Dr Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) was removed as rector of the University of Salamanca in 1917 and again, having.........

posted Oct 22 by Akriti

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Who is credited with writing the software for Skype?

posted Oct 22 by Anamika

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After the murder of his children's nanny, Sandra Rivett, Richard John Bingham disappeared on 8 November 1974.......

posted Oct 10 by Samardeep Acharya

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"Alfabet/alphabet: A Memoir of a First Language" is a record of the transition of which award-winning Canadian poet.....

posted Oct 9 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Who said that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun?

posted Sep 26 by Upma

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By what name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known to his fans?

posted Sep 25 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Who was the first person (and only person, except for "Sergeant Pepper") other than The Beatles themselves, to have.....

posted Sep 18 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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By what name do we better know Mr van Rijn, who lived in Holland in the 17th century?

posted Sep 12 by Swati Arora

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Katia Zatuliveter, who was deported from the UK in December 2010 on suspicion of spying for the Russians, worked........

posted Sep 11 by Udita

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Immediately after leaving his band Roxy Music in 1973, Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno........

posted Sep 9 by Anamika

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Whose song inspired the classic Australian line dance known as the Nutbush?

posted Sep 5 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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An investigation by the Roman Inquisition in 1615, which concluded that heliocentrism was foolish, absurd.........

posted Sep 2 by Pardeep Kohli

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Who set a water speed record of 225.6 m.p.h. at Coniston Water in September 1956?

posted Aug 28 by Samardeep Acharya

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To whom does the nickname "Dubya" refer?

posted Aug 26 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Who wrote "Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography"?

posted Aug 21 by Nimish

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Which director and choreographer was Artistic and Executive Director of Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre from 1991.......

posted Aug 14 by Varuna Magar

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Karpal Singh (1940-2014) was known internationally as what?

posted Aug 13 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Who were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1993?

posted Aug 9 by Chahat Sharma

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Who was the leader of 617 Squadron, formed during World War II and known as the Dambusters?

posted Aug 6 by Nikita Sehgal

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Who won the 2010 Nobel prize for chemistry for their work in the 1960s & 1970s to find ways to bond carbon atoms........

posted May 22 by Mohammad

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His name was Augustus Newnham, nicknamed Moses by his older brother. What was his family name?

posted May 21 by Deepak Chitragar

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Phil Taylor (1960-now), ranked world number one in 2012 in the Professional Darts Corporation order of merit, holds.....

posted May 16 by Ritika

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Which person maintained that he, not Alexander Graham Bell, had invented the telephone and that Bell had stolen.......

posted May 14 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Which former American football star was acquitted of killing his ex-wife and was later convicted of armed robbery.......

posted May 10 by Chahat Sharma

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Belgian priest, Georges Lemaître (1894-1966), was well-known as a what?

posted May 9 by Aastha Joshi

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In the USA there is a national holiday annually on the third Monday in January, in honour of whom?

posted May 6 by Aman

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Singer Avril Lavigne was born in which country?

posted May 3 by Nimish

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Gordon Bennett, a leading figure on the world stage in the 19th century, made his substantial fortune in what field?

posted May 3 by Vishal

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Who compiled the 5 volume "The Canon of Medicine", completed in 1025 and still in use as a standard medical textbook....

posted Apr 30 by Rajni

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In 1997 at the World Snooker Championship, who made the fastest-recorded maximum break of 147?

posted Apr 29 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Archimedes is the first person recorded to have designed and built an elevator, in about 236 BC. Who is..........

posted Apr 26 by Sandeep Otari

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In 2022 gymnast Simone Biles was awarded what?

posted Apr 15 by Rahul Vaidya

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What was Maria Callas?

posted Apr 10 by Udita

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Hussein Abdi Kahin was revealed in July 2022 to be the birth name of whom?

posted Apr 9 by Deepak Chitragar

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"Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace" is a graphic biography of Kenyan scientist Wangari Maathai, the first.......

posted Apr 2 by Sandeep Otari

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Belgian competitor Eddy Merckx, often referred to as among the best of all time in his field, was involved in what......

posted Apr 2 by Ankur Athari

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What post was held by Winston Churchill during the 1926 General Strike in the UK?

posted Mar 28 by Puneet Batra

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He was deeply interested in the Vedanta philosophy of Hinduism, won the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics, published works....

posted Mar 28 by Madhavi Latha

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With which organisation is European star Jiří Kylián most associated?

posted Mar 27 by Saif Khanam

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In September 2013 Kurt Steiner in Pennsylvania set the world record, according to the Guinness Book of Records..........

posted Mar 25 by Aarati Mahajan

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What name did Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe perform under?

posted Mar 21 by Mishthy Mukherjee