Recent posts under tag personality

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Grammy winning American composer Stephen Paulus is known for which 1982 works?

posted Mar 20, 2023 by Kuldeep Apte

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In the 1970 UK general election, who was elected MP for North Antrim, became the longest serving MP from............

posted Mar 20, 2023 by Aastha Joshi

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Which Soviet gymnast won the most Olympic medals in her career, and the most gold of any female?

posted Mar 16, 2023 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Mary Quant became famous in the 1960s for designing what?

posted Mar 14, 2023 by Dilbagh

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British world champion, double Olympic gold medalist and extreme sportsman James Cracknell won his medals in what sport?

posted Mar 10, 2023 by Balwinder

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At his retirement in 2012 from One Day International games, who held the record for scoring the most centuries..........

posted Mar 9, 2023 by Anamika

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For what was 10th century Andalusian intellectual Lubna of Córdoba celebrated?

posted Mar 6, 2023 by Nikhil Pandey

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André-Jacques Garnerin carried out what feat on 22 October 1797 at Parc Monceau, Paris?

posted Mar 2, 2023 by Chahat Sharma

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Which career soldier and inventor was personally thanked by the Duke of Wellington after the battle of Waterloo.........

posted Mar 1, 2023 by Aastha Joshi

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Who designed the Shavian alphabet?

posted Feb 28, 2023 by Pushpak Chauhan

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What nickname was given to German Chancellor Otto Van Bismarck?

posted Feb 17, 2023 by Prachi Sharma

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Initially family pressure sent Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), later seen as among the most important and influential......

posted Feb 16, 2023 by Mohammad

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When did sprinter and long jumper Carl Lewis win the first of his Olympic gold medals?

posted Feb 14, 2023 by Riteshwar

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In which country was mountaineer and explorer Edmund Hillary born?

posted Feb 7, 2023 by Brijesh Talwar

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Who was Johann Reichhart (1893 – 1972)?

posted Feb 6, 2023 by Kuldeep Apte

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"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1927), on which the multi-award winning 1948 American film was based, was...........

posted Feb 6, 2023 by Aastha Joshi

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Which well-known singer, dancer, actor, and choreographer caught the eye of The Jacksons as choreographer.........

posted Jan 31, 2023 by Mridul

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The Swedish soldier, humanitarian and diplomat Greve Folke Bernadotte is particularly remembered for what during........

posted Jan 30, 2023 by Nimish

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An internationally recognised activist for freedom of information, is Julian who?

posted Jan 25, 2023 by Akriti

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The duo Nappytabs are known for what?

posted Jan 24, 2023 by Varun Kumar

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His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations (ions with a positively charged carbon atom)........

posted Jan 12, 2023 by Maninder Bath

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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were charged in November 2021 with crimes committed when they were Presidents...........

posted Jan 12, 2023 by Rahul Vaidya

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Malick Sidibé was internationally famous as a what?

posted Jan 10, 2023 by Vishal

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Who created the international competition called the Goodwill Games, that were held between 1986 and 2001?

posted Jan 10, 2023 by Mohammad

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An American intelligence analyst with the US military, and eventually an activist and whistleblower, changed her name...

posted Jan 6, 2023 by Akriti

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Ernesto "Che" Guevara was working as a journalist and photographer when he befriended and joined forces with whom?

posted Jan 4, 2023 by Varuna Magar

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Who was "Sports Illustrated" magazine's first "Sportsman of the Year"?

posted Dec 28, 2022 by Nikita Sehgal

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Who wrote the music for the award-winning 1961 musical film for which Steven Spielberg directed a re-make in 2021?

posted Dec 23, 2022 by Udita

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Football athlete, broadcaster and actor, O.J. Simpson, ran in the Torch Relay for which Olympic Games?

posted Dec 22, 2022 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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What field of work is Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) best known for?

posted Dec 21, 2022 by Riteshwar

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Swedish physician, global health expert, data visionary and public speaker Dr. Hans Rosling is associated..........

posted Dec 21, 2022 by Kapil Kapoor

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What was the nickname of Lawrence Peter Berra, a former Major League Baseball player and manager who played.........

posted Dec 20, 2022 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Scottish stonemason, architect and civil engineer, Thomas Telford is well-known for designing the Menai Suspension......

posted Dec 19, 2022 by Sandeep Otari

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Although well-known for the dance styles he popularised, which singer, equally known for his music, released as his.....

posted Dec 16, 2022 by Nikhil Pandey

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Which player made a comeback to international tennis in 2006 after 4 years?

posted Dec 15, 2022 by Manish Tiwari

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Which 18th century self-taught Liverpudlian, who studied human anatomy and spent 18 months dissecting horses........

posted Dec 15, 2022 by Puneet Batra

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Uday Shankar was an internationally known pioneer of modern Indian what?

posted Dec 14, 2022 by Saif Khanam

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What is the best known work by German composer Carl Orff?

posted Dec 13, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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The French novelist, polemicist and physician Louis Ferdinand Destouches (1894 - 1961, pen-name Louis.........

posted Dec 6, 2022 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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The first Pierre de Coubertin medal awarded was to Eugenio Monti who competed in what discipline in the 1964 Winter.....

posted Dec 6, 2022 by Deepak Chitragar

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Who is remembered in the name for the "cold rain" process, the process by which precipitation starts in a mixed cloud...

posted Dec 2, 2022 by Ritika

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In what field is Robert Mapplethorpe known?

posted Dec 2, 2022 by Prithvi

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Anna Wintour is famous in what field?

posted Dec 1, 2022 by Sandeep Otari

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Under what name was American actress, dancer, and producer Margarita Carmen Cansino known in her celebrated...........

posted Nov 30, 2022 by Nikhil Pandey

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The following people died from what cause: Eva Braun, Wallace Carothers, Odilo Globocnik, Joseph Goebbels...........

posted Nov 30, 2022 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which chemist, engineer, and armaments manufacturer invented dynamite and a detonator for it and then founded...........

posted Nov 29, 2022 by Manish Tiwari

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Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430) was France's first what?

posted Nov 25, 2022 by Kuldeep Apte

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What nationality is the soccer player Dennis Bergkamp?

posted Nov 25, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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Which 20th century American composer wrote the American Festival overture in 1939, and Symphony No. 3 considered........

posted Nov 23, 2022 by Maninder Bath

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Olympic gold medallists Natasa Janics and Alfréd Hajós represented which country?

posted Nov 23, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur