Recent posts under tag personality

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Who choreographed (and directed) the 1972 film "Cabaret"?

posted Nov 22, 2022 by Dilbagh

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Who was the "Angela" whose ashes Frank McCourt included in the title of his memoir (publ. 1996)?

posted Nov 21, 2022 by Mohammad

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A two decade long relationship was broken in August 2021 between what celebrated sportsman and the club he had played...

posted Nov 14, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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Luigi and Lucia Galeazzi Galvani are credited with the first studies in what, published in 1791?

posted Nov 10, 2022 by Parampreet Kaur

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What is the title of ex-Australian Prime Minister John Howard's autobiography, published in October 2010?

posted Nov 4, 2022 by Dilbagh

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When Sir Alex Ferguson retired in May 2013 after 26 years as manager for Manchester United Football Club who.........

posted Nov 4, 2022 by Mridul

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When Hugo Chávez entered the Venezuelan Military Academy in 1971 at the age of 17, what was he aiming to be?

posted Nov 3, 2022 by Nimish

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Anthony Wilding is the only New Zealander in what sport's Hall of Fame?

posted Oct 27, 2022 by Ujjwal Mehra

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What is Hilary Clinton's maiden name?

posted Oct 26, 2022 by Sidharth Malhotra

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In 2015 Lacy Thibodeaux-Fields brought a lawsuit against the NFL, which sparked a wave of lawsuits alleging wage........

posted Oct 25, 2022 by Parampreet Kaur

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Why was NBA player Kyrie Irving, a player with the Brooklyn Nets and 7-time NBA All-Star, excluded from practising......

posted Oct 19, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Among the hyped contests in world boxing was the match in October 2021 between heavyweight WBC ex-champion..............

posted Oct 13, 2022 by Anuradha Tabyal

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What was the profession of the person who invented the mechanism of the door lock for London toilets operated...........

posted Oct 12, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Who beat Lee Westwood, then the new world golf #1, into second place at the WGC-HSBC Championship in Shanghai..........

posted Oct 11, 2022 by Swati Arora

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Indycar sportsman Scott Dixon, who won his first Indy championship in 2000 and whose ratio of wins to career starts.....

posted Sep 30, 2022 by Anamika

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Who wrote the music for the musical "A Chorus Line"?

posted Sep 30, 2022 by Rajni

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Who is the "moi" to whom the quote "Après moi, le déluge" is attributed?

posted Sep 29, 2022 by Varun Kumar

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What is Archie Panjabi particularly known as?

posted Sep 29, 2022 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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George Harrison was deported from which city where the early Beatles had long term engagements, because of his youth?

posted Sep 22, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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Which pioneer of molecular gastronomy is also the founder and proprietor of 3-Michelin-star restaurant..........

posted Sep 22, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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Who was the first to be credited with the opinion which led eventually to a quote describing history as a set of lies...

posted Sep 20, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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Which boxer watched his daughter win her first professional boxing bout in October 1999?

posted Sep 19, 2022 by Prachi Sharma

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Which song-writing duo wrote hit songs under the pseudonyms Ann Orson and Carte Blanche?

posted Sep 13, 2022 by Varun Kumar

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At which UK General Election was Helen Grant elected, the Conservative Party's first black female MP?

posted Sep 9, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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How did Ronnie Lee Gardner make the news at 6.20 p.m. on 18 June 2010 in Utah?

posted Sep 8, 2022 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Which country did the Olympic sprinter represent, who asked for protection to stop her from being forcibly returned.....

posted Sep 7, 2022 by Brijesh Talwar

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In 1936, whose paper "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem" proved that...........

posted Sep 7, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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South African-born English cricketer Kevin Pietersen was dropped from the England team in August 2012. What was........

posted Sep 6, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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Which cricketer has scored the most first class centuries in history?

posted Sep 2, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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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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Pope Francis is sometimes slowed, and in 2021 was prevented from taking part in some traditional services, by pain......

posted Sep 1, 2022 by anonymous

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What was the nationality of the composer of the three piano pieces called "Gymnopédies"?

posted Aug 26, 2022 by Akriti

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An early hit for American singer-songwriter and actor Neil Diamond was music he wrote inspired by a piano concert.......

posted Aug 25, 2022 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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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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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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What style of music is synonymous with Perez Prado?

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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The Nobel Peace Prize winner for 2010 lived in which country?

posted Aug 11, 2022 by Mohammad

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Pankaj Advani has won multiple World Championships in which two disciplines?

posted Aug 9, 2022 by Balwinder

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British television journalist, producer and presenter Michael who, has made and/or fronted multiple science............

posted Aug 3, 2022 by Varuna Magar

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Which scientist has been quoted as saying "God does not play dice"?

posted Jul 29, 2022 by Parampreet Kaur

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By what name was Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better known?

posted Jul 28, 2022 by Kuldeep Apte

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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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Dodge Morgan, who became famous in 1986 at age 54 when he sailed solo around the globe without stops in 150 days........

posted Jul 21, 2022 by Deepak Chitragar

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What are Jimmy Reed, Skip James, Elmore James & Big Bill Broonzy best known as?

posted Jul 21, 2022 by Balwinder

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Who popularised the phrase "The buck stops here"?

posted Jul 20, 2022 by Akriti

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Who was known as "The Waltz King"?

posted Jul 19, 2022 by Ritika

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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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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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Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins and Dolly Parton are associated with what style of music?

posted Jul 14, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni