Recent posts under tag personality

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Early in 2010, Norway's Magnus Carlsen, at 19 years old, became the youngest person to top the world ranking in what?

posted Nov 17, 2021 by Maninder Bath

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Who died suddenly on 14 October 1977 from a heart attack soon after a round of 18 holes of golf near Madrid.............

posted Nov 11, 2021 by Rajni

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Michael Jordan was with which team when they won 6 National Basketball Association titles?

posted Nov 10, 2021 by Varun Kumar

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Where was international soccer goalkeeper Fabien Barthez born?

posted Nov 9, 2021 by Ankur Athari

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Emperor Pedro II, Deodoro da Fonseca, Floriano Peixoto, Manuel Vitorino Pereira and Prudente de Morais are names........

posted Nov 2, 2021 by Parampreet Kaur

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General Stanley Allen McChrystal, who had led all forces in Afghanistan since 15 June 2009, was relieved................

posted Nov 2, 2021 by Saif Khanam

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John and David Lloyd represented Great Britain in the early 1970s at what sport?

posted Oct 30, 2021 by Karan Joglekar

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Who is associated with the phrase "history is bunk"?

posted Oct 29, 2021 by Aarati Mahajan

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Who was shot dead on 9 October 1967 while trying to organise a revolution in Bolivia?

posted Oct 28, 2021 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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The blend of tea known as Earl Grey was named after someone in what profession?

posted Oct 28, 2021 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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On April 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison became what?

posted Oct 28, 2021 by Rahul Vaidya

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Rihanna, who had hit singles from 2005 that include "Don't Stop the Music" and "Disturbia", was born where?

posted Oct 27, 2021 by Dilbagh

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Larry Page and Sergey Brin started what computer application?

posted Oct 25, 2021 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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Who has won the Women's Singles title at Australia's premier tennis tournament, with 10 wins?

posted Oct 22, 2021 by Vikram Luthra

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What was the profession of World War I heroine Edith Cavell?

posted Oct 21, 2021 by Ankur Athari

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In which country did Juan Domingo Peron seize power in 1943, become president, and resign in 1955?

posted Oct 21, 2021 by Upma

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Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver (1921 – 2009), a sister to ex-USA President John F. Kennedy, is widely known................

posted Oct 19, 2021 by Manish Tiwari

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Claris Cliff is a famous designer of what items?

posted Oct 13, 2021 by Maninder Bath

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The series of numbers that is obtained by adding the previous two together is named after whom?

posted Oct 1, 2021 by Upma

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Who opened the restaurants called Pétrus and Amaryllis in Britain?

posted Oct 1, 2021 by Varuna Magar

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What former Grand Prix motorcycle racer from New Zealand published his autobiography in late 2010?

posted Sep 29, 2021 by Manish Tiwari

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Former New York City police chief Bernard Kerik, appointed US homeland security chief in 2004, was imprisoned...........

posted Sep 24, 2021 by Rahul Vaidya

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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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Who is quoted as saying "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants"?

posted Sep 9, 2021 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Who adopted the surname "Mountbatten" in 1947?

posted Sep 7, 2021 by Rahul Vaidya

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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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What was named after American frontiersman James Bowie?

posted Sep 1, 2021 by Nimish

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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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Alfred Brendel is mostly associated with what instrument?

posted Aug 31, 2021 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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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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What professional golfer was known as "The Great White Shark"?

posted Aug 20, 2021 by Aastha Joshi

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Who initiated the interactive 1961 art work "Painting to Hammer a Nail"?

posted Aug 18, 2021 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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What is the name of Bill and Hilary Clinton's daughter?

posted Aug 16, 2021 by Mohammad

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John Scopes was put on trial in 1925 in the USA for teaching the theories of which scientist?

posted Aug 5, 2021 by Pardeep Kohli

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Hugh Masekela, legendary trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer, spent 30 years in exile..............

posted Aug 2, 2021 by Aastha Joshi

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What form of presentation is named after Scottish clergyman James Gall (1808 – 1895) and German historian...............

posted Jul 30, 2021 by Simranjeet Singh

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Who is reported as saying "We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam............

posted Jul 29, 2021 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Which American explorer claimed to have been the first person, on 6 April 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole?

posted Jul 28, 2021 by Dilbagh

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Which American scientist from the Scripps Research Institute shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001?

posted Jul 26, 2021 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Who were the main figures involved in the introduction in 1892 of 35 mm film for still photography and motion pictures?

posted Jul 23, 2021 by Akriti

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Who is the engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR and a co-inventor of video tape........

posted Jul 20, 2021 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Ninette de Valois was involved professionally in what activity?

posted Jul 13, 2021 by Maninder Bath

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This actor left their country of birth at 4, won an Oscar at the age of 11 with a film from the country.................

posted Jul 6, 2021 by Akriti

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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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Who was Tycho Brahe?

posted Jun 29, 2021 by Brijesh Talwar

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The startling beauties and riches of the tomb of Tutankhamen became accessible widely at least partly through...........

posted Jun 28, 2021 by Kuldeep Apte

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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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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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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