Recent posts under tag personality

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Canaletto is famous for his 18th century paintings of which city?

posted Mar 30, 2021 by Vishal

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What is used on uniforms of some US military or paramilitary personnel to indicate number of years' service?

posted Mar 26, 2021 by Deepak Chitragar

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In early 2008, Yang Yun, an artistic gymnast who won two bronze medals at the 2000 Olympics, admitted...................

posted Mar 25, 2021 by Kapil Kapoor

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Eamon de Valera was a politician in which country?

posted Mar 24, 2021 by Ritika

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What profession was Cemal Kaşıkçı, who was murdered in the Saudi Arabia consulate in Turkey in October 2018?

posted Mar 19, 2021 by Sidharth Malhotra

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When Russia became a communist state in 1918 with Lenin as dictator, who was his foreign secretary?

posted Mar 10, 2021 by Udita

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In November 2009 1500m runner Rashid Ramzi was stripped of his 2008 Beijing gold medal for failing a drug...............

posted Mar 10, 2021 by Mohammad

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Peruvian Lina Medina, aged 5, made history in 1939 as the youngest person to do what?

posted Mar 9, 2021 by Anshika Utadi

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Who boxed briefly and unsuccessfully under the name Packy East, once making it to the semifinals of the Ohio............

posted Mar 3, 2021 by Nikhil Pandey

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As well as being a spy, for which brief career she was both celebrated and then executed, in what other profession......

posted Feb 23, 2021 by Prachi Sharma

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What term was used to describe the pattern where, from 1840 to 1960, each American President who had won election.......

posted Feb 23, 2021 by Aman

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Who composed the 1768 one act comic opera "Bastien und Bastienne"?

posted Feb 22, 2021 by Nimish

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In 1950, Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona became the first native Hawai'ian woman to do what?

posted Feb 22, 2021 by Vishal

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Argentinian David Nalbandian is a professional player of what sport?

posted Feb 19, 2021 by Ritika

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What relation was Gargantua to Pantagruel in the eponymous 16th century works by François Rabelais?

posted Feb 18, 2021 by Ankur Athari

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Dominic Cumming's is a well-known name in what?

posted Feb 17, 2021 by Nikhil Pandey

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Canadian broadcaster Ron MacLean is known for his association with what sport?

posted Feb 17, 2021 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Where did the Norwegian ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl, known for his adventures to examine his theories...................

posted Feb 16, 2021 by Sidharth Malhotra

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When ex-professional basketballer Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in January 2020 what was his destination?

posted Feb 16, 2021 by Amarvansh

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William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, was executed for his anti-puritan views during what period of British history?

posted Feb 15, 2021 by Chahat Sharma

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Which golfer was named as Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1996?

posted Feb 13, 2021 by Karan Joglekar

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31 March, the birthday of César Chávez, is recognised as a holiday......What role did he play in the history of the USA?

posted Feb 5, 2021 by Anshika Utadi

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Anthony Nesty won which country's first Olympic medal, a gold in the 100 m butterfly in the 1988 Summer Olympics?

posted Feb 2, 2021 by Sandeep Otari

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Why was Canadian sailor Lawrence Lemieux awarded a Pierre de Coubertin medal in the course of the 1988 Summer Olympics?

posted Jan 30, 2021 by Puneet Batra

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To whom was the quote "Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all" first ascribed?

posted Jan 29, 2021 by Brijesh Talwar

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"Historia Naturalis" was a major work by whom?

posted Jan 29, 2021 by Saif Khanam

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The president of which country was killed in a plane crash near Smolensk airport in April 2010?

posted Jan 27, 2021 by Anuradha Tabyal

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At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Noriaki Kasai of Japan became the first athlete to ...?

posted Jan 26, 2021 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Geoffrey Esper and Joey Chestnut are well-known names in the US in what sport?

posted Jan 25, 2021 by Dilbagh

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The philosopher Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 – c. 495 BCE) believed in transmigration of souls, led a group..............

posted Jan 22, 2021 by Udita

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What nationality is retired racing driver Alain Prost?

posted Jan 22, 2021 by Vishal

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James Reese Europe was a leading early 20th century exponent of what?

posted Jan 20, 2021 by Akriti

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In 2007, David Beckham signed for which soccer club?

posted Jan 20, 2021 by Anamika

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Harold I of England was nicknamed "Harold … " what?

posted Jan 18, 2021 by Rahul Chandel

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What was the occupation of John Spilsbury of London, England, who is credited with inventing jigsaw puzzle around 1760?

posted Jan 14, 2021 by Pardeep Kohli

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David Broome was a successful competitor in what sport in the 1960s and 1970s?

posted Jan 13, 2021 by Madhavi Latha

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Benoît B. Mandelbrot worked on a wide range of mathematical problems, including mathematical physics.................

posted Jan 11, 2021 by Karan Joglekar

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Wainwrights were craftsmen who made what?

posted Jan 6, 2021 by Aman

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What was the original surname of T E Shaw, an RAF aircraftsman who was killed in a motorbike accident in 1935?

posted Jan 5, 2021 by Udita

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Benjamin Disraeli's government was elected in the UK how many times?

posted Dec 22, 2020 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Professional American baseball player Toni Stone (1921-1996) was the first what?

posted Dec 21, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

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Which chemist and physicist established the basis for the magnetic field concept, discovered electromagnetic............

posted Dec 18, 2020 by Rahul Vaidya

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Who had his medals reinstated in 1983, 30 years after his death, after they were taken away at Stockholm in 1912?

posted Dec 17, 2020 by Swati Arora

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Dr John Dee (1527 – 1608), English mathematician, philosopher, astrologer, leading expert on navigation.................

posted Dec 16, 2020 by Atif

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James Chadwick discovered which sub-atomic particles in 1932?

posted Dec 14, 2020 by Anamika

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John Sholto Douglas sponsored the rules for which sport in the 19th century?

posted Dec 11, 2020 by Rahul Chandel

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How many orbits of the earth did John Glenn make in Mercury-Atlas 6 in 1962?

posted Dec 9, 2020 by Amarvansh

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Who married Liam Neeson in 1994 after they met on the set of the film "Nell"?

posted Dec 1, 2020 by Atif

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Who led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957................

posted Nov 30, 2020 by Anshika Utadi

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What nationality is Ilie Năstase, World No. 1 tennis player in 1973/1974, who won more than 100 ATP professional........

posted Nov 27, 2020 by Riteshwar