Recent posts under tag personality

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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, 2024 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, 2024 by Anamika

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

posted Sep 5, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 by Samardeep Acharya

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To whom does the nickname "Dubya" refer?

posted Aug 26, 2024 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Who wrote "Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography"?

posted Aug 21, 2024 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, 2024 by Varuna Magar

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

posted Aug 13, 2024 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Who were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1993?

posted Aug 9, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 by Chahat Sharma

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

posted May 9, 2024 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, 2024 by Aman

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Singer Avril Lavigne was born in which country?

posted May 3, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 by Sandeep Otari

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In 2022 gymnast Simone Biles was awarded what?

posted Apr 15, 2024 by Rahul Vaidya

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What was Maria Callas?

posted Apr 10, 2024 by Udita

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

posted Apr 9, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 by Madhavi Latha

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With which organisation is European star Jiří Kylián most associated?

posted Mar 27, 2024 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, 2024 by Aarati Mahajan

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What name did Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe perform under?

posted Mar 21, 2024 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Who, as the WBA champion, beat Evander Holyfield in December 2008?

posted Mar 21, 2024 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Steven Adams a basketballer from New Zealand joined the US team Thunder in 2013 just before they became the first-ever..

posted Mar 18, 2024 by Vishal

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Who gave rise to the popular Macavity the Mystery Cat?

posted Mar 15, 2024 by Deepak Chitragar

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He was the fourth of 6 children and the oldest surviving, was a choir singer, a painter, a writer, an admirer...........

posted Mar 13, 2024 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Andreas Thorkildsen set a new Olympic record at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing for throwing what?

posted Mar 5, 2024 by Pardeep Kohli

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Who died in 1658, was buried at Westminster Abbey, and was disinterred and hanged in 1660?

posted Mar 4, 2024 by Manish Tiwari

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In the 12th century, who was the lover and then husband of Héloïse, celebrated as a writer and scholar and, later.......

posted Feb 28, 2024 by Aastha Joshi

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With which organisation was Jacques Rogge, Count Rogge, associated?

posted Feb 27, 2024 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Who was the only person, until Bob Dylan in 2016, to win both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize for Literature?

posted Feb 23, 2024 by Aman

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In 1938, after receiving the Nobel Prize, which physicist emigrated to the USA, protesting the oppressive regime........

posted Feb 20, 2024 by Udita

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What was the Olympics venue announced by Jacques Rogge as his last before he resigned as President..........

posted Feb 15, 2024 by Rajni

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Where did Stradivari, the famous violin maker, live and work?

posted Feb 14, 2024 by Vikram Luthra

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Chelsy Davy has been romantically linked to whom?

posted Feb 8, 2024 by Nikhil Pandey

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Whose final words, on 8 April 1973, were reported to be “Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink.......

posted Feb 8, 2024 by Pardeep Kohli

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Edison Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, retired in 1977 from what sport?

posted Feb 6, 2024 by Brijesh Talwar

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When the US swimmer Michael Phelps became the youngest male at the time to break a world record in swimming........

posted Jan 15, 2024 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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What was the name of the German fighter pilot known as the "Red Baron", officially credited with 80 confirmed air.......

posted Jan 15, 2024 by Deepak Chitragar