Recent posts under tag personality

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What name did Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe perform under?

posted Mar 21 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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

posted Mar 21 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 by Vishal

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Who gave rise to the popular Macavity the Mystery Cat?

posted Mar 15 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 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 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 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 by Aastha Joshi

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

posted Feb 27 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 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 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 by Rajni

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

posted Feb 14 by Vikram Luthra

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Chelsy Davy has been romantically linked to whom?

posted Feb 8 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 by Pardeep Kohli

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

posted Feb 6 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 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 by Deepak Chitragar

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After Gianni Versace died, Donatella Versace, formerly vice-president, stepped in as creative director of Versace.......

posted Jan 11 by Vikram Luthra

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In the 18th century, Carl Linnaeus laid the foundations for what system, still in use today?

posted Jan 4 by Karan Joglekar

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Which Canadian portrait photographer of Armenian heritage photographed Winston Churchill in his studio in Ottawa........

posted Jan 3 by Maninder Bath

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He was a linguist and translator, author of "Ecclesiastical History of the English People", considered one...........

posted Dec 21, 2023 by Prithvi

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Greg LeMond was a champion in which sport?

posted Dec 21, 2023 by Varun Kumar

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Which English explorer commanded the ships "Discovery" and "Terra Nova" to explore the Antarctic?

posted Dec 20, 2023 by Rahul Chandel

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Phil Mickelson is a professional in what sport?

posted Dec 20, 2023 by Upma

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Golfer Vijay Singh, who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005, was born......

posted Dec 14, 2023 by Saif Khanam

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Lydia Ko who took the 2012 Canadian Women's Open as a 15 year old amateur, became the youngest person to win an LPGA....

posted Dec 13, 2023 by Karan Joglekar

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What Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor was granted a peerage in 1917, was the first Minister of Information....

posted Dec 8, 2023 by Aman

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What was the first name of the political cartoonist known as Hogarth?

posted Dec 5, 2023 by Riteshwar

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Kelly Slater is both the youngest and oldest person to hold the world title in what sport?

posted Nov 30, 2023 by Pardeep Kohli

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Who were, respectively, the first conductor and Artistic Director of the Glyndebourne Opera?

posted Nov 30, 2023 by Ujjwal Mehra

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US TV personality Jerry Springer was once mayor of which city?

posted Nov 27, 2023 by Samardeep Acharya

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The pas de deux "Urlicht" was the first dance choreographed by which later internationally influential person.........

posted Nov 24, 2023 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell, who commanded the Light Brigade of the British Army during the Crimean War...

posted Nov 22, 2023 by Mridul

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Which English football (soccer) player, whose career playing first class football ran from 1956 to 1973, was England's..

posted Nov 20, 2023 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Which of Queen Elizabeth II's children was last to leave the single state and get married?

posted Nov 15, 2023 by Kapil Kapoor

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Thomas Becket was murdered in which English Cathedral?

posted Nov 15, 2023 by Akriti

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In 2009, Heikki Kovalainen, Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel, Robert Kubica and Nico Rosberg were competitors...........

posted Oct 27, 2023 by Simranjeet Singh

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In 1992, Vitaly Scherbo (USSR/BLR) broke the record for being awarded the most Olympic gold medals in one day..........

posted Oct 26, 2023 by Rahul Vaidya

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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) installed as First Consul in France by 1800 and crowned Emperor of France 1804..........

posted Oct 18, 2023 by Vishal

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What is Spike Milligan's first name?

posted Oct 17, 2023 by Deepak Chitragar

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Who was the first left handed golfer to win one of the four majors?

posted Oct 16, 2023 by Anamika

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The phrase "Crossing the Rubicon" is associated with which historical figure?

posted Oct 11, 2023 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Who designed the jet boat?

posted Oct 11, 2023 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which future member of The Monkees pop group appeared on the TV series "Coronation Street"?

posted Oct 6, 2023 by Aastha Joshi

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Which choreographer created installations featuring architecture and performance,which he calls “Choreographic Objects”?

posted Oct 2, 2023 by Dilbagh

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Who was the first US Secretary of the Treasury?

posted Sep 28, 2023 by Deepak Chitragar

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What is the profession of Damien Hirst?

posted Sep 26, 2023 by Vikram Luthra

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Which ex Formula One driver competed in the World Rally Championship in 2010?

posted Sep 25, 2023 by Sandeep Otari

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Which 15th century Portuguese navigator discovered the sea route around the Cape of Good Hope?

posted Sep 21, 2023 by Sidharth Malhotra