Recent posts under tag personality

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Michael Billington was a well-known English critic in what field?

posted Mar 3, 2020 by Upma

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What was the bowling technique developed by English cricketer Harold Larwood?

posted Mar 2, 2020 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which was an American baseball player who holds the record for most World Series home runs?

posted Feb 27, 2020 by Saif Khanam

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In 1525, ex-nun Katharina von Bora married whom, thereby violating a major point of Christian canon law?

posted Feb 27, 2020 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Constance Heward and Joyce Lankester Brinsley are known for what?

posted Feb 25, 2020 by Nikita Sehgal

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In 17th century Italian theatre what commedia dell'arte character had two fathers?

posted Feb 25, 2020 by Pushpak Chauhan

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What nationality was Paul René Gauguin ( grandson of Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin), painter, graphic artist.......

posted Feb 20, 2020 by Dilbagh

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How many New Zealanders have won Nobel Prizes in Chemistry?

posted Feb 17, 2020 by Riteshwar

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At the 1972 Olympic Games at Munich, which 16-year-old Soviet gymnast won three gold medals?

posted Feb 14, 2020 by Varun Kumar

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Who has won the most Olympic Gold medals?

posted Feb 11, 2020 by Manish Tiwari

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From which country was Fulgencio Batista ousted in 1959?

posted Feb 10, 2020 by Brijesh Talwar

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Which was an 18th century Scottish philosopher and economist who wrote "Theory of Moral Sentiments" and............

posted Feb 10, 2020 by Saif Khanam

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Who was the British nurse executed on 12 October 1915 for harbouring wounded and refugee soldiers in Brussels?

posted Feb 7, 2020 by Simranjeet Singh

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Gordon Banks (1937-2019) and Gordon Banks (1958 on) are both notable, on either side of the Atlantic, in what field?

posted Feb 6, 2020 by Divya Bharti

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Dan Quayle was Vice President to which president of the USA?

posted Feb 5, 2020 by Prachi Sharma

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In 2018 Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua OBE from the UK holds multiple world championships in which sport?

posted Feb 4, 2020 by Nimish

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Who was the commander of the Luftwaffe during World War II and died by taking poison after being condemned..............

posted Feb 4, 2020 by Atif

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What are both Tony Kushner and August Strindberg known as?

posted Feb 3, 2020 by Balwinder

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Which European discovered New Zealand in 1642?

posted Feb 1, 2020 by Rajni

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Who opened their own business in 1885,by 1890 was recognized as one of France's foremost Art Nouveau jewellery designer?

posted Jan 31, 2020 by Prithvi

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Who was "the fourth man" in the Cambridge spy ring, whose name was not publicly known until 1979?

posted Jan 31, 2020 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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By what name was Rocco Francis Marchegiano heavyweight boxing world champion better known?

posted Jan 30, 2020 by Rahul Chandel

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Which abolitionist was hung in 1859 for his role in the Harper's Ferry Raid and played a major role in the Civil War?

posted Jan 29, 2020 by Sandeep Bedi

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One of the earliest European explorers to reach Australia and New Zealand has which island named after him?

posted Jan 24, 2020 by Kuldeep Apte

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Who invented a system of cartography whereby lines of latitude and longitude are drawn at right angles?

posted Jan 22, 2020 by Rahul Vaidya

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Who, at the age of 50, had become the world's richest man through the activities of the Standard Oil Company?

posted Jan 15, 2020 by Parampreet Kaur

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Which Greek physician born in 460 BC to a family of priests and doctors lived most of his life on Cos and Cnidus........

posted Jan 15, 2020 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Which Austrian, a pioneer in psycho-analysis, died in London in 1939, a refugee from Nazi persecution?

posted Jan 10, 2020 by Divya Bharti

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During World War II, in north Africa, who was known as "The Desert Fox"?

posted Jan 9, 2020 by Swati Arora

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In June 2009, who was found dead in his room at the Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel in Bangkok, where he had gone.........

posted Jan 9, 2020 by Mridul

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Which river runs through the town where Shakespeare was born?

posted Jan 6, 2020 by Rajni

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Which scientist allegedly used mirrors to focus the sun's rays to burn Roman ships during the Siege of Syracuse?

posted Jan 3, 2020 by Rahul Chandel

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When did the first African American woman take her seat in the US House of Representatives?

posted Jan 3, 2020 by Ankur Athari

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Mary Baker Eddy founded which religion?

posted Jan 3, 2020 by Varuna Magar

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What was invented by Alfred Nobel, the founder of the Nobel Prize?

posted Jan 2, 2020 by Ujjwal Mehra

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Australian professional golfer Greg Norman is known by which nickname?

posted Dec 30, 2019 by Parampreet Kaur

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Whose lifetime total of 714 home runs was a record in Major League Baseball for 39 years, until 1974?

posted Dec 30, 2019 by Chahat Sharma

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Wilhelm von Humboldt, Robert Cawdrey, Joseph Wright and James A Murray were all famous for what?

posted Dec 30, 2019 by Saif Khanam

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J. E. Brandenberger, a Swiss chemist and textile engineer, discovered the process to make what?

posted Dec 27, 2019 by Aastha Joshi

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Who, in 1831, first demonstrated that the motion of a conductor in a magnetic field generates an electric current?

posted Dec 26, 2019 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Who was killed by their own Sikh bodyguards in 1984?

posted Dec 24, 2019 by Divya Bharti

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Andy Green, driving Thrust SSC, did what in 1997?

posted Dec 23, 2019 by Mridul

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Who famously flew a kite in a thunderstorm in 1752 to demonstrate the effects of lightning?

posted Dec 20, 2019 by Udita

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Which of Galileo's achievements brought him into conflict with the church, resulting in his being confined..............

posted Dec 20, 2019 by Vishal

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After Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won the 100 metre dash at the 1988 Seoul Olympics,why was his gold medal taken away?

posted Dec 20, 2019 by Mohammad

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Bing Crosby died playing which sport?

posted Dec 19, 2019 by Anshika Utadi

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Which photographer who emigrated to Canada in 1937 is best known for his photographs of the Ottawa region?

posted Dec 19, 2019 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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What was the name of Julius Caesar's last wife?

posted Dec 18, 2019 by Kapil Kapoor

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Which Scotsman took out a patent in 1876 that was the nucleus of the telephone?

posted Dec 17, 2019 by Varun Kumar

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In 1877 Sir Arthur Sullivan composed which immensely popular song?

posted Dec 16, 2019 by Sandeep Otari