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Where was the most recent volcanic eruption in the contiguous states of the USA?

posted Oct 25 by Prachi Sharma

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The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) of 2001 was enacted in response to what?

posted Oct 25 by Mridul

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Who is credited with the quote, famous in US history: "I have not yet begun to fight"?

posted Oct 23 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Which US President was assassinated by Leon Frank Czolgosz at the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition........

posted Sep 30 by Rajni

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The US Stock Market crash known as Black Thursday happened on 24 October of what year?

posted Sep 20 by Aastha Joshi

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For the 2020/2021 year the US Mint confirmed that the cost of manufacturing the cent and the nickel (the 5 cent coin)...

posted Sep 18 by Rahul Vaidya

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In the 2022 United Nations General Assembly, Russia's Foreign Minister described US response to Russia's invasion.......

posted Aug 22 by Aman

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Under which President was legislation passed to establish the US National Park Service?

posted Aug 19 by Riteshwar

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The USA passed an Act in 1856, the Guano Islands Act, which provided for what?

posted Aug 19 by Anamika

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The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery, but also by inference allowed what?

posted Aug 8 by Saif Khanam

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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 by Chahat Sharma

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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 by Aman

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The USA established marginal income tax rates of 77% in 1916 to fund the war effort in World War I. What were they......

posted Apr 24 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which country voted in November 2012 to work to become the 51st state of the USA?

posted Apr 3 by Prithvi

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In 1963, US President Kennedy sanctioned a coup d'état in which country to overthrow Ngo Dinh Diem, the Roman Catholic..

posted Mar 18 by Atif

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When was the repeal of the US federal law called the "Chinese Exclusion Act" (1882) which banned Chinese immigration?

posted Mar 14 by Akriti

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When was the last major volcanic activity at Mount St Helens, Washington USA?

posted Mar 13 by Varun Kumar

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The Grand Canyon in the USA lies between which two mountain ranges?

posted Feb 19 by Balwinder

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In the USA, what is the minimum age that someone can become a senator?

posted Jan 22 by Dilbagh

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What did the ringing of bells throughout the US's National Park Service areas on 19 August 2019 mark?

posted Jan 12 by Anamika

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The pirate radio station Radio Caroline was named after the daughter of which US President?

posted Jan 9 by Pardeep Kohli

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In a 1956 interview with the American journalist Anna Louise Strong, Mao Zedong described the USA as a paper what?

posted Jan 8 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Who is the only US President who did not speak English as his first language?

posted Dec 27, 2023 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at a stage performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre on Good Friday.......

posted Dec 13, 2023 by Karan Joglekar

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What was the only combat medal created in the US, and subsequently cancelled in April 2013, for a military service......

posted Dec 12, 2023 by Nikita Sehgal

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Six states in the USA are split between two time zones, Eastern and Central. They are Florida, Indiana, Kentucky........

posted Dec 11, 2023 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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If something is described in US politics as "gubernatorial" what or who does it refer to?

posted Dec 8, 2023 by Swati Arora

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What was the first satellite put into orbit by the USA?

posted Dec 8, 2023 by Dilbagh

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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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What area does the only floating zip code in the US cover?

posted Nov 24, 2023 by Nikita Sehgal

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"The Bowery" is a street in which US city?

posted Oct 13, 2023 by Prithvi

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Which state of the USA has the Union Jack on its state flag?

posted Oct 5, 2023 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Which bank robber, whose exploits were sensationalized across the USA, was shot dead by police in an ambush outside.....

posted Sep 29, 2023 by Nimish

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Who was the first US Secretary of the Treasury?

posted Sep 28, 2023 by Deepak Chitragar

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Key Largo, Key West, Plantation Key and Big Pine Key are part of which US state?

posted Sep 26, 2023 by Varun Kumar

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In the USA in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt formed the Progressive Party when he lost the Republican nomination..........

posted Aug 23, 2023 by Varuna Magar

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On 15 April 1986, the USA launched a series of air strikes on what country because Ronald Reagan had "irrefutable.......

posted Aug 17, 2023 by Kuldeep Apte

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Before becoming US president, George W Bush was governor of which state?

posted Jul 27, 2023 by Vikram Luthra

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The portrait of which US statesman appears on the US $100 bill?

posted Jul 24, 2023 by Parampreet Kaur

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Florida produces 74 percent of which citrus fruit grown in the USA, 95% of which is processed, mostly as................

posted Jul 21, 2023 by Saif Khanam

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What profession was Larry Nassar who was sentenced in the USA in December 2017 to 60 years in federal prison............

posted Jul 14, 2023 by Anshika Utadi

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Who was the first U.S. President to take residence in the White House, then known as the Executive Mansion?

posted Jul 13, 2023 by Riteshwar

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The US Congress passed legislation in late June 2008 to provide Mexico with $400 million and Central American...........

posted Jul 3, 2023 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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The United States deployed combat units in 1965 into which war to prevent a communist takeover of Southeast Asia........

posted Jun 30, 2023 by Aman

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A "land run" into which current state of the USA began at noon on 22 April 1889, when an estimated 50,000 people........

posted Jun 28, 2023 by Anshika Utadi

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What was the popular name for Joseph Stalin by Americans during World War II?

posted Jun 28, 2023 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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In 1961 Alan Shepard made the first manned flight into space for the USA aboard what vehicle?

posted Jun 26, 2023 by Prithvi

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Which river flows through the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA?

posted May 29, 2023 by Aastha Joshi

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What did the BALCO scandal, first investigated by the US federal government in 2002, involve?

posted May 23, 2023 by Nimish

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Who created the framework for the Virginia Plan, that structured the US Government into three branches?

posted Apr 28, 2023 by Ankur Athari