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The archipelago of Indonesia was colonialised for about 4 centuries as a major trade prize. When did it finally.........

posted Jun 29, 2022 by Manish Tiwari

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Why was Captain William Kidd hanged in 1701?

posted Jun 29, 2022 by Puneet Batra

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In 2005, Dan Wheldon became the first British competitor to win what event in over 30 years?

posted Jun 29, 2022 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Who won Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2012, and for what?

posted Jun 29, 2022 by Amarvansh

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Where are the vast grassland plains known as the Pampas?

posted Jun 29, 2022 by Madhavi Latha

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The names of Cannae, Gaugamela and Austerlitz are associated with what?

posted Jun 28, 2022 by Parampreet Kaur

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Who said "I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back"?

posted Jun 28, 2022 by Chahat Sharma

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In 2002 what, possibly unique, reaction was observed in cichlids, a freshwater fish species, in one short stretch.......

posted Jun 28, 2022 by Brijesh Talwar

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Tsvetana Pironkova is involved in which sport?

posted Jun 28, 2022 by Saif Khanam

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To drill the first foot of an oil well, is to what?

posted Jun 28, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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The first commercial (non-state) flights to carry a civilian to the edge of space happened in which year?

posted Jun 27, 2022 by Kuldeep Apte

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What is the engineering term for a shallow masonry construction used to carry the supports of a timber superstructure?

posted Jun 27, 2022 by Karan Joglekar

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Which cricket ground was the home ground of the Manchester Cricket Club from 1856 until it became the home..............

posted Jun 27, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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Where is the United Kingdom's National Space Centre?

posted Jun 27, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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He trained as a palaeontologist and geologist,but Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 - 1955) is more widely known as what?

posted Jun 27, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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In gymnastics, what is a salto?

posted Jun 25, 2022 by Aarati Mahajan

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Gordonstoun School is famous mainly because of which past pupils?

posted Jun 25, 2022 by Simranjeet Singh

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What is the British Engineerium, in Hove?

posted Jun 25, 2022 by Nikita Sehgal

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Found in the human body, what are the "venae cavae"?

posted Jun 25, 2022 by Pushpak Chauhan

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What was the first US Federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies, passed in 1890, that still forms the basis.......

posted Jun 25, 2022 by Anuradha Tabyal

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On April 6, 2018, in Saskatchewan, Canada, a truck collided with a bus carrying a team of young players in what sport?

posted Jun 24, 2022 by Maninder Bath

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What is Cajón del Maipo in Chile?

posted Jun 24, 2022 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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A British expression sometimes used for "goodbye" is "toodle …" what?

posted Jun 24, 2022 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Of the first underground railways to open in Europe, which was the next to open after the Metropolitan Railway.........

posted Jun 24, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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By what name is Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus better known?

posted Jun 24, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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What is the word for bending at least one knee to the ground, a gesture of deep respect for a superior that.............

posted Jun 23, 2022 by Prachi Sharma

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Which country forcibly colonised the island now known as Taiwan in 1895?

posted Jun 23, 2022 by Swati Arora

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Which river, the world's deepest on record and the second largest river in the world by discharge volume..............

posted Jun 23, 2022 by Aman

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What was Colin Powell's role in George W Bush's government from 2001 to 2005?

posted Jun 23, 2022 by Dilbagh

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"Aegrotocatellus jaggeri" an extinct marine arthropod which disappeared about 250 million years ago,is named after whom?

posted Jun 23, 2022 by Mridul

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The names of how many continents end with the same letter that they started with?

posted Jun 23, 2022 by Udita

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What is a present term for the 15th and 16th century transfer of plants, food crops, animals, culture, people...........

posted Jun 22, 2022 by Nimish

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Who formally opened the 2020 Summer Olympics?

posted Jun 22, 2022 by Vishal

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Nick Leeson became famous in 1995 for what activity?

posted Jun 22, 2022 by Atif

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What was the cause of an epidemic of 355 cases (46% fatal) between March and June 2010 in Zamfara State, Nigeria?

posted Jun 22, 2022 by Mohammad

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What word means "a ceremonial meeting of Australian Aborigines"?

posted Jun 21, 2022 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Football Golf has annual World and European Championships, as well as Open Tournaments in Germany, Denmark..............

posted Jun 21, 2022 by Anshika Utadi

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In October 2018 a tomos was signed, and then formalised three months later in Istanbul, to do what?

posted Jun 21, 2022 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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What do the "C"s stand for in the acronym CCUS?

posted Jun 21, 2022 by Deepak Chitragar

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Which play, and then novel, explores, through the 164-year-history of one family, a social system much criticised.......

posted Jun 21, 2022 by Balwinder

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The northern mass of the continent of the Americas is bounded by the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic Oceans...............

posted Jun 20, 2022 by Riteshwar

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What word means a "sudden revelation"?

posted Jun 20, 2022 by Kapil Kapoor

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Which English MP, Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under King Charles II and King James II, kept a detailed............

posted Jun 20, 2022 by Akriti

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What type of rock is formed by the solidification of molten magma?

posted Jun 20, 2022 by Anamika

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When was the Red Bull Air Race World Championship started?

posted Jun 20, 2022 by Rajni

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What was the Schmalkaldic League, formed during the mid-16th century?

posted Jun 17, 2022 by Ritika

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What were the first names of comedians Abbott and Costello?

posted Jun 17, 2022 by Vikram Luthra

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Tierra del Fuego sits in the southernmost curl of which continent?

posted Jun 17, 2022 by Prithvi

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Which island was sold by Genoa to France in 1764, was ruled by Britain for two years from 1794 to 1796............

posted Jun 17, 2022 by Varun Kumar

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In a 1545 book Roger Ascham invented a word, "toxophily", meaning what?

posted Jun 17, 2022 by Harshita Dhaliwal