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What is a "perambulator"?
posted Oct 23, 2021
  • general
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For which Games did the Olympic torch go into outer space during the torch relay?
posted Oct 5, 2021
  • history
  • olympic
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In what Olympic Games did Dick Fosbury first use his, then new, technique in the high jump?
posted Sep 20, 2021
  • olympic
  • history
  • personality
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Until Tony Blair, which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the longest overall time?
posted Aug 30, 2021
  • prime minister
  • britain
  • history
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A sulphur-crested cockatoo named Snowball (hatched in 1996) became well-known in 2008 for what?
posted Aug 10, 2021
  • general
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Who were the main figures involved in the introduction in 1892 of 35 mm film for still photography and motion pictures?
posted Jul 23, 2021
  • personality
  • history
  • photography
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This actor left their country of birth at 4, won an Oscar at the age of 11 with a film from the country.................
posted Jul 6, 2021
  • movies
  • personality
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Which was a journalist whose investigation into the drug trade in Dublin led to her murder in 1996, the subject.........
posted Jun 18, 2021
  • history
  • personality
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What land, a British colony for 155 years, and occupied by Japan briefly in WW II, was ceded to the People's............
posted Jun 1, 2021
  • history
  • british
  • colony
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Which American state, since 1847 shortly after joining Union, has never carried out capital punishment under its laws?
posted May 14, 2021
  • usa
  • laws
  • state
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What religious organisation was formed under the leadership of George Fox in the mid 17th century?
posted Apr 28, 2021
  • history
  • religious
  • organisation
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When a snooker game is set up, what ball is set closest to the centre of the table?
posted Apr 12, 2021
  • snooker
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The constitution of which country is the world's oldest still in effect?
posted Mar 25, 2021
  • oldest
  • constitution
  • country
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What was the name used sometimes in Victorian times for the tower at north end of the Palace of Westminster in London?
posted Mar 8, 2021
  • london
  • palace
  • tower
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What land type predominates in Argentinian Patagonia?
posted Feb 20, 2021
  • argentina
  • land
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What is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada?
posted Feb 4, 2021
  • province
  • canada
  • largest
  • city
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James Reese Europe was a leading early 20th century exponent of what?
posted Jan 20, 2021
  • history
  • personality
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The RMS "Lancastria" was the subject of the worst single loss of life in British maritime history.......................
posted Jan 1, 2021
  • british
  • history
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What retail chain is named after a character from Herman Melville's book Moby Dick?
posted Dec 14, 2020
  • business
  • history
  • books
  • character
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What do the Akan peoples in Ghana, various indigenous peoples in North America, people of a number of Greek.............
posted Nov 27, 2020
  • people
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Which national leader's 3 wives were Aurelia Tizón (married 1929) and Eva Duarte (married 1945) who both died...........
posted Nov 9, 2020
  • personality
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What does someone with the hikikomori syndrome show?
posted Oct 13, 2020
  • syndrome
  • symphtoms
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"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" is the unfinished novel by which author?
posted Sep 28, 2020
  • novel
  • author
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A second century CE Roman, a Lusitanian Spaniard by birth, became the highest paid athlete ever, as what?
posted Sep 15, 2020
  • history
  • personality
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Several caves in Spain are sites of prehistoric rock paintings. Approximately when were the earliest, line..............
posted Aug 26, 2020
  • spain
  • prehistoric
  • caves
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Which railway station, designed and overseen by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was covered by the largest train shed..........
posted Aug 12, 2020
  • railway station
  • history
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The diet of a Portia, a genus of jumping spider, focusses on what food?
posted Jul 31, 2020
  • general
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The re-election campaign of 66 year old Uganda president Yoweri Museveni gained international attention in 2010, why?
posted Jul 17, 2020
  • history
  • uganda
  • politics
  • personality
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What do the words "xoxo", "pogonophobia" and "yarn bombing" have in common?
posted Jul 3, 2020
  • general
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When the US Domestic Parcel Post, set up to handle large parcels, was initiated by the controversial new Postmaster.....
posted Jun 20, 2020
  • history
  • usa
  • postal
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What is shigin?
posted Jun 8, 2020
  • general
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What is Ruth Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, popularly known for?
posted May 24, 2020
  • personality
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What infectious disease, commonest in childhood, caused by a virus, is characterised by swelling of the salivary........
posted May 11, 2020
  • disease
  • infectious
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The year 2018 marks what anniversary since the completion of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary?
posted Apr 29, 2020
  • oxford english dictionary
  • history
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On 1 May 2010, where was a car bomb in a Nissan Pathfinder, which failed to ignite properly,disarmed with no casualties?
posted Apr 16, 2020
  • history
  • bomb
  • geography
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What boxer challenged Jack Dempsey in 1923 for the world heavyweight title, in what boxing historian Bert Sugar.........
posted Apr 4, 2020
  • boxer
  • history
  • heavyweight championship
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Who commissioned the "Ballet des Polonais", one of the first works to be recognized as a true court ballet?
posted Mar 23, 2020
  • ballet
  • history
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Why did the International Telecommunication Union abbreviate "Coordinated Universal Time" to "UTC"?
posted Mar 5, 2020
  • telecommunicatio
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Samoa, Hawaii and the Tokelau Islands are part of which geographic area?
posted Feb 17, 2020
  • geography
  • islands
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In which country is Lake Khövsgöl and its surrounding National Park?
posted Feb 1, 2020
  • lake
  • national park
  • country
  • geography
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Who became president of Iraq in May 2005?
posted Jan 6, 2020
  • history
  • president
  • iraq
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Which country was proclaimed a republic in 1867, following the withdrawal of the French administration..................
posted Dec 18, 2019
  • history
  • country
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What is sibship?
posted Dec 2, 2019
  • general
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What is a "thresher"?
posted Nov 14, 2019
  • general
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What are the first names of Torville and Dean, who were the highest ever scoring figure skaters for a single............
posted Oct 29, 2019
  • history
  • olympic
  • personality
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What was the name of the group formed in London in February 1944 to plan the invasion of Europe under...................
posted Sep 13, 2019
  • group
  • uk
  • history
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What does the Gaelic phrase "Sinn Fein" mean?
posted Aug 16, 2019
  • phrase
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Which peninsula has the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west and the Black Sea to the.............
posted Jul 30, 2019
  • peninsula
  • geography
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The cleric Einhard (c.770 - 840) wrote a ground-breaking and much copied biography of which figure?
posted Jul 17, 2019
  • biography.
  • history
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What is a group of lions called?
posted Jul 1, 2019
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  • group
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