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What did Basutoland change its name to in 1966?

posted Nov 12, 2021

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Larry Page and Sergey Brin started what computer application?

posted Oct 25, 2021

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Which movement was begun in 1909 by Richard Schirrmann, a German schoolteacher, and Wilhelm Münker, a conservationist?

posted Oct 7, 2021

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A coherer, hot wire barretter and cat's whisker were all types of what?

posted Sep 21, 2021

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Alfred Brendel is mostly associated with what instrument?

posted Aug 31, 2021

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Which Indonesian volcano erupted in October / November 2010, forcing 70,000 people from their homes?

posted Aug 11, 2021

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Formaggio marcio is notable for containing what?

posted Jul 26, 2021

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Who was the first person to win an Oscar playing the role of someone of the opposite sex?

posted Jul 7, 2021

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If you travelled directly west from Luanda, Angola, which country would you reach first?

posted Jun 21, 2021

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Which Soviet gymnast won the most medals in her career?

posted Jun 3, 2021

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What is the official language of the Canadian province of Quebec?

posted May 17, 2021

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What did the accord popularly known as the Good Friday Agreement, signed in April 1988 and ratified the next............

posted Apr 29, 2021

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The successive black notes on a piano is an example of what?

posted Apr 13, 2021

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What is added to steel to make stainless steel?

posted Mar 26, 2021

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What is the "Ishihara test" for?

posted Mar 9, 2021

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What weapon is traditionally held in a scabbard?

posted Feb 21, 2021

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What are traditionally kept in a humidor?

posted Feb 5, 2021

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Grounation Day (April 21) and Coronation Day (November 2) are important holy days in which religion?

posted Jan 21, 2021

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In the early 21st century the word "lockdown" became associated internationally with what?

posted Jan 4, 2021

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Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann was talking about what when he said "I think that in human evolution it has..............

posted Dec 15, 2020

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Which library opened its reading room to the public in 1609, the second public library in Europe to do so?

posted Nov 30, 2020

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Who composed the 1723 suite for wind instruments known as the Water Music?

posted Nov 10, 2020

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What was the name given to an insurrection (the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798........

posted Oct 14, 2020

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In English folklore, what symbolises fertility and rebirth?

posted Sep 29, 2020

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In botany, what is the word for the scar left on a tree or plant after a leaf falls?

posted Sep 16, 2020

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Which city, previously the Roman town of Vindobona, became the capital of the Duchy of Austria in 1156..................

posted Aug 27, 2020

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The killing of 58-year-old Robert Krentz and his dog, shot on 27 March 2010 on his ranch roughly 19 miles...............

posted Aug 13, 2020

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Where are most of the volcanoes in South America?

posted Aug 1, 2020

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Where is the headquarters of the Surrey County Cricket Club?

posted Jul 18, 2020

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American Richard Fosbury was lucky to have what, when he was developing the technique which is named after him?

posted Jul 4, 2020

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The Sunda Strait lies between which two islands?

posted Jun 21, 2020

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The firm founded in America in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports is the forerunner to which firm?

posted Jun 9, 2020

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What birds are found in quantity on the red-tinged, shallow salty waters of Laguna Colorado, Bolivia?

posted May 25, 2020

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Which city was founded in 1624 as a commercial trading post by the Dutch, who called it New Amsterdam...................

posted May 12, 2020

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What is the name of the line separating numerator and denominator of a fraction if it is written as a horizontal line?

posted Apr 30, 2020

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Celadon is a shade of what colour?

posted Apr 17, 2020

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Neanderthals are considered one of the closest extinct relatives of what other still living creature?

posted Apr 5, 2020

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In 2007, the general assembly of which US state voted to express "profound regret" for its involvement with slavery?

posted Mar 24, 2020

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Which thoroughfare was closed and blanketed with flowers, trees and grass for 3 days in May 2010?

posted Mar 6, 2020

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Why were the Winter Olympic Games at Lillehammer in 1994 held only 2 years after the previous ones, at Albertsville?

posted Feb 18, 2020

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The World Cup for which sport is an annual international competition initiated in 1978 by Swiss journalist?

posted Feb 3, 2020

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What was tuberculosis previously known as?

posted Jan 7, 2020

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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

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What is the value of the centre square in a Scrabble board?

posted Dec 3, 2019

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What was the business of the painter Edvard Munch's home and studio, Ekely, before he acquired it in 1916?

posted Nov 15, 2019

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Ophanin, piscivorin, ablomin, latisemin and triflin, cysteine-rich secretory proteins that can reduce muscle............

posted Oct 30, 2019

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Susan Brown was the first woman to take part in what event, in 1981?

posted Sep 17, 2019

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Who was the first elected female head of state in Africa?

posted Aug 17, 2019

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What is the name of the swampy area in Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee?

posted Jul 31, 2019

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What is Kavachi in the South Pacific?

posted Jul 17, 2019

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