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What is the James Webb, launched into space in 2021 by a partnership between the space agencies in the US, Europe......

posted Oct 22

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The 1934 British Empire Games, now the Commonwealth Games, were originally scheduled for Johannesburg, South Africa.....

posted Sep 30

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The "galop" from Offenbach's "Orphée aux Enfers" is generally associated with what?

posted Sep 9

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

posted Aug 19

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Where are tatami used?

posted May 20

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If something or someone is described as smouldering, what is either literally or metaphorically present?

posted May 1

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Which English king destroyed over 60% of the people and economy of his kingdom, in a campaign called "the harrying......

posted Apr 8

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When was the athletics event known as the marathon first included for competition in the modern Olympic Games?

posted Mar 14

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Hydroelectric power was first generated in Canada in 1881 using Chaudière Falls on the Ottawa River, followed.........

posted Feb 15

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What is a trug usually used for?

posted Jan 12

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Which was the first Soviet Union republic to establish its independence when the Soviet Union was dissolving?

posted Dec 26, 2023

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What was the first name of the political cartoonist known as Hogarth?

posted Dec 5, 2023

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The newest distinct territory in Canada, Nunavut, is contiguous or very nearly with how many other Canadian provinces...

posted Oct 16, 2023

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Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F major (Op. 68) is known as what?

posted Sep 27, 2023

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Who married stylist Ric Pipino in 1997, divorced him in 2002, had a daughter by Italian businessman Flavio Briatore.....

posted Sep 4, 2023

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What is the name for a wasps' nest?

posted Jul 31, 2023

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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

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A famous 44-pound gold plated cookie was stolen in 2013 from over the entrance to a German factory and returned.......

posted Jun 27, 2023

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The professional basketball team which started in 1961 as the Chicago Packers is called what in 2022?

posted Jun 7, 2023

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Where was the area known as "The Spanish Main?

posted May 19, 2023

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What is a name for the 3-D version of a circle?

posted May 2, 2023

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Of the 6 Summer Olympics held between 1988 and 2008 inclusive, how many were in Europe?

posted Mar 29, 2023

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What is the capital of Lebanon?

posted Mar 9, 2023

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When did sprinter and long jumper Carl Lewis win the first of his Olympic gold medals?

posted Feb 14, 2023

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In the annual gatherings of nations to tackle climate change known as COP, what does the "C" stand for?

posted Jan 25, 2023

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What apart from the skull-like pattern on its back is unusual about a death's-head hawkmoth?

posted Jan 6, 2023

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What field of work is Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) best known for?

posted Dec 21, 2022

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What type of apple was adopted by The Beatles' "Apple Records" as its symbol?

posted Dec 5, 2022

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The olfactory organs are concerned with the sense of what?

posted Nov 17, 2022

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Roughly when was the Hampton Court Maze created?

posted Nov 1, 2022

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What did Emperor Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, aim to achieve when he called the Diet of Worms together............

posted Sep 30, 2022

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What is a property shared by molecules of water, sulphur dioxide, ammonia and carbon monoxide?

posted Sep 15, 2022

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Who was president of the USA at the end of the Vietnam War when the last U.S. diplomatic, military, and civilian........

posted Aug 26, 2022

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What influential and at times highly controversial book was published in November 1859?

posted Aug 8, 2022

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The 2008 British film "Slumdog Millionaire" directed by Danny Boyle is an adaptation of what 2005 novel?

posted Jul 20, 2022

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Where is the Afar Triple Junction?

posted Jul 5, 2022

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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

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The Battle of the Tiger's Mouth in 1809-10 was fought between which two forces?

posted Jun 3, 2022

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Who led a team to make the Cumberland Gap, a way through the Appalachian Mountains, accessible to pioneers.............

posted Apr 28, 2022

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William Wordsworth wrote several of his best known works while living where?

posted Apr 12, 2022

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What religion observes the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha celebrations?

posted Mar 28, 2022

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What does the "L" stand for in the letters "SWALK" written on an envelope?

posted Mar 11, 2022

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What brand of beer is popular in the "Simpsons"?

posted Feb 22, 2022

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The epiglottis is in what part of the body?

posted Jan 19, 2022

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Where are Bantu indigenous?

posted Jan 3, 2022

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Which were the first Olympics to be held in Japan?

posted Dec 16, 2021

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How many faces are there on a cube?

posted Nov 29, 2021

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What is a goby?

posted Nov 11, 2021

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What was the name of the official newspaper of the USSR before it broke up?

posted Oct 23, 2021

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The US state of Alabama is known as what?

posted Oct 5, 2021