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What is Stickler Syndrome?

posted Oct 24

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In 1990, the first democratic elections were held in which country, the subject of tug-of-war for at least three........

posted Oct 3

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Katia Zatuliveter, who was deported from the UK in December 2010 on suspicion of spying for the Russians, worked........

posted Sep 11

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The oldest known complete western deck of playing cards, the Cloister cards, or the Flemish Hunting Deck, includes......

posted Aug 21

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In 1991, Warner Bros was picketed by a major national organisation over the use of which cartoon character?

posted May 22

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What is a half-pipe used for?

posted May 3

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What was Maria Callas?

posted Apr 10

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What mythical monster In Greek mythology with the face of a woman and the body of a vulture stole food............

posted Mar 18

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In 1938, after receiving the Nobel Prize, which physicist emigrated to the USA, protesting the oppressive regime........

posted Feb 20

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The Houston Astros baseball team in the US was heavily criticised and penalised in 2020 and onwards for what?

posted Jan 16

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In May 2021 , an ultra-conservative group previously driven from power walked back into de facto control of which.......

posted Dec 28, 2023

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What is the name of the golf trophy for competition between teams of professional golfers from Europe and the USA.......

posted Dec 7, 2023

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What is the aim in a show jumping contest?

posted Nov 21, 2023

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In Greek mythology, who was the wife of Zeus, and known as the "Queen of the Gods"?

posted Oct 18, 2023

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In 1985 Stevie Wonder won an Oscar for the song "I Just Called to Say I Love You"; shortly afterwards it was banned.....

posted Sep 29, 2023

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Toe wrestling needs what?

posted Sep 7, 2023

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What Olympic anthem was played at the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics as well as the closing ceremony......

posted Jul 15, 2023

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British actor and award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti OBE - as well as writing the lauded play version.........

posted Jun 29, 2023

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How many theses were nailed to a church door by Martin Luther in 1517 (generally accepted to be the Castle Church.......

posted Jun 9, 2023

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Why did teenager Ding Jinhao briefly become well-known in 2013?

posted May 23, 2023

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What nationality is Marat Safin, who won his first Grand Slam tennis tournament at the US Open in 2000?

posted May 4, 2023

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Which branch of astronomy studies radiation with wavelengths greater than approximately one millimetre?

posted Mar 31, 2023

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How long is each round in a boxing match at the Olympic Games?

posted Mar 13, 2023

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Who or what were hoplites?

posted Feb 16, 2023

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The Marquesas Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean are a group of volcanic islands and an overseas collectivity........

posted Jan 30, 2023

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Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Op. 28, is a tone poem written at the end of the 19th century by which composer?

posted Jan 10, 2023

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Who wrote the music for the award-winning 1961 musical film for which Steven Spielberg directed a re-make in 2021?

posted Dec 23, 2022

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What word describes a retail dealer in special supplies or equipment for ships?

posted Dec 7, 2022

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Which polemical and lastingly influential book about writing and freedom was published in England in 1644 at the......

posted Nov 21, 2022

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A baby's first teeth are called what?

posted Nov 3, 2022

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Corsica is surrounded by which sea?

posted Oct 10, 2022

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Which is the nearest country to the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon?

posted Sep 16, 2022

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What is the main seed used in the traditional British seed cake?

posted Aug 30, 2022

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What is the name for the open areas of country in South Africa?

posted Aug 11, 2022

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The Humen Strait, Bocca Tigris or Bogue Strait sits in what waters?

posted Jul 22, 2022

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What is the nationality of Mohammed Al Fayed, who sold the department store Harrods Knightsbridge to Qatar Holdings.....

posted Jul 7, 2022

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

posted Jun 23, 2022

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Joseph Conrad's semi-autobiographical 1899 novella "Heart of Darkness" speaks of happenings during a voyage up..........

posted Jun 6, 2022

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What is an appropriate technique for a zither?

posted May 17, 2022

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On which body of knowledge was the 1552 "Badianus" manuscript of botanical medicine (in various libraries...............

posted May 3, 2022

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What are Mondopoint, Paris point and barleycorn?

posted Mar 30, 2022

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What does a querulous person do?

posted Mar 15, 2022

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Silkworms feed mainly on the leaves of what tree?

posted Feb 24, 2022

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The first vice-president of the USA to be elected President, the father of a future President, assistant..............

posted Jan 21, 2022

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During which war were occupying Ottoman forces forced to withdraw from the town of Aqaba after a raid led...............

posted Jan 5, 2022

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What did the Treaty of Falaise in 1174 state explicitly for the first time?

posted Dec 20, 2021

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Why were the 1904 Olympic Games, originally awarded to Chicago, Illinois, USA, eventually held in St Louis, Missouri?

posted Dec 1, 2021

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What was the Roman name for Scotland?

posted Nov 15, 2021

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What is an old European lawn game, still played in parts of England and Wales, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.........

posted Oct 26, 2021

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The lychee is native to which area?

posted Oct 11, 2021