Recent posts under tag personality

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Which song-writing duo wrote hit songs under the pseudonyms Ann Orson and Carte Blanche?

posted Sep 13, 2022 by Varun Kumar

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At which UK General Election was Helen Grant elected, the Conservative Party's first black female MP?

posted Sep 9, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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How did Ronnie Lee Gardner make the news at 6.20 p.m. on 18 June 2010 in Utah?

posted Sep 8, 2022 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Which country did the Olympic sprinter represent, who asked for protection to stop her from being forcibly returned.....

posted Sep 7, 2022 by Brijesh Talwar

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In 1936, whose paper "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem" proved that...........

posted Sep 7, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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South African-born English cricketer Kevin Pietersen was dropped from the England team in August 2012. What was........

posted Sep 6, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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Which cricketer has scored the most first class centuries in history?

posted Sep 2, 2022 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Pierre Poivre, an eighteenth‑century French horticulturalist and government administrator in the French islands.........

posted Sep 2, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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Pope Francis is sometimes slowed, and in 2021 was prevented from taking part in some traditional services, by pain......

posted Sep 1, 2022 by anonymous

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What was the nationality of the composer of the three piano pieces called "Gymnopédies"?

posted Aug 26, 2022 by Akriti

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An early hit for American singer-songwriter and actor Neil Diamond was music he wrote inspired by a piano concert.......

posted Aug 25, 2022 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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In 1996, at the point when Desmond Tutu retired as the first black Archbishop of Capetown in South Africa.............

posted Aug 24, 2022 by Upma

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What were reportedly the last words of Ned Kelly when he was hanged on 11 November 1880 at the Melbourne Gaol?

posted Aug 23, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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What style of music is synonymous with Perez Prado?

posted Aug 18, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya

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Which author, poet, playwright, actor, Shintoist and nationalist committed seppuku in 1970 after declaring............

posted Aug 16, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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The Nobel Peace Prize winner for 2010 lived in which country?

posted Aug 11, 2022 by Mohammad

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Pankaj Advani has won multiple World Championships in which two disciplines?

posted Aug 9, 2022 by Balwinder

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British television journalist, producer and presenter Michael who, has made and/or fronted multiple science............

posted Aug 3, 2022 by Varuna Magar

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Which scientist has been quoted as saying "God does not play dice"?

posted Jul 29, 2022 by Parampreet Kaur

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By what name was Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better known?

posted Jul 28, 2022 by Kuldeep Apte

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The French astronomer and geodesist, Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713 – 1762), is known particularly for what?

posted Jul 25, 2022 by Mridul

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Dodge Morgan, who became famous in 1986 at age 54 when he sailed solo around the globe without stops in 150 days........

posted Jul 21, 2022 by Deepak Chitragar

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What are Jimmy Reed, Skip James, Elmore James & Big Bill Broonzy best known as?

posted Jul 21, 2022 by Balwinder

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Who popularised the phrase "The buck stops here"?

posted Jul 20, 2022 by Akriti

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Who was known as "The Waltz King"?

posted Jul 19, 2022 by Ritika

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Who led the expedition that successfully made the first ascent of Mt Everest in 1953?

posted Jul 18, 2022 by Sandeep Otari

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Who led a campaign from 1798-1801, taking a force of 500 civilian scientists, specialists in fields such...........

posted Jul 18, 2022 by Varuna Magar

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Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins and Dolly Parton are associated with what style of music?

posted Jul 14, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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What actor had the title role in the film "The 40-Year-Old Virgin"?

posted Jul 12, 2022 by Anuradha Tabyal

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What jersey is awarded to the "King of the Hill", the best climber in the Tour de France?

posted Jul 8, 2022 by Swati Arora

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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 by Udita

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Which brothers founded the studio which developed the dance rhythm game, Just Dance 2021?

posted Jul 4, 2022 by Ritika

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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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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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Tsvetana Pironkova is involved in which sport?

posted Jun 28, 2022 by Saif Khanam

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

posted Jun 24, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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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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Nick Leeson became famous in 1995 for what activity?

posted Jun 22, 2022 by Atif

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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 were the first names of comedians Abbott and Costello?

posted Jun 17, 2022 by Vikram Luthra

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Who defected from Russia to the West at a Paris airport on 17 June 1961?

posted Jun 16, 2022 by Ankur Athari

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What was the occupation of Anna Lindh, who was assassinated in 2003 while shopping in the ladies' department..........

posted Jun 14, 2022 by Madhavi Latha

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In 2010, who became the first person to win the Women's Singles title at the Australian Open tennis tournament 5 times?

posted Jun 13, 2022 by Parampreet Kaur

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Who in 2011 won the unofficial event he has hosted, the Chevron World Challenge, his first professional golf............

posted Jun 13, 2022 by Saif Khanam

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Who was the head of an international sporting body who once suggested that women players (in that sport)................

posted Jun 9, 2022 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Tennis player, Naomi Osaka, started playing in but then withdrew from which major tennis tournament citing mental.......

posted Jun 3, 2022 by Anamika

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Dancer, singer and actor Gregory Hines is particularly celebrated as a what?

posted Jun 1, 2022 by Rahul Chandel