Explanation

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born on June 28, 1712

Died on July 2, 1778, at the age of 66 years.

He is called the Father of the French Revolution.

Explanation

Oxygen was discovered in 1774 by English chemist Joseph Priestley,

He isolated it by heating mercuric oxide and called it "dephlogisticated air".

Oxygen was discovered independently by Carl Wilhelm Scheele (around 1772)

Explanation

The Swaythling Cup is associated with Table Tennis

Awarded to the winners of the Men's Team event at the World Table Tennis Championships

First presented in 1926

Origin: Donated by Lady Swaythling

Explanation

 The Stone Age is also known as the Paleolithic Period (Old Stone Age) for its earliest phase

Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age)

Neolithic (New Stone Age)

Chalcolithic Period (or Copper Age)

Explanation

The king was deposed by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in the September 1, 1969 coup

He was King Idris I, the first and only King of Libya,

He was overthrown in a bloodless revolution

He ruled Libya from its independence in 1951 until Gaddafi's coup in 1969, abolishing the monarchy.

Explanation

Hurricane Sandy struck the USA in late October 2012.

Post-tropical October 29, 2012

Dissipated November 2, 2012

It was an extremely large and devastating tropical cyclone that ravaged the Caribbean and the coastal Mid-Atlantic region of the United States 

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The phrase "Where wealth accumulates, men decay" comes from Irish poet Oliver Goldsmith's

In the 1770 poem The Deserted Village

Oliver Goldsmith was an 18th-century Irish writer, poet, and playwright.

Goldsmith is also famous for works like “The Vicar of Wakefield” and “She Stoops to Conquer”.

Explanation

In 2015, Qatar had the highest GDP per capita (PPP)

Its wealth comes primarily from oil and natural gas exports.

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The country with the highest GDP in the world in 2015 was the United States

Explanation

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was signed between Britain and France.

Created 3 January 1916

Presented: 23 November 1917 by the Russian Bolshevik government

Ratified 9–16 May 1916

Purpose:

Defining proposed spheres of influence and control in the Middle East should the Triple Entente succeed in defeating the Ottoman Empire

Explanation

The Arab League Founded March 22, 1945

Headquarters is located in Cairo, Egypt

It  is a regional organization in the Arab World 

Official languages Arabic

Members: 22