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The Olympic Games are an international sports festival, held every four years.

The Olympic motto "Faster, Higher, Stronger" was proposed in 1894 and has been official since 1924.

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This statement is correct. The Olympic motto "Faster, Higher, Stronger" is the Latin phrase "Citius, Altius, Fortius", which was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 and officially adopted in 1924

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Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, and Egypt are contiguous transcontinental countries.

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1. Russia: spans Continent Europe and Continent Asia
2. Turkey: spans Continent Europe and Continent Asia
3. Kazakhstan: spans Continent Europe and Continent Asia
4. Egypt: spans Continent Africa and Continent Asia

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Hiroshima Day is observed on August 6 to commemorate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, at the end of World War II.

The bombings killed over 200,000 people in just seconds and injured thousands more

The Little Boy type of bomb, was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 

The Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, at 11:01 AM.

Explanation

The committee of the Norwegian Parliament awards the prize for peace.

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five, appointed by the Storting .

The Norwegian Nobel Committee 2019.

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• Know everything about BRICS: 
• BRICS founded: June 2009
  
• BRICS Member countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
  
• BRICS total members: 10 
• South Africa joined BRICS: 2010
• BRICS headquarters: Shanghai, China
• BRICS first conference hosted by: Russia (2009) 

Explanation

The kuna was the currency of Croatia from 30 May 1994 until 31 December 2022.

It was replaced by the euro (€, EUR) in 2023

Croatian's Capital: Zagreb

Croatian's Official language is: Croatian

Croatian's head of Govt is PM Andrej Plenković.

The Croatian Parliament has been a democratic, multiparty legislature since 1990.

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 Antarctica is noted as the last region on Earth in recorded history to be discovered, unseen until 1820 when the Russian expedition of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev on Vostok and Mirny sighted the Fimbul ice shelf.

Antarctica, although not a country, covers the second largest amount of land overall at 2.75%. 

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Rome

IFAD is an international financial institution and specialized United Nations agency based in Rome, the UN's food and agriculture hub.

Established in December 1977, Rome, Italy

Explanation

Brazil officially the Federative Republic of Brazil is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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The foreign leader who addressed the Pakistan assembly for the third time is Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish President.

He addressed the Joint Session of Parliament for 27 minutes in February 2020.

He had previously addressed the Joint Sessions on May 20, 2012, and October 2009, when he was the Prime Minister of Turkey.