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Which Chinese technology company held the world's largest IPO record after raising about US$25 billion in 2014?
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Alibaba Group
What was the common Western code name for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in 1945?
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Operation August Storm
What was the number of the Allied order that directed Japanese forces to surrender in 1945?
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General Order No. 1
Which Soviet general signed Japan’s surrender document in Tokyo Bay in 1945?
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Kuzma Derevyanko
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Which aircraft dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki in 1945?
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Bockscar
What was the common Western code name for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in 1945?
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Operation August Storm
What was the number of the Allied order that directed Japanese forces to surrender in 1945?
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General Order No. 1
Which Soviet general signed Japan’s surrender document in Tokyo Bay in 1945?
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Kuzma Derevyanko
What 1945 Allied declaration demanded Japan’s unconditional surrender before the formal surrender ceremony?
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Potsdam Declaration
Who signed Japan’s surrender document first during the 1945 ceremony aboard USS Missouri?
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
On what date was Emperor Hirohito’s recorded surrender speech broadcast to Japan in 1945?
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August 15, 1945
Which New Year's Eve event in Scotland begins with a torchlight procession through Edinburgh's Old Town?
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Edinburgh's Hogmanay