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  1. Symbian OS still remains as major mobile OS along with Android and iOS

    What needs to happen in order for Symbian OS to be able to maintain a significant market share along with Android and iPhone? Also would there be more innovation taking place as a result of pressure from a third major competitor?

  2. WI:Failed operation downfall

    What happens if United States goes ahead with Operation Downfall but gets defeated by Japan in the end? Is that something within the realm of possibility?

  3. Luther never expelled by Catholic Church

    What would have happened if Luther was never excommunicated by the Catholic Church for the 95 theses? What would be required for that to not happen? A more liberal pope?

  4. American and British English less mutually intelligible

    Set them up to become less mutually intelligible by the 1900s

  5. American and British English less mutually intelligible

    The challenge is to have American and British English become only 50 percent or less mutually intelligible sometime during the 20th century. What would it take for that to happen?

  6. Any chance of European countries holding onto their colonies after WWII

    Is there any possible way that the European powers could have held onto their colonies in Africa and Asia after WWII? Perhaps the United States would need a different foreign policy for that to happen.

  7. Longer lasting hippie movement

    What if instead of petering out in 1975-1980, the hippie movement were to continue into the present? What butterfly effects would be needed for that to happen?

  8. What would happen if Russia didn't expand beyond the Ural Mountains?

    What would it take for Russia to only expand as far east as the Ural Mountains? Also what would be the butterfly effects if Russian territory stayed only within Europe? I'd imagine that most of OTL Asian Russia would become like the Amazon Rainforest with lots of uncontacted peoples.

  9. Nazi Germany develops nuclear weapons

    What would happen if the Nazis developed nuclear weapons? How would it affect the course of WW2? Would it be more deadly?

  10. Linear B remains in use and is adopted by Rome

    What would happen if Linear B remained in use and were adopted by the Romans? Did Linear B have more characters than the later Greek alphabet? If so, would that mean less literacy in Rome and during the rest of Western history given that it's harder to learn?

  11. AHC challenge: Middle East except for Persia and Arabia becomes majority Gnostic while Europe and North Africa become Nicene Christian as IOTL

    Valentinianism

  12. AHC challenge: Middle East except for Persia and Arabia becomes majority Gnostic while Europe and North Africa become Nicene Christian as IOTL

    The challenge is to have the Middle East except for Persia and Arabia become majority Gnostic by 600 while still having Europe and North Africa become majority Nicene Christian as in IOTL. Would that necessarily require the overthrow of Roman or later Byzantine authority? Or could some sort of...

  13. Jim Crow laws overturned but still legal for businesses to discriminate against race

    What would happen if Jim Crow laws had been overturned but it was still legal for businesses but not government run places to refuse service to people based on race?

  14. WI:Communist revolution in Saudi Arabia

    So basically a holy war somewhat like the Crusades.

  15. WI:Communist revolution in Saudi Arabia

    Is a Communist revolution in Saudi Arabia something plausible? If so, what would it take for it to happen? The challenge is to have it happen sometime in the 1930s or 1950s. What would be the effects on Islam if such a government adopted state atheism? Would Salafism have less influence?

  16. Later European discovery of the Americas preceded by East Asian discovery

    What would it take to put off the European discovery of the Americas until circa 1700? How would the European countries develop? Would they be weaker in fighting against the Ottoman Empire? What would be it's effects on the Catholic Church and the Protestant Reformation given that there's fewer...

  17. Colonization of Tibet by European powers

    What if Tibet were colonized by European powers? It seems like the main obstacle to that would be geography. The Himalayas are in the way for the British and Tibet is on a high plateau. Perhaps due to that would it be easier for Russia to conquer it? Apart from that, there's also the fact that...

  18. Watergate scandal not revealed until after Nixon's second term

    Is it plausible for the Watergate affair to be kept hidden until after Nixon's second term ends? What would happen if it's discovered after the next president takes power instead of while Nixon is still in office? Furthermore how would the rest of Nixon's presidency go until his term ends?

  19. Fertility rate in united states from 1918 to 1964

    What would it take for the fertility rate in united states to remain above 3.5 per women from 1918 all the way to 1964? The challenge is to have it stay that way during the great Depression and WW2. Also what would be the butterfly effects?

  20. Independent Basque Country, Catalonia, Occitania, and Ireland during 19th century

    What would it take for all of them to gain independence during the 19th century? The challenge is to limit independence to those 4 areas apart from Belgium and Greece OTL. Also what would be the butterfly effects if that were to occur?
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