What was the name of the glass and iron building that housed the Great Exhibition of 1851?
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The Crystal Palace
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What was the name of the glass and iron building that housed the Great Exhibition of 1851?
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The Crystal Palace
Which British engineer built the first four-wheeled petrol-driven car in Britain in 1895?
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Frederick Lanchester
Which British astronomer identified the element helium in the solar spectrum in 1868?
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Joseph Norman Lockyer
What was the name of Charles Babbage's proposed general-purpose computer?
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Analytical Engine
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Which British engineer built the first four-wheeled petrol-driven car in Britain in 1895?
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Frederick Lanchester
Which British astronomer identified the element helium in the solar spectrum in 1868?
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Joseph Norman Lockyer
What was the name of Charles Babbage's proposed general-purpose computer?
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Analytical Engine
Which British inventor developed an early incandescent light bulb in 1878?
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Joseph Swan
Which British chemist synthesized the first aniline dye, mauveine, in 1856?
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William Henry Perkin
Which steamship laid the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866?
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SS Great Eastern
In what year was the first FA Cup final held?
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1872