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• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What was Leonardo da Vinci's mobile cart design intended to do without an animal pulling it?

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Move under its own power

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• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What name is commonly given to Leonardo da Vinci's armored, cone-shaped military vehicle?

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Leonardo's tank

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• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

Which Leonardo da Vinci design combined a winged frame with flapping motion to imitate bird flight?

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Ornithopter

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• Pandora's Box

Which composer wrote the opera Lulu, based on Frank Wedekind's plays that inspired Pandora's Box?

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Alban Berg

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• Pandora's Box

In Greek mythology, which god gave Pandora the gift of musical ability?

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Apollo

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• Pandora's Box

Who discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora at Albany Observatory in 1858?

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George Mary Searle

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• Pandora's Box

What is the number of the main-belt asteroid named after the mythological Pandora?

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55

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• Pandora's Box

What does the Greek name “Pandora” traditionally mean in the context of the myth?

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All-gifted

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• Pandora's Box

Who is traditionally credited with writing both the Theogony and Works and Days, the key early Pandora sources?

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Hesiod

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• Pandora's Box

Which ancient Greek poem first gives the detailed story of Pandora’s jar?

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Works and Days

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• Pandora's Box

In the Greek myth of Pandora, what was the container traditionally called before it became known as a box?

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Pithos

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• Pandora's Box

Which Greek god is described as giving Pandora her skill with speech?

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Hermes

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