What did Leonardo da Vinci design as an early human-carrying parachute?
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A pyramidal parachute
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What did Leonardo da Vinci design as an early human-carrying parachute?
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A pyramidal parachute
What type of weapon did Leonardo da Vinci design as a rapid-firing cannon array?
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Organ gun
What type of diving equipment did Leonardo da Vinci design with a breathing tube?
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Diving suit
What name is given to Leonardo da Vinci’s wheeled vehicle that could move without being pushed?
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Self-propelled cart
What was the name of Leonardo da Vinci’s rotating-wing machine, an early helicopter concept?
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Aerial screw
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What name is given to Leonardo da Vinci’s wheeled vehicle that could move without being pushed?
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Self-propelled cart
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Middle English vocabulary
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Aragorn
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien become a professor in 1925?
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University of Oxford
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Lancashire Fusiliers
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Eucatastrophe
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The Prancing Pony