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• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What type of mechanism did Leonardo da Vinci design to stop a rotating shaft from turning backward?

Answer

Ratchet mechanism

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• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What animal-inspired armored vehicle did Leonardo da Vinci design for military use?

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Armored tank

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• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What was Leonardo da Vinci's early self-propelled vehicle designed to do?

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Move without being pushed

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• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What did Leonardo da Vinci call his rotating flying-machine design?

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Aerial screw

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• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What flying-machine concept did Leonardo da Vinci create by studying birds and bats?

Answer

Ornithopter

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• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

What acronym identified the Allied occupation headquarters under MacArthur after Japan’s 1945 surrender?

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SCAP

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• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

In what year did Japan and the Soviet Union restore diplomatic relations through a joint declaration after World War II?

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1956

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• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

What is the traditional name of Hirohito’s recorded 15 August 1945 surrender broadcast?

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Gyokuon-hōsō

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• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

What was the name of Operation Downfall’s planned invasion of the Kantō Plain near Tokyo?

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Operation Coronet

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• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

Which Japanese island was targeted by Operation Olympic, the first planned phase of Operation Downfall?

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Kyūshū

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• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

What was Japan’s official wartime surrender document called in September 1945?

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Japanese Instrument of Surrender

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• J.R.R. Tolkien

What was the title of Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that strongly influenced his essay on fantasy?

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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics

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