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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Dragon's Den

Which country created the original television format adapted as the British series Dragons' Den?

Answer

Japan

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What lifting machine did Leonardo da Vinci design with a rotating drum and a long handle?

Answer

Crane

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What device did Leonardo da Vinci design to measure humidity by weighing an absorbent material?

Answer

Hygrometer

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What mechanical device did Leonardo da Vinci design to measure the force of wind?

Answer

Anemometer

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What name is commonly given to Leonardo da Vinci’s armored, wagon-like fighting vehicle?

Answer

Leonardo’s tank

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What self-moving machine did Leonardo da Vinci design to enter court performances without a visible driver?

Answer

Self-propelled cart

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What type of aircraft did Leonardo da Vinci study by copying the flapping motion of bird wings?

Answer

Ornithopter

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

What flying machine did Leonardo da Vinci design with a large helical rotor, centuries before helicopters?

Answer

Aerial screw

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

In the 1945 V-J Day story, what does the abbreviation “V-J” mean?

Answer

Victory over Japan

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

Which city was the primary target of the Bockscar mission before it diverted to Nagasaki?

Answer

Kokura

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

At what local time did Little Boy explode over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945?

Answer

8:15 a.m.

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

What was the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki during the final weeks of World War II called?

Answer

Fat Man

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