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Easy like a quiz on Sunday morning
1/10 | On August 24, 1853, Chef George Krum – working at the Moon Lake House near Saratoga Springs in New York – served a dish with his special meat. Although this dish was present earlier, he or his sister made it famous in New York, and soon it was known all over the world. Known as ‘shaving’, what are these, which are called ‘Crisps’ in the UK?
2/10 | On August 24, 1891, Thomas Edison filed a patent for his new device. He called it ‘kinetograph’. It was a big camera that still captured a series of images on a role in the film. Used in combination with their ‘kinetoscope’, was it the first type of device?
3/10 | Born in 1945 on this day, Vincent McMahon is an American businessman whose father was a promoter for a ‘sports’. He was responsible for changing the name of his father’s company in WWF, and it soon became the most popular of its kind. In 2002, a wildlife organization disputed the name, and changed it to WWE. What is for WWE?
Answer: World Wrestling Entertainment
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4/10 | Born on this day in 1947, Paulo Koelho is a lyricist who had a spiritual awakening, after walking in Spain in 1986. He wrote a book which had only 900 prints. It eventually became a global bestseller. After a Shepherd boy who travels to find treasures in pyramids, it is named after an ancient name for an scientist. What is the title of this book?
5/10 | On this date in 1949, this inter -government treaty came into force. It was a military alliance after World War II between 32 countries and is present to provide collective security for members. By which name the treaty is known, the reference to the body of water surrounds everyone?
6/10 | Born on this date in 1988, Rupert Grint is an English actor whose first goal in life was to become an ice cream man. At the age of 11, he was cast in one role, which he portrayed in eight films. What character did he play, whose incarnation has he become an avatar?
7/10 | On this date in 1995, Microsoft released the first of its very popular operating systems. This first introduced the concept of ‘Start menu’ and ‘taskbar’ for the world. By what name was this OS known?
8/10 | On this date in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) released a new definition for a heavenly body. He introduced a new word, which has since rearranged the planet from then. What was the new classification and which heavenly body affected it?
9/10 | On this date in 2015, the physicist of the University of Cambridge presented a new theory in a lecture in Stockholm. He said that, unlike before, the information lost inside a black hole can be stored in an alternative universe and can be a route for the second universe. Who was this physicist?
10/10 | On August 24, 2017, the National Space Agency of this country successfully launched its first satellite into space. The observation satellite was named Formosat -5 in the context of the old name of the country. Which country had the beginning of space?
