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French sailors named this Caribbean Island after St. Lucy.
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1/10 | On August 31, 1895, the German Count Ferdinand Von _______ received a patent for his invention, ‘Nonly balloon’. The name became synonymous with long distance flight by the end of World War I. By which name all the aircraft are known, which also inspired a rock band?
2/10 | Born on August 31, 1870, Maria __________ was an Italian physician, who prepared a philosophy of education that is used in schools worldwide. She developed a system that emphasizes learning with hands and encourages the child’s natural curiosity. What is the name of this method?
3/10 | Born on August 31, 1907, Raman was a Philippino Natical Engineer, who eventually became the seventh President of the Philippines. He was considered the protector of democracy until his untimely death in 1957. The same year, an award was established in his name, who worked to honor the courageous people who worked to help democracy. What is the name of the award?
4/10 | In Eastern Caribbean, the island is the only in the world named after a woman who is not a goddess. After St. Lucy took the French sailors there on the day of the feast, he nominated it in his honor. By what name do we know this country?
5/10 | Ernst Venzel ____ was an Austrian physicist whose study helped us understand the waves of shock. To celebrate their contribution to the region, the ratio of the speed of an object for the speed of sound in the surrounding medium is named after them. What is this ‘number’?
6/10 | Pamphilus de Amore is about a character called Pamfilus about the 12th -century Latin comedic play, which falls in love with Galathia, but does nothing about it. It was a very popular poem, so it was widely transmitted as a thin amount of writing. What is the word in the English language in the name of this character?
7/10 | The name of this prestigious religious building comes from the fact that it was commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV. In Latin, it is known as ‘Sellam Sixtinum’, which means ‘related to Sixtus’. By what name do we know this building better?
8/10 | In the 1960 film La Dolce Vita by Federico Felini, Walter Senteso plays a character who is a hypercractive photographer. His name comes from the Italian Slang for ‘mosquito’, as he is constantly hovering and darting around. The plural of his name lives in English as in English?
9/10 | Savoy’s ________ was the queen of Italy from 1878 to 1900. During his reign, he had many things, whose names included a city in Assam, a warship and a hill peak in Africa. The most popular, however, is a food item with red tomatoes, green basil and white cheese to represent Italian flags. What is this item?
10/10 | The most common monkey species in India are Recyz Macak. The French naturalist Audbert named it from the Iliad after the legendary king Rexus of Thresh. In 1939, two biologists discovered an antigen factor in monkeys and came with a system to classify blood groups. What is this factor that receives its name from monkeys?