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Published 19th January 2021

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Questions

What was Andre-Jacques Garnerin the first to do from a height of 2,230 feet in 1797?

 

Lewis Edson Waterman was the inventor of what writing implements?

 

What does a Lepidopterist collect?

 

The US Frontierswoman Martha Jane Burke is better remembered by which name?

 

The first two winners of the Miss World Contest in 1951 and ‘52 came from which Northern European country?

 

In which state of the USA would you be in if you were using the Bay Area Rapid Transit system?

 

What shape does Fusilli Italian pasta have?

 

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos is a mnemonic for what?

 

What is the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere that can be seen with the naked eye during a total eclipse called?

 

Who is Popeye's nemesis and arch-rival for the love of Olive Oyl?

 

 

 

Answers

What was Andre-Jacques Garnerin the first to do from a height of 2,230 feet in 1797?

Parachute jump from a balloon

 

Lewis Edson Waterman was the inventor of what writing implements?

Fountain pen

 

What does a Lepidopterist collect?

Butterflies and Moths

 

The US Frontierswoman Martha Jane Burke is better remembered by which name?

Calamity Jane

 

The first two winners of the Miss World Contest in 1951 and ‘52 came from which Northern European country?

Sweden

 

In which state of the USA would you be in if you were using the Bay Area Rapid Transit system?

California

 

What shape does Fusilli Italian pasta have?

Corkscrew

 

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos is a mnemonic for what?

Planets in solar system

 

What is the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere that can be seen with the naked eye during a total eclipse called?

Corona

 

Who is Popeye's nemesis and arch-rival for the love of Olive Oyl?

Bluto (also k/a Brutus)