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Quiz: Easy like Sunday morning – What has August 24 ever given us
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On August 24, 1853, chef George Crum — while working at Moon’s Lake House near Saratoga Springs, New York — served a dish along with his special meats. Although the dish had existed before, he or his sister made it famous in New York, and soon it was known all over the world. Known as ‘shavings’, what are these, which are called ‘crisps’ in the U.K.?
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On August 24, 1891, Thomas Edison filed a patent for his new device. He called it a ‘kinetograph’. It was a large camera that captured a series of still images on a roll of film. Used in conjunction with his ‘kinetoscope’, this was the first type of what equipment?
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Born August 24 in 1945, Vincent McMahon is an American businessman whose father was a promoter for a ‘sport’. He was responsible for renaming his father’s company to WWF, and it soon became the most popular of its kind. In 2002, a wildlife organisation disputed the name, and he renamed it to WWE. What does WWE stand for?
Answer : World Wrestling Entertainment
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Born August 24 in 1947, Paulo Coelho is a songwriter who, after walking across Spain in 1986, had a spiritual awakening. He wrote a book that had only 900 prints. It eventually became a global bestseller. Following a shepherd boy who journeys to find treasure at the pyramids, it is named after an ancient name for a scientist. What is the title of this book?
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On August 24 in 1949, this intergovernmental treaty came into effect. It was a military alliance between 32 countries post-World War II and exists to provide collective security for the members. By what name is the treaty known, a reference to the water body they all surround?
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Born on August 24 in 1988, Rupert Grint is an English actor whose earliest goal in life was to become an ice-cream man. At the age of 11, he got cast in a role that he portrayed in eight films. Which character did he play that he has become the embodiment of?
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On August 24 in 1995, Microsoft released the first of its very popular operating systems. It introduced the concept of the ‘Start Menu’ and the ‘Taskbar’ to the world for the first time. By what name was this OS known?
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On August 24 in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) released a new definition for a heavenly body. They introduced a new term, which reclassified what had since then been the furthest planet. What was the new classification and which heavenly body did it affect?
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On August 24 in 2015, a Cambridge University physicist presented a new theory at a lecture in Stockholm. He stated that, unlike previously believed, the information lost inside a black hole could be stored in an alternate universe and could be a passage to another universe. Who was this physicist?
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On August 24, 2017, the National Space Agency of this country successfully launched its very first satellite into space. The observation satellite was named Formosat-5, in reference to the older name of the country. Which country’s space debut was this?
