Question 1

A Public House
fig. 1

A public house where I have, on occasion, partaken of their fine ales, but your challenge is to establish the location. Be aware that I have obfuscated the name in order to frustrate and titillate.

  • London
  • Birmingham
  • Manchester
  • Glasgow

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Question 2

dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot
fig. 2

As my associate Alfred Vail developed the communication language that has since been kindly labelled 'Morse Code', it would be remiss of me to forgo a question on this subject. Please tell me, what message is indicated here?

  • M'aidez
  • Go away
  • S.O.S.
  • M.U.M.

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Question 3

The Honourable Mr. Jules Verne
fig. 3

Mr. Jules Verne is an author of great repute, but one of his works is a fantastic tale of a Parisien society taken over by business and technology! In what year did he write this fictional manuscript?

  • 1822
  • 1830
  • 1847
  • 1863

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Question 4

A god of Adventure!
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What was the name of the heavenly body first observed in 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich Louis d'Arrest?

  • Neptune
  • Uranus
  • Jupiter
  • Zeus

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Question 5

Surely candles are inclined to melt...
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I understand that Felix Du Temple is soon to be working on a pilot-powered flying construction, but who is generally considered to have made the first flight?

  • Leonard Da Vinci
  • George Cayley
  • Mongolfier Brothers
  • Daedalus and Icarus

Your answer is...

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