Question: What is the name of the production company Salma Hayek owns?
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Correct Answer The 1st movie under this company is "In the Time of the Butterflies" in which she stars as the oldest Mirabal sister, Minerva. It was released in the U.S. on October 21, 2001. It starred Salma Hayek, Edward James Olmos amd Marc Anthony.
Question: Who was the first person to patent the JET ENGINE?
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Correct Answer British inventor Frank Whittle was the first to patent his design for a jet engine in 1930. Although an engine designed by Dr. Hans Von Ohain was the first to fly in 1939. Whittle's jet engine first flew in 1941. [Look out for the next installment].
Question: It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?
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Correct Answer Christopher Cockerell invented the hovercraft in 1956. His early experiments with the idea involved a cat food tin, a coffee tin and an industrial blower.
Correct Answer Genetic Engineering, the technique of DNA cloning was perfected by Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer in 1973. [the ultimate designer genes!]
Question: FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?
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Correct Answer In the 1920s Clarence Birdseye discovered that if food was flash-frozen under pressure, it would freeze without the formation of ice crystals.
Question: Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?
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Correct Answer Alfred Noble patented dynamite in 1876. Nobel left $9 million in his will to be used as awards for people whose work benefit humanity - The Nobel Peace Prize etc.
