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RSS Feed Question 1: What is the full date of Jules Verne’s birth, celebrated each year as a nod to his pioneering imagination?
Question 2: In Verne’s 1865 novel 'From the Earth to the Moon,' the Baltimore Gun Club builds the colossal Columbiad to launch a projectile toward the Moon—which U.S. state does Verne choose as the launch site?
Question 3: Sharing a name with Captain Nemo’s craft from 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas,' which U.S. Navy vessel became the first nuclear-powered submarine and made the historic under-ice transit to the North Pole in 1958?
Question 4: In 'Journey to the Center of the Earth,' Professor Lidenbrock and Axel descend through a real volcanic crater in Iceland—what is the name of this glacier-capped stratovolcano?
Question 5: Echoing 'Around the World in Eighty Days,' which British traveler and TV presenter completed an 80-day circumnavigation for a BBC series in the late 1980s, using only ground and sea transport?
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0:03 Calarugus Shark Media. Hi. I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme is Jules Verne's birthday and the spirit of exploration in science and fiction. Question one? What is the full date of Jules Verne's birth? Celebrated each year as a nod to his pioneering imagination. Question two. In Verne's eighteen sixty five novel From the Earth to the Moon, the Baltimore Gun Club builds the colossal Columbia to launch a projectile toward the Moon. Which US state does Verne choose as the launch site? Question three? Sharing a name with Captain Nemo's craft from twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, which US Navy vessel became the first nuclear powered submarine and made the historic under ice transit to the North Pole in nineteen fifty eight. Question four. In Journey to the Center of the Earth, Professor Liedenbrock and Axel descend through a real volcanic crater in Iceland. What is the name of this glacier capped stratovolcano? Question five? Echoing around the World in eighty Days, which British traveler and TV presenter completed an eighty day circumnavigation for a BBC series in the late nineteen eighties using only ground and sea transport.
1:39 We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one When was Jules vern born? Answer February eighth, eighteen twenty eight. Verne was born on February eighth, eighteen twenty eight in Nant, France. His visionary novels helped ignite public enthusiasasm for scientific discovery and exploration. Question two, where is Verna's moon cannon set? Answer? Florida? Verne places the Columbia at Stones Hill near Tampa, anticipating Florida's real world role as America's spaceport decades before Cape Canaveral. Question three, which submarine named for Verne's Nautilus reached the North Pole? Answer?
2:20 USS Nautilus SSN five hundred seventy one, Launched in nineteen fifty four. USS Nautilus was the world's first nuclear powered submarine. In nineteen fifty eight, it completed the first submerged transit to the North Pole, echoing Verne's undersea dreams. Question four, which Icelandic volcano is the portal in Verne's story? Answer Snefell's Yokel. Vern set the descent at Snefell's Yokel on Iceland's Snefelsmith's Peninsula. Using a real landmark made his fantastical journey feel rooted in genuine geography. Question five, Who completed an eighty day BBC's circumnavigation? Inspired by Vern answer Michael Palin in nineteen eighty eight eighty nine, Michael Palin retraced Phileas Fogg's route without air travel. The series brought Verne's spirit of adventure into modern documentary exploration that concludes today's five daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.