Feb. 8, 2026

Jules Verne

Jules Verne
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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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Portions of today's trivia podcast were made with the help of AI.

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Calarugus Shark Media. Hi. I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme

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is Jules Verne's birthday and the spirit of exploration in

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science and fiction. Question one? What is the full date

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of Jules Verne's birth? Celebrated each year as a nod

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to his pioneering imagination. Question two. In Verne's eighteen sixty

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five novel From the Earth to the Moon, the Baltimore

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Gun Club builds the colossal Columbia to launch a projectile

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toward the Moon. Which US state does Verne choose as

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the launch site? Question three? Sharing a name with Captain

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Nemo's craft from twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, which

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US Navy vessel became the first nuclear powered submarine and

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made the historic under ice transit to the North Pole

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in nineteen fifty eight. Question four. In Journey to the

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Center of the Earth, Professor Liedenbrock and Axel descend through

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a real volcanic crater in Iceland. What is the name

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of this glacier capped stratovolcano? Question five? Echoing around the

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World in eighty Days, which British traveler and TV presenter

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completed an eighty day circumnavigation for a BBC series in

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the late nineteen eighties using only ground and sea transport.

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We'll be right back with these answers after this break.

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Welcome back. Question one When was Jules vern born? Answer

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February eighth, eighteen twenty eight. Verne was born on February eighth,

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eighteen twenty eight in Nant, France. His visionary novels helped

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ignite public enthusiasasm for scientific discovery and exploration. Question two,

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where is Verna's moon cannon set? Answer? Florida? Verne places

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the Columbia at Stones Hill near Tampa, anticipating Florida's real

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world role as America's spaceport decades before Cape Canaveral. Question three,

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which submarine named for Verne's Nautilus reached the North Pole? Answer?

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USS Nautilus SSN five hundred seventy one, Launched in nineteen

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fifty four. USS Nautilus was the world's first nuclear powered submarine.

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In nineteen fifty eight, it completed the first submerged transit

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to the North Pole, echoing Verne's undersea dreams. Question four,

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which Icelandic volcano is the portal in Verne's story? Answer

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Snefell's Yokel. Vern set the descent at Snefell's Yokel on

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Iceland's Snefelsmith's Peninsula. Using a real landmark made his fantastical

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journey feel rooted in genuine geography. Question five, Who completed

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an eighty day BBC's circumnavigation? Inspired by Vern answer Michael

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Palin in nineteen eighty eight eighty nine, Michael Palin retraced

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Phileas Fogg's route without air travel. The series brought Verne's

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spirit of adventure into modern documentary exploration that concludes today's

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five daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions

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were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.