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Dvessella1983

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History Trivia
« on: May 17, 2017, 12:00:37 pm »
In this post I will post a new trivia question each week. I am sure everyone will use google search or a search engine to find the answer so there is no "giveaway" or prizes this is just for fun to get people's minds thinking.


Here is this weeks Trivia Question:
History Trivia -
In 1783, The first free flight of a hot air balloon carrying a human occurred in what city?



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Re: History Trivia
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2017, 10:43:39 am »
My guess is  Annonay, France.   :)

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Re: History Trivia
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2017, 07:56:02 pm »
Nope.  The city is Paris, France.
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Re: History Trivia
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2017, 03:17:36 pm »
The first free flight of a hot air balloon carrying a human occurred in Paris, France.

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Re: History Trivia
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2017, 08:51:29 am »
The modern era of flight lifted off in 1783 when two brothers demonstrated their invention, the hot-air balloon, before a crowd of dignitaries in Annonay, France. Joseph-Michael and Jacques-Čtienne Montgolfier, prosperous paper manufacturers (a high-tech industry at the time), began experimenting with lighter-than-air devices after observing that heated air flowing directed into a paper or fabric bag made the bag rise. After several successful tests, they decided to make a public demonstration.

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Re: History Trivia
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2017, 03:37:26 pm »
Ok here is my history question:

What city and state was Thomas Edison born?

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Re: History Trivia
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2017, 10:45:16 am »
This is a good idea will look forward to seeing the questions.

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