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Whose ashes sent to ... the moon?

Stephen Hawking
Steve Jobsa
Albert Einstein
Eugene Shoemaker
The first moon burial was that of Dr. Eugene Shoemaker (astronomer), a portion of whose cremated remains were flown to the Moon by NASA. Shoemaker's former colleague Carolyn Porco, a University of Arizona professor, proposed and produced the tribute of having Shoemaker's ashes launched aboard the NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft.
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Which famous astronomer was also a successful sportsman?

Galileo Galilei
William Herschel
Edmond Halley
Edwin Hubble

The French Open tennis tournament is named after aviator Roland-Garros. What did he do?

he invented a monoplane
he flew from Paris to London
he flew across the Mediterranean Sea
he became the first fighter ace of WWI

What nationality was Stalin?

Russian
Ukrainian
Georgian
Jewish

Where did the House of Habsburg originated come from?

Austria
Swabia
Bavaria
Tyrol