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Questions 1-5 of 25:

Which item in Maria Celeste's room was in need of repair? (from Part Three, in Rome)

Telephone.

Window.

Sink.

Door handle.

It is erroneously reported that Galileo was tried in which year? (from Part Four, In Care of the Tuscan Embassy, Villa Medici, Rome)

1639.

1616.

1621.

1637.

Galileo communicated the news of Maria Celeste's death to his friend Elia Diodati, who lived in which major European city? (from Part Six, From Arcetri)

Paris.

Madrid.

London.

Amsterdam.

What was the occupation of Galileo's Venetian friend? (from Part Six, From Arcetri)

Lawyer.

Mathematician.

Professor.

Theologian.

Because of a lack of follow through, which inventor came up with the same idea less than twenty years later? (from Part Three, in Rome)

Whitford.

Gamba.

Newton.

Huygens.

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