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    Famous figures from science & Art
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  • Galileo was born in this Italian town outside of Florence.
    Pisa
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  • Galileo invented one of the first examples of these while still a student.
    Thermometer
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  • This book published by Galileo showed things he discovered in his telescope, like Jupiter's moons.
    The Starry Messenger
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  • The Renaissance theory supported by Galileo and others that stated the Earth revolved around the sun.
    Heliocentrism
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  • This movement by the church was opposed to heliocentrism and arrested Galileo for it.
    The Roman Inquisition
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  • The moons of this planet were named after the powerful Medici family in the book Sidereus Nuncius.
    Jupiter
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  • In this now Austrian city, Mozart became a popular composer and concert player.
    Vienna
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  • This 1786 opera by Mozart would make him famous across Europe.
    The Marriage of Figaro
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  • This Holy Roman Emperor would employ Mozart as his personal chamber performer.
    Joseph II
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  • This was one of Mozart's most famous works which he composed while dying.
    The Magic Flute
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  • What is the full name of this famous composer born in Salsburg?
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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  • Researcher Jonas Salk was born to poor Russian immigrants in what US city?
    New York City
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  • This US president was disabled by Polio, but did not tell the public.
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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  • This rival of Jonas Salk attempted to make an oral polio vaccine.
    Albert Sabin
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  • This organization was founded by a US president in 1937 to help the public fight Polio epidemics.
    The March of Dimes
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  • What is the full name of the person who created the first effective vaccine against Polio?
    Jonas Salk
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