[Ans] It was requested that everyone in America turn off their lights for one minute to honor whose death?

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Thomas Edison has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. After the death of Thomas Edison in 1931, then President Herbert Hoover requested that everyone in America turn off their electric lights for one minute as a national tribute to Thomas Alva Edison. At the end of his life, he had 1,093 patents to his name.

[Answer] It was requested that everyone in America turn off their lights for one minute to honor whose death?

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...Thomas Edison has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. After the death of Thomas Edison in 1931, then President Herbert Hoover requested that everyone in America turn off their electric lights for one minute as a national tribute to Thomas Alva Edison. At the end of his life, he had 1,093 patents to his name.

[Answer] Who is the only U.S. president to receive the Medal of Honor?

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...Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt quit his job when the Spanish-American War broke out. He left to lead a regiment of volunteers calling themselves the Rough Riders. "Teddy" and his regiment played an important part in the Battle of San Juan Hill and took part in other operations in Cuba. Nominated in 1916 for the Medal of Honor, the Army cited a lack of evidence for his reported heroism at San Juan Hill. He received the decoration posthumously in 2001. Source: History.com

[Answer] 3. The guests raise their glasses to the guest of honor, a French Benedictine monk who earned fame for his vineyard work at the Abbey of Hautvillers. Which name is shared by both the monk and a prestigious brand of bubbly?

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...1. Padre Kino 2. Dom Perignon 3. Father Serra 4. Pippin the Hunchback Dom Pierre Perignon didn't invent champagne, but he did work to improve the quality and the processing of the regular wines of the Champagne region of France. He also was credited with using thicker bottles and Spanish corks to protect the wine. The champagne, Dom Perignon, was named in honor of him and was first sold in 1936 (the vintage was 1921). PDAZ raises her glass aloft with the others, and toasts the guest of honor.

[Ans] Purdue University's "Top of the Crop" Scholarship awarded in honor of which famous alumnus?

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Orville Redenbacher is most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name. The New York Times described him as "the agricultural visionary who all but single-handedly revolutionized the American popcorn industry." Redenbacher attended Purdue University, where he studied agronomy. Students at Purdue University are eligible to apply for Orville Redenbacher’s “Top of the Crop” Scholarship. The scholarship is open to juniors and seniors in the departments of agronomy, food science, agricultural/ biological engineering or agricultural economics.

[Answer] Purdue University's "Top of the Crop" Scholarship awarded in honor of which famous alumnus?

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...Orville Redenbacher is most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name. The New York Times described him as "the agricultural visionary who all but single-handedly revolutionized the American popcorn industry." Redenbacher attended Purdue University, where he studied agronomy. Students at Purdue University are eligible to apply for Orville Redenbacher’s “Top of the Crop” Scholarship. The scholarship is open to juniors and seniors in the departments of agronomy, food science, agricultural/ biological engineering or agricultural economics.

[Ans] Who is the only U.S. President to receive a Medal of Honor?

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Theodore Roosevelt is the only U.S. president to have received the Medal of Honor, which he was awarded posthumously. When the Spanish-American War broke out, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt famously quit his job to lead a volunteer regiment known as the Rough Riders. Roosevelt and his men played a decisive role in the Battle of San Juan Hill and took part in other confrontations in Cuba. In 1916, less than three years before his death, the 26th president was nominated for the Medal of Honor, but the Army passed him over. President Bill Clinton posthumously awarded him the decoration in 2001.

[Answer] Who is the only U.S. President to receive a Medal of Honor?

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...Theodore Roosevelt is the only U.S. president to have received the Medal of Honor, which he was awarded posthumously. When the Spanish-American War broke out, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt famously quit his job to lead a volunteer regiment known as the Rough Riders. Roosevelt and his men played a decisive role in the Battle of San Juan Hill and took part in other confrontations in Cuba. In 1916, less than three years before his death, the 26th president was nominated for the Medal of Honor, but the Army passed him over. President Bill Clinton posthumously awarded him the decoration in 2001.

[Ans] Who has an airport named in his honor even though he ironically died in a plane crash?

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...These four were pioneering aviators, of course, so it’s clear what the airports meant to do in honouring them. And properly so. The problem, for the millions who suffer from a fear of flying, is that for all their achievements in the field these men invariably ended in a field. Or in the sea. That ultimate failure, self-evident and catastrophic, is all the aviophobe will remember about these aces; that good at flying, and even they can’t keep the things in the sky

[Ans] Memorial Day was originally created to honor fallen soldiers of which war?

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... fWhat war is Memorial Day for? Memorial Day started as an event to honor Union soldiers who had died during the American Civil War. It was inspired by the way people in the Southern states honored their dead. After World War I, it was extended to include all men and women who died in any war or military action. Memorial Day in the United States 

What was the original name of Memorial Day? The preferred name for the holiday gradually changed from "Decoration Day" to "Memorial Day," which was first used in 1882. Memorial Day did not become the more common name until after World War II, and was not declared the official name by Federal law until 1967.

[Ans] Where did the earliest recorded festivities to honor the arrival of a new year take place?

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Festivals in ancient Rome were an important part of Roman religious life during both the Republican and Imperial eras, and one of the primary features of the Roman calendar. Feriae ("holidays" in the sense of "holy days"; singular also feriae ...

Obon Festival. A traditional Buddhist festival, Obon commemorates lost ancestors, whose spirits are believed to come back during Obon to visit relatives. Sometimes called the Japanese Day of the Dead, Obon was traditionally celebrated during the seventh lunar month, around the 15th day.

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4,000 years ago in Babylon:

The first recorded festivities to honor the arrival of a new year date back to the Babylonians some 4,000 years ago. The celebration began with the first new moon after the spring Equinox. This comes every year in late March when the Earth receives an equal amount of sunlight and darkness. The Babylonians marked the new year with an enormous 11-day religious festival called Akitu filled with a variety of rituals. Source: History.com

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Who was the first African American U.S. Medal of Honor recipient?

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The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

Who was the only woman in the American Civil War awarded the Medal of Honor?

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The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. The result of a long-standing controversy over slavery and states' rights, war broke out in April 1861, when Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, shortly after Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated

Who did Congress honor in 2002 as a contributor to the invention of the telephone?

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He set up a form of voice-communication link in his Staten Island, New York, home in which the second-floor bedroom connected to his laboratory.