[Answer] What musical instrument is played without touching it?

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...The theremin is an electronic musical instrument. It was invented in 1919 by a Russian physicist Leon Theremin. Besides its unusual appearance, the theremin is also unique in that it is played without being touched. The theremin consists of a box with two metal antennas which create an electromagnetic field. The musician stands in front of the instrument and moves his hands in the proximity of the two antennas, which forms a capacitor between his hands and the antennas. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a speaker system. The sound of the instrument is often associated with eerie situations. Thus, the theremin has been used in many movie soundtracks.

[Ans] What musical instrument is played without touching it?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "What musical instrument is played without touching it?"

The theremin is an electronic musical instrument. It was invented in 1919 by a Russian physicist Leon Theremin. Besides its unusual appearance, the theremin is also unique in that it is played without being touched. The theremin consists of a box with two metal antennas which create an electromagnetic field. The musician stands in front of the instrument and moves his hands in the proximity of the two antennas, which forms a capacitor between his hands and the antennas. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a speaker system. The sound of the instrument is often associated with eerie situations. Thus, the theremin has been used in many movie soundtracks.

[Answer] Who is this?

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Anne Frank was born in the German city of Frankfurt am Main in 1929. Anne’s sister Margot was three years her senior. Unemployment was high and poverty was severe in Germany, and it was the period in which Adolf Hitler and his party were gaining more and more supporters. Hitler hated the Jews and blamed them for the problems in the country. He took advantage of the rampant antisemitic sentiments in Germany. The hatred of Jews and the poor economic situation made Anne's parents, Otto and Edith Frank, decide to move to Amsterdam. There, Otto founded a company that traded in pectin, a gelling agent for making jam.

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[Answer] What millionaire aviator designed and flew the famous Spruce Goose?

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...In 1942, amid World War II, the U.S. needed to transport millions of tons of material across the Atlantic Ocean. But metals were hard to come by, so the government began looking for other options. The task eventually fell to eccentric business magnate and aviator Howard Hughes to design a wooden plane six times larger than any other at the time. The Spruce Goose made its first and only flight on November 2, 1947, with Hughes in the pilot's seat.

[Answer] What type of plane was typically used in combat during WWI?

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...In the early years of aviation, biplanes ruled the skies. Named for their two-tiered wing structure, biplanes came into prominence in the late 19th century, after several successful gliders used the design. The Wright Flyer cemented the biplane's popularity, and the public's adoration remained until the mid-1930s, when newer materials and more powerful engines made monoplanes the future of flight.

[Answer] What is widely considered to be the first modern airplane?

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...Aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright invented and flew the first modern airplane, known as the Wright Flyer, in 1903. On December 17, Orville took to the skies over Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, traveling 120 feet in 12 seconds — the first successful flight of a powered heavier-than-air aircraft. The world was never the same again.

[Answer] Charles Lindbergh made his solo transatlantic flight in what plane?

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...Approximately 33 hours after leaving New York on May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh arrived in Paris, France, on the Spirit of St. Louis, having completed the world's first solo nonstop transatlantic flight. The Spirit of St. Louis was a plane unlike any other. Although it looked like solid metal, it was actually constructed of metal tubes covered by a silver-colored fabric, and for safety, the fuel tanks were placed in the front, making it impossible to see straight ahead without a periscope. The plane was hard to fly by design so Lindbergh wouldn't fall asleep en route.