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A2 U7 Listening

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  • Question: Where did the inventor of the elephant clock live?
    Answer: Diyarbakir, Turkey
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  • Question: What was the name of the inventor?
    Answer: al-Jazari
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  • Question: What profession was al-Jazari?
    Answer: Engineer
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  • Question: How tall was the elephant clock?
    Answer: Over 23 feet (7 meters) high
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  • Question: What was at the base of the elephant clock?
    Answer: A life-size model elephant
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  • Question: What happened every half hour with the clock?
    Answer: Model birds, dragons and people would move
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  • Question: Why is al-Jazari considered an important historical figure?
    Answer: He created many innovative machines and is called the father of modern engineering
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  • Question: Where can we learn about al-Jazari's inventions?
    Answer: From the book he wrote describing his machines
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  • Question: What types of machines did al-Jazari invent?
    Answer: Clocks, washing machines, water pumps
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  • Question: How did al-Jazari's book help document his inventions?
    Answer: It had drawings showing how each machine worked
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  • Question: What modern items use ideas from al-Jazari?
    Answer: Toys, car engines, robots
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  • Question: Where is there a working model of the elephant clock today?
    Answer: In the Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai
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  • Question: What floats inside the elephant and helps run the clock?
    Answer: A water bowl
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  • Question: What moves to mark the minutes on the clock?
    Answer: A human figure holding a pen
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  • Question: When the bowl sinks completely every half hour, what happens first?
    Answer: A ball falls from the top which moves the phoenix
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