What Goes Around Comes Around

Today’s questions are all related to March 3rd.

One

2005, a pilot became the first person to complete a solo, nonstop circumnavigation of the globe without refuelling. The pilot took off from and landed back at one of the several Salinas in the United States. Who was the pilot and specifically from which Salina did he depart and return?

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Two

Born in Navsari, Gujarat, India in 1839, an Indian industrialist who founded Jamshedpur, established the Taj Mahal Hotel and developed businesses in cotton, steel and hydroelectric power amongst others. Who was he?

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Three

Born in 1962, which athlete set a world record of 7,148 points in the heptathlon?

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Four

Born in 1968, this physicist and television science presenter who is known for his work on the ATLAS experiment at CERN, played keyboards in live appearances with D:Ream. Who is This?

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Five

Decommissioned on this day in 1980, a U.S. nuclear submarine made history by sailing under the Arctic ice pack and the North Pole in 1958. 

1. What was the name of the submarine?
2. What was the operational name for the submerged Arctic transit?
3. The submarine had a namesake from an 1870s novel; what was the novel’s English title? 
4. Who was the author of the novel?

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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