1. This early Vice President of the Kodak Corporation was well known in the 19th century for his publications on the transatlantic cable its bandwidth and its profitability. He also has a line of refrigerators named after him.

2. X was called by various names including Trench Broom, Trench Sweeper, Chicago Piano, Chicago Typewriter, and Chopper. 

3. This fictional aircraft borrowed its design features from a number of contemporary aircraft
a. its swing-wings are from an F-111.
b. A low wing with a landing gear design similar to a Tupolev Tu 154.
c. The intake geometry is reminiscent of the Rockwell B-1 bomber, mounted in the same configuration as on a Lockheed Jetstream
d. Afterburning supersonic jet engines, a feature shared with the Concorde 

4. Connect
a. French Fries
b. Waffles
c. J.C. Camille François Van Varenberg

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DS, Tho, Thong

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Answers to #1

1. Tamil

2. Tiger -- Durga's vehicle , corbett tiger national park , tippu 'tiger' sultan, The tiger also appears on Malaysia's coat of arms.

3. The song was paper planes and the singer MIA - or Maya Arulpragasam is a Sri Lankan singer whose father happens to be an LTTE commander. Her pro LTTE views have caused her to be denied visa to the US. It was not until she got pregnant by her US based boyfriend did the US allow her into the country. Most of her songs are politcally charged with references to the LTTE or tamil supression in Sri Lanka.

4. Rajiv Gandhi

5. Sri Lanka and Arthur C Clarke. He wrote 2001 and 2010; A space odeyssey. Apollo 13 command module was named after Odeyssey. The Space Oscars are formally known as the Arthur C Clarke Awards and he invented the concept of gestationary communication satellties