Bizenegalia

Nicolo Conti of Italy, the first recorded Eurpoean visitor to this country called it Bizen(e)galia. The Portuguese called it Bisnaga. How do we know it better?

Mae West's Parachute

Among parachuting enthusiasts, what is known as a Mae West?

Hint: A potentially embarrassing but not lethal malfunction.

Loxodontology

If an odontologist studies teeth, what does a loxodontologist study?

Cut the Vegetables

A young Catholic priest was about to give his first sermon, but he was very nervous. To boost his confidence, his father cried out from the pews, "They are vegetables, cut them". He would go on to found a school of hypnotism, and cited his father's words as the inspiration. Who was this priest and what was his mother tongue?

Hint: He was defrocked for participating in the French Revolution.