Benjamin Franklin was a prolific inventor. He invented the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, studied electricity, discovered the Gulf Stream, started the first library, and on and on. Among his many other inventions, what musical instrument did he invent?
1.Banjo
2.Oboe
3.Clarinet
4.Harmonium
CORN FLAKES - Who made them first?
1.Nabisco
2.Kellogg
3.Quaker
4.Archers
For what does the world owe Almon Strowger a debt of gratitude?
1.Parking Meters
2.Vending Machines
3.Automatic Telephone Exchanges
4.Traffic Lights
In which decade with the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?
1.1850s
2.1860s
3.1870s
4.1900s
This statesman, politican, scholar, inventor, and one of early presidents of USA invented the swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel.
1.George Washington
2.Alexander Hamilton
3.John Adams
4.Thomas Jefferson
What charge card, developed in 1950, was the first to be accepted nationally in the US?
1.Visa
2.Discover
3.MasterCharge
4.Diner's Club
When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented?
1.1915
2.1920
3.1919
4.1911
When were blue jeans invented?
1.1900s
2.1860s
3.1870s
4.1850s
Where is the village of Branston, after which the famous pickle is named?
1.Yorkshire
2.Lancashire
3.Staffordshire
4.Norfolk
In which decade was the AEEE (now the IEEE) founded?
1.1850s
2.1880s
3.1930s
4.1950s
In which decade was the telephone invented?
1.1850s
2.1860s
3.1870s
4.1880s
In which decade was the transistor invented?
1.1940s
2.1950s
3.1960s
4.1980s
In which year was MIDI introduced?
1.1987
2.1983
3.1973
4.1977
It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?
1.S.Sperrow
2. O. Stricheg
3. T. Henman
4. C. Cockerell
What Benjamin Franklin invented?
1.Bifocal spectacles
2.Radio
3.Barometer
4.Hygrometer
What did cardiologist Dr. Paul Zoll invent in Massachusetts in 1952?
1.EKG
2.Artificial heart valve
3.Artificial heart
4. Pacemaker
What Henry Bessemer invented?
1.Aluminum
2.Electroplating
3. Steel Converter
4.Steel rolling mill
What invention caused many deaths while testing it?
1.Dynamite
2.Ladders
3.Race cars
4.Parachute
What Thomas Davenport invented?
1.Screw propellor
2. Electric streetcar
3.Chesterfield
4.Sleeping (railway) car
Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?
1.Lewis Edson Waterman
2.Sir William Grove
3.Charles Kettering
4.George Fountain
Who came up with the idea for INSTANT MASHED POTATO?
1.S. Tuberosum
2. W. Raleigh
3.E. Asselbergs
4.K. Edwards
Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?
1.J. R. Gluber
2.A. Nobel
3.G. Fawks
4.W. Bickford
Who invented Bicycle?
1. Leo H Baekeland
2. Karl Benz
3.Evangelista Torricelli
4. Kirkpatrick Macmillan
For over 500 years, paper was only available and sold as single sheets. In 1902, an inventive Australian used half size sheets of paper, a bit of glue and cardboard to create the what?
1.Notepad
2.Calendar
3.Notice Board
4.Telephone Book
For whom high heeled shoes were invented?
1.Cleopatra
2.Queen Elizabeth I
3.King Louis the XIV
4.King Charles II
FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?
1.C. Birdseye
2. F. Rozenosh
3.G. Findus
4. R. Scott
In the 1700s, who would pay the postage fee for letters before the stamp was invented?
1.The sender
2.There was no fee
3.The receiver of the letter
4.The post office
In which decade was the first solid state integrated circuit demonstrated?
1.1950s
2.1960s
3.1970s
4.1980s
In which decade was the Internet first implemented?
1.1940s
2.1950s
3.1960s
4.1980s
In which decade was the telegraph invented?
1.1810s
2.1840s
3.1870s
4.1890s
Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?
1.Biro Brothers
2.Waterman Brothers
3.Bicc Brothers
4.Write Brothers
n which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced?
1.1950s
2.1960s
3.1970s
4.1980s
n which decade were the first successful diode and triode vacuum tubes invented?
1.1800s
2.1880s
3.1890s
4.1900s
Ralph Samuelson was only 18 when he invented this sporting item in 1922. What was that?
1. Golf tee
2.Motorboat
3.Water skis
4.Hang glider
The first hand glider was designed by...?
1.Leonardo DaVinci
2.The Wright brothers
3.Francis Rogallo
4.Galileo
The Manhattan Project was started by President Roosevelt in 1942 to ensure that the U.S. beat the Germans in developing a nuclear bomb. Whom did Roosevelt appoint as scientific head the Manhattan Project?
1. Robert Oppenheimer
2.James B. Conant
3.Leslie R. Groves
4.Vannevar Bush
This English inventor is known as the 'Father of Computing.'
1. Philo Farnsworth
2.J. Presper Eckert
3. John Mauchly
4.Charles Babbage
This part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he?
1. Steve McQueen
2.Harrison Frazier
3.Paul Newman
4. John Wayne
Until Victorian times, chocolate was thought of as a drink. When did the first chocolate bar appear?
1.1820
2.1831
3.1825
4.There is no sure date
What 'game' was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?
1.Frisbee
2.Monopoly
3. Ouija board
4.Ping Pong
What African-American inventor received 5 patents in the field of shoemaking?
1. Elijah McCoy
2. Jan Ernst Matzeliger
3.Ernest Just
4.Lewis Latimer
What device for new parents did Ann Moore invent in 1969?
1.Bottle warmer
2.Baby monitor
3.Disposable diaper
4.Infant carrier
What Elmer A. Sperry invented?
1.Hydroplane
2. Hydraulic turbine
3.Magnetic compass
4.Gyrocompass
What Enrico Fermi invented?
1.X ray machine
2.Betatron
3.Cyclotron
4. Nuclear reactor
What furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968?
1.Sofa bed
2.Captain's chair
3.Waterbed
4.Hammock
What George Westinghouse invented?
1.Light bulb
2. Electric razor
3.Refrigerator
4.Railway air brakes
What groovy item was invented by Englishman Edward Craven Walker in 1963?
1.Leisure suit
2.Lava lamp
3.Eight-track tape deck
4.Hot comb
What Igor Sikorsky invented?
1.Hydroplane
2.Jet engine airplane
3.Helicopter
4.Glider
What inspired reflecting road lights to be invented?
1.Car door reflecting mirrors
2.The light a cat's eyes gave off on a fence
3.Sun light on steel posts on road sides
4.The sun light on the windshield
What invention is credited to the Russian born American inventor Vladimir Kosma Zworykin?
1.Telegraph
2.Radio
3.Television
4.Dishwasher
What invention was first installed at a Hartford, Connecticut bank in 1889?
1.Automatic teller machine
2.Time-lock safe
3. Burglar alarm
4.Pay telephone
What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
1. Charles Richter
2.Hiram Walker
3.Giuseppe Mercalli
4.Joshua Rumble
What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
1.Charles Richter
2.Hiram Walker
3.Giuseppe Mercalli
4.Joshua Rumble
What J. B. Dunlop invented?
1.Pneumatic rubber tire
2.Automobile wheel rim
3.Rubber boot
4.Model airplanes
What James Watt invented?
1. Diving bell
2.Steam boat
3.Hot air balloon
4.Rotary steam engine
What Karl Benz invented?
1.Gasoline powered automobile
2.Streetcar
3.Glider
4. Steam turbine
What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?
1.Microwave oven
2.Remote control
3.VCR
4.Calculator
What piece of clothing was invented by French fashion designer Louis Reard in 1946?
1.Zoot suit
2.Mini-skirt
3.Bikini
4.Tank top
What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?
1.Silly Putty
2.Etch-A-Sketch
3.Lite-Brite
4.Play-Doh
What Sir Isaac Newton invented?
1.Reflecting telescope
2.Chronometer
3.Microscope
4.Spectacles
What toy did George Lerner create for Hasbro company in 1952?
1.Sit and Spin
2.Talking baby doll
3.Mr. Potato Head
4.Hula hoop
What type of system did Paul Nipkow, John Baird, and Charles Jenkins all invent?
1.Telephone
2. Early Warning
3.Electricity
4.Television
When was barb wire patented?
1.1874
2.1840
3.1895
4.1900
When was Monopoly created?
1.1940s
2.1930s
3.1920s
4.1950s
When was the first elevator built?
1.1743
2.1739
3.1760
4.1785
When was the first lawn mower invented?
1.1830
2.1854
3.1835
4.1849
When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?
1.1920
2.1890
3.1901
4.1944
When was the game Frisbee invented?
1.1920s
2.1900s
3.1870s
4.1890s
When were bar code scanners invented?
1.1940s
2.1950s
3.1970s
4.1960s
Where was the yo-yo invented?
1.France
2.United States
3.Philippines
4.England
Which of the following was first patented by an Australian in 1889?
1.Electric Drill
2.Electric Shaver
3.Electric Fence
4.Electric Heater
Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?
1.Isaac Newton
2.Albert Einstein
3.Benjamin Franklin
4.Marie Curie
Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?
1.Robert Koch
2.Edward Jenner
3.Robert Hooke
4.Louis Pasteur
Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?
1.Potato Peterson
2.Turnip Townsend
3.Cabbage Carlson
4.Swede Svenson
Who invented Airship (rigid)?
1.Dr. Alan M. Turing
2. Roger Bacon
3. G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
4.Otto
Who invented Bifocal Lens?
1.Alfred B. Nobel
2.Thomas Alva Edison
3.Benjamin Franklin
4.Rudolf Diesel
Who invented Dynamite?
1.Sir Alexander Graham Bell
2.Benjamin Franklin
3.Thomas Alva Edison
4.Alfred B. Nobel
Who invented Electric Generator?
1. Sir Alexander Graham Bell
2.Michael Faraday
3.Alfred B. Nobel
4.Thomas Alva Edison
Who invented Gramophone?
1.Michael Faraday
2.Fahrenheit
3.Sir Alexander Graham Bell
4.Thomas Alva Edison
Who invented Gunpowder?
1. G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
2.Sir Frank Whittle
3. Roger Bacon
4.Leo H Baekeland
Who invented Internal Combustion Engine?
1.Roger Bacon
2.Karl Benz
3.Dr. Alan M. Turing
4.Otto
Who invented Jet Engine?
1.Sir Frank Whittle
2.Gottlieb Daimler
3.Roger Bacon
4.Lewis E. Waterman
Who invented the first controllable flying AEROPLANE (AIRPLANE)?
1.Wright Brothers
2.Lidenbergh Brothers
3.South Brothers
4.West Brothers
Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
1.Thornton Hargreaves
2.Peter Hargreaves
3.James Hargreaves
4.Simon Hargreaves
Who is often called the 'first African-American' inventor?
1.Bessie Blount
2. George Washington Carver
3.Benjamin Banneker
4.Elijah McCoy
Who is the English physicist responsible for the 'Big Bang Theory'?
1. Albert Einstein
2.Michael Skube
3.George Gamow
4. Roger Penrose
Who is the only U.S. President to invent and patent something?
1.Abraham Lincoln
2.Theodore Roosevelt
3.Thomas Jefferson
4.Rutherford B. Hayes
Who perfected GENETIC ENGINEERING?
1.Cohen & Boyer
2.Hunt & Davids
3.Sinclair & Roberts
4.Jaysson & Simons
Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?
1.Hargobind Khorana
2.J.J. Thompson
3.Benjamin Franklin
4.Meghnad Saha
Who was the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?
1.Marjorie Joyner
2.Margaret Knight
3.Amanda Jones
4.Mary Kies
William Frederick is credited with the invention of the modern frisbee in the mid 1950's. In 1957 the Wham-O Company bought his idea and the rest is history. They named the toy after William Frisbie who was a ________?
1.Pie maker
2.Owner of a pizza parlor
3.Student at Yale
4. Ceramic plate designer