Q.1

Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?

  • Hargobind Khorana
  • J.J. Thompson
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Meghnad Saha
Q.2

Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

  • Lewis Edson Waterman
  • Sir William Grove
  • Charles Kettering
  • George Fountain
Q.3

FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?

  • C. Birdseye
  • F. Rozenosh
  • G. Findus
  • R. Scott
Q.4

When was the first elevator built?

  • 1743
  • 1739
  • 1760
  • 1785
Q.5

When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented?

  • 1915
  • 1920
  • 1919
  • 1911
Q.6

What charge card, developed inwas the first to be accepted nationally in the US?

  • Visa
  • Discover
  • MasterCharge
  • Diner's Club
Q.7

What Frank Whittle invented?

  • Radar
  • Ethyl gasoline
  • Sonar
  • Jet propulsion
Q.8

What Enrico Fermi invented?

  • X ray machine
  • Betatron
  • Cyclotron
  • Nuclear reactor
Q.9

When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?

  • 1920
  • 1890
  • 1901
  • 1944
Q.10

Which of the following was first patented by an Australian in 1889?

  • Electric Drill
  • Electric Shaver
  • Electric Fence
  • Electric Heater
Q.11

What item, originally called the 'Whirlwind', was invented by Ives McGaffey in 1869?

  • Blender
  • Electric mixer
  • Washing machine
  • Vacuum cleaner
Q.12

Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?

  • Robert Koch
  • Edward Jenner
  • Robert Hooke
  • Louis Pasteur
Q.13

What invention was first installed at a Hartford, Connecticut bank in 1889?

  • Automatic teller machine
  • Time-lock safe
  • Burglar alarm
  • Pay telephone
Q.14

What office item was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1951?

  • Fax machine
  • Stapler
  • Liquid Paper
  • Copy machine
Q.15

What George Westinghouse invented?

  • Light bulb
  • Electric razor
  • Refrigerator
  • Railway air brakes
Q.16

Ralph Samuelson was onlywhen he invented this sporting item inWhat was that?

  • Golf tee
  • Motorboat
  • Water skis
  • Hang glider
Q.17

What furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968?

  • Sofa bed
  • Captain's chair
  • Waterbed
  • Hammock
Q.18

What piece of clothing was invented by French fashion designer Louis Reard in 1946?

  • Zoot suit
  • Mini-skirt
  • Bikini
  • Tank top
Q.19

What James Watt invented?

  • Diving bell
  • Steam boat
  • Hot air balloon
  • Rotary steam engine
Q.20

Who invented Bakelite?

  • Charles Goodyear
  • Leo Hendrik Baekeland
  • Roy Plunkett
  • Henry Ford
Q.21

What invention is credited to the Russian born American inventor Vladimir Kosma Zworykin?

  • Telegraph
  • Radio
  • Television
  • Dishwasher
Q.22

What George Pullman invented?

  • Sleeping (railway) car
  • Airship
  • Box car (railway)
  • Air brakes
Q.23

Who is the only U.S. President to invent and patent something?

  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Rutherford B. Hayes
Q.24

What African-American inventor received 5 patents in the field of shoemaking?

  • Elijah McCoy
  • Jan Ernst Matzeliger
  • Ernest Just
  • Lewis Latimer
Q.25

The initials JCB on earth-moving equipment are those of the founder of the company that makes it. What is his name?

  • John Christopher Ballantyne
  • Joseph Cyril Bamford
  • John Christopher Baxter
  • Jack Croxford Baker
Q.26

For overyears, paper was only available and sold as single sheets. Inan inventive Australian used half size sheets of paper, a bit of glue and cardboard to create the what?

  • Notepad
  • Calendar
  • Notice Board
  • Telephone Book
Q.27

Who invented Bifocal Lens?

  • Alfred B. Nobel
  • Thomas Alva Edison
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Rudolf Diesel
Q.28

The Manhattan Project was started by President Roosevelt into ensure that the U.S. beat the Germans in developing a nuclear bomb. Whom did Roosevelt appoint as scientific head the Manhattan Project?

  • Robert Oppenheimer
  • James B. Conant
  • Leslie R. Groves
  • Vannevar Bush
Q.29

In which year was MIDI introduced?

  • 1987
  • 1983
  • 1973
  • 1977
Q.30

Where is the village of Branston, after which the famous pickle is named?

  • Yorkshire
  • Lancashire
  • Staffordshire
  • Norfolk
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