Q.1

What toy was invented by Joshua Lionel Cowen around 1900?

  • Raggedy Ann doll
  • Yo-yo
  • Electric train
  • Tinkertoys
Q.2

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?

  • Banjo
  • Oboe
  • Clarinet
  • Harmonium
Q.3

It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?

  • S. Sperrow
  • O. Stricheg
  • T. Henman
  • C. Cockerell
Q.4

What treat was invented by 11-year-old Frank Epperson in 1905?

  • Popsicle
  • Banana split
  • Cotton candy
  • Cracker Jacks
Q.5

Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

  • Potato Peterson
  • Turnip Townsend
  • Cabbage Carlson
  • Swede Svenson
Q.6

In which decade was the ARRL founded?

  • 1940s
  • 1930s
  • 1920s
  • 1910s
Q.7

In which decade was the telegraph invented?

  • 1810s
  • 1840s
  • 1870s
  • 1890s
Q.8

What Karl Benz invented?

  • Gasoline powered automobile
  • Streetcar
  • Glider
  • Steam turbine
Q.9

What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?

  • Microwave oven
  • Remote control
  • VCR
  • Calculator
Q.10

When was the first lawn mower invented?

  • 1830
  • 1854
  • 1835
  • 1849
Q.11

In which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced?

  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
Q.12

Who invented Jet Engine?

  • Sir Frank Whittle
  • Gottlieb Daimler
  • Roger Bacon
  • Lewis E. Waterman
Q.13

This African-American woman physical therapist worked with soldiers disabled in World War II. She invented a device that helped the disabled to eat by delivering food through a tube to a mouthpiece.

  • Bessie Blount
  • Marjorie Joyner
  • Mae Jamison
  • Beulah Henry
Q.14

What Thomas Davenport invented?

  • Screw propellor
  • Electric streetcar
  • Chesterfield
  • Sleeping (railway) car
Q.15

In which decade was the AEEE (now the IEEE) founded?

  • 1850s
  • 1880s
  • 1930s
  • 1950s
Q.16

When was Milk Tray first introduced?

  • 1915
  • 1934
  • 1923
  • 1942
Q.17

CORN FLAKES - Who made them first?

  • Nabisco
  • Kellogg
  • Quaker
  • Archers
Q.18

Who invented the Seed Drill?

  • Jethro Tull
  • Arlo Guthrie
  • Woodie Guthrie
  • Thomas Hines
Q.19

What inspired reflecting road lights to be invented?

  • Car door reflecting mirrors
  • The light a cat's eyes gave off on a fence
  • Sun light on steel posts on road sides
  • The sun light on the windshield
Q.20

When were bar code scanners invented?

  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1970s
  • 1960s
Q.21

What Benjamin Franklin invented?

  • Bifocal spectacles
  • Radio
  • Barometer
  • Hygrometer
Q.22

In which decade were the first successful diode and triode vacuum tubes invented?

  • 1800s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
Q.23

Who invented the first controllable flying AEROPLANE (AIRPLANE)?

  • Wright Brothers
  • Lidenbergh Brothers
  • South Brothers
  • West Brothers
Q.24

What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

  • Dynamite
  • Ladders
  • Race cars
  • Parachute
Q.25

What invention by Garnet Carter made its debut at the Fairyland Inn Resort in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, in 1927?

  • Miniature golf
  • Swimming pool slide
  • Ski lift
  • Golf cart
Q.26

What Elisha Otis invented?

  • The brake used in modern elevators
  • Jet Engine
  • Turbine
  • Hydraulic Crane
Q.27

What type of system did Paul Nipkow, John Baird, and Charles Jenkins all invent?

  • Telephone
  • Early Warning
  • Electricity
  • Television
Q.28

When was the toothbrush invented?

  • 1770
  • 1765
  • 1790
  • 1742
Q.29

William Frederick is credited with the invention of the modern frisbee in the mid 1950's. Inthe Wham-O Company bought his idea and the rest is history. They named the toy after William Frisbie who was a ________?

  • Pie maker
  • Owner of a pizza parlor
  • Student at Yale
  • Ceramic plate designer
Q.30

What drink was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929?

  • 7-Up
  • Yoo-Hoo
  • Pepsi
  • Hawaiian Punch
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