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Question:

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

Question:

CORN FLAKES - Who made them first?

1.Nabisco

2.Kellogg

3.Quaker

4.Archers

Question:

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

Question:

In which decade with the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?

1.1850s

2.1860s

3.1870s

4.1900s

Question:

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

Question:

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

Question:

When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented?

1.1915

2.1920

3.1919

4.1911

Question:

When were blue jeans invented?

1.1900s

2.1860s

3.1870s

4.1850s

Question:

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

1.Yorkshire

2.Lancashire

3.Staffordshire

4.Norfolk

Question:

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

1.1850s

2.1880s

3.1930s

4.1950s

Question:

In which decade was the telephone invented?

1.1850s

2.1860s

3.1870s

4.1880s

Question:

In which decade was the transistor invented?

1.1940s

2.1950s

3.1960s

4.1980s

Question:

In which year was MIDI introduced?

1.1987

2.1983

3.1973

4.1977

Question:

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

1.S.Sperrow

2. O. Stricheg

3. T. Henman

4. C. Cockerell

Question:

What Benjamin Franklin invented?

1.Bifocal spectacles

2.Radio

3.Barometer

4.Hygrometer

Question:

What did cardiologist Dr. Paul Zoll invent in Massachusetts in 1952?

1.EKG

2.Artificial heart valve

3.Artificial heart

4. Pacemaker

Question:

What Henry Bessemer invented?

1.Aluminum

2.Electroplating

3. Steel Converter

4.Steel rolling mill

Question:

What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

1.Dynamite

2.Ladders

3.Race cars

4.Parachute

Question:

What Thomas Davenport invented?

1.Screw propellor

2. Electric streetcar

3.Chesterfield

4.Sleeping (railway) car

Question:

Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

1.Lewis Edson Waterman

2.Sir William Grove

3.Charles Kettering

4.George Fountain

Question:

Who came up with the idea for INSTANT MASHED POTATO?

1.S. Tuberosum

2. W. Raleigh

3.E. Asselbergs

4.K. Edwards

Question:

Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?

1.J. R. Gluber

2.A. Nobel

3.G. Fawks

4.W. Bickford

Question:

Who invented Bicycle?

1. Leo H Baekeland

2. Karl Benz

3.Evangelista Torricelli

4. Kirkpatrick Macmillan

Question:

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

Question:

For whom high heeled shoes were invented?

1.Cleopatra

2.Queen Elizabeth I

3.King Louis the XIV

4.King Charles II

Question:

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

1.C. Birdseye

2. F. Rozenosh

3.G. Findus

4. R. Scott

Question:

Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?

1.Biro Brothers

2.Waterman Brothers

3.Bicc Brothers

4.Write Brothers

Question:

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

Question:

In which decade was the first solid state integrated circuit demonstrated?

1.1950s

2.1960s

3.1970s

4.1980s

Question:

In which decade was the Internet first implemented?

1.1940s

2.1950s

3.1960s

4.1980s

Question:

In which decade was the telegraph invented?

1.1810s

2.1840s

3.1870s

4.1890s

Question:

n which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced?

1.1950s

2.1960s

3.1970s

4.1980s

Question:

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

1.1800s

2.1880s

3.1890s

4.1900s

Question:

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

Question:

The first hand glider was designed by...?

1.Leonardo DaVinci

2.The Wright brothers

3.Francis Rogallo

4.Galileo

Question:

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

Question:

This English inventor is known as the 'Father of Computing.'

1. Philo Farnsworth

2.J. Presper Eckert

3. John Mauchly

4.Charles Babbage

Question:

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

Question:

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

Question:

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

Question:

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

Question:

What device for new parents did Ann Moore invent in 1969?

1.Bottle warmer

2.Baby monitor

3.Disposable diaper

4.Infant carrier

Question:

What Elmer A. Sperry invented?

1.Hydroplane

2. Hydraulic turbine

3.Magnetic compass

4.Gyrocompass

Question:

What Enrico Fermi invented?

1.X ray machine

2.Betatron

3.Cyclotron

4. Nuclear reactor

Question:

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

Question:

What George Westinghouse invented?

1.Light bulb

2. Electric razor

3.Refrigerator

4.Railway air brakes

Question:

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

Question:

What Igor Sikorsky invented?

1.Hydroplane

2.Jet engine airplane

3.Helicopter

4.Glider

Question:

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

Question:

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

1.Telegraph

2.Radio

3.Television

4.Dishwasher

Question:

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

Question:

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

Question:

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

Question:

What J. B. Dunlop invented?

1.Pneumatic rubber tire

2.Automobile wheel rim

3.Rubber boot

4.Model airplanes

Question:

What James Watt invented?

1. Diving bell

2.Steam boat

3.Hot air balloon

4.Rotary steam engine

Question:

What Karl Benz invented?

1.Gasoline powered automobile

2.Streetcar

3.Glider

4. Steam turbine

Question:

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

1.Microwave oven

2.Remote control

3.VCR

4.Calculator

Question:

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

Question:

What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?

1.Silly Putty

2.Etch-A-Sketch

3.Lite-Brite

4.Play-Doh

Question:

What Sir Isaac Newton invented?

1.Reflecting telescope

2.Chronometer

3.Microscope

4.Spectacles

Question:

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

Question:

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

1.Telephone

2. Early Warning

3.Electricity

4.Television

Question:

When was barb wire patented?

1.1874

2.1840

3.1895

4.1900

Question:

When was Monopoly created?

1.1940s

2.1930s

3.1920s

4.1950s

Question:

When was the first elevator built?

1.1743

2.1739

3.1760

4.1785

Question:

When was the first lawn mower invented?

1.1830

2.1854

3.1835

4.1849

Question:

When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?

1.1920

2.1890

3.1901

4.1944

Question:

When was the game Frisbee invented?

1.1920s

2.1900s

3.1870s

4.1890s

Question:

When were bar code scanners invented?

1.1940s

2.1950s

3.1970s

4.1960s

Question:

Where was the yo-yo invented?

1.France

2.United States

3.Philippines

4.England

Question:

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

1.Electric Drill

2.Electric Shaver

3.Electric Fence

4.Electric Heater

Question:

Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

1.Isaac Newton

2.Albert Einstein

3.Benjamin Franklin

4.Marie Curie

Question:

Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?

1.Robert Koch

2.Edward Jenner

3.Robert Hooke

4.Louis Pasteur

Question:

Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

1.Potato Peterson

2.Turnip Townsend

3.Cabbage Carlson

4.Swede Svenson

Question:

Who invented Airship (rigid)?

1.Dr. Alan M. Turing

2. Roger Bacon

3. G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

4.Otto

Question:

Who invented Bifocal Lens?

1.Alfred B. Nobel

2.Thomas Alva Edison

3.Benjamin Franklin

4.Rudolf Diesel

Question:

Who invented Dynamite?

1.Sir Alexander Graham Bell

2.Benjamin Franklin

3.Thomas Alva Edison

4.Alfred B. Nobel

Question:

Who invented Electric Generator?

1. Sir Alexander Graham Bell

2.Michael Faraday

3.Alfred B. Nobel

4.Thomas Alva Edison

Question:

Who invented Gramophone?

1.Michael Faraday

2.Fahrenheit

3.Sir Alexander Graham Bell

4.Thomas Alva Edison

Question:

Who invented Gunpowder?

1. G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

2.Sir Frank Whittle

3. Roger Bacon

4.Leo H Baekeland

Question:

Who invented Internal Combustion Engine?

1.Roger Bacon

2.Karl Benz

3.Dr. Alan M. Turing

4.Otto

Question:

Who invented Jet Engine?

1.Sir Frank Whittle

2.Gottlieb Daimler

3.Roger Bacon

4.Lewis E. Waterman

Question:

Who invented the first controllable flying AEROPLANE (AIRPLANE)?

1.Wright Brothers

2.Lidenbergh Brothers

3.South Brothers

4.West Brothers

Question:

Who invented the Spinning Jenny?

1.Thornton Hargreaves

2.Peter Hargreaves

3.James Hargreaves

4.Simon Hargreaves

Question:

Who is often called the 'first African-American' inventor?

1.Bessie Blount

2. George Washington Carver

3.Benjamin Banneker

4.Elijah McCoy

Question:

Who is the English physicist responsible for the 'Big Bang Theory'?

1. Albert Einstein

2.Michael Skube

3.George Gamow

4. Roger Penrose

Question:

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

Question:

Who perfected GENETIC ENGINEERING?

1.Cohen & Boyer

2.Hunt & Davids

3.Sinclair & Roberts

4.Jaysson & Simons

Question:

Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?

1.Hargobind Khorana

2.J.J. Thompson

3.Benjamin Franklin

4.Meghnad Saha

Question:

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

Question:

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

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Question: 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?

Question: CORN FLAKES - Who made them first?

Question: For what does the world owe Almon Strowger a debt of gratitude?

Question: In which decade with the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?

Question: 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.

Question: What charge card, developed in 1950, was the first to be accepted nationally in the US?

Question: When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented?

Question: When were blue jeans invented?

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

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

Question: In which decade was the telephone invented?

Question: In which decade was the transistor invented?

Question: In which year was MIDI introduced?

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

Question: What Benjamin Franklin invented?

Question: What did cardiologist Dr. Paul Zoll invent in Massachusetts in 1952?

Question: What Henry Bessemer invented?

Question: What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

Question: What Thomas Davenport invented?

Question: Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

Question: Who came up with the idea for INSTANT MASHED POTATO?

Question: Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?

Question: Who invented Bicycle?

Question: 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?

Question: For whom high heeled shoes were invented?

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

Question: ﻿Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?

Question: In the 1700s, who would pay the postage fee for letters before the stamp was invented?

Question: In which decade was the first solid state integrated circuit demonstrated?

Question: In which decade was the Internet first implemented?

Question: In which decade was the telegraph invented?

Question: n which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced?

Question: n which decade were the first successful diode and triode vacuum tubes invented?

Question: Ralph Samuelson was only 18 when he invented this sporting item in 1922. What was that?

Question: The first hand glider was designed by...?

Question: 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?

Question: This English inventor is known as the 'Father of Computing.'

Question: This part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he?

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Question: What 'game' was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?

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

Question: What device for new parents did Ann Moore invent in 1969?

Question: What Elmer A. Sperry invented?

Question: What Enrico Fermi invented?

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

Question: What George Westinghouse invented?

Question: What groovy item was invented by Englishman Edward Craven Walker in 1963?

Question: What Igor Sikorsky invented?

Question: What inspired reflecting road lights to be invented?

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

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Question: What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

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Question: What Sir Isaac Newton invented?

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Question: When were bar code scanners invented?

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Question: Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

Question: Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?

Question: Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

Question: Who invented Airship (rigid)?

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Question: Who invented Dynamite?

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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?

Question:
CORN FLAKES - Who made them first?

Question:
For what does the world owe Almon Strowger a debt of gratitude?

Question:
In which decade with the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?

Question:
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.

Question:
What charge card, developed in 1950, was the first to be accepted nationally in the US?

Question:
When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented?

Question:
When were blue jeans invented?

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

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

Question:
In which decade was the telephone invented?

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In which decade was the transistor invented?

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In which year was MIDI introduced?

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

Question:
What Benjamin Franklin invented?

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What did cardiologist Dr. Paul Zoll invent in Massachusetts in 1952?

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What Henry Bessemer invented?

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What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

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What Thomas Davenport invented?

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Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

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Who came up with the idea for INSTANT MASHED POTATO?

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Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?

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Who invented Bicycle?

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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?

Question:
For whom high heeled shoes were invented?

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

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Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?

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In the 1700s, who would pay the postage fee for letters before the stamp was invented?

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In which decade was the first solid state integrated circuit demonstrated?

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In which decade was the Internet first implemented?

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In which decade was the telegraph invented?

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n which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced?

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

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Ralph Samuelson was only 18 when he invented this sporting item in 1922. What was that?

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The first hand glider was designed by...?

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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?

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This English inventor is known as the 'Father of Computing.'

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This part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he?

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Until Victorian times, chocolate was thought of as a drink. When did the first chocolate bar appear?

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What 'game' was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?

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

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What device for new parents did Ann Moore invent in 1969?

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What Elmer A. Sperry invented?

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What Enrico Fermi invented?

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

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What George Westinghouse invented?

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What groovy item was invented by Englishman Edward Craven Walker in 1963?

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What Igor Sikorsky invented?

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What inspired reflecting road lights to be invented?

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

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

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What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

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What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

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What J. B. Dunlop invented?

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What James Watt invented?

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What Karl Benz invented?

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

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

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What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?

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What Sir Isaac Newton invented?

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What toy did George Lerner create for Hasbro company in 1952?

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

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When was barb wire patented?

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When was Monopoly created?

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When was the first elevator built?

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When was the first lawn mower invented?

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When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?

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When was the game Frisbee invented?

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When were bar code scanners invented?

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Where was the yo-yo invented?

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

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Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

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Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?

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Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

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Who invented Airship (rigid)?

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Who invented Bifocal Lens?

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Who invented Dynamite?

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Who invented Electric Generator?

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Who invented Gramophone?

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Who invented Gunpowder?