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GK_Inventions

Practice Test 1

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What beverage was invented by Charles Alderton in 1885 in Waco, Texas?

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Who invented Bakelite?

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What drink was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929?

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Who invented Electric Generator?

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

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Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

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

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When was the first elevator built?

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What Benjamin Franklin invented?

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

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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?

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What item of apparel was invented by Ellery Chun, a Hawaiian clothing merchant, in 1931?

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Who invented the phonograph?

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

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

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

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Where was the yo-yo invented?

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In which decade was the Internet first implemented?

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What Sir Isaac Newton invented?

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Who invented the battery?

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

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When were bar code scanners invented?

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In which decade was the ARRL founded?

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Who invented Dynamite?

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Who invented the first controllable flying AEROPLANE (AIRPLANE)?

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In which decade was the transistor invented?

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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?

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Who invented Automobiles using gasoline?

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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.

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What toy was invented by Joshua Lionel Cowen around 1900?

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What James Watt invented?

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Who made corn flakes at first?

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

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

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

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

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In which year was MIDI introduced?

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What Elisha Otis invented?

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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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Who invented the ballpoint pen?

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What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?

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When were blue jeans invented?

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Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

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Who invented Bifocal Lens?

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

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In which decade was the telegraph invented?

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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 ________

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Who invented Bicycle?

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Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?

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In which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced?

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What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

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

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Who invented Jet Engine?

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Who invented Gunpowder?

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When was the toothbrush invented?

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

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What Frank Whittle invented?

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Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

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

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What Karl Benz invented?

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Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?

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When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?

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What inspired reflecting road lights to be invented?

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

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Who invented the Seed Drill?

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Who invented Fountain Pen?

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When was barb wire patented?

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When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented?

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

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

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When was Milk Tray first introduced?

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What J. B. Dunlop invented?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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What Enrico Fermi invented?

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Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?

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When was the game Frisbee invented?

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For what is Charles Babbage (1792-1871) remembered?

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When was the first lawn mower invented?

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What Thomas Davenport invented?

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Who came up with the idea for instant mashed potato?

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Who invented Gramophone?

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Who was the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?

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Who is the English physicist responsible for the ‘Big Bang Theory’?

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