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GK_Inventions

Practice Test 1

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

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Who invented Jet Engine?

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When were blue jeans invented?

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Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?

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

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

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

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Who invented Fountain Pen?

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What James Watt invented?

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

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

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Who invented Bicycle?

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When was the first lawn mower invented?

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When was the game Frisbee invented?

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When was barb wire patented?

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

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What Benjamin Franklin invented?

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

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Who invented Bakelite?

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When was Milk Tray first introduced?

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What inspired reflecting road lights to be invented?

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Who invented the ballpoint pen?

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

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When was the toothbrush invented?

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

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What Karl Benz invented?

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

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

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In which decade was the Internet first implemented?

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In which decade was the ARRL founded?

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

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Who invented the battery?

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

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

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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 Elisha Otis invented?

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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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In which decade was the transistor invented?

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Who made corn flakes at first?

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What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

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In which decade was the telegraph invented?

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When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?

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Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?

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When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented?

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Who invented Gunpowder?

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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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What Thomas Davenport invented?

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

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What J. B. Dunlop invented?

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

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

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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 Enrico Fermi invented?

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Where was the yo-yo invented?

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Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

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

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

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Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?

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

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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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Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

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Who invented Electric Generator?

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

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Who invented Gramophone?

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

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What drink was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929?

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Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

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Who invented the phonograph?

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When was the first elevator built?

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

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Who invented Bifocal Lens?

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What Frank Whittle invented?

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What toy was invented by Joshua Lionel Cowen around 1900?

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Who invented Dynamite?

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

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What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?

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In which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced?

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Who came up with the idea for instant mashed potato?

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What Sir Isaac Newton invented?

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Who invented the first controllable flying AEROPLANE (AIRPLANE)?

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In which year was MIDI introduced?

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When were bar code scanners invented?

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Who invented Automobiles using gasoline?

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

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

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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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Who invented the Seed Drill?

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