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GK_Inventions

Practice Test 1

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Who invented Bakelite?

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

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What Frank Whittle invented?

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

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In which year was MIDI introduced?

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Who made corn flakes at first?

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

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

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

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

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When were bar code scanners invented?

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

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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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When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented?

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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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When was the game Frisbee invented?

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What Enrico Fermi invented?

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

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

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

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

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Who invented Fountain Pen?

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Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

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When was the first lawn mower invented?

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

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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 Karl Benz invented?

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

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When was Milk Tray first introduced?

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What drink was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929?

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What Benjamin Franklin invented?

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Who came up with the idea for instant mashed potato?

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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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Who invented Jet Engine?

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Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

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When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?

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

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

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

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Who invented the phonograph?

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In which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced?

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What James Watt invented?

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Who invented Automobiles using gasoline?

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In which decade was the Internet first implemented?

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Who invented Gunpowder?

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What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?

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Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?

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Where was the yo-yo invented?

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

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Who invented Electric Generator?

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Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

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In which decade was the ARRL founded?

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What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

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Who invented the battery?

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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 toy was invented by Joshua Lionel Cowen around 1900?

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What Sir Isaac Newton invented?

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When was barb wire patented?

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What inspired reflecting road lights to be invented?

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Who invented the first controllable flying AEROPLANE (AIRPLANE)?

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Who invented Bifocal Lens?

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Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?

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When was the first elevator built?

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Who invented the ballpoint pen?

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

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

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

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

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Who invented Bicycle?

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

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What J. B. Dunlop invented?

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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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Who invented Dynamite?

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Who invented Gramophone?

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Who invented the Seed Drill?

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When was the toothbrush invented?

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

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

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

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

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Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?

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

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What Elisha Otis invented?

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When were blue jeans invented?

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In which decade was the transistor invented?

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