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Inventors and Inventions Quiz
1.
In what year was the ball bearing patented?
1913
1794
1899
1826
2.
When were the first rockets launched?
13th century
17th century
19th century
18th century
3.
In which decade did television become widely available around the world?
1990s
1950s
1920s
1930s
4.
Who discovered the X-ray?
Ray Stevens
Wilhelm Roentgen
Alexander Fleming
Stephen Hawking
5.
Which of these inventors registered nearly 1,100 patents?
Luther Burbank
Thomas Alva Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Lawrence Livermore
6.
Which vehicle was invented about 3000 BCE?
the helicopter
the space shuttle
the chariot
the bicycle
7.
Which group invented and developed the early Internet?
The United Nations
The U.S. government
The Soviet Union
The European Union
8.
Who invented the diesel engine?
Rudolf Diesel
Bill Diesel
Danny Diesel
Stan Diesel
9.
Popularly known as Tin Lizzie, name the automobile built by Ford Motor Company?
BMC Mini
Citroën DS
Type 1
Model T
10.
This explosive was invented by Alfred Nobel:
W54
Tsar Bomba
Dynamite
Atomic bomb
11.
The ballpoint pen, an easy-to-use writing instrument, was invented by:
Conrad Gessner
Caspar Peucer
László Bíró
Aelian
12.
This American engineer is widely regarded as the father of cell phones:
Martin Cooper
W. Rae Young
Alexander Graham Bell
Eric Tigerstedt
13.
He is known as the father of video games:
Frank Whittle
Ralph Henry Baer
Ray Tomlinson
Shigeru Miyamoto
14.
The first implantable cardiac pacemaker was developed by:
Wilson Greatbatch
Gustaf de Laval
Rune Elmqvist
Arne Larsson
15.
Which scientist is credited with the invention of the World Wide Web?
Steve Jobs
Charles Babbage
Robert Cailliau
Tim Berners-Lee
16.
What is Sir Rowland Hill famous for?
Telegram
E-mail
Modern postal service
Duct tape
17.
Developed in the 1990s, this technology enables short-range wireless communication between electronic devices:
Mobile
Bluetooth
Wifi
PDA
18.
Clarence Birdseye changed the world by developing a process for preserving food for a longer time? What is it called?
Canning
Freezing
Drying
Refrigeration
19.
The Kodak camera was invented in 1888 by:
George Eastman
Louis Daguerre
Henry Fox Talbot
Eadweard Muybridge
20.
In which year did Nikola Tesla invent the Tesla coil, an induction coil widely used in radio technology?
1900
1884
1898
1891
21.
Name the Italian physicist and mathematician who invented the barometer.
Evangelista Torricelli
Otto von Guericke
Vincenzo Viviani
Bartolomeo Cristofori
22.
What is Denis Papin known for inventing?
Heat pump
Oven
Pressure cooker
Refrigerator
23.
What did French physician René Laënnec invent?
Otoscope
Stethoscope
Sphygmomanometer
Endoscope
24.
Who invented the first saxophone, patented in 1846?
Charlie Parker
Adolphe Sax
Charles-Joseph Sax
Johann Christoph Denner
25.
This Dutch inventor is credited with building the first navigable submarine
John P. Holland
Cornelis Drebbel
Cesare Laurenti
William Bourne
26.
Who built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine?
Karl Benz
Nicolaus Otto
Wilhelm Maybach
Gottlieb Daimler
27.
What is Margaret Sanger known for?
Birth control
Pregnancy
Sterilization
Abortion
28.
Which inventor built the first steam engine?
Richard Trevithick
Robert Fulton
Thomas Savery
James Watt
29.
Who invented the atmospheric steam engine, a precursor of James Watt’s engine?
George Stephenson
Robert Fulton
Eli Whitney
Thomas Newcomen
30.
Name the inventor who originated the movable type printing?
Samuel Morse
Alois Senefelder
Johannes Gutenberg
Martin Luther
31.
John Bardeen shared the 1956 prize with William B. Shockley and Walter H. Brattain for their joint invention for:
Morse code
Integrated circuit
Vacuum tube
Transistor
32.
Who patented the first mechanical refrigeration in 1851?
Jacob Perkins
John Gorrie
Benjamin Thompson
Willis Carrier
33.
This African American inventor received the first U.S. patent for a traffic signal.
Granville T. Woods
Elijah McCoy
Thomas L. Jennings
Garrett Augustus Morgan
34.
Bubble gum was accidentally invented in 1928 by:
Walter E. Diemer
John Stith Pemberton
Charles Alderton
Colonel Sanders
35.
The space shuttle, designed to go into orbit around Earth, to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft, was developed by:
SpaceX
ESA
Roscosmos
NASA
36.
Who discovered the process called embryonic induction?
Willem Einthoven
Alphonse Laveran
Viktor Hamburger
Hans Spemann
37.
Name the inventor who developed the wireless telegraph in 1896
Antonio Meucci
Heinrich Hertz
Enrico Fermi
Guglielmo Marconi
38.
For what invention is Ali Javan, William Bennett, Jr., and Donald Herriott known?
Amplifier
Laser diode
Gas laser
Halogen lamp
39.
Gideon Sundback is known for his patent on:
Zipper
Paper Clip
Double-sided tape
Stapler
40.
The kidney dialysis machine, used for cleansing the blood of patients experiencing kidney failure, was invented by:
Joseph Murray
Harold Ridley
Willem Johan Kolff
Allvar Gullstrand
41.
Who developed the substance resembling modern concrete by using lime and gypsum as binders?
Egyptian
Chinese
Mesopotamian
Persian
42.
Who is credited with the invention of the first hovercraft?
Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell
John Logie Baird
Trevor Baylis
Hans von Ohain
43.
What did Chester F. Carlson invent?
Videography
Xerography
Photography
Cardiography
44.
Who designed the first modern air-conditioning system?
Willis Carrier
Lewis Howard Latimer
Lewis Waterman
Schuyler Wheeler
45.
When was the machine gun first made?
16th century
19th century
17th century
20th century
46.
Who made the first fully automatic machine gun?
Alexander Lodygin
Richard Jordan Gatling
Joseph Swan
Hiram Maxim
47.
Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox?
Louis Pasteur
Edward Jenner
Alexander Fleming
Joseph Lister
48.
Why did Willard Boyle and George E. Smith win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2009?
Light
RAM
Optical scanner
Charge-coupled device
49.
What did Eli Whitney invent in 1793?
Cotton gin
Lightning Rod
Moldboard plow
Power loom
50.
Who invented the game of basketball?
James Naismith
William G. Morgan
Senda Berenson
Phog Allen
51.
The jet engine was invented by which English aviation engineer?
Sir Frank Whittle
Christopher Cockerell
Hans von Ohain
Stanley Hooker
52.
Who won the 1902 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for discovering sugar and other related purine?
Otto Diels
Adolf von Baeyer
Hans von Euler-Chelpin
Emil Fischer
53.
Igor Sikorsky, a pioneer in aircraft design, is known for the development of:
Flying car
Drone
Seaplane
Helicopter
54.
What did Jacques Cousteau and Émile Gagnan coinvent?
Aqua-Lung
Atmospheric diving suit
Diving helmet
Snorkel
55.
Who invented the safety elevator?
Emily Warren Roebling
George M. Pullman
Elisha Otis
Gustave Eiffel
56.
The instant noodle was invented by:
Kōnosuke Matsushita
Momofuku Ando
Akio Morita
Koki Ando
57.
American inventor Douglas Engelbart has the patent for which device:
Touchscreen
Keyboard
Webcam
Computer mouse
58.
Alessandro Volta is known for the invention of:
Voltaic pile
Methane
Electric battery
Hydrogen lamp
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