• 1. 
    Which astronomer and mathematician invented the centigrade temperature scale, built the Uppsala Observatory, and published a collection of 316 observations of the aurora borealis?

  • Anders Lindstedt
  • Torsten Carleman
  • Anders Celsius
  • Helge von Koch
  • 2. 
    Which Swedish priest designed and patented a rapid-fire revolver?

  • Jonas Offrell
  • Frans Wilhelm Lindquist
  • Carl Munters
  • Arne Asplund
  • 3. 
    Which Swedish inventor and industrialist patented the multibarrel lever-actuated machine gun that later became known as the Nordenfelt gun?

  • Helge Palmcrantz
  • Sven-Erik Sjöstrand
  • Bengt Ilon
  • Vladimer
  • 4. 
    Whose self-named company designed a mobile phone in 1956 that weighed 40 kg (about 88 pounds)?

  • Nils Bohlin
  • Rene Malaise
  • Lars Magnus Ericsson’s
  • Oscar Kjelberg
  • 5. 
    Which Swedish pioneer in mechanical engineering invented the blowtorch?

  • Carl Richard Nyberg
  • Håkan Lans
  • Magnus Kellstrom
  • Sven Wingquist
  • 6. 
    Who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1912 for his invention of the automatic sun valve, or Solventil, which regulates a gaslight source by the action of sunlight, turning the gas off at dawn and on at dusk or at other periods of darkness?

  • Erik Sjöstrand
  • Adam Dunkels
  • Vladimir Ronin
  • Nils Dalén
  • 7. 
    Which Swedish-born American engineer designed the ironclad warship Monitor, which was used by the Union navy against the Confederacy during the American Civil War?

  • Hans von Kantzow
  • Carl Munters
  • John Ericsson
  • Peter Nordin
  • 8. 
    Who received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1926 for his studies in the chemistry of colloids and for his invention of the ultracentrifuge, which is used to determine molecular weights?

  • Gustaf de Laval
  • Östen Undén
  • Arvid Gerhard Damm
  • Theodor Svedberg
  • 9. 
    Who invented the M-209, a portable compact encryption device that was hand-powered, which made it ideal for use by troops on the move?

  • Goran Persson
  • Axel Bramstrop
  • Boris Hagelin
  • Per Albin Hansson
  • 10. 
    Which Swedish professor and hemodialysis pioneer invented one of the first practical dialysis machines?

  • Gideon Sundback
  • Rune Elqvist
  • Nils Alwall
  • Arne Tiselius
  • 11. 
    Which Swedish physician worked with his physicist friend Carl Hellmuth Hertz to devise a noninvasive method for examining the heart?

  • Inge Edler
  • Carl Bildt
  • Ingvar Carlsson
  • Ola Ullsten
  • 12. 
    Who was the main inventor of Tetra Pak tetrahedron packaging, which was designed for storing, packing, and distributing liquid foodstuffs, such as milk and juice?

  • Erik Wallenberg
  • Karl Staaff
  • Fredrik von Otter
  • Johan Ramstedt
  • 13. 
    Who invented the Gamma Knife, a noninvasive surgical tool that uses concentrated beams of gamma radiation to control tumors or other disorders of the brain without harming surrounding healthy tissue?

  • Oscar von Sydow
  • Nils Edén
  • Lars Leksell
  • Hjalmar Branting
  • 14. 
    Along with Nikola Tesla, which Swedish engineer is credited with inventing a three-phase electrical power system?

  • Tage Erlander
  • Jonas Wenström
  • Thorbjörn Fälldin
  • Felix Hamrin
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