Friday 22 June 2012

Inventions Quiz - Part 1


Inventions Quiz - Part 1


1) What scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

1) Isaac Newton
2) Albert Einstein
3) Benjamin Franklin
4) Marie Curie

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

1) Telephone
2) Early Warning
3) Electricity
4) Television

3) Who invented fuel cells in 1839?

1) Buckminster Fuller
2) Sir William Grove
3) Sylvester Graham
4) Joyce Hall

4) Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

1) Lewis Edson Waterman
2) Sir William Grove
3) Charles Kettering
4) George Fountain

5) Who invented Bakelite?

1) Charles Goodyear
2) Leo Hendrik Baekeland
3) Roy Plunkett
4) Henry Ford



6) In which year was MIDI introduced?

1) 1987
2) 1983
3) 1973
4) 1977

7) Who invented Automobiles using gasoline?

1) Leo H Baekeland
2) Karl Benz
3) Evangelista Torricelli
4) Kirkpatrick Macmillan

8) Who invented Airship (rigid)?

1) Dr. Alan M. Turing
2) Roger Bacon
3) G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
4) Otto

9) Who invented Bicycle?

1) Leo H Baekeland
2) Karl Benz
3) Evangelista Torricelli
4) Kirkpatrick Macmillan

10) Who invented Jet Engine?

1) Sir Frank Whittle
2) Gottlieb Daimler
3) Roger Bacon
4) Lewis E. Waterman



11) Who invented Internal Combustion Engine?

1) Roger Bacon
2) Karl Benz
3) Dr. Alan M. Turing
4) Otto

12) Who invented Ball-Point Pen?

1) Dr. Alan M. Turing
2) John J. Loud
3) Otto
4) Roger Bacon

13) Who invented Gunpowder?

1) G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
2) Sir Frank Whittle
3) Roger Bacon
4) Leo H Baekeland

14) Who invented Fountain Pen?

1) John J. Loud
2) Sir Frank Whittle
3) Lewis E. Waterman
4) Kirkpatrick Macmillan

15) Who invented Electronic Computer?

1) Dr. Alan M. Turing
2) Sir Frank Whittle
3) Lewis E. Waterman
4) Evangelista Torricelli



16) Who invented Gramophone?

1) Michael Faraday
2) Fahrenheit
3) Sir Alexander Graham Bell
4) Thomas Alva Edison

17) Who invented Dynamite?

1) Sir Alexander Graham Bell
2) Benjamin Franklin
3) Thomas Alva Edison
4) Alfred B. Nobel

18) Who invented Bifocal Lens?

1) Alfred B. Nobel
2) Thomas Alva Edison
3) Benjamin Franklin
4) Rudolf Diesel

19) Who invented Electric Generator?

1) Sir Alexander Graham Bell
2) Michael Faraday
3) Alfred B. Nobel
4) Thomas Alva Edison

20) The first hand glider was designed by...?

1) Leonardo DaVinci
2) The Wright brothers
3) Francis Rogallo
4) Galileo

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