1. Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?
A. Lewis Edson Waterman
B. Sir William Grove
C. Charles Kettering
D. George Fountain
2. When was the first elevator built?
A. 1743
B. 1739
C. 1760
D. 1785
3. What charge card, developed in 1950, was the first to be accepted nationally in the US?
A. Visa
B. Discover
C. MasterCharge
D. Diner's Club
4. What Enrico Fermi invented?
A. X ray machine
B. Betatron
C. Cyclotron
D. Nuclear reactor
5. Which of the following was first patented by an Australian in 1889?
A. Electric Drill
B. Electric Shaver
C. Electric Fence
D. Electric Heater
6. Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?
A. Robert Koch
B. Edward Jenner
C. Robert Hooke
D. Louis Pasteur
7. What George Westinghouse invented?
A. Light bulb
B. Electric razor
C. Refrigerator
D. Railway air brakes
8. Who is the only U.S. President to invent and patent something?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. Rutherford B. Hayes
9. What invention is credited to the Russian born American inventor Vladimir Kosma Zworykin?
A. Telegraph
B. Radio
C. Television
D. Dishwasher
10. 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?
A. Banjo
B. Oboe
C. Clarinet
D. Harmonium
11. What Thomas Davenport invented?
A. Screw propellor
B. Electric streetcar
C. Chesterfield
D. Sleeping (railway) car
12. What Elisha Otis invented?
A. The brake used in modern elevators
B. Jet Engine
C. Turbine
D. Hydraulic Crane
13. Where was the yo-yo invented?
A. France
B. United States
C. Philippines
D. England
14. For what does the world owe Almon Strowger a debt of gratitude?
A. Parking Meters
B. Vending Machines
C. Automatic Telephone Exchanges
D. Traffic Lights
15. Who is often called the 'first African-American' inventor?
A. Bessie Blount
B. George Washington Carver
C. Benjamin Banneker
D. Elijah McCoy
16. The first hand glider was designed by...?
A. Leonardo DaVinci
B. The Wright brothers
C. Francis Rogallo
D. Galileo
ANSWERS :
1. Answer: Option A
Explanation: Lewis Edson Waterman patented the first practical fountain pen in 1884.
2. Answer: Option A
Explanation: The first elevator was built in the palace of King Louis XV. It only traveled up one floor, and was hand powered by men inside the chimney.
3.Answer: Option D
Explanation: The card was invented by Frank McNamara and Ralph Schneider.
4.Answer: Option D
Explanation: Invented in 1942.
5. Answer: Option A
Explanation: The Electric Drill was the invention of Arthur James Arnot. On 20 August 1889 he patented his design while working for the Union Electric Company in Melbourne. His original design was meant primarily for drilling rock to find coal!
6. answer: Option B
Explanation:: No answer description available for this question.
7.Answer: Option D
Explanation:: Invented in 1868.
8.Answer: Option A
Explanation: In 1849 Honest Abe invented a method to aid ships that got stuck on sandbars. He called it A Device for Buoying Vessels Over Shoals. It was never used.
9.Answer: Option C
Explanation: Zworykin invented both the tube (iconoscope) for transmission and the receiver (kinescope) in 1923 and 1924, respectively.
10. Answer: Option D
Explanation: Ben also holds a lot of firsts - first U.S. ambassador, first political cartoonist, first American philosopher, organized the first fire department, and on and on.
11. Answer: Option B
Explanation: Invented in 1834.
12. Answer: Option A
Explanation: In 1853, American inventor Elisha Otis demonstrated a freight elevator equipped with a safety device to prevent falling in case a supporting cable should break. This increased public confidence in such devices. Otis established a company for manufacturing elevators and patented (1861) a steam elevator. Many people think that he invented the elevator, but the truth is, he invented the elevator brake. He also invented the railway safety brake.
13. Answer: Option C
Explanation: The yo-yo was first used by hunters as weapons. They were wooden disks on strings. In the 1920s, a man from the U.S. named Donald Duncan made the yo-yo into a toy after he visited the Philippines.
14. Answer: Option C
Explanation: He was an undertaker, and legend has it, he developed the automatic switch in 1889, to stop competitors from getting his work!
15. Answer: Option C
Explanation: Banneker was a member of the planning committee that designed Washington, DC along with Pierre L'Enfant. When L'Enfant was fired Banneker recreated the plans from memory.
16. Answer: Option A
Explanation: No answer description available for this question.
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