1. What invention was first installed at a Hartford, Connecticut bank in 1889?
A. Automatic teller machine
B. Time-lock safe
C. Burglar alarm
D. Pay telephone
2. Ralph Samuelson was only 18 when he invented this sporting item in 1922. What was that?
A. Golf tee
B. Motorboat
C. Water skis
D. Hang glider
3. Who invented Bifocal Lens?
A. Alfred B. Nobel
B. Thomas Alva Edison
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. Rudolf Diesel
4. What Karl Benz invented?
A. Gasoline powered automobile
B. Streetcar
C. Glider
D. Steam turbine
5. When were bar code scanners invented?
A. 1940s
B. 1950s
C. 1970s
D. 1960s
6. When was the game Frisbee invented?
A. 1920s
B. 1900s
C. 1870s
D. 1890s
7. This English inventor is known as the 'Father of Computing.
A. Philo Farnsworth
B. J. Presper Eckert
C. John Mauchly
D. Charles Babbage
8. Who invented Airship (rigid)?
A. Dr. Alan M. Turing
B. Roger Bacon
C. G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
D. Otto
ANSWERS:
1. Answer: Option D
Explanation: William Gray, inventor of the pay telephone, also invented the inflatable chest protector worn by baseball umpires and catchers.
2. Answer: Option C
Explanation: The new item was first used on Lake Pepin in Minnesota.
3. Answer: Option C
Explanation: No answer description available for this question
4. Answer: Option A
Explanation: Invented in 1885.
5. Answer: Option C
Explanation: The scanner reads the bar code label on something at a supermarket, and translates it into a number which the computer reads.
6. Answer: Option C
Explanation: The first Frisbees were pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company in Connecticut. In the 1950s, the pie tins were changed to plastic plates. The name then became the Flying Saucer, but later changed to Frisbee.
7. Answer: Option D
Explanation: Mauchly and Eckert invented the ENIAC computer. Farnsworth was a pioneer of early television.
8. Answer: Option C
Explanation: No answer description available for this question.
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