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Invention and Discovery

written by: shimonbentzvi

This is a very difficult and unusual quiz on inventions and discoveries.

Question 1:

In 1982 the US Patent Office issued a patent for a face mask that was designed to stop people from eating.

False
True

Question 2:

In 1976 the US Patent Office issued a patent for an inflatable rug.

False
True

Question 3:

In 1999 the US Patent Office issued a patent for a bird diaper.

True
False

Question 4:

The United States Supreme Court declared that this man invented the radio.

G. Marconi
N. Tesla
H. Hertz
A. G. Bell

Question 5:

What do the letters in "laser" stand for?

Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Light amplification and synchronic electric radiance
Low amplitude synchronous electric rays
Long amplitude static electric rays

Question 6:

Who made the first light bulb?

Joseph Swan
William Coolidge
Thomas A. Edison
N. Tesla

Question 7:

Who is given credit for inventing the neon light?

Peter Hewitt
Thomas Alva Edison
Georges Claude
William Coolidge

Question 8:

A standard, incandescent light bulb emits light when a filament is heated. How does a fluorescent bulb work?

Light is emitted when solar energy reacts with a silk thread.
Light is emitted when a mercury filament reacts with great pressure inside a glass bulb.
Light is emitted when mercury vapor is heated.
Light is emitted when argon gas reacts with an electrical current.

Question 9:

Who made the first flashlight?

John Evinrude
Joshua Lionel Cowen
Peter Hewitt
Nickola Tesla

Question 10:

In 1793 Claude Chappe made the first system of communicating over long distances via flags. What word refers to such a system?

Vexiollogy
Lagoforms
Vexiophone
Semaphore

Question 11:

Samuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph key.

False
True

Question 12:

What did Ivan Getting and Bradford Parkinson develop?

The transistor radio
GPS
The automatic transmission for automobiles
FM radio

Question 13:

Which of the following was introduced by the Western Union Compnay in 1933?

Traveller's checks
International telegraphy
The singing telegam
Sending money across the country by wire.

Question 14:

Who had the great idea of putting a bell on the telephone so people would know that someone was calling?

Thomas Watson
Elisha Gray
N. Tesla
Alexander Graham Bell

Question 15:

Which statement is true about the Regency?

It was the first auto with an automatic transmission.
It was the first transistor radio.
It was the first cell phone.
It was the first auto with a moon roof.

Question 16:

What was invented by William Mills in 1915? (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)

The FM radio
The jet engine
The AM radio
The safe hand grenade

Question 17:

Which of these was an invention of Charles Strite?

The electric oven
The food processor
The flush toilet
The pop-up toaster

Question 18:

The elograph, which was invented in 1971, was the basis of what device?

The World-Wide Web
The computer monitor
Touch screen technology
The polygraph (lie detector)

Question 19:

What everyday item was invented by Will Mueller in 1935?

Electric door bell
Automatic telephone answering machine
Automobile automatic transmission
Fax machine

Question 20:

Which of these games came first?

Frogger
Tetris
Madden NFL
Super Mario brothers

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