14972.Who invented Gramophone?
Michael Faraday
Fahrenheit
Sir Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Alva Edison
15053.Who invented fuel cells in 1839?
Buckminster Fuller
Sir William Grove
Sylvester Graham
Joyce Hall
14966.Who perfected GENETIC ENGINEERING?
Cohen & Boyer
Hunt & Davids
Sinclair & Roberts
Jaysson & Simons
14978.In which decade were the first successful diode and triode vacuum tubes invented?
1800s
1880s
1890s
1900s
15044.What item, originally called the Whirlwind, was invented by Ives McGaffey in 1869?
Blender
Electric mixer
Washing machine
Vacuum cleaner
15049.This African-American woman physical therapist worked with soldiers disabled in World War II. She invented a device that helped the disabled to eat by delivering food through a tube to a mouthpiece.
Bessie Blount
Marjorie Joyner
Mae Jamison
Beulah Henry
15048.What toy was invented by Joshua Lionel Cowen around 1900?
Raggedy Ann doll
Yo-yo
Electric train
Tinkertoys
14997.Who is often called the first African-American inventor?
Bessie Blount
George Washington Carver
Benjamin Banneker
Elijah McCoy
15050.What invention by Garnet Carter made its debut at the Fairyland Inn Resort in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, in 1927?
Miniature golf
Swimming pool slide
Ski lift
Golf cart
14985.What charge card, developed in 1950, was the first to be accepted nationally in the US?
Visa
Discover
MasterCharge
Diners Club
15023.For over 500 years, paper was only available and sold as single sheets. In 1902, an inventive Australian used half size sheets of paper, a bit of glue and cardboard to create the what?
Notepad
Calendar
Notice Board
Telephone Book
14970.What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?
Silly Putty
Etch-A-Sketch
Lite-Brite
Play-Doh
14975.What furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968?
Sofa bed
Captains chair
Waterbed
Hammock
14992.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?
Banjo
Oboe
Clarinet
Harmonium
14983.Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?
Lewis Edson Waterman
Sir William Grove
Charles Kettering
George Fountain
14988.Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?
Robert Koch
Edward Jenner
Robert Hooke
Louis Pasteur
15031.What African-American inventor received 5 patents in the field of shoemaking?
Elijah McCoy
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Ernest Just
Lewis Latimer
15045.What office item was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1951?
Fax machine
Stapler
Liquid Paper
Copy machine
14996.For what does the world owe Almon Strowger a debt of gratitude?
Parking Meters
Vending Machines
Automatic Telephone Exchanges
Traffic Lights
14971.Who was the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?
Marjorie Joyner
Margaret Knight
Amanda Jones
Mary Kies
15032.It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?
S. Sperrow
O. Stricheg
T. Henman
C. Cockerell
15059.Who invented Automobiles using gasoline?
Leo H Baekeland
Karl Benz
Evangelista Torricelli
Kirkpatrick Macmillan
15067.What item of apparel was invented by Ellery Chun, a Hawaiian clothing merchant, in 1931?
String bikini
Muumuu
Aloha shirt
Capri pants
15021.What did cardiologist Dr. Paul Zoll invent in Massachusetts in 1952?
EKG
Artificial heart valve
Artificial heart
Pacemaker
15015.What piece of clothing was invented by French fashion designer Louis Reard in 1946?
Zoot suit
Mini-skirt
Bikini
Tank top
14994.What Elisha Otis invented?
The brake used in modern elevators
Jet Engine
Turbine
Hydraulic Crane
14982.Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
Thornton Hargreaves
Peter Hargreaves
James Hargreaves
Simon Hargreaves
15034.What type of system did Paul Nipkow, John Baird, and Charles Jenkins all invent?
Telephone
Early Warning
Electricity
Television
15064.What treat was invented by 11-year-old Frank Epperson in 1905?
Popsicle
Banana split
Cotton candy
Cracker Jacks
14980.What game was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?
Frisbee
Monopoly
Ouija board
Ping Pong
14990.Who is the only U.S. President to invent and patent something?
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Rutherford B. Hayes