15040.FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?
C. Birdseye
F. Rozenosh
G. Findus
R. Scott
15058.For what is Charles Babbage (1792-1871) remembered?
Computers
Telescopes
Radio-Telegraphy
Steam Boating
14991.What invention is credited to the Russian born American inventor Vladimir Kosma Zworykin?
Telegraph
Radio
Television
Dishwasher
15019.What groovy item was invented by Englishman Edward Craven Walker in 1963?
Leisure suit
Lava lamp
Eight-track tape deck
Hot comb
15063.The initials JCB on earth-moving equipment are those of the founder of the company that makes it. What is his name?
John Christopher Ballantyne
Joseph Cyril Bamford
John Christopher Baxter
Jack Croxford Baker
14964.Until Victorian times, chocolate was thought of as a drink. When did the first chocolate bar appear?
1828
1831
1825
There is no sure date
15026.William Frederick is credited with the invention of the modern frisbee in the mid 1950s. In 1957 the Wham-O Company bought his idea and the rest is history. They named the toy after William Frisbie who was a ________?
Pie maker
Owner of a pizza parlor
Student at Yale
Ceramic plate designer
15013.This English inventor is known as the Father of Computing.
Philo Farnsworth
J. Presper Eckert
John Mauchly
Charles Babbage
14969.This part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he??
Steve McQueen
Harrison Frazier
Paul Newman
John Wayne
14993.What Thomas Davenport invented?
Screw propellor
Electric streetcar
Chesterfield
Sleeping (railway) car
15030.For whom high heeled shoes were invented?
Cleopatra
Queen Elizabeth I
King Louis the XIV
King Charles II
15029.What toy did George Lerner create for Hasbro company in 1952?
Sit and Spin
Talking baby doll
Mr. Potato Head
Hula hoop
15018.Who invented the first controllable flying AEROPLANE (AIRPLANE)?
Wright Brothers
Lidenbergh Brothers
South Brothers
West Brothers
15038.In the 1700s, who would pay the postage fee for letters before the stamp was invented?
The sender
There was no fee
The receiver of the letter
The post office
14979.Who is the English physicist responsible for the Big Bang Theory?
Albert Einstein
Michael Skube
George Gamow
Roger Penrose
15002.Who invented Electric Generator?
Sir Alexander Graham Bell
Michael Faraday
Alfred B. Nobel
Thomas Alva Edison
14998.The first hand glider was designed by...?
Leonardo DaVinci
The Wright brothers
Francis Rogallo
Galileo
15062.Who was the first person to patent the JET ENGINE?
F. Whittle
C. Lindbergh
W. Histell
B. Owings
15000.What inspired reflecting road lights to be invented?
Car door reflecting mirrors
The light a cats eyes gave off on a fence
Sun light on steel posts on road sides
The sun light on the windshield
15003.What device for new parents did Ann Moore invent in 1969?
Bottle warmer
Baby monitor
Disposable diaper
Infant carrier
14963.Who invented Gunpowder?
G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
Sir Frank Whittle
Roger Bacon
Leo H Baekeland
15024.Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?
Potato Peterson
Turnip Townsend
Cabbage Carlson
Swede Svenson
15028.Who invented Dynamite?
Sir Alexander Graham Bell
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Alva Edison
Alfred B. Nobel
15068.Who invented Fountain Pen?
John J. Loud
Sir Frank Whittle
Lewis E. Waterman
Kirkpatrick Macmillan
14967.What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?
Microwave oven
Remote control
VCR
Calculator
15052.What beverage was invented by Charles Alderton in 1885 in Waco, Texas?
Cream soda
Coca-Cola
Dr. Pepper
Sprite
15007.What invention was first installed at a Hartford, Connecticut bank in 1889?
Automatic teller machine
Time-lock safe
Burglar alarm
Pay telephone
15008.Ralph Samuelson was only 18 when he invented this sporting item in 1922. What was that?
Golf tee
Motorboat
Water skis
Hang glider
15039.Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?
Hargobind Khorana
J.J. Thompson
Benjamin Franklin
Meghnad Saha