Invention trivia
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1 - What landmark invention did Ts'ai Lun invent from bark and hemp in the second century?
Paper
2 - What did "Art Fry invent after scraps of paper to mark tunes in his hymnal kept falling out?
Post-it Notes
3 - What did Leonardo invent to check humidity while he worked on the Last Supper fresco?
The hygrometer
4 - What country was the first to register a patent on polyester?
Briton
5 - What "foot doctor" held over 300 patents?
Dr Scholl
6 - What 1947 invention by Bell Telephone Laboratories spawned pocket-sized radios?
The transistor
7 - What disease prompted polio vaccine inventor Dr Jonas Salk to come out of retirement in 1987?
AIDS
8 - What was the occupation of cotton candy machine inventor William James Morrison?
Dentist
9 - What Italian astronomer invented the thermometer in 1592?
Galileo
10 - What did George Nisser invent after observing high wire performers bouncing on safety nets?
The trampoline
11 - What century saw the invention of the shoelace?
The eighteenth
12 - What name did George Eastman invent in 1888 because it was easy to memorize, pronounce, and spell?
Kodak
13 - What innovative inventor's Dymaaxion car could carry eleven passengers, exceed 120 mph and get 30 miles per gallon in 1934?
Buckminster Fuller's
14 - What type of structure did R Buckminster Fuller patent in 1954?
The geodesic dome
15 - What century saw Alexander Cummings issued the first patent for a flush toilet?
The eighteenth
16 - What portable device did James Spengler invent in 1907, using a soap box, pillow case, a fan and tape?
The vacuum cleaner
17 - What landmark invention eased farming chores for Sumerians in 3500 BC?
The plow
18 - What food product did Hyppolyte Merge-mouries invent in 1868 by treating oils with hydrogen?
Margarine
19 - What British second lieutenant got the idea to fill a canister shell with musket balls and a charge of gunpowder?
Sir Henry Shrapnel
20 - Who averaged one patent for every three weeks of his life?
Thomas Edison
21 - What kitchen invention took the top prize at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair?
The dishwasher
22 - What company gave the world the first electric toothbrush?
Interplak
23 - What Edwin Budding invention began changing the face of English landscapes in the 1820s?
The lawn mower
24 - What invention for keeping cold air out of buildings in winter was patented by Theophilus Van Kannel in 1888?
The revolving door
25 - What Benjamin Holt invention was good news to farmers in 1900?
The Tractor
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Invention trivia
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1 - What landmark invention did Ts'ai Lun invent from bark and hemp in the second century?
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2 - What did "Art Fry invent after scraps of paper to mark tunes in his hymnal kept falling out?
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3 - What did Leonardo invent to check humidity while he worked on the Last Supper fresco?
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4 - What country was the first to register a patent on polyester?
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5 - What "foot doctor" held over 300 patents?
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6 - What 1947 invention by Bell Telephone Laboratories spawned pocket-sized radios?
_______________________________________________________________________________
7 - What disease prompted polio vaccine inventor Dr Jonas Salk to come out of retirement in 1987?
_______________________________________________________________________________
8 - What was the occupation of cotton candy machine inventor William James Morrison?
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9 - What Italian astronomer invented the thermometer in 1592?
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10 - What did George Nisser invent after observing high wire performers bouncing on safety nets?
_______________________________________________________________________________
11 - What century saw the invention of the shoelace?
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12 - What name did George Eastman invent in 1888 because it was easy to memorize, pronounce, and spell?
_______________________________________________________________________________
13 - What innovative inventor's Dymaaxion car could carry eleven passengers, exceed 120 mph and get 30 miles per gallon in 1934?
_______________________________________________________________________________
14 - What type of structure did R Buckminster Fuller patent in 1954?
_______________________________________________________________________________
15 - What century saw Alexander Cummings issued the first patent for a flush toilet?
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16 - What portable device did James Spengler invent in 1907, using a soap box, pillow case, a fan and tape?
_______________________________________________________________________________
17 - What landmark invention eased farming chores for Sumerians in 3500 BC?
_______________________________________________________________________________
18 - What food product did Hyppolyte Merge-mouries invent in 1868 by treating oils with hydrogen?
_______________________________________________________________________________
19 - What British second lieutenant got the idea to fill a canister shell with musket balls and a charge of gunpowder?
_______________________________________________________________________________
20 - Who averaged one patent for every three weeks of his life?
_______________________________________________________________________________
21 - What kitchen invention took the top prize at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair?
_______________________________________________________________________________
22 - What company gave the world the first electric toothbrush?
_______________________________________________________________________________
23 - What Edwin Budding invention began changing the face of English landscapes in the 1820s?
_______________________________________________________________________________
24 - What invention for keeping cold air out of buildings in winter was patented by Theophilus Van Kannel in 1888?
_______________________________________________________________________________
25 - What Benjamin Holt invention was good news to farmers in 1900?
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