Inventions and Inventors MCQs-3

1. When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented?
A. 1915
B. 1920
C. 1919
D. 1911
Answer: A
2. What office item was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1951?
A. Fax machine
B. Stapler
C. Liquid Paper
D. Copy machine

Answer: C

3. Who invented Dynamite?
A. Sir Alexander Graham Bell
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Alva Edison
D. Alfred B. Nobel
Answer: D
4. What toy did George Lerner create for Hasbro company in 1952?
A. Sit and Spin
B. Talking baby doll
C. Mr. Potato Head
D. Hula hoop
Answer: C
5. For whom high heeled shoes were invented?
A. Cleopatra
B. Queen Elizabeth I
C. King Louis the XIV
D. King Charles II
Answer: C
6. What African-American inventor received 5 patents in the field of shoemaking?
A. Elijah McCoy
B. Jan Ernst Matzeliger
C. Ernest Just
D. Lewis Latimer
Answer: B
7. William Frederick is credited with the invention of the modern frisbee in the mid 1950's. In 1957 the Wham-O Company bought his idea and the rest is history. They named the toy after William Frisbie who was a ________?
A. Pie maker
B. Owner of a pizza parlor
C. Student at Yale
D. Ceramic plate designer
Answer: A
 
8. In which decade was the AEEE (now the IEEE) founded?
A. 1850s
B. 1880s
C. 1930s
D. 1950s
Answer: B
9. What type of system did Paul Nipkow, John Baird, and Charles Jenkins all invent?
A. Telephone
B. Early Warning
C. Electricity
D. Television
Answer: D
10. It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?
A. S. Sperrow
B. O. Stricheg
C. T. Henman
D. C. Cockerell
Answer: D
11. Who invented Bicycle?
A. Leo H Baekeland
B. Karl Benz
C. Evangelista Torricelli
D. Kirkpatrick Macmillan
Answer: D
12. What invention by Garnet Carter made its debut at the Fairyland Inn Resort in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, in 1927?
A. Miniature golf
B. Swimming pool slide
C. Ski lift
D. Golf cart
Answer: A
13. In the 1700s, who would pay the postage fee for letters before the stamp was invented?
A. The sender
B. There was no fee
C. The receiver of the letter
D. The post office
Answer: C
14. Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?
A. Hargobind Khorana
B. J.J. Thompson
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. Meghnad Saha
Answer: A
15. FROZEN FOOD – Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?
A. C. Birdseye
B. F. Rozenosh
C. G. Findus
D. R. Scott
Answer: A
16. What Sir Isaac Newton invented?
A. Reflecting telescope
B. Chronometer
C. Microscope
D. Spectacles
Answer: A
17. What did Frank Whittle invent?
A. Radar
B. Ethyl gasoline
C. Sonar
D. Jet propulsion
Answer: D
18. When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?
A. 1920
B. 1890
C. 1901
D. 1944
Answer: C
19. What item, originally called the 'Whirlwind', was invented by Ives McGaffey in 1869?
A. Blender
B. Electric mixer
C. Washing machine
D. Vacuum cleaner
Answer: D
20. Who came up with the idea for INSTANT MASHED POTATO?
A. S. Tuberosum
B. W. Raleigh
C. E. Asselbergs
D. K. Edwards
Answer: C
21. What George Pullman invented?
A. Sleeping (railway) car
B. Airship
C. Box car (railway)
D. Air brakes
Answer: A
22. Who invented Bakelite?
A. Charles Goodyear
B. Leo Hendrik Baekeland
C. Roy Plunkett
D. Henry Ford
Answer: B
23. What toy was invented by Joshua Lionel Cowen around 1900?
A. Raggedy Ann doll
B. Yo-yo
C. Electric train
D. Tinkertoys
Answer: C
24. 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.
A. Bessie Blount
B. Marjorie Joyner
C. Mae Jamison
D. Beulah Henry
Answer: A
25. In which decade with the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?
A. 1850s
B. 1860s
C. 1870s
D. 1900s

Answer: D