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- Question
What Enrico Fermi invented?
Options- A. X ray machine
- B. Betatron
- C. Cyclotron
- D. Nuclear reactor
- Correct Answer
- Nuclear reactor
ExplanationInvented in 1942. - 1. What invention by Garnet Carter made its debut at the Fairyland Inn Resort in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, in 1927?
Options- A. Miniature golf
- B. Swimming pool slide
- C. Ski lift
- D. Golf cart Discuss
- 2. Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
Options- A. Thornton Hargreaves
- B. Peter Hargreaves
- C. James Hargreaves
- D. Simon Hargreaves Discuss
- 3. This statesman, politican, scholar, inventor, and one of early presidents of USA invented the swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel.
Options- A. George Washington
- B. Alexander Hamilton
- C. John Adams
- D. Thomas Jefferson Discuss
- 4. What Frank Whittle invented?
Options- A. Radar
- B. Ethyl gasoline
- C. Sonar
- D. Jet propulsion Discuss
- 5. Who is often called the 'first African-American' inventor?
Options- A. Bessie Blount
- B. George Washington Carver
- C. Benjamin Banneker
- D. Elijah McCoy Discuss
- 6. For whom high heeled shoes were invented?
Options- A. Cleopatra
- B. Queen Elizabeth I
- C. King Louis the XIV
- D. King Charles II Discuss
- 7. When was barb wire patented?
Options- A. 1874
- B. 1840
- C. 1895
- D. 1900 Discuss
- 8. Who is the only U.S. President to invent and patent something?
Options- A. Abraham Lincoln
- B. Theodore Roosevelt
- C. Thomas Jefferson
- D. Rutherford B. Hayes Discuss
- 9. Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?
Options- A. Hargobind Khorana
- B. J.J. Thompson
- C. Benjamin Franklin
- D. Meghnad Saha Discuss
- 10. What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?
Options- A. Microwave oven
- B. Remote control
- C. VCR
- D. Calculator Discuss
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Correct Answer: Miniature golf
Explanation:
It was originally called 'Tom Thumb Golf'.
Correct Answer: James Hargreaves
Explanation:
Awarded a Patent in 1770. It used 8 bobbins at once.
Correct Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Explanation:
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801-1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776).
Correct Answer: Jet propulsion
Explanation:
Invented in 1937.
Correct Answer: Benjamin Banneker
Explanation:
Banneker was a member of the planning committee that designed Washington, DC along with Pierre L'Enfant. When L'Enfant was fired Banneker recreated the plans from memory.
Correct Answer: King Louis the XIV
Explanation:
King Louis XIV was very short and didn't like looking up at people he spoke to, so he had a tall pair of shoes made for him.
Correct Answer: 1874
Explanation:
Joseph F. Glidden was born in New York on Jan. 18, 1812. He invented barbed wire in 1873 and was granted the patent on Nov. 24, 1874. After a three year battle over the patent, which he eventually won, Gidden became known as the "Father of Barbed Wire".
Correct Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Explanation:
In 1849 Honest Abe invented a method to aid ships that got stuck on sandbars. He called it A Device for Buoying Vessels Over Shoals. It was never used.
Correct Answer: Hargobind Khorana
Correct Answer: Remote control
Explanation:
The first wireless remote control for television was called Flashmatic. (Remember when you had to get up to change the channel?)
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