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- Question
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
- Correct Answer
- Abraham Lincoln
ExplanationIn 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. - 1. When was barb wire patented?
Options- A. 1874
- B. 1840
- C. 1895
- D. 1900 Discuss
- 2. For whom high heeled shoes were invented?
Options- A. Cleopatra
- B. Queen Elizabeth I
- C. King Louis the XIV
- D. King Charles II Discuss
- 3. What Enrico Fermi invented?
Options- A. X ray machine
- B. Betatron
- C. Cyclotron
- D. Nuclear reactor Discuss
- 4. 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
- 5. Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
Options- A. Thornton Hargreaves
- B. Peter Hargreaves
- C. James Hargreaves
- D. Simon Hargreaves Discuss
- 6. Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?
Options- A. Hargobind Khorana
- B. J.J. Thompson
- C. Benjamin Franklin
- D. Meghnad Saha Discuss
- 7. 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
- 8. What beverage was invented by Charles Alderton in 1885 in Waco, Texas?
Options- A. Cream soda
- B. Coca-Cola
- C. Dr. Pepper
- D. Sprite Discuss
- 9. What furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968?
Options- A. Sofa bed
- B. Captain's chair
- C. Waterbed
- D. Hammock Discuss
- 10. What groovy item was invented by Englishman Edward Craven Walker in 1963?
Options- A. Leisure suit
- B. Lava lamp
- C. Eight-track tape deck
- D. Hot comb Discuss
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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: 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: Nuclear reactor
Explanation:
Invented in 1942.
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: 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?)
Correct Answer: Dr. Pepper
Explanation:
The cherry-flavored cola made its debut at Morrison's Old Corner Drugstore.
Correct Answer: Waterbed
Correct Answer: Lava lamp
Explanation:
Groovy, baby! Lava lamps, which were a fixture in every hip pad in the 1960s and 70s, featured a mixture of water and colored oil that created swirl patterns when heated by a light bulb.
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