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- Question
What beverage was invented by Charles Alderton in 1885 in Waco, Texas?
Options- A. Cream soda
- B. Coca-Cola
- C. Dr. Pepper
- D. Sprite
- Correct Answer
- Dr. Pepper
ExplanationThe cherry-flavored cola made its debut at Morrison's Old Corner Drugstore. - 1. 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
- 2. Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?
Options- A. Hargobind Khorana
- B. J.J. Thompson
- C. Benjamin Franklin
- D. Meghnad Saha Discuss
- 3. 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
- 4. When was barb wire patented?
Options- A. 1874
- B. 1840
- C. 1895
- D. 1900 Discuss
- 5. For whom high heeled shoes were invented?
Options- A. Cleopatra
- B. Queen Elizabeth I
- C. King Louis the XIV
- D. King Charles II Discuss
- 6. 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
- 7. 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
- 8. When was Milk Tray first introduced?
Options- A. 1915
- B. 1934
- C. 1923
- D. 1942 Discuss
- 9. Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?
Options- A. J. R. Gluber
- B. A. Nobel
- C. G. Fawks
- D. W. Bickford Discuss
- 10. Until Victorian times, chocolate was thought of as a drink. When did the first chocolate bar appear?
Options- A. 1828
- B. 1831
- C. 1825
- D. There is no sure date Discuss
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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: Hargobind Khorana
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: 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: 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.
Correct Answer: 1915
Explanation:
Milk Tray was introduced in 1915 in open boxes arranged on wooden trays. Today, with its distinctive purple and gold cartons and popularised by the "Man in Black" television adverts, its one of the most popular chocolate assortments.
Correct Answer: A. Nobel
Explanation:
Alfred Noble patented dynamite in 1876. Nobel left $9 million in his will to be used as awards for people whose work benefit humanity - The Nobel Peace Prize etc.
Correct Answer: There is no sure date
Explanation:
No one knows for sure when the first chocolate bar appeared or even who made it, but an important event occurred in 1828. The Van Houten press was invented, which extracted cocoa butter from the bean - the same press that brought the Cadbury Brothers success with Cocoa Essence.
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