Inventions

1. FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?

C. Birdseye

F. Rozenosh 

G. Findus 

R. Scott

2.What drink was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929?

7-Up 

Yoo-Hoo

Pepsi 

Hawaiian Punch

3. Who invented Automobiles using gasoline?

Leo H Baekeland 

Karl Benz 

Evangelista Torricelli

Kirkpatrick Macmillan

4.The initials JCB on earth-moving equipment are those of the founder of the company that makes it. What is his name?

John Christopher Ballantyne

Joseph Cyril Bamford

John Christopher Baxter

Jack Croxford Baker

5. What charge card, developed in 1950, was the first to be accepted nationally in the US?

Visa

Discover

MasterCharge 

Diner's Club

Inventions

1.For over 500 years, paper was only available and sold as single sheets. In 1902, an inventive Australian used half size sheets of paper, a bit of glue and cardboard to create the what?

Notepad 

Calendar 

Notice Board 

Telephone Book

2.Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

Potato Peterson 

Turnip Townsend 

Cabbage Carlson 

Swede Svenson

3.CORN FLAKES - Who made them first?

Nabisco 

Kellogg 

Quaker 

Archers

4. 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 ________?

Pie maker

Owner of a pizza parlor

Student at Yale

Ceramic plate designer

5.Who came up with the idea for INSTANT MASHED POTATO?

S. Tuberosum 

W. Raleigh

E. Asselbergs

K. Edwards

Inventions

1.Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?

Robert Koch Edward Jenner Robert Hooke Louis Pasteur

2.What George Westinghouse invented?

Light bulb Electric razor Refrigerator Railway air brakes

3.Who is the only U.S. President to invent and patent something?

Abraham Lincoln Theodore Roosevelt Thomas Jefferson Rutherford B. Hayes

4.What invention is credited to the Russian born American inventor Vladimir Kosma Zworykin?

Telegraph Radio Television Dishwasher

5. What Thomas Davenport invented?

Screw propellor Electric streetcar Chesterfield Sleeping (railway) car

Inventions

1.Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

Lewis Edson Waterman Sir William Grove Charles Kettering George Fountain

2.When was the first elevator built?

1743 1739 1760 1785

3.What charge card, developed in 1950, was the first to be accepted nationally in the US?

Visa Discover MasterCharge Diner's Club

4.What Enrico Fermi invented?

X ray machine Betatron Cyclotron Nuclear reactor

5.Which of the following was first patented by an Australian in 1889?

Electric Drill Electric Shaver Electric Fence Electric Heater

Inventions

1.Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?
Biro Brothers Waterman Brothers Bicc Brothers Write Brothers

2.Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?
Isaac Newton Albert Einstein Benjamin Franklin Marie Curie

3.What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
Charles Richter Hiram Walker Giuseppe Mercalli Joshua Rumble

4.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.
George Washington Alexander Hamilton John Adams Thomas Jefferson

5.What James Watt invented?
Diving bell Steam boat Hot air balloon Rotary steam engine