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Inventions - Section 1

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Inventions - Section 1

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Question 51
Ralph Samuelson was only 18 when he invented this sporting item in 1922. What was that?

A
Golf tee
B
Motorboat
C
Water skis
D
Hang glider
Correct Answer: Option C

The new item was first used on Lake Pepin in Minnesota.

Question 52
What Karl Benz invented?

A
Gasoline powered automobile
B
Streetcar
C
Glider
D
Steam turbine
Correct Answer: Option A

Invented in 1885.

Question 53
What invention was first installed at a Hartford, Connecticut bank in 1889?

A
Automatic teller machine
B
Time-lock safe
C
Burglar alarm
D
Pay telephone
Correct Answer: Option D

William Gray, inventor of the pay telephone, also invented the inflatable chest protector worn by baseball umpires and catchers.

Question 54
Who invented Bifocal Lens?

A
Alfred B. Nobel
B
Thomas Alva Edison
C
Benjamin Franklin
D
Rudolf Diesel
Correct Answer: Option C

No answer description available for this question.

Question 55
When were bar code scanners invented?

A
1940s
B
1950s
C
1970s
D
1960s
Correct Answer: Option C

The scanner reads the bar code label on something at a supermarket, and translates it into a number which the computer reads.

Question 56
When was the game Frisbee invented?

A
1920s
B
1900s
C
1870s
D
1890s
Correct Answer: Option C

The first Frisbees were pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company in Connecticut. In the 1950s, the pie tins were changed to plastic plates. The name then became the Flying Saucer, but later changed to Frisbee.

Question 57
This English inventor is known as the 'Father of Computing.

A
Philo Farnsworth
B
J. Presper Eckert
C
John Mauchly
D
Charles Babbage
Correct Answer: Option D

Mauchly and Eckert invented the ENIAC computer. Farnsworth was a pioneer of early television.

Question 58
Who invented Airship (rigid)?

A
Dr. Alan M. Turing
B
Roger Bacon
C
G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
D
Otto
Correct Answer: Option C

No answer description available for this question.

Question 59
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?

A
Notepad
B
Calendar
C
Notice Board
D
Telephone Book
Correct Answer: Option A

Birchall's of Launceston in Tasmania started selling the world’s first notepads, calling them 'Silvercity Writing Tablets' after J A Birchall thought it would be a good idea to back sheets of paper with cardboard and glue them together at the top. His British paper suppliers weren’t so keen, but, they were persuaded by Birchall that it was a good idea!

Question 60
Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

A
Potato Peterson
B
Turnip Townsend
C
Cabbage Carlson
D
Swede Svenson
Correct Answer: Option B

Viscount Charles 'Turnip' Townsend developed this revolutionary concept.