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Question: 
 On _____ Hiram Percy Maxim proposed the formation of the American Radio Relay League.

1.April 6, 1914

2.April 6, 1913

3.April 6, 1912

4.April 6, 1910

Question: 
7-Up was invented in year of

1.1929

2.1890

3.2000

4.2006

Question: 
Benjamin Franklin was a prolific inventor. what is the name of the musical instrument did he invent?

1.Oboe

2.Banjo

3.Harmonium

4.Clarinet

Question: 
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Bar code scanners invented in a year of ?

1.1940s

2.1950s

3.1960s

4.1970s

Question: 
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On __________ Jack Kilby demonstrated the first working IC while working for Texas Instruments, although the U.S. patent office awarded the first patent for an integrated circuit to Robert Noyce of Fairchild.

1.12 Apr 1957

2.12 Sep 1958

3.12 Mar 1959

4.12 June 1960

Question: 
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Raggedy Ann doll patented in the year of___

1.1910

2.1915

3.1920

4.1925

Question: 
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Transistor invented in ____.

1.1940s

2.1960s

3.1980s

4.None of the above

Question: 
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?

1.Notice Board

2.Calender

3.Notepad

4.All

Question: 
For what does the world owe Almon Strowger a debt of gratitude?

1.Automatic Telephone Exchanges

2.Vending Machines

3.Parking Meters

4.Traffic Lights

Question: 
For which of the following charles babbage remembered ?

1.Electricity

2.Computer

3.Train

4.None of the above

Question: 
Frisbee made a brand of pies that were popular with Yale students in the

1.1860s

2.1870s

3.1880s

4.1890s

Question: 
FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?

1.G. Findus

2.C. Birdseye

3.F. Rozenosh

4.R. Scott

Question: 
Game Frisbee invented in which of the following year?

1.1920s

2.1940s

3.1880s

4.1870s

Question: 
Grigg, who was from Missouri, originally named his creation

1.Bib Label Lemon Lime Soda original

2.Lemon Lime Soda

3.Bib Label Lithiated Lemon Lime Soda

4.None of the above

Question: 
In which decade was the AEEE (now the IEEE) founded?

1.1850s

2.1860s

3.1870s

4.1880s

Question: 
In which decade was the ARRL founded ?

1.1940

2.1930

3.1920

4.1910

Question: 
In which decade was the Internet first implemented?

1.1940s

2.1950s

3.1960s

4.1970s

Question: 
In which of the following decade was the telegraph invented?

1.1820s

2.1840s

3.1860s

4.1880s

Question: 
In which of the following year was MIDI introduced?

1.1983

2.1987

3.1990

4.1994

Question: 
It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?

1.C. Cockerell

2.O. Stricheg

3.S. Sperrow

4.T. Henman

Question: 
John Kruesi was a mechanic for Edison, and Kruesi built the

1.Electronics electricity

2.Electric Drill

3.Electric Express

4.PhonoGraph

Question: 
Joshua Lionel Cowen and Harry C. Grant started the Lionel Manufacturing Company on

1.Sept. 5, 1900

2.Sept. 5, 1902

3.Sept. 5, 1890

4.Sept. 5, 1907

Question: 
Joshua Lionel Cowen and Harry C. Grant started the Lionel Manufacturing Company on Sept. 5, 1900 in

1.New york city

2.Washington city

3.Goa

4.Japan

Question: 
Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented the first plastic called

1.Bakelite.

2.Washing Machine

3.Soda

4.Colour

Question: 
Milk Tray first introduced in a year of _____

1.1915

2.1920

3.1925

4.1930

Question: 
Ralph Samuelson was only 18 when he invented this sporting item in 1922. What was the name of that thing?

1.Water skis

2.Hang glider

3.Golf tee

4.Motorboat

Question: 
Seed drill was invented early in

1.1700

2.1800

3.1900

4.1600

Question: 
SPICE simulator introduced in a year of?

1.1950s

2.1960s

3.1970s

4.1980s

Question: 
The first blue jeans were invented by tailor Levi Strauss in which of the following year?

1.1850

2.1890

3.1960

4.1980

Question: 
The first train, which was called the

1.Magnetic Expess

2.Electric Drill

3.Electric Express

4.Magnetic Train

Question: 
The first train, which was called the Electric Express, was manufactured in

1.1900

2.1901

3.1902

4.1903

Question: 
The Hungarian brothers, Laszlo and George Biro, made the first ball point pen in which year?

1.1894

2.1896

3.1898

4.None of the above

Question: 
The Manhattan Project was started by President Roosevelt in 1942 to ensure that the U.S. beat the Germans in developing a nuclear bomb. Whom did Roosevelt appoint as scientific head the Manhattan Project?

1.Vannevar Bush

2.Robert Oppenheimer

3.James B. Conant

4.Leslie R. Groves

Question: 
Toothbrush invented in a year of?

1.1765

2.1770

3.1775

4.1780

Question: 
Until Victorian times, chocolate was thought of as a drink. When did the first chocolate bar appear?

1.1831

2.1828

3.1825

4.None of the above

Question: 
What beverage was invented by the charles Alderton in 1885 in Waco, Texas ?

1.Coca-Cola

2.Dr. Pepper

3.Cream Soda

4.Sprite

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

1.Discover

2.Visa

3.Diners Club

4.MasterCharge

Question: 
What groovy item was invented by Englishman Edward Craven Walker in 1963?

1.Lava lamp

2.Leisure suit

3.Hot comb

4.Eight-track tape deck

Question: 
What inspired reflecting road lights to be invented? choose the correct option

1.The light a cats eyes gave off on a fence

2.Car door reflecting mirrors

3.The sun light on the windshield

4.Sun light on steel posts on road sides

Question: 
What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

1.Ladders

2.Dynamite

3.Parachute

4.Race cars

Question: 
What invention is credited to the Russian born American inventor Vladimir Kosma Zworykin?

1.Television

2.Telegraph

3.Radio

4.None

Question: 
What is of the following thing which is invented by Sir Isaac Newton?

1.Microscope

2.Reflecting telescope

3.Chronometer

4.Spectacles

Question: 
What is the name of scientist who invented Bicycle?

1.Evangelista Torricelli

2.Leo H Baekeland

3.Kirkpatrick Macmillan

4.Karl Benz

Question: 
What is the name of that person who invented Fountain Pen?

1.Lewis E. Waterman

2.John J. Loud

3.Sir Frank Whittle

4.Kirkpatrick Macmillan

Question: 
What is the name of that person who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?

1.White brothers

2.Biro Brothers

3.Bicc Brothers

4.Waterman Brothers

Question: 
What is the name of that scientist Who invented Bifocal Lens?

1.Benjamin Franklin

2.Alfred B. Nobel

3.Thomas Alva Edison

4.None of the above

Question: 
What is the name of that thing which is invented by the Benjamin Franklin?

1.Radio

2.Hygrometer

3.Bifocal spectacles

4.Barometer

Question: 
What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

1.Giuseppe Mercalli

2.Charles Richter

3.Hiram Walker

4.Joshua Rumble

Question: 
What is the name of the device for new parents did Ann Moore invent in 1969?

1.Disposable diaper

2.Infant carrier

3.Baby monitor

4.Bottle warmer

Question: 
What is the name of the game was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?

1.Monopoly

2.Frisbee

3.Ping pong

4.Ouija board

Question: 
What is the name of the invention which is invented by the Thomas Davenport?

1.Chesterfield

2.Screw propellor

3.Electric streetcar

4.Sleeping (railway) car

Question: 
What is the name of the person who invented barbed wire in 1873?

1.Isaac Newton

2.Joseph F. Glidden

3.Benjamin Franklin

4.Marie Curie

Question: 
What is the name of the person who invented Gramophone?

1.Thomas Alva Edison

2.Michael Faraday

3.Fahrenheit

4.Sir Alexander Graham Bell

Question: 
What is the name of the person who invented Gunpowder?

1.Sir Frank Whittle

2.Leo H Baekeland

3.Roger Bacon

4.G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

Question: 
What is the name of the person who invented Instant mash ?

1.W. Raleigh

2.S. Tuberosum

3.K. Edwards

4.E. Asselbergs

Question: 
What is the name of the person who invented the first controllable flying AEROPLANE (AIRPLANE)?

1.Lidenbergh Brothers

2.South brothers

3.Wright Brothers

4.North brothers

Question: 
What is the name of the scientist who discovered the radioactive element radium?

1.Albert Einstein

2.Isaac Newton

3.Benjamin Franklin

4.None of the above

Question: 
What is the name of the scientist who invented Jet Engine?

1.Roger Bacon

2.Sir Frank Whittle

3.Lewis E. Waterman

4.Gottlieb Daimler

Question: 
What is the name of the scientist who invented the small pox vaccine?

1.Louis Pasteur

2.Robert Koch

3.Edward Jenner

4.Both A abd B

Question: 
What is the name of the thing which is invented by the Enrico Fermi?

1.Betatron

2.Nuclear reactor

3.X ray machine

4.Cyclotron

Question: 
What item of apparel was invented by Ellery Chun, a Hawaiian clothing merchant, in 1931?

1.Aloha shirt

2.String bikini

3.Capri pants

4.Muumuu

Question: 
What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?

1.VCR

2.Remote control

3.Microwave oven

4.Calculator

Question: 
What piece of clothing was invented by French fashion designer Louis Reard in 1946?

1.Bikini

2.Zoot suit

3.Tank top

4.Mini-skirt

Question: 
What type of system did Paul Nipkow, John Baird, and Charles Jenkins all invent?

1.Early Warning

2.Telephone

3.Television

4.Electricity

Question: 
What was the name of person who made Corn flakes?

1.Kellogg

2.Nabisco

3.Quaker

4.None of the above

Question: 
What was the name of that person who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

1.Turnip Townsend

2.Cabbage Carlson

3.Robert Peterson

4.Potato Peterson

Question: 
What was the name of that person who invented Dynamite?

1.Benjamin Franklin

2.Alfred B. Nobel

3.Sir Alexander Graham Bell

4.Thomas Alva Edison

Question: 
What was the name of that treat which was invented by 11-year-old Frank Epperson in 1905?

1.Cotton candy

2.Banana split

3.Popsicle

4.Cracker Jacks

Question: 
What was the name of the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?

1.Amanda Jones

2.Marjorie Joyner

3.Margaret Knight

4.Mary Kies

Question: 
What was the name of the thing which is invented by the James Watt?

1.Steam boat

2.Diving bell

3.Rotary steam engine

4.Hot air balloon

Question: 
What was the thing invented by the Karl Benz?

1.Glider

2.Gasoline powered automobile

3.Steam turbine

4.Streetcar

Question: 
When was the first elevator built?

1.1734

2.1743

3.1735

4.1744

Question: 
When was the first lawn mower invented?

1.1823

2.1830

3.1839

4.1849

Question: 
When was the first Lionel trains manufactured ?

1.1899

2.1920

3.1901

4.1890

Question: 
Where is the village of Branston, after which the famous pickle is named?

1.Lancashire

2.Yorkshire

3.Norfolk

4.Staffordshire

Question: 
Where was the yo-yo invented?

1.England

2.France

3.United States

4.Philippines

Question: 
Which among the following thing J. B. Dunlop invented in 1887?

1.Rubber boot

2.Model airplanes

3.Pneumatic rubber tire

4.Automobile wheel rim

Question: 
Which drink is invented by the Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929 ?

1.7-Up

2.Mountain Due

3.Pepsi

4.None of the above

Question: 
Which of the following character announced their discovery of the point-contact germanium transistor to management.

1.John Bardeen

2.William Shockley

3.Walter Brattain

4.All of the above

Question: 
Which of the following insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

1.Sir William Grove

2.Lewis Edson Waterman

3.George Fountain

4.Charles Kettering

Question: 
Which of the following is invented by the Elisha Otis?

1.Jet Engine

2.The brake used in modern elevators

3.Turbine

4.None of the above

Question: 
Which of the following item, originally called as Whirlwind was invented by

1.Hans seley

2.Lves McGaffey

3.Hosan john

4.None of the above

Question: 
Which of the following item, originally called as Whirlwind was invented in 1869

1.Electric mixer

2.Vacuum cleaner

3.Washing machine

4.None of the above

Question: 
Which of the following was first patented by an Australian in 1889?

1.Electric Heater

2.Electric Drill

3.Electric Shaver

4.None of the above

Question: 
Which of the toy is invented by the Joshua Lionel Cowen around 1900 ?

1.Electric train

2.Sound player

3.Magnetic pannel

4.All of the above

Question: 
Which type of furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968?

1.Water bed

2.Sofa bed

3.Captains chair

4.Hammock

Question: 
Who among the following synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?

1.Meghnad Saha

2.Hargobind Khorana

3.J.J. Thompson

4.Benjamin Franklin

Question: 
Who invented Bakelite ?

1.Hans seley

2.Hans jekh

3.Leo Hendrik Baekeland

4.None of the above

Question: 
Who invented the phonograph ?

1.John Kruesi

2.Thomas Edison

3.Jules Levy

4.Alexander Graham Bell

Question: 
Who invented the Seed Drill ?

1.Hans seley

2.Jethro Tull

3.Hasun John

4.None of the above

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