Interesting Inventions
By Stefan Krause, Germany - Own work, FAL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22857511
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By Stefan Krause, Germany - Own work, FAL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22857511
A quiz by Matt Thurgood for Reading Borough Libraries. Please feel free to share on Twitter, Facebook etc. by copying and pasting this link:
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By Unknown author - Revista Leoplán, Argentina, año 1945, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1411668
The first commercially successful ballpoint pen was patented in 1938 by László . Fill in the blank.
Biro
Bich
Staedtler
Parker
By John T. Daniels - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6224251
The Wright brothers are generally credited with flying the first motor-operated aeroplane. What was it called?
The Flyer
The Kitty Hawk
The Model B
The Canard
By Sailko - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37877658
Leonardo Da Vinci created one of the first alarm clocks. How did it wake the person sleeping?
Raising the legs
Tickling the feet
Spraying the face
Pulling the hair
By Evert Meijs - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11598203
What did A. Ashwell of Herne Hill invent for public toilets in 1883?
The vacant/engaged sign
The overhead cistern
The S-trap
The flush system
By Anonymous - Christie's, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9837969
The first traffic light, invented by J. P. Knight in 1866, was manually operated and gas-lit. Where was it installed?
London
Bristol
Edinburgh
Manchester
By Sb2s3 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44184869
Willow contains salicylic acid, which led to the invention of aspirin. When was it first used as a medicine?
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Middle Ages
18th century
By Science Museum - The British Railway Locomotive, H.M.S.O., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7776361
Who designed the first full-scale, working railway steam locomotive in 1802?
Richard Trevithick
Matthew Murray
George Stephenson
Robert Stephenson
By Arkach at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31399358
What was remarkable about Leo Fender, the inventor of the electric guitar?
He couldn't play guitar
He had extra fingers
He was deaf
He hated rock & roll
By David Martin - The White House Historical Association, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9390044
Benjamin Franklin is best known for exploring electricity. Which of the following things did he NOT invent?
The typewriter
Bifocal glasses
A glass harmonica
The lightning rod
By https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/4c/6e/da5709a57832dbbb048ba4a17fe6.jpgGallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/M0014782.htmlPhotographer: Dickenson V. AlleyWellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-31): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/zncts6ch CC-BY-4.0, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36367226
Nikola Tesla registered more than 300 patents. What was his most famous invention?
The AC motor
The radio
X-rays
Fluorescence
By The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21065292
John Joseph Merlin patented the roller skate in 1760. Why were they unpopular?
Too hard to steer/stop
Too expensive
Too uncomfortable
Too noisy
By Bain News Service - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16235724
The first ever telephone call was made by its inventor, Alexander Graham Bell. In which year?
1876
1886
1896
1906
By Ray Olsen - State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 030/Item 083, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80817090
Who unintentionally invented the tattoo pen when they created a "duplicating device"?
Thomas Edison
Guglielmo Marconi
Michael Faraday
Alan Turing
By Nabokov at English Q52, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17668806
Antoine-Joseph Sax invented the saxophone and 3 other instruments. Which of these is NOT real?
Saxoflute
Saxotromba
Saxhorn
Saxtuba
By John Verive - originally posted to Flickr as Breakfast Sandwich!, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7106145
The sandwich is named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. What was Montagu's preferred filling?
Salt beef
Olive and walnut
Tomato and horseradish
Aspic jelly
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