Famous Inventors

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1.	Which of the following people invented the incredibly useful Velcro?

Joseph Niepce of France

Johann Schwieger of Germany

Ts'ai Lun of China

Georges de Mestral of Switzerland

I don't know

2.	Which of the following did Galileo invent?

The hot air balloon

The telescope

The thermometer

The magnifying glass

I don't know

3.	Which of the following did Benjamin Franklin NOT invent?

Kites

Bifocals

The catheter

The lightning rod

I don't know

4.	In what year did the Dutchman Cornelius Drebbel invent the first submarine?

1504

1592

1620

1712

I don't know

5.	What was the name of the first powered airplane that took to the skies (by the Wright brothers), and when did it fly?

The Kitty Hawk I, in 1898

The Wright Flyer I, in 1903

The Flying Eagle I, in 1903

The Icarus I, in 1910

I don't know

6.	Where did the Frisbee get its name?

From a cartoon character in the 40's

From a professor at Yale, where the Frisbee phenomena began

From the inventor, a German man

From a pie maker near Yale, where students would use his pie plates as flying discs

I don't know

7.	Who was the only U.S. president to receive a patent for an invention (although it was never used), and what was the invention?

George Washington, for wooden false teeth

Ronald Reagan, for a hair-clipping device

Abraham Lincoln, for a device preventing ships from getting stuck

Richard Nixon, for a military tracking device

I don't know

8.	Which Hollywood actor held a patent for a bucket seat?

Steve McQueen

Rock Hudson

Marilyn Monroe

James Dean

I don't know

9.	Where does the expression "the real McCoy" come from?

Billy McCoy, a Canadian who invented a shotgun

Jeffrey McCoy, an Irishman who invented a fishing float

Elijah McCoy, an African Canadian/American who invented a train-oiling device

Franklin McCoy, a British man who invented a mapping device

I don't know

10.	What did Countess Dubarry, Mistress of King Louis XV, invent?

The fish bowl

The corset

Disposable tissue

The feather duster

I don't know

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Famous Inventors