General Awareness:Important Inventions Set 2
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 173
Questions and Answers
- 1.What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?
- A.
Microwave oven
- B.
Remote control
- C.
VCR
- D.
Calculator
- 2.What Benjamin Franklin invented?
- A.
Bifocal spectacles
- B.
Radio
- C.
Barometer
- D.
Hygrometer
- 3.This part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he??
- A.
Steve McQueen
- B.
Harrison Frazier
- C.
Paul Newman
- D.
John Wayne
- 4.What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?
- A.
Silly Putty
- B.
Etch-A-Sketch
- C.
Lite-Brite
- D.
Play-Doh
- 5.Who was the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?
- A.
Marjorie Joyner
- B.
Margaret Knight
- C.
Amanda Jones
- D.
Mary Kies
- 6.Who invented Gramophone?
- A.
Michael Faraday
- B.
Fahrenheit
- C.
Sir Alexander Graham Bell
- D.
Thomas Alva Edison
- 7.Who invented Internal Combustion Engine?
- A.
Roger Bacon
- B.
Karl Benz
- C.
Dr. Alan M. Turing
- D.
Otto
- 8.What furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968?
- A.
Sofa bed
- B.
Captain's chair
- C.
Waterbed
- D.
Hammock
- 9.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?
- A.
Robert Oppenheimer
- B.
James B. Conant
- C.
Leslie R. Groves
- D.
Vannevar Bush
- 10.When was the first lawn mower invented?
- A.
1830
- B.
1854
- C.
1835
- D.
1849
- 11.In which decade were the first successful diode and triode vacuum tubes invented?
- A.
1800s
- B.
1880s
- C.
1890s
- D.
1900s
- 12.Who is the English physicist responsible for the 'Big Bang Theory'?
- A.
Albert Einstein
- B.
Michael Skube
- C.
George Gamow
- D.
Roger Penrose
- 13.What 'game' was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?
- A.
Frisbee
- B.
Monopoly
- C.
Ouija board
- D.
Ping Pong
- 14.Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?
- A.
J. R. Gluber
- B.
A. Nobel
- C.
G. Fawks
- D.
W. Bickford
- 15.Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
- A.
Thornton Hargreaves
- B.
Peter Hargreaves
- C.
James Hargreaves
- D.
Simon Hargreaves
Questions: 20 | Attempts: 1592 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022
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