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1 pointsWho invented the BALLPOINT PEN?
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1 pointsIn which decade was the first solid state integrated circuit demonstrated?
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1 pointsWhat J. B. Dunlop invented?
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1 pointsWhich scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?
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1 pointsWhen was barb wire patented?
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1 pointsWhat is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
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1 pointsWhat Galileo invented?
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1 pointsThis statesman, politican, scholar, inventor, and one of early presidents of USA invented the swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel.
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1 pointsWhat James Watt invented?
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1 pointsWhere is the village of Branston, after which the famous pickle is named?
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1 pointsWho invented Jet Engine?
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1 pointsWhat invention caused many deaths while testing it?
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1 pointsWho invented Gunpowder?
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1 pointsUntil Victorian times, chocolate was thought of as a drink. When did the first chocolate bar appear?
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1 pointsIn which decade was the telephone invented?
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1 pointsWho perfected GENETIC ENGINEERING?
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1 pointsWhat now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?
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1 pointsWhat Benjamin Franklin invented?
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1 pointsThis part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he??
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1 pointsWhat plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?
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1 pointsWho was the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?
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1 pointsWho invented Gramophone?
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1 pointsWho invented Internal Combustion Engine?
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1 pointsWhen was Monopoly created?
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1 pointsWhat furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968?
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1 pointsThe 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?
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1 pointsWhen was the first lawn mower invented?
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1 pointsIn which decade were the first successful diode and triode vacuum tubes invented?
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1 pointsWho is the English physicist responsible for the ‘Big Bang Theory’?
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1 pointsWhat ‘game’ was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?
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1 pointsWho had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?
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1 pointsWho invented the Spinning Jenny?
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1 pointsWhich insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?
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1 pointsWhen was the first elevator built?
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1 pointsWhat charge card, developed in 1950, was the first to be accepted nationally in the US?
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1 pointsWhat Enrico Fermi invented?
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1 pointsWhich of the following was first patented by an Australian in 1889?
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1 pointsWho among the following invented the small pox vaccine?
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1 pointsWhat George Westinghouse invented?
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1 pointsWho is the only U.S. President to invent and patent something?
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1 pointsWhat invention is credited to the Russian born American inventor Vladimir Kosma Zworykin?
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1 pointsBenjamin Franklin was a prolific inventor. He invented the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, studied electricity, discovered the Gulf Stream, started the first library, and on and on. Among his many other inventions, what musical instrument did he invent?
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1 pointsWhat Thomas Davenport invented?
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1 pointsWhat Elisha Otis invented?
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1 pointsWhere was the yo-yo invented?
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1 pointsFor what does the world owe Almon Strowger a debt of gratitude?
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1 pointsWho is often called the ‘first African-American’ inventor?
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1 pointsThe first hand glider was designed by…?
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1 pointsIn which decade was the telegraph invented?
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1 pointsWhat inspired reflecting road lights to be invented?
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1 pointsWhen were blue jeans invented?
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1 pointsWho invented Electric Generator?
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1 pointsWhat device for new parents did Ann Moore invent in 1969?
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1 pointsIn which decade was the transistor invented?
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1 pointsWhat Igor Sikorsky invented?
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1 pointsWhat Henry Bessemer invented?
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1 pointsWhat invention was first installed at a Hartford, Connecticut bank in 1889?
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1 pointsRalph Samuelson was only 18 when he invented this sporting item in 1922. What was that?
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1 pointsWho invented Bifocal Lens?
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1 pointsWhat Karl Benz invented?
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1 pointsWhen were bar code scanners invented?
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1 pointsWhen was the game Frisbee invented?
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1 pointsThis English inventor is known as the ‘Father of Computing.’
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1 pointsWho invented Airship (rigid)?
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1 pointsWhat piece of clothing was invented by French fashion designer Louis Reard in 1946?
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1 pointsIn which year was MIDI introduced?
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1 pointsIn which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced?
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1 pointsWho invented the first controllable flying AEROPLANE (AIRPLANE)?
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1 pointsWhat groovy item was invented by Englishman Edward Craven Walker in 1963?
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1 pointsIn which decade was the Internet first implemented?
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1 pointsWhat did cardiologist Dr. Paul Zoll invent in Massachusetts in 1952?
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1 pointsWhat Elmer A. Sperry invented?
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1 pointsFor 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?
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1 pointsWho developed the idea of Crop Rotation?
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1 pointsCORN FLAKES – Who made them first?
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1 pointsWilliam Frederick is credited with the invention of the modern frisbee in the mid 1950’s. In 1957 the Wham-O Company bought his idea and the rest is history. They named the toy after William Frisbie who was a ________?
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1 pointsWho came up with the idea for INSTANT MASHED POTATO?
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1 pointsWho invented Dynamite?
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1 pointsWhat toy did George Lerner create for Hasbro company in 1952?
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1 pointsFor whom high heeled shoes were invented?
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