Thomas Edison

As a boy, Thomas Edison was curious and asked many questions.

• True

• False

People used gas to light their homes before the invention of the electric light.

• True

• False

Edison knew that gaslight was safer than electric light.

• True

• False

Edison improved the telegraph and the telephone.

• True

• False

No one was very interested in Edison's work.

• True

• False

Edison had more than 1,000 inventions.

• True

• False

On New Year's Eve, Edison lit up 2,000 electric light bulbs.

• True

• False

Edison lied to the newspaper reporters.

• True

• False

Thomas Edison was known as

• The Wizard of Oz

• The Wizard of Menlo Park

• The Magician of Menlo Park

• The Wizard of Merlo Park

What year was Thomas Edison born in?

• 1931

• 1846

• Ohio

• 1847