Inventors

Edison received more patents than any other person in history. More than ___________ of them!

• 100

• 300

• 500

• 1000

Lewis Latimer improved Edison’s light bulb. He invented a _______________ filament that lasted much longer than other filaments.

• oxygen

• air

• carbon

• water

Edison said that genius is “1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent perspiration.”

• true

• false

Karl Benz's internal combustion engine burned gasoline.

It could zip along at ________ m.p.h.

• 10

• 5

• 15

• 20

He invented a way to build cars more cheaply. At his factory, workers put cars together on an assembly line.

• Lincoln

• Ford

• Benz

• Honda

Garrett Morgan decided that a new kind of device was needed to keep cars from crashing at intersections. In 1923 he invented the first electric ___________________.

• car

• bike

• road

• traffic signal

Alexander Graham invented the:

• guitar

• telephone

• newspaper

• stock market

_______________invented caller ID and call-waiting.

• Andrew Jackson

• Michael Jackson

• Shirley Jackson

• Arnold & Willis Jackson

• Bo Jackson

______________ invented the radio in 1895.

• Zworykin

• Marconi

• Phil W. Radio

• Radio Gaga

______________ invented the a TV system based on a camera tube. His iconoscope turned light rays into electrical signals.

• Zworykin

• Marconi

• Phil W. Radio

• Radio Gaga