Brand New - Quiz 2

The disposable razor (a)   (invented/was invented) by King Camp Gillette about 100 years ago.

The most expensive earrings ever (a)   (created were created) by the House of Winston jewellery designers in 2006. They are worth $8.5 million.

The first kind of lipstick (a)   (worn/was worn) by the Ancient Egyptians.

in 1884 a perfume company in Paris (a)   (sold/was sold) the first modern lipstick.

Nail varnish (a)   (invented/was invented) in the 1920s. At first, the colours were only reds and purples.

Other colours like blue, gold and black (a)   (introduced/were introduced) in the 1990s

Hungarian Lázlo Biro (a)   (invented/was invented) the world´s first ballpoint pen in the 1930s

The most expensive item ever sold on eBay was a yatch. It (a)   (bought/was bought) by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich in 2006 for $168 million.

The first DVD players (a)   (manufactured/were manufactured) in 1997 in Japan.

7.3 million DVD players (a)   (sold/were sold) in the UK, but the number has dropped since then with the rise of the internet.