Early Inventors Quiz

What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

• Telephone

• Computer

• Radio

• Helicopter

Who was Bell's assistant who helped him invent the telephone?

• Thomas Edison

• Benjamin Franklin

• Elisha Gray

• Thomas Watson

How long did the Wright brothers first test flight last in the air?

• 12 seconds

• 30 seconds

• 1 minute

• 30 minutes

What was the name of Thomas Edison's laboratory in New Jersey where he created so many inventions?

• Kitty Hawk

• Menlo Park

• Tuskegee Institute

• Chisholm Trail

Producer of the light bulb, kinescope, and phonograph.

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Wright Brothers

• George Washington Carver

African American Scientist who taught farmers about crop rotation.

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington Carver

• Wright Brothers

What was the name of the location that the Wright Brothers flew the airplane?

• Charleston, SC
• Fort Sumter, SC
• Cherokee, NC
• Kitty Hawk, NC

A farmer in Mississippi plants cotton one year, then peanuts the next year, and continues to

rotate his crops yearly. This practice of farming can be mostly traced to which scientist?

• Orville Wright

• Thomas Edison

• William McKinley

• George Washington Carver

Why was crop rotation mostly important for farmers?

• It was profitable

• It kept their soil rich by putting nutrients back into it

• They could grown multiple crops

• It fertilized their crops

Who created an invention that allowed for easier transport of people and supplies more quickly?

• The Wright Brothers

• Thomas Edison

• George Washington Carver

• Alexander Graham Bell