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He presented a marvelous invention, with which is referred to today. However, this invention has already existed before, just was not reliable. The “inventor” has improved the quality of already existing invention, patented it and presented to the world.

Whos is this inventor?

• Joseph Swan

• Humphry Davy

• Thomas Edison

• Alesandro Volta

These two Americans are considered to be most important inventors of XX century. Locked up in one of their parents garage, having only 1 300 USD as a starting point, two guys were working towards their computer evolution vision.

Who are they?

• Steve Jobs & Nolan Bushnell

• Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak

• Steve Jobs & Bill Gates

• Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak

Emergency exit, buletproof west, laserjet printer, windscreen wipers were invented by...

• Men

• Women

US architect Frank L. Wright has made a revolutionary idea in architecture, when in 1939 he made an architectural masterpiece for cleaning supplies company „SC Johnson“.

The architect believed that the world should eliminate „closets“ and „boxes“ for humans, which reminded him of fascism. His revolutionary invention was all about democratic and freedom in building atmosphere.

What did he invented?

• Skyscraper

• Open space office

• Shopping mall center

• Wallstreet building complex

Joseph Reckendorfer patented a tool, which is widely used until this day.

Interesting fact is that he combined two separately used tools and presented it as a new invention. However, US court refused to accept it as a new invention and the patent was reviewed and cancelled.

What did Joseph "invent"?

• Ball pen

• Ink pen

• Pencil with razor

• Pencil with eraser

Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin created this invention in 1959, but did not get rich from it. Volvo gave free license to all other auto manufacturers to use it.

What was this invention?

A game invented exclusively for men, where ladies were forbidden. The name is a direct shortening of this rule.

What is this game?

• Golf

• Parkour

• Sumo

• Lacrosse

High heels today are the symbol of femininity.

However, high heel shoes originally were invented by men for men and were meant not for fashion, but for…

• Demonstrating the social position and wealth

• Appearing to be higher

• Military purposes

• Health reccomendations

Founded in 1888, this company revolutionized people's memories.

However, when the smart phones came, it was slow to develop new products and was unable to adapt to changing market conditions - the company's product was pushed out of market and in 2012 company was forced to declare bankruptcy.

Which company was that?

Yoshiro Nakamatsu is one of the most active today’s inventor. He is 95 years old and lives in Japan.

He has created an electronic watch with batteries and is stating that he created a floppy disc.

How many inventions approximately has he patented so far?

• 1500

• 3500

• 4500

• 6000