Thomas Edison Quiz

Where was Thomas Alva Edison born?

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Detroit, Michigan

• Port Huron, Michigan

• Milan, Ohio

What is Thomas Edison famous for saying?

• Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

• Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

• The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

• Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

What was Thomas Edison's first laboratory?

• His basement

• A chemistry lab in an empty boxcar

• Menlo Park, New Jersey

• West Orange, New Jersey

What was Thomas Edison's first successful invention?

• Motion picture player

• Incandescent light

• Phonograph

• Tin foil phonograph

What was the name of the research lab Thomas Edison built in New Jersey?

• Boston

• Menlo Park

• General Electric

• West Orange

What was the first machine invented by Thomas Edison to record and play back sounds?

• Tin foil phonograph

• Phonograph

• Incandescent light

• Motion picture player

What was the last big project Thomas Edison worked on?

• Mining iron ore

• Creating an efficient storage battery

• Improving the phonograph

• Developing an alternative source of rubber

What was the result of Thomas Edison's investment in developing better methods of mining iron ore?

• Successful development of a workable process

• Loss of millions of dollars

• Improved methods of mining iron ore

• Increased production of iron ore

What was the purpose of Thomas Edison's alkaline storage battery?

• To power electric cars

• To light railway cars and miners' lamps

• To record and play back sounds

• To improve telegraph communications

When did Thomas Edison receive his last patent?

• 1888

• 1847

• 1930

• 1868