The Age of Invention Quiz

Who patented the 'Process' for mass producing steel?

• Alfred Nobel

• William Le Baron Jenney

• Sir Henry Bessemer

• Cyrus McCormick

Which inventor used steel to manufacture cannons and other weapons, leading to the invention of dynamite?

• Nikola Tesla

• Alessandro Volta

• Michael Faraday

• Alfred Nobel

Who is known as the 'Father of the Skyscraper'?

• John Deere

• Alessandro Volta

• William Le Baron Jenney

• Cyrus McCormick

In which city was the Home Insurance Building, the first to have a steel frame, constructed?

• Los Angeles

• Chicago

• New York City

• Boston

Who revolutionized agriculture by developing the first commercially successful steel plow?

• Nikolaus Otto

• Karl Benz

• Cyrus McCormick

• John Deere

Who is honored by having the electrical measurement 'volts' named after him?

• Alessandro Volta

• Michael Faraday

• Nikola Tesla

• Thomas Edison

Who invented the telephone, allowing direct voice communication?

• Samuel F.B. Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Nikolaus Otto

Who developed the first internal combustion engine, making automobiles and airplanes possible?

• Nikolaus Otto

• Karl Benz

• Henry Ford

• Gottlieb Daimler

Who founded Ford Motor Company and sold 15,000,000 of his Model T automobile?

• Gottlieb Daimler

• Henry Ford

• Karl Benz

• Nikolaus Otto

Who developed the first successful powered airplane, opening the age of aviation?

• Orville & Wilbur Wright

• Nikolaus Otto

• Karl Benz

• Gottlieb Daimler