The invention of everything else

Who is the famous inventor imagined in Samantha Hunt's novel?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Nikola Tesla

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What did Marconi send as the first wireless message across an ocean?

• Letter S

• Letter B

• Letter M

• Letter A

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What did Nikola Tesla invent that Marconi took credit for?

• Television

• Telephone

• Radio

• Electricity

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What did Tesla use to power his system of alternating-current electrical distribution?

• Coal

• Water

• Magnetite

• Solar Energy

What did Vuk do to the beetles in Tesla's invention?

• Ate them

• Released them

• Ignored them

• Trained them

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What did Tesla construct in his childhood laboratory using June bugs?

• A clock

• A radio

• An engine

• A computer

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What did Tesla's mother usually store in the glass jar he used for collecting June bugs?

• Coins

• Spices

• Vegetables

• Candy

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What did Tesla hope his invention with June bugs would revolutionize?

• Energy

• Communication

• Transportation

• Medicine

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What mineral found in birds like pigeons powers Tesla's system of alternating-current electrical distribution?

• Silver

• Diamond

• Gold

• Magnetite

What did Marconi send across the ocean in 1901 using wireless transmission?

• A message

• A video

• A picture

• A song

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