
The invention of the Paper Clip
Authored by Jessica Pengel
Design
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a paper clip?
Something made of wire.
A tool used to hold pieces of paper together.
Something that hold stuff.
A tool that holds things.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Before paper clips were invented, papers were held together with string or ribbon.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How long was the mthod of string and ribbon used to keep paper together?
200 years
50 years
1000 years
600 years
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who invented an early paper clip?
Johann Vaaler
Albert Einstein
William Middlebrook
Someone smart
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When was the material needed for the early paper clip figured out and what did this later lead to?
1855 and it later lead to stronger paper clips.
1855 and it later lead to the invention of clothes hangers, safety pins, and better paper clips.
1887 and it was made of flexible wire that could be bent to hold papers.
1887 and it later lead to the invention of clothes hangers, safety pins, and better paper clips.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why was the early version considered to be not very good?
It did not hold many papers.
It was not strong wire.
It did not have the secure second loop.
It created a hole in the papers.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who invented the machine that first created the paper clip that we use today?
William Middlebrook
Albert Einstein, a scientist.
Johann Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor.
Samuel B. Fay
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