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Inventors and Scientists Test Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He invented the light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Rube Goldberg

2.

He did a lightning experiment with a kite and a key during a storm.

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Orville Wright

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Louis Braille

3.

__________ was best known for discovering many ways to use the peanut.

a)

Wilbur Wright

b)

Thomas Edsion

c)

Marie Curie

d)

George Washington Carver

4.

Many of his inventions helped improve public safety. (These included early forms of the gas mask and a type of traffic signal.)

a)

Garrett Morgan

b)

Franklin C. Mars

c)

Milton Hershey

d)

Rube Goldberg

5.

____________ designed and built the first controlled, powered airplane in Dayton, Ohio.

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

The Wright Brothers

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Benjamin Franklin

6.

He invented a system which helps blind people read.

a)

Louis Braille

b)

Franklin C. Mars

c)

Rube Goldberg

d)

Milton Hershey

7.

Who said it?!

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."

a)

Wilbur Wright

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Marie Curie

8.

Who said it?!

"The less we see with our eyes, the more we see with our hearts."

a)

Franklin C. Mars

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Louis Braille

9.

Who said it?!

"If you have a dream, you should do it!"

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

The Wright Brothers

c)

Marie Curie

10.

Which two inventors/scientists were born in Ohio?

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

The Wright Brothers

d)

Ben Franklin

e)

George Washington Carver

11.

Who created machines that were extremely complicated devices that executed very simple tasks? His machines used the idea of a chain reaction.

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Franklin C. Mars

c)

Rube Goldberg

d)

the Wright Brothers

12.

Franklin C. Mars founded the chocolate company that also sponsors ____________ and ______________.

a)

Nike

b)

Olympics

c)

Lebron James

d)

a Nascar driven by Kyle Busch

13.

___________used millions to invest in a school for orphaned boys.

a)

Garrett Morgan

b)

Milton Hershey

c)

Franklin C. Mars

d)

Rube Goldberg

14.

Who appears on the $100 bill?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

The Wright Brothers

15.

This scientist won the Nobel Prize...twice!

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Thomas Edsion

d)

Milton Hershey

16.

Where was Louis Braille born?

a)

Missouri

b)

Derry Township, Pennsylvania

c)

Paris, France

17.

Who said it?!

"We are using science to save lives."

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Franklin C. Mars

18.

Who said it?!

"I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

a)

Thomas Edsion

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Ben Franklin