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INVENTION QUIZ

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How old was George Nissan when he had the idea for the trampoline?
a)
10
b)
16
c)
13
d)
21
2.

Who is the founder of oceanography ?

a)

Susumu Tonegawa

b)

Alhazen

c)

Karl Landsteiner

d)

Matthew Maury

3.

Name the scientist who got a noble prize in 1935 for the discovery of neutron.

a)

E. Goldstein

b)

J.J. Thomson

c)

Sir James Chadwick

d)

Robert E. Millikan

4.

Who had discovered TB antibiotic streptomycin?

a)

Joseph Lagrange

b)

Selman Waksman

c)

Linda Buck

d)

James Croll

5.

Who invented coffee filter?

a)

Orville

b)

Wilbur Wright

c)

Melitta Bentz

d)

Nikola Tesla

6.

Who is known as the father of neuroscience?

a)

Santaigo Ramony Cajal

b)

Alessandro Volta

c)

Salim Ali

d)

None of the above

7.

Peter Mitterhofer invented _____________ in 1864.

a)

Ball Point Pen

b)

Typewriter

c)

Telephone

d)

X-Ray

8.

Who invented Telegraph ?

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

John Fitch

c)

Thomas Savery

d)

Thomas Edition

9.

The Father of white revolution is.....

a)

Patanjali

b)

Jagadish Chandra Bose

c)

Verghese Kurein

d)

Raja Ramanna

10.

The Thermometer and telescope were invented around the year...

a)

1500

b)

1600

c)

1700

d)

1800

11.

The piano was invented in...

a)

1580

b)

1700

c)

1820

d)

1910

12.

What invention did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communications forever?

a)

telephone

b)

telegraph

c)

Internet

d)

electrical services

13.
The airplane was invented by:
a)
The Wright Brothers
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Mercedes Benz
14.

Who invented the first car?

a)

Cyrus McCormick

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

15.

Where was a jigsaw puzzle invented?

a)

Italy

b)

India

c)

England

d)

China

16.

Where was the piano invented?

a)

Italy

b)

India

c)

England

d)

China

17.

The first modern antibiotic was ....

a)

Pepto Bismol

b)

Amoxicillin

c)

Penicillin

d)

Metronidazole

18.

Who invented the Telescope?

a)

a-Johannes Gutenberg

b)

b-Galileo Galilei

c)

c-William Shockley

d)

d-Wright Brother

19.

What is this invention?

a)

detergent machine

b)

laundry machine

c)

washing machine

d)

cleaning machine

20.

This invention is called...

a)

table fan

b)

ceiling fan

c)

wall fan

d)

paper fan

21.

Who is considered as the inventor of Video games?

a)

Ralph Baer in 1967.

b)

William A Burt in 1829

c)

Ladislo Biro in 1938.

22.

Invented the first flashlight ...

a)

Cai Lun

b)

Galileo

c)

David Misell

d)

Jethro Tull

23.

Who invented penicillium ?

a)

William Cullen

b)

Joseph Gayetty

c)

Alexander Fleming

d)

David Misell

24.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
John Deere
c)
Robert Fulton
d)
Cyrus McCormick
25.

What invention turned rivers into busy routes for traders and travelers.

a)

Railroads

b)

Steamboat

c)

Telegraph

d)

Mechanical Reaper

26.
Who invented the steamboat 1804?
a)
Cyrus Mc Cormick
b)
Elias Howe
c)
Samuel F.B. Morse
d)
Robert Fulton
27.
Who invented the cotton gin 1793?
a)
Robert Fulton
b)
John Deer
c)
Cyrus Mc Cormick
d)
Eli Whitney
28.
Who invented the cast steel plow?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
John Deere
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Wright Brothers
29.
Who invented the Mechanical Reaper?
a)
Cyrus McCormick
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Alexander Graham Bell