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Inventors

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Edison received more patents than any other person in history. More than ___________ of them!

a)

100

b)

300

c)

500

d)

1000

2.

Lewis Latimer improved Edison’s light bulb. He invented a _______________ filament that lasted much longer than other filaments.

a)

oxygen

b)

air

c)

carbon

d)

water

3.

Edison said that genius is “1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent perspiration.”

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Karl Benz's internal combustion engine burned gasoline.

It could zip along at ________ m.p.h.

a)

10

b)

5

c)

15

d)

20

5.

He invented a way to build cars more cheaply. At his factory, workers put cars together on an assembly line.

a)

Lincoln

b)

Ford

c)

Benz

d)

Honda

6.

Garrett Morgan decided that a new kind of device was needed to keep cars from crashing at intersections. In 1923 he invented the first electric ___________________.

a)

car

b)

bike

c)

road

d)

traffic signal

7.

Alexander Graham invented the:

a)

guitar

b)

telephone

c)

newspaper

d)

stock market

8.

_______________invented caller ID and call-waiting.

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Michael Jackson

c)

Shirley Jackson

d)

Arnold & Willis Jackson

e)

Bo Jackson

9.

______________ invented the radio in 1895.

a)

Zworykin

b)

Marconi

c)

Phil W. Radio

d)

Radio Gaga

10.

______________ invented the a TV system based on a camera tube. His iconoscope turned light rays into electrical signals.

a)

Zworykin

b)

Marconi

c)

Phil W. Radio

d)

Radio Gaga

11.

In 1903 French chemist ______________ discovered safety glass—by accident!

a)

Carver Washington

b)

Edouard Benedictus

c)

George Carver

d)

Joe Biden

12.

Carver used _____________ to make more than 300 products

a)

tacos

b)

cheese

c)

corn

d)

peas

e)

peanuts

13.

Charles Hull created the first 3D __________ in the 1980s.

a)

person

b)

printer

c)

video game

d)

tv

14.

Tim Berners-Lee launched the World Wide Web in __________.

a)

1981

b)

2001

c)

1991

d)

2002

15.

Howard Aiken is credited with building the first modern computer, named the ____________________ .

a)

Computer I

b)

Mark Harvard

c)

Harvard Mark I

d)

Scooter

16.

_________________ was the first to launch a rocket into space.

a)

Russia

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Robert Goddard

d)

China

17.

Due to Barbara Askin's work doctors can now take better

X-ray images.

a)

true

b)

False

18.

Superman is the only one that can use a laser. (Laser vision)

a)

true

b)

false

19.

Laser temperatures have been recorded at more than twice that of the surface of the sun.

a)

true

b)

False

20.

Our school was invented in __________.

a)

1993

b)

1903

c)

1923

d)

1932