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Great inventors and inventions quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the safety break, which stops the elevator from crashing?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Elisha Otis

2.

Who invented the coffee filter?

a)

Orville

b)

Wilbur Wright

c)

Melitta Bentz

d)

Nikola Tesla

3.

Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?

a)

Biro Brothers

b)

Waterman Brothers

c)

Bicc Brothers

d)

Write Brothers

4.

What J. B. Dunlop invented?

a)

Pneumatic rubber tire

b)

Automobile wheel rim

c)

Rubber boot

d)

Model airplanes

5.

What Galileo invented?

a)

Barometer

b)

Pendulum clock

c)

Microscope

d)

Thermometer

6.

This statesman, politican, scholar, inventor, and one of early presidents of USA invented the swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel.

a)

George Washington

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

7.

What James Watt invented?

a)

Diving bell

b)

Steam boat

c)

Hot air balloon

d)

Rotary steam engine

8.

Who invented Jet Engine?

a)

Sir Frank Whittle

b)

Gottlieb Daimler

c)

Roger Bacon

d)

Lewis E. Waterman

9.

What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

a)

Dynamite

b)

Ladders

c)

Race cars

d)

Parachute

10.

What treat was invented by 11-year-old Frank Epperson in 1905?

a)

Popsicle

b)

Banana split

c)

Cotton candy

d)

Cracker Jacks