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Inventors and Inventions

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who had Scarlet fever as a child, ear infections and hearing difficulties?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Wright Brothers

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Thomas Edison

2.

Which inventor created the metal detector?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Eli Whitney

3.

What was the name of Franklin's newspaper?

a)

Franklin Gazette

b)

Ben's Newspaper

c)

Pennsylvania Gazette

d)

Washington Gazette

4.

What was the name of the plantation where Eli Whitney stayed?

a)

Prairie Groves

b)

Cotton Field Lane

c)

Mulberry Grove

d)

Whitney Plantation

5.

Who created movable type for printing?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Johannes Gutenberg

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

George Washington Carver

6.

What was the name of the first self-propelled vehicle?

a)

Wright Brothers plane

b)

Ford Quadricycle

c)

Ford bicycle

d)

Wright Brothers Bi-plane

7.

Who headed the agricultural department at Booker T. Washington's school?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

George Washington

d)

Ben Franklin

8.

What year was a submarine named Nautilus designed?

a)

1799

b)

1797

c)

1972

d)

1697

9.

What year was Wilbur Wright born?

a)

1867

b)

1967

c)

1767

d)

1667

10.

How many patents did Thomas Edison have?

a)

2858

b)

1765

c)

1093

d)

999

11.

How many feet did Fulton's first submarine submerge?

a)

10

b)

20

c)

30

d)

25

12.

How many seconds did the first flight last?

a)

12

b)

60

c)

5

d)

10

13.

Which occurred first: The Model T introduced or the birth of George Washington Carver?

a)

Birth Of Carver

b)

Model T introduced

14.

What did Ben Franklin not invent?

a)

Bifocals

b)

fire station

c)

odometer

d)

telephone

15.

Who was known for developing the first passenger steamboat?

a)

Wright Brothers

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Eli Whitney

16.

Whose invention of the steamboat helped lead to the Industrial Revolution?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Robert Fulton

17.

Who worked as an engineer at the Thomas Edison Illuminating Company?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

18.

Who was the first African American to attend the school at Iowa State?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Henry Ford

19.

Who was known for helping farmers with crop rotation so that the soil did not lose its nutrients?

a)

Old MacDonald

b)

Henry Ford

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

20.

Whose invention inspired people to finally have books at home?

a)

Wright Brothers

b)

Johannes Gutenberg

c)

Beverly Cleary

d)

Thomas Edison

21.

How many times did Orville and Wilbur Wright ever fly together?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

22.

Which inventor lost three of their children and that inspired them to their invention?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

23.

Who had the nickname of Father of Germ Theory?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

George Washington Carver

24.

What was the first vaccine given to humans?

a)

Covid-19

b)

rabies

c)

tetanus

d)

measles/mumps

25.

Who invented the first telephone?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Albert Einstein

26.

Who said, "Mr. Watson- Come here- I want to see you?"

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Louis Pasteur

27.

Whose first invention was wheat cleaner?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Robert Fulton