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WorksheetsThe invention of the Paper Clip
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 23mins
What is a paper clip?
Something made of wire.
A tool used to hold pieces of paper together.
Something that hold stuff.
A tool that holds things.
Before paper clips were invented, papers were held together with string or ribbon.
How long was the mthod of string and ribbon used to keep paper together?
200 years
50 years
1000 years
600 years
Who invented an early paper clip?
Johann Vaaler
Albert Einstein
William Middlebrook
Someone smart
When was the material needed for the early paper clip figured out and what did this later lead to?
1855 and it later lead to stronger paper clips.
1855 and it later lead to the invention of clothes hangers, safety pins, and better paper clips.
1887 and it was made of flexible wire that could be bent to hold papers.
1887 and it later lead to the invention of clothes hangers, safety pins, and better paper clips.
Why was the early version considered to be not very good?
It did not hold many papers.
It was not strong wire.
It did not have the secure second loop.
It created a hole in the papers.
Who invented the machine that first created the paper clip that we use today?
William Middlebrook
Albert Einstein, a scientist.
Johann Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor.
Samuel B. Fay
The name of the macine that created our current clips is called Gem.
Who is credited with the first patent in the United States for a paper clip?
Johann Vaaler
William Middlebrook
An american inventor that is unknown
Samuel B. Fay
About how many paper clips do Americans purchase per year?
Six hundred paper clips
eleven billion paper clips
seventy-five thousand paper clips
one million paper clips
Besides holding papers together, how else can paper clips be used?
hanging ornaments
cleaning pipes
cleaning fingernails
a fidget tool
According to the website Early Office Museum.com, the first patent in the United States for a paper clip was in 1867.
According to the website Early Office Museum.com, the first patent in the United States for a paper clip was in 1867 and was orignially used for what?
to attach tickets to fabric
to attach things together with wires
to hold clean fingernails
Once pins were invented and mass produced in 1835, a straight pin could not be used to hold a small stack of papers together.
In 1899 was the year a patent was given to William Middlebrook for the design of a machine that would make the paper clip we use today.
