Inventions-General Knowledge questions and answers
Inventions-General Knowledge questions and answers
111. Who is the English physicist responsible for the ‘Big Bang Theory’?
A.Albert Einstein
B.Michael Skube
C.George Gamow
D.Roger Penrose
Answer & Explanation Answer: Option B Explanation: George Gamow. Gamow, who died in 1968, was a physicist, who published “Thirty Years that Shook Physics”.
112. What ‘game’ was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?
A.Frisbee
B.Monopoly
C.Ouija board
D.Ping Pong
Answer & Explanation Answer: Option A Explanation: The board was invented by Isaac and William Fuld. The word ‘Ouija’ comes from the French and German words for ‘yes’, ‘oui’ and ‘ja’.
113. Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?
A.J. R. Gluber
B.A. Nobel
C.G. Fawks
D.W. Bickford
Answer & Explanation Answer: Option C Explanation: Alfred Noble patented dynamite in 1876. Nobel left $9 million in his will to be used as awards for people whose work benefit humanity – The Nobel Peace Prize etc.
114. Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
A.Thornton Hargreaves
B.Peter Hargreaves
C.James Hargreaves
D.Simon Hargreaves
Answer & Explanation Answer: Option B Explanation: Awarded a Patent in 1770. It used 8 bobbins at once.
115. What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?
A.Microwave oven
B.Remote control
C.VCR
D.Calculator
Answer & Explanation Answer: Option D Explanation: The first wireless remote control for television was called Flashmatic. (Remember when you had to get up to change the channel?)
116. What Benjamin Franklin invented?
A.Bifocal spectacles
B.Radio
C.Barometer
D.Hygrometer
Answer & Explanation Answer: Option D Explanation: Invented in 1760. A list of Benjamin Franklin’s inventions reveals a man of many talents and interests. It was the scientist in Ben that brought out the inventor. His natural curiosity about things and the way they work made him try to find ways to make them work better. Ben had poor vision and needed glasses to read. He got tired of constantly taking them off and putting them back on, so he decided to figure out a way to make his glasses let him see both near and far. He had two pairs of spectacles cut in half and put half of each lens in a single frame. Today, we call them bifocals.
117. This part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he??
A.Steve McQueen
B.Harrison Frazier
C.Paul Newman
D.John Wayne
Answer & Explanation Answer: Option E Explanation: McQueen died in 1980 from a rare form of lung cancer.
118. What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?
A.Silly Putty
B.Etch-A-Sketch
C.Lite-Brite
D.Play-Doh
Answer & Explanation Answer: Option C Explanation: The stuff was originally intended to be wallpaper cleaner! (I used to eat this as a child)
119. Who was the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?
A.Marjorie Joyner
B.Margaret Knight
C.Amanda Jones
D.Mary Kies
Answer & Explanation Answer: Option E Explanation: Mary was not the first American woman inventor to be sure, there were many female inventors before her, but they never bothered to get a patent.
120. Who invented Gramophone?
A.Michael Faraday
B.Fahrenheit
C.Sir Alexander Graham Bell
D.Thomas Alva Edison
Answer & Explanation Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.
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