List of Inventions and Inventors GK Questions and Answers

Inventions and Inventors GK Questions

Q.11 Who is an inventor of Insulin?

Ans. Frederick Banting & Charles Best in 1921.

Q.12 Who is the inventor of Television?

Ans. John Logie Baird in 1926 (demonstration of moving object televised).

Q.13 Who is the inventor of medical Thermometer?

Ans. Thomas Albert in 1867.

Q.14 Who is considered as the inventor of Video games?

Ans. Ralph Baer in 1967.

Q.15 The name of the inventor of Telephone—

Ans. Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.

Q.16 Who created Automobile, internal combustion (gasoline-powered)?

Ans. Karl Benz in 1885 (1st patent issued for the gas-fueled car).

Q.17 When was the first Fire-engine created?

Ans. in 1518 by Anthony Blattner.

Q.18 When was Helicopter (first manned vertical lift-off) invented?

Ans. in 1907 by Louis and Jacques Brigued.

Q.19 Who invented the Typewriter?

Ans. William A Burt in 1829 (first US patent).

Q.20 Who is credited for the invention of a Chocolate bar?

Ans. Francois-Louis Cailler in 1819.

Q.21 Who invented the Postage stamp (adhesive)?

Ans. James Chalmers in 1834.

Q.22 What is the name of the inventor of Postcard?

Ans. John P Charlton in 1861.

Q.23 Who created the first Lego?

Ans. Gottfried Kirk Christiansen in 1955 (registered trademark).

Q.24 The Telegraph is invented by –

Ans. Samuel Morse.  {1837 (patent)1838 (public demonstration)}

Q.25 Who invented the DNA (structure)?

Francis Crick, James Watson, Rosalind Franklin in 1953.