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Inventions

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    Various trivia involving inventions and inventors.
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  • Who is this inventor? (hint: initials T.E.)
    Thomas Edison
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  • What is his name?
    Albert Einstein
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  • Who is this inventor?
    Marie Curie
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  • Henry Ford was famous for being one of the first to use the assembly line and interchangeable parts at his factories. What did he make? (hint: you probably see them everyday)
    Cars
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  • What was the last name of the brothers who invented the first working airplane?
    Orville and Wilbur Wright (Wright Brothers)
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  • Who invented the Phonograph (record player)?
    Thomas Edison
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  • Alexander Graham Bell invented what device that we still use today (every day for many people)?
    Telephone
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  • Where was gunpowder originally invented? a. Germany b. England c. China d. India
    c. China
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  • This invention allows us to tell which direction we are going?
    Compass
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  • What is this invention?
    Microscope
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  • This invention in 1439 allowed for books and newspapers to be easily made. What is it? a. the copier b. paper c. printable ink d. the printing press
    d. Printing Press
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  • This inventor thought of and designed a flying machine, a parachute, a helicopter and many other inventions while also painting the Mona Lisa. Who is he?
    Leonardo Da Vinci
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  • Tim Berners-Lee had a vision of a global hyperlinked information system. It became a reality in the late-1980's and 90's, linking the entire World.
    The Internet (World Wide Web)
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  • This invention was launched on June 29, 2007. What is it?
    iPhone
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  • Sholes and Glidden invented the first commercially successful ____________ in 1878.
    Typewriter
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