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Inventions Trivia

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    Students have to answer the questions about inventions (nice for passive voice)
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  • In what year was the first motorcycle built?
    1952
    1885
    1928
    1914
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  • In what century was the first electrical generator developed?
    19th
    18th
    20th
    17th
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  • The invention of the cat flap is credited to which famous scientist?
    Leonardo da Vinci
    Isaac Newton
    Albert Einstein
    Galileo Galilei
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  • Who invented scissors?
    Leonardo da Vinci
    Johannes Kepler
    Nicolaus Copernicus
    Ptolemy
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  • What household machine was invented by Hamilton Smith in 1858?
    dishwasher
    microwave oven
    washing machine
    refrigerator
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  • In what year was the first Apple Macintosh computer developed?
    1992
    1976
    1984
    2000
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  • What did Alexander Fleming famously discover?
    Blender
    Light bulb
    Printing press
    Penicillin
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  • While in Newgate Prison, which hygiene aid did William Addis invent?
    shampoo
    soap
    toilet paper
    tootbrush
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  • What portable device did James Spengler invent in 1907, using a soap box, pillow case, a fan and tape?
    Steam engine
    Vacuum cleaner
    X-ray machine
    Barometer
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  • Which inventor made one patent for every three weeks of his life?
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Johannes Gutenberg
    Galileo Galilei
    Thomas Edison
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  • The inventors of ear muffs, the trampoline, braille, and the paper bag, all have something in common. What do they have in common?
    They are kids.
    They are British.
    They are blind.
    They are women.
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  • Which organization invented the Internet ?
    DARPA
    GOOGLE
    CERN
    MICROSOFT
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  • Which car factory created the first car to middle-class Americans?
    Ford
    Dodge
    Chevrolet
    Oldsmobile
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  • When was the Barbie doll invented?
    1959
    1948
    1987
    1993
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  • Who invented the dynamite?
    Alfred Nobel
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Marie Curie
    J. Robert Oppenheimer
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