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Thomas Edison

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  •  English    9     Public
    Questions based on the reader, "The Inventions of Thomas Edison"
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  • Which country was Thomas Edison born in?
    USA
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  • What do you call a machine that can record and play sound?
    Phonograph
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  • What do you call a machine that can record moving pictures?
    Kinetoscope
  •  10
  • In what year he invented talking doll?
    1890
    1900
    1910
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  • At what age did Edison pass away?
    60
    84
    75
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  • What was Edison's FIRST job?
    telegraph operator
    paper boy
    inventor
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  • Why did people start to call Edison "The Wizard"?
    He made many inventions
    He blew up a large number of things
    He was often daydreaming.
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  • Why did Edison lose his job at the railroad office?
    He started the fire in the building.
    He set up a lab in the station.
    He was sleeping at work.
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  • What happened AFTER Edison lost his job at the railroad station?
    He set up a lab in New Jersey
    He invented the lightbulb.
    He traveled around working as a telegraph operator.
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