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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?
    1885
    1928
    1914
    1952
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  • In what century was the first electrical generator developed?
    18th
    17th
    20th
    19th
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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?
    Nicolaus Copernicus
    Johannes Kepler
    Leonardo da Vinci
    Ptolemy
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  • What household machine was invented by Hamilton Smith in 1858?
    washing machine
    refrigerator
    microwave oven
    dishwasher
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  • In what year was the first Apple Macintosh computer developed?
    1984
    2000
    1976
    1992
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  • What did Alexander Fleming famously discover?
    Light bulb
    Printing press
    Blender
    Penicillin
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  • While in Newgate Prison, which hygiene aid did William Addis invent?
    soap
    shampoo
    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?
    Barometer
    Vacuum cleaner
    X-ray machine
    Steam engine
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  • Which inventor made one patent for every three weeks of his life?
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Johannes Gutenberg
    Thomas Edison
    Galileo Galilei
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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 women.
    They are British.
    They are blind.
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  • Which organization invented the Internet ?
    CERN
    GOOGLE
    MICROSOFT
    DARPA
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  • Which car factory created the first car to middle-class Americans?
    Chevrolet
    Ford
    Oldsmobile
    Dodge
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  • When was the Barbie doll invented?
    1948
    1987
    1993
    1959
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  • Who invented the dynamite?
    Alfred Nobel
    J. Robert Oppenheimer
    Marie Curie
    Alexander Graham Bell
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