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  1. Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?

  2. A.
    J. R. Gluber
    B.
    A. Nobel
    C.
    G. Fawks
    D.
    W. Bickford

  3. Who invented the Spinning Jenny?

  4. A.
    Thornton Hargreaves
    B.
    Peter Hargreaves
    C.
    James Hargreaves
    D.
    Simon Hargreaves

  5. Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

  6. A.
    Lewis Edson Waterman
    B.
    Sir William Grove
    C.
    Charles Kettering
    D.
    George Fountain

  7. When was the first elevator built?

  8. A.
    1743
    B.
    1739
    C.
    1760
    D.
    1785

  9. What charge card, developed in 1950, was the first to be accepted nationally in the US?

  10. A.
    Visa
    B.
    Discover
    C.
    MasterCharge
    D.
    Diner's Club

  11. What Enrico Fermi invented?

  12. A.
    X ray machine
    B.
    Betatron
    C.
    Cyclotron
    D.
    Nuclear reactor

  13. Which of the following was first patented by an Australian in 1889?

  14. A.
    Electric Drill
    B.
    Electric Shaver
    C.
    Electric Fence
    D.
    Electric Heater

  15. Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?

  16. A.
    Robert Koch
    B.
    Edward Jenner
    C.
    Robert Hooke
    D.
    Louis Pasteur

  17. What George Westinghouse invented?

  18. A.
    Light bulb
    B.
    Electric razor
    C.
    Refrigerator
    D.
    Railway air brakes

  19. Who is the only U.S. President to invent and patent something?

  20. A.
    Abraham Lincoln
    B.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    C.
    Thomas Jefferson
    D.
    Rutherford B. Hayes