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  1. Who invented Gunpowder?

  2. A.

     G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

    B.

     Sir Frank Whittle

    C.

     Roger Bacon

    D.

     Leo H Baekeland


  3. Until Victorian times, chocolate was thought of as a drink. When did the first chocolate bar appear?

  4. A.

     1828

    B.

     1831

    C.

     1825

    D.

     There is no sure date


  5. What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?

  6. A.

     Microwave oven

    B.

     Remote control

    C.

     VCR

    D.

     Calculator


  7. What Benjamin Franklin invented?

  8. A.

     Bifocal spectacles

    B.

     Radio

    C.

     Barometer

    D.

     Hygrometer


  9. This part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he??

  10. A.

     Steve McQueen

    B.

     Harrison Frazier

    C.

     Paul Newman

    D.

     John Wayne


  11. What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?

  12. A.

     Silly Putty

    B.

     Etch-A-Sketch

    C.

     Lite-Brite

    D.

     Play-Doh


  13. Who was the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?

  14. A.

     Marjorie Joyner

    B.

     Margaret Knight

    C.

     Amanda Jones

    D.

     Mary Kies


  15. Who invented Gramophone?

  16. A.

     Michael Faraday

    B.

     Fahrenheit

    C.

     Sir Alexander Graham Bell

    D.

     Thomas Alva Edison


  17. What furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968?

  18. A.

     Sofa bed

    B.

     Captain's chair

    C.

     Waterbed

    D.

     Hammock


  19. The Manhattan Project was started by President Roosevelt in 1942 to ensure that the U.S. beat the Germans in developing a nuclear bomb. Whom did Roosevelt appoint as scientific head the Manhattan Project?

  20. A.

     Robert Oppenheimer

    B.

     James B. Conant

    C.

     Leslie R. Groves

    D.

     Vannevar Bush