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  1. What African-American inventor received 5 patents in the field of shoemaking?

  2. A.

     Elijah McCoy

    B.

     Jan Ernst Matzeliger

    C.

     Ernest Just

    D.

     Lewis Latimer


  3. It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?

  4. A.

     S. Sperrow

    B.

     O. Stricheg

    C.

     T. Henman

    D.

     C. Cockerell


  5. In which decade was the AEEE (now the IEEE) founded?

  6. A.

     1850s

    B.

     1880s

    C.

     1930s

    D.

     1950s


  7. What type of system did Paul Nipkow, John Baird, and Charles Jenkins all invent?

  8. A.

     Telephone

    B.

     Early Warning

    C.

     Electricity

    D.

     Television


  9. What Sir Isaac Newton invented?

  10. A.

     Reflecting telescope

    B.

     Chronometer

    C.

     Microscope

    D.

     Spectacles


  11. Who invented Bicycle?

  12. A.

     Leo H Baekeland

    B.

     Karl Benz

    C.

     Evangelista Torricelli

    D.

     Kirkpatrick Macmillan


  13. Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?

  14. A.

     Hargobind Khorana

    B.

     J.J. Thompson

    C.

     Benjamin Franklin

    D.

     Meghnad Saha


  15. FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?

  16. A.

     C. Birdseye

    B.

     F. Rozenosh

    C.

     G. Findus

    D.

     R. Scott


  17. When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented?

  18. A.

     1915

    B.

     1920

    C.

     1919

    D.

     1911


  19. What Frank Whittle invented?

  20. A.

     Radar

    B.

     Ethyl gasoline

    C.

     Sonar

    D.

     Jet propulsion