Inventing Questions

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1. Napoleon Bonaparte offered a prize to anyone who could find an easier way to preserve food other than drying and salting it. What was the occupation of the winner, Nicolas Appert? Telegraph operator Barber Saloon owner Chef

2. When Henry Ford built the first model T, what nickname was the vehicle given? Tin Henrietta Tin Nicole Tin Sally Tin Lizzie

3. What was the name of the man who built the first IBM calculator? Howard Aiken Charles Darwin Wilbur Wright Yuri Gagarin

4. What was the name of the flying machine the Wright brothers built to make the first powered flight? Wright Way Wilbur's Fancy Flying Machine Orville's Chance Flyer

5. What was George Eastman's invention that helped in the progression of photography? Roll of film Box Camera Chemically treated glass plates Camera lens

6. John Baird invented the first television, but what invention by Vladimir Zworkin made John Baird's television obsolete? Cathode ray tube VCR LCD screen High Definition

7. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and was also the first person to make a long distance phone call. The call he made was from New York to what state? California Illinois Florida Montana

8. Joseph Lister used what kind of acid in his operations to decrease infections and promote healing? Boric acid Nitric acid Citric acid Carbolic acid

9. What was the name of the newsletter that Galileo published only to have it banned by the Catholic church? The Wayside News The Plain Truth The Upside Theories The Sunspot Letters

10. Marie Curie and her husband Pierre identified two new elements during their work that they called radium and ________. What was the second element they discovered? Selenium Oxygen Polonium Carbon