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A-B-C Of Everyday Inventions Trivia Quiz

They've changed the way we live - Life would be very different without them - But who pioneered these inventions? [A to J]

A multiple-choice quiz by musicmonkeyman. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
musicmonkeyman

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
159,543

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1100

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. A- Who invented the first controllable flying AEROPLANE (AIRPLANE)? Hint

South Brothers

Wright Brothers

Lindbergh Brothers

West Brothers

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Question 2 of 10

2. B- Who invented the BALL POINT PEN? Hint

Bicc Brothers

Write Brothers

Waterman Brothers

Biro Brothers

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Question 3 of 10

3. C- CORN FLAKES - Who made them first? Hint

Archers

Nabisco

Kellogg

Quaker

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Question 4 of 10

4. D- Who had an explosive idea and first patented dynamite? Hint

W. Bickford

J. R. Gluber

A. Nobel

G. Fawks

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Question 5 of 10

5. E- The ELECTRIC BATTERY, who's charged with inventing this one? Hint

Hertz

Volta

Galvani

Amper

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Question 6 of 10

6. F- FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food? Hint

R. Scott

G. Findus

C. Birdseye

F. Rozenosh

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Question 7 of 10

7. G- Who perfected GENETIC ENGINEERING? Hint

Sinclair & Roberts

Jaysson & Simons

Hunt & Davids

Cohen & Boyer

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Question 8 of 10

8. H- It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT? Hint

S. Sperrow

O. Stricheg

T. Henman

C. Cockerell

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Question 9 of 10

9. I- Who came up with the idea for INSTANT MASHED POTATO? Hint

S. Tuberosum

W. Raleigh

E. Asselbergs

K. Edwards

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Question 10 of 10

10. J- Who was the first person to patent the JET ENGINE? Hint

B. Owings

W. Histell

F. Whittle

C. Lindbergh

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A- Who invented the first controllable flying AEROPLANE (AIRPLANE)?

Answer: Wright Brothers

Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first successful controlled powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in December 1903. The twelve second flight covered a distance of 120 feet and an altitude of just ten feet.

Richard Pearse, a farmer in New Zealand, may have flown his own plane in late 1902 or early 1903. However, unlike the flight of the Wright Brothers, there were no official witnesses. The locals who lived in the area recall seeing a powered flight by Pearse in March 1903. It lasted several hundred yards and wasn't fully controlled.

2. B- Who invented the BALL POINT PEN?

Answer: Biro Brothers

The Hungarian brothers, Laszlo and George Biro, made the first ball point pen in 1894. It followed the first workable fountain pen which was invented by L.E. Waterman in 1884.

3. C- CORN FLAKES - Who made them first?

Answer: Kellogg

Will Keith Kellogg discovered the corn flake, by mistake, in 1906. They were the result of an experiment which went wrong.

4. D- Who had an explosive idea and first patented dynamite?

Answer: A. Nobel

Alfred Noble patented dynamite in 1876. Nobel left $9 million in his will to be used as awards for people whose work benefit humanity - The Nobel Peace Prize etc.

5. E- The ELECTRIC BATTERY, who's charged with inventing this one?

Answer: Volta

Italian, Alessandro Volta discovered the first practical battery in 1800. Life would be very different without batteries.

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

Answer: C. Birdseye

In the 1920s Clarence Birdseye discovered that if food was flash-frozen under pressure, it would freeze without the formation of ice crystals.

7. G- Who perfected GENETIC ENGINEERING?

Answer: Cohen & Boyer

Genetic Engineering, the technique of DNA cloning was perfected by Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer in 1973. [the ultimate designer genes!]

8. H- It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?

Answer: C. Cockerell

Christopher Cockerell invented the hovercraft in 1956. His early experiments with the idea involved a cat food tin, a coffee tin and an industrial blower.

9. I- Who came up with the idea for INSTANT MASHED POTATO?

Answer: E. Asselbergs

Instant mash was invented by Edward A Asselbergs, a Canadian, in 1962. The mash is actually dehydyated potato flakes.

10. J- Who was the first person to patent the JET ENGINE?

Answer: F. Whittle

British inventor Frank Whittle was the first to patent his design for a jet engine in 1930. Although an engine designed by Dr. Hans Von Ohain was the first to fly in 1939. Whittle's jet engine first flew in 1941. [Look out for the next installment]

Source: Author musicmonkeyman

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