Mother Necessity Trivia Quiz

Answer: Samuel Morse

Samuel Morse invented the telegraph in 1837; before his invention the only way of long-distance communication was through writing letters to send through the mail. He also invented Morse Code, which was named after him.

Answer: Samuel Slater

Samuel Slater was born in Derbyshire, England. He also introduced the "Rhode Island Method" which hired entire families to work in the mills.

Answer: Orville and Wilbur

The Wright brothers grew up in Ohio. They were the first to fly in a heavier-than-air machine. This feat was achieved in North Carolina, USA.

Answer: Eli Whitney

The cotton gin is a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers. This made it a lot easy for the workers thanks to Whitney's invention.

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. He was twenty-nine years old when he invented it.

Answer: the light bulb

Although he was not the first to create a light bulb, Thomas Alva Edison was the first to develop one that worked for long enough to have a practical use. He also invented the phonograph. Thomas Edison loved to read, and by age twelve he had finished reading some things adults would not even dream of reading.

Answer: True

Elias Howe invented the sewing machine. He was born in 1819 in Spencer, Massachusetts.

Answer: Marconi

Marconi was born in Bologna, Italy. He won the Nobel Prize in 1909. Voice over the air radio was first used in 1921. Marconi was among the first people to send radio signals, but Nikola Tesla is credited with inventing the design of the radio as we know it today.

Answer: True

Fulton was born in 1765 in Pennsylvania. The ship was The Clarmont. Fulton also was the first to establish a commercially successful line of ships.

Answer: Dickens

Charles Dickens was a British author. He wrote "A Christmas Carol," "A Tale of Two Cities," "Oliver Twist" and many others.