This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Technology > Inventions > Inventions – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inventions Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When was the first Lionel trains manufactured? A) 1900. B) 1901. C) 1910. D) 1872. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1901. 2. Spinning frame was invented by A) Antoine Joseph Sax. B) Samuel Morse. C) Charles Macintosh. D) Sir Richard Arkwright. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sir Richard Arkwright. 3. It forms two or more circles, one bigger than the other A) Parallel circuit. B) Series circuit. C) Simple circuit. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallel circuit. 4. First car made with Teetor's cruise control method was the A) Henry Ford Forks wagon. B) Chrysler Imperial. C) Rolls Royce. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chrysler Imperial. 5. Oxygen was independently discovered by A) Rutherford. B) Joseph Priestley. C) Neils Bohr. D) William Ramsay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joseph Priestley. 6. What Henry Bessemer invented? A) Electroplating. B) Steel Converter. C) Aluminum. D) Steel rolling mill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steel Converter. 7. Match the person to the invention:Elias Howe/Isaac Singer A) Interchangeable Parts. B) Sewing Machine. C) Textile Mills. D) Mechanical Reaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sewing Machine. 8. The powered airplane was invented by Wilbur & Orville Wright in A) 1912. B) 1919. C) 1898. D) 1903. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1903. 9. Who invented Facebook? A) Thomas Edison. B) Mark Zuckerberg. C) Vint Cerf. D) Benjamin Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mark Zuckerberg. 10. Who invented the safety break, which stop the elevator from crashing? A) Thomas Edison. B) Elisha Otis. C) Henry Ford. D) Eli Whitney. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elisha Otis. 11. Who invented Radar? A) Henrey Backquerel. B) Max Planck. C) Robert Watson Watt. D) Humphrey Davy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robert Watson Watt. 12. When was the first artificial fridge system? A) 1748. B) 1942. C) 1848. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1748. 13. Improvements on an invention are described as:(choose the best answer) A) Innovations. B) Technology. C) Enginneering. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Innovations. 14. Who is famous for Railroads and Shipping? A) Henry Bessemer. B) Cornelius Vanderbilt. C) George Washington Carver. D) Thomas Edison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cornelius Vanderbilt. 15. Impact on life in the U.S. It turned rivers into busy routes for traders and travelers. A) Telegraph. B) Railroads. C) Steamboat. D) Mechanical Reaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steamboat. 16. People mentioned in the choices invented the optical mouse. Which one is not included in the inventors? A) Steven Todd Kirsch. B) Ralph Baer. C) Richard Francis Lyon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ralph Baer. 17. Napier invented what? A) Quantum theeory. B) Logarithms. C) Glider. D) Radio Telegraphy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logarithms. 18. Which King of the UK used the first mobile vacuum cleaner for His coronation? A) Edward VII. B) George V. C) Charles III. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward VII. 19. What was an effect of the telephone? A) It provided faster communication. B) It provided jobs. C) All of the above. D) It allowed factories and companies to place orders and promoted economic growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 20. Everyone should have ..... to the internet. A) Advanced. B) Access. C) Device. D) Up-to-date. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Access. 21. He invented the electric light bulb in 1879 at his laboratory in New Jersey called Menlo Park. A) Thomas Edison. B) Alexander Graham Bell. C) George Washington Carver. D) The Wright Brothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Edison. 22. Torricelli invented A) Stethoscope. B) Automobile. C) Microscope. D) Barometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barometer. 23. The trade route that connected China and Ancient Rome. A) The Sea Route. B) The Silk Road. C) The Cotton Trail. D) The Great Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Silk Road. 24. He created guns for the U.S. based on the concept of interchangeable parts. A) Robert Fulton. B) Henry Miller Shreve. C) Eli Whitney. D) Samuel Morse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eli Whitney. 25. Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in ..... A) Flight. B) Oil. C) Automobiles. D) Railroads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Railroads. 26. This invention helps people communicate. A) Telephone. B) Pen. C) Aeroplane. D) TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telephone. 27. What had Luca do in order to get the special invitation? A) He worked together with other. B) Doing research to find the invitation. C) Studied hard and invented a lot of things. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studied hard and invented a lot of things. 28. Homoeography was invented by A) Hahneman. B) Cockrell. C) Lipman. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hahneman. 29. Which item helped people to walk and listen to their favorite music at the same time? A) Vinyl record. B) Sony Walkman. C) Music Cassette. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sony Walkman. 30. He invented the PC Modem A) Dennis Hayes. B) Dennis Gates. C) Dennis Mayer. D) Dennis Chesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dennis Hayes. 31. To make something by putting the pieces together A) Invent. B) Design. C) Build. D) Discover. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Build. 32. Name of first popular web browser is A) Google Chrome. B) Mozilla Firefox. C) MOSAIC. D) IBM browser. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MOSAIC. 33. A human-made object A) Science. B) Pottery. C) Artifact. D) Prototype. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Artifact. 34. Liquiglide was invented in ..... A) USA. B) India. C) UK. D) Ukraine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) USA. 35. Cholera Bascillus was invented by A) Dunlop. B) Hoffman. C) Joseph Lister. D) Robert Koch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Koch. 36. This type of pen was invented in 1965. A) Ballpoint pen. B) Quill. C) Space pen. D) Fountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Space pen. 37. Who is the inventor of the first real car? A) Howard Aiken. B) Alexander Graham Bell. C) Karl Benz. D) Henry Ford. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karl Benz. 38. What toy was invented by Joshua Lionel Cowen around 1900? A) Electric train. B) Yo-yo. C) Tinkertoys. D) Raggedy Ann doll. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electric train. 39. Who invented the Microscope? A) D-Vladimir Kosma. B) B-Lewis Latimer. C) A-Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. D) C-Wright Brothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A-Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 40. Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884? A) Lewis Edson Waterman. B) Sir William Grove. C) Charles Kettering. D) George Fountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lewis Edson Waterman. 41. The idea of Parachute was by A) Shakespear. B) Leonardo Da Vinci. C) John Milton. D) Albert Berry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leonardo Da Vinci. 42. In what year was the ball bearing patented? A) 1748. B) 1795. C) 1794. D) 1756. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1794. 43. What inspired reflecting road lights to be invented? A) The sun light on the windshield. B) The light a cat's eyes gave off on a fence. C) Car door reflecting mirrors. D) Sun light on steel posts on road sides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The light a cat's eyes gave off on a fence. 44. Benjamin Franklin was a prolific inventor. He invented the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, studied electricity, discovered the Gulf Stream, started the first library, and on and on. Among his many A) Clarinet. B) Banjo. C) Oboe. D) Harmonium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harmonium. 45. Why is Thomas Alva Edison said to be one of the most successful inventors of all time? A) He had more than 1, 000 patents and created many important inventions. B) He was a king. C) He was the inventor of the automobile and it was the most important invention of all times. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had more than 1, 000 patents and created many important inventions. 46. Who invented the first automobile? A) Henry Ford. B) Thomas Edison. C) Alexander Graham Bell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry Ford. 47. CORN FLAKES - Who made them first? A) Archers. B) Quaker. C) Nabisco. D) Kellogg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kellogg. 48. This invention helps keep food fresh. A) Aeroplane. B) Computer. C) Television. D) Refridgerator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refridgerator. 49. Earth inductor compass is A) European invention. B) Chinese invention. C) American Invention. D) Arabian invention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) American Invention. 50. When Olafur Eliasson and Frederik Ottesenheard that more than 1 billion people on Earthdon't have access to electricity so they invented a A) Solar powered lawn mower. B) Electricity free home. C) Solar lamp. D) Fuel efficient car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar lamp. 51. The Industrial Revolution created more jobs in all of the following EXCEPT A) Factories. B) Railroad industry. C) Farming. D) Coal mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farming. 52. What invention is credited to the Russian born American inventor Vladimir Kosma Zworykin? A) Dishwasher. B) Television. C) Radio. D) Telegraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Television. 53. Which item is not an example of a product? A) A computer. B) An idea. C) An engine part. D) A keyboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An idea. 54. What else did Garrett Morgan invent? A) Bifocals. B) Phonograph. C) Gas mask. D) Movie camera. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gas mask. 55. How many different inventions are mentioned in this radio interview? A) 3. B) 6. C) 10. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 56. This weapon was created by Han armies and proved to be more effective then their old equipment A) Shield. B) Spear. C) Crossbow. D) Sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crossbow. 57. Which item was very unreliable? A) Telegraph and Morse code. B) Typewriter. C) Floppy Disk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Floppy Disk. 58. When was barb wire patented? A) 1840. B) 1874. C) 1895. D) 1900. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1874. 59. The ability or power to produce original thoughts or ideas based on reasoning and judgement A) Technology. B) Engineering. C) Creativity. D) Ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creativity. 60. Bob was working on an ..... He was part of a process where a bunch of people work together to create one thing. A) Specialization. B) Skills craftsman. C) Train. D) Assembly line. 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