This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Technology > Inventions > Inventions – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inventions Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who invented the Air Conditioner? A) Thomas Edison. B) Wilis Carrier. C) Micheal Carrick. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wilis Carrier. 2. Internet (initially "ARPAnet" ) A) Ted Hoff. B) George Heilmeier. C) Mary Spaeth. D) Leonard Kleinrock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leonard Kleinrock. 3. Who invented Airship (rigid)? A) Dr. Alan M. Turing. B) Roger Bacon. C) G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin. D) Otto. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin. 4. Cinematography was invented by A) Zeiss. B) Edison. C) Graham Bell. D) Faraday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edison. 5. Which invention makes your food hot? A) Fridge. B) TV. C) Telephone. D) Microwave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Microwave. 6. The name of the first man to step on the Moon. A) Samuel Colt. B) Neil Armstrong. C) Yuri Gagarin. D) Louis Bleriot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neil Armstrong. 7. Why was the assembly line so successful? A) Cars were made faster and cheaper. B) People who were lazy didn't have to do as much work. C) Robots did all the work. D) They made cameras faster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cars were made faster and cheaper. 8. FM radio was invented by A) Daryl Chapin. B) Calvin Southern Fuller. C) Gerald Pearson. D) EdwinH. Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) EdwinH. Armstrong. 9. MicrophoneMotion-picture cameraIncandescent light bulbAll of these inventions are associated with what great inventor? A) Henry Ford. B) George Washington Carver. C) Thomas Alva Edison. D) Alexander Graham Bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas Alva Edison. 10. What J. B. Dunlop invented? A) Rubber boot. B) Automobile wheel rim. C) Pneumatic rubber tire. D) Model airplanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pneumatic rubber tire. 11. The microwave oven was invented by Percy Spencer in A) 1976. B) 1946. C) 1966. D) 1956. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1946. 12. Bushwell invented A) Submarine. B) Atomic Bomb. C) Aircraft. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Submarine. 13. What is the use of the special invitation? A) A ticket. B) A map. C) Show the instructions on how to go to the invention island. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Show the instructions on how to go to the invention island. 14. What type of system did Paul Nipkow, John Baird, and Charles Jenkins all invent? A) Telephone. B) Television. C) Electricity. D) Early Warning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Television. 15. Who innovated mass-production techniques that became standard for automobile production? A) Alexander Graham Bell. B) Elisha Gray. C) Henry Ford. D) Karl Benz. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry Ford. 16. How did the cotton gin change cotton production in the South? A) Cotton was made faster. B) Cotton became the most important cash crop in the United States. C) It could clean more cotton in minutes than a whole group of workers could clean in a day. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. Ralph Samuelson was only 18 when he invented this sporting item in 1922. What was that? A) Golf tee. B) Hang glider. C) Water skis. D) Motorboat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water skis. 18. Polio Vaccine invented by? A) Louis Kahn. B) Francis Crick. C) Edward Jenner. D) Jonas Salk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jonas Salk. 19. The remote control was invented by Nikola Tesla in A) 1898. B) 1968. C) 1948. D) 1928. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1898. 20. For whom high heeled shoes were invented? A) King Charles II. B) King Louis the XIV. C) Cleopatra. D) Queen Elizabeth I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Louis the XIV. 21. Typewriter was invented by A) Sholes. B) Shockley. C) Louis. D) Howe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sholes. 22. Carver showed the character trait ..... when he didn't give up despite all the hardships he faced. A) Rejection. B) Perseverance. C) Hatefulness. D) Kindness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perseverance. 23. Type of resistor with electrical resistance inversely proportional to its temperature is invented by A) George Ruben. B) SamuelRuben. C) George Morgan. D) Samuel Loughead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SamuelRuben. 24. What do a person need in order to go to the island of inventions? A) A special invitation. B) A brochure. C) A map. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A special invitation. 25. What contributed to domestic industrial growth and manufacturing in the U.S. after the war? A) The Louisiana Purchase. B) Disruption in European trade. C) France gave us new inventions. D) A severe decrease in farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disruption in European trade. 26. First automobile powered by an internal combustion engine that is fuelled by hydrogen is invented in A) 1827. B) 1837. C) 1807. D) 1817. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1807. 27. Who invented the Spinning Jenny? A) Albert Einstein. B) That is, Whitney. C) Thomas Edison. D) James Hargreaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Hargreaves. 28. When was Monopoly created? A) 1950s. B) 1930s. C) 1920s. D) 1940s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1930s. 29. -microphone-motion-picture camera-incandescent light bulbAll of these are associated with what great inventor? A) Thomas Edison. B) Alexander Graham Bell. C) Samuel Morse. D) Benjamin Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Edison. 30. The first gasoline engine is invented in France in A) 1909. B) 1803. C) 1862. D) 1922. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1862. 31. Which statement describes Nikola Tesla's legacy? A) He helped replace DC power with AC power. B) He discovered alternating current. C) He designed the first electric motor. D) He built the first electrical distribution system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He helped replace DC power with AC power. 32. The magnetic compass A) Led to long distance sea voyages. B) Was built from charcoal and clay. C) Used a magnetic needle. D) A and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and c. 33. An example of a product of technological evolution is A) Mechanical pencil. B) Wooden pencil. C) Cave paintings. D) Ink and quill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanical pencil. 34. Different stress A) Inspiration. B) Economic. C) Preparation. D) Interview. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interview. 35. Name of first personal computer controlled with a keyboard is A) HP 610. B) Intel 210. C) IBM 610. D) IBM 800. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IBM 610. 36. A word used in mathematics that comes from part of the Arabic title of one of Al-Khwarizmi's books A) Cube. B) Alchemy. C) Vector. D) Algebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Algebra. 37. They put Liquiglide on the outside of the bottle. A) True. B) False. C) Does not say. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. The invention of the ..... made it possible to send messages to citites in minutes. A) Telegraph. B) Business. C) Steamboat. D) Railroad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telegraph. 39. Electron was invented by A) James Chadwick. B) J.J Thomson. C) Ernest Rutherford. D) Werner Heisenberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J.J Thomson. 40. Who invented theTelescope? A) D-Wright Brother. B) C-William Shockley. C) A-Johannes Gutenberg. D) B-Galileo Galilei. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B-Galileo Galilei. 41. Inventor who invented vulcanized rubber that is made by mixing latex with sulphur and is then heated is A) Charles Gorrie. B) Charles Goodyear. C) Charles Grafton Page. D) Charles Perkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles Goodyear. 42. Which led to the growth of cities A) Better farming tools. B) Immigration from Russia. C) Better cars. D) People looking for jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People looking for jobs. 43. Who invented logarithms? A) Amundson. B) John Napier. C) Mandeleef. D) Shockley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Napier. 44. Who invented the jet engine? A) Robert Bunsen. B) Hans von Ohain. C) Enrico Fermi. D) Otto Lilienthal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hans von Ohain. 45. The initials JCB on earth-moving equipment are those of the founder of the company that makes it. What is his name? A) Joseph Cyril Bamford. B) John Christopher Baxter. C) John Christopher Ballantyne. D) Jack Croxford Baker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joseph Cyril Bamford. 46. Who is known as the father of neuroscience? A) Santaigo Ramony Cajal. B) Alessandro Volta. C) Salim Ali. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Santaigo Ramony Cajal. 47. The Solar System was discoverd by A) Copernicus. B) Galleleo. C) Finsen. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copernicus. 48. Who invented the first airplane that could successfully hold a human and an engine in 1903. A) Alexander Graham Bell. B) Thomas Edison. C) George Washington Carver. D) The Wright Brothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Wright Brothers. 49. Did you enjoy this quiz? ( just click absolutely for free points). A) Definitely. B) Certainly. C) Yes. D) Absolutely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absolutely. 50. The introduction of interchangeable parts led directly to the A) Creation of labor unions. B) Formation of the patent system. C) Use of mass-production techniques (assembly lines). D) Eight-hour workday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use of mass-production techniques (assembly lines). 51. Who invented airplanes? A) Marshall sisters. B) Wright brothers. C) Twin brothers. D) Thomas Edison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wright brothers. 52. What is James Watt famous for inventing? A) Steam Engine. B) Cotton Gin. C) Light Bulb. D) Bessemer Steel Process. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steam Engine. 53. Luca thought that the island of inventions referred to ..... A) A group of inventors worked together. B) A secret island that the wise men around the world would meet to learn and invent things. C) A small island in the world. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A secret island that the wise men around the world would meet to learn and invent things. 54. Who invented the mechanical reaper threshing machine? A) Morse. B) McCormick. C) Fulton. D) Cooper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) McCormick. 55. An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something A) Invention. B) Branding. C) Science. D) Innovation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Innovation. 56. What invention turned rivers into busy routes for traders and travelers. A) Steamboat. B) Railroads. C) Telegraph. D) Mechanical Reaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steamboat. 57. William Frederick is credited with the invention of the modern frisbee in the mid 1950's. In 1957 the Wham-O Company bought his idea and the rest is history. They named the toy after William Frisbie w A) Student at Yale. B) Ceramic plate designer. C) Owner of a pizza parlor. D) Pie maker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pie maker. 58. The electro-cardiograph was invented by A) Karl Benz. B) Gottlieb Daimler. C) F. Goodrich. D) William Einthoven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Einthoven. 59. In the last paragraph, it says that the Wright brothers were elated . Which of these is the best synonym for elated? A) Thrilled. B) Envious. C) Ambitious. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thrilled. 60. What element and resource is unique to earth and essential for mankind to survive A) Water. B) Cold. C) Wind. D) Farming. 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