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  1. Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?

  2. A.
    J. R. Gluber
    B.
    A. Nobel
    C.
    G. Fawks
    D.
    W. Bickford

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  3. Who invented the Spinning Jenny?

  4. A.
    Thornton Hargreaves
    B.
    Peter Hargreaves
    C.
    James Hargreaves
    D.
    Simon Hargreaves

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  5. Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

  6. A.
    Lewis Edson Waterman
    B.
    Sir William Grove
    C.
    Charles Kettering
    D.
    George Fountain

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  7. When was the first elevator built?

  8. A.
    1743
    B.
    1739
    C.
    1760
    D.
    1785

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  9. What charge card, developed in 1950, was the first to be accepted nationally in the US?

  10. A.
    Visa
    B.
    Discover
    C.
    MasterCharge
    D.
    Diner's Club

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  11. What Enrico Fermi invented?

  12. A.
    X ray machine
    B.
    Betatron
    C.
    Cyclotron
    D.
    Nuclear reactor

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  13. Which of the following was first patented by an Australian in 1889?

  14. A.
    Electric Drill
    B.
    Electric Shaver
    C.
    Electric Fence
    D.
    Electric Heater

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  15. Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?

  16. A.
    Robert Koch
    B.
    Edward Jenner
    C.
    Robert Hooke
    D.
    Louis Pasteur

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  17. What George Westinghouse invented?

  18. A.
    Light bulb
    B.
    Electric razor
    C.
    Refrigerator
    D.
    Railway air brakes

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  19. Who is the only U.S. President to invent and patent something?

  20. A.
    Abraham Lincoln
    B.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    C.
    Thomas Jefferson
    D.
    Rutherford B. Hayes

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