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  1. What African-American inventor received 5 patents in the field of shoemaking?

  2. A.
    Elijah McCoy
    B.
    Jan Ernst Matzeliger
    C.
    Ernest Just
    D.
    Lewis Latimer

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  3. It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?

  4. A.
    S. Sperrow
    B.
    O. Stricheg
    C.
    T. Henman
    D.
    C. Cockerell

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  5. In which decade was the AEEE (now the IEEE) founded?

  6. A.
    1850s
    B.
    1880s
    C.
    1930s
    D.
    1950s

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  7. What type of system did Paul Nipkow, John Baird, and Charles Jenkins all invent?

  8. A.
    Telephone
    B.
    Early Warning
    C.
    Electricity
    D.
    Television

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  9. What Sir Isaac Newton invented?

  10. A.
    Reflecting telescope
    B.
    Chronometer
    C.
    Microscope
    D.
    Spectacles

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  11. Who invented Bicycle?

  12. A.
    Leo H Baekeland
    B.
    Karl Benz
    C.
    Evangelista Torricelli
    D.
    Kirkpatrick Macmillan

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  13. In which decade with the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?

  14. A.
    1850s
    B.
    1860s
    C.
    1870s
    D.
    1900s

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  15. In the 1700s, who would pay the postage fee for letters before the stamp was invented?

  16. A.
    The sender
    B.
    There was no fee
    C.
    The receiver of the letter
    D.
    The post office

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  17. Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?

  18. A.
    Hargobind Khorana
    B.
    J.J. Thompson
    C.
    Benjamin Franklin
    D.
    Meghnad Saha

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

  20. A.
    C. Birdseye
    B.
    F. Rozenosh
    C.
    G. Findus
    D.
    R. Scott

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