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  1. Who invented Gunpowder?

  2. A.

     G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

    B.

     Sir Frank Whittle

    C.

     Roger Bacon

    D.

     Leo H Baekeland

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  3. Until Victorian times, chocolate was thought of as a drink. When did the first chocolate bar appear?

  4. A.

     1828

    B.

     1831

    C.

     1825

    D.

     There is no sure date

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  5. What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?

  6. A.

     Microwave oven

    B.

     Remote control

    C.

     VCR

    D.

     Calculator

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  7. What Benjamin Franklin invented?

  8. A.

     Bifocal spectacles

    B.

     Radio

    C.

     Barometer

    D.

     Hygrometer

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  9. This part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he??

  10. A.

     Steve McQueen

    B.

     Harrison Frazier

    C.

     Paul Newman

    D.

     John Wayne

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  11. What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?

  12. A.

     Silly Putty

    B.

     Etch-A-Sketch

    C.

     Lite-Brite

    D.

     Play-Doh

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  13. Who was the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?

  14. A.

     Marjorie Joyner

    B.

     Margaret Knight

    C.

     Amanda Jones

    D.

     Mary Kies

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  15. Who invented Gramophone?

  16. A.

     Michael Faraday

    B.

     Fahrenheit

    C.

     Sir Alexander Graham Bell

    D.

     Thomas Alva Edison

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  17. What furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968?

  18. A.

     Sofa bed

    B.

     Captain's chair

    C.

     Waterbed

    D.

     Hammock

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  19. The Manhattan Project was started by President Roosevelt in 1942 to ensure that the U.S. beat the Germans in developing a nuclear bomb. Whom did Roosevelt appoint as scientific head the Manhattan Project?

  20. A.

     Robert Oppenheimer

    B.

     James B. Conant

    C.

     Leslie R. Groves

    D.

     Vannevar Bush

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