Q: What invention was first installed at a Hartford, Connecticut bank in 1889?

1. Burglar alarm
2. Automatic teller machine
3. Time-lock safe
4. Pay telephone

Q: When was Monopoly created?

1. 1930s
2. 1950s
3. 1940s
4. 1920s

Q: Who is the English physicist responsible for the 'Big Bang Theory'?

1. Albert Einstein
2. Roger Penrose
3. George Gamow
4. Michael Skube

Q: 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?

1. Leslie R. Groves
2. Vannevar Bush
3. James B. Conant
4. Robert Oppenheimer

Q: What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

1. Joshua Rumble
2. Giuseppe Mercalli
3. Charles Richter
4. Hiram Walker

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

1. Margaret Knight
2. Mary Kies
3. Amanda Jones
4. Marjorie Joyner

Q: This English inventor is known as the 'Father of Computing.'

1. John Mauchly
2. Philo Farnsworth
3. Charles Babbage
4. J. Presper Eckert

Q: For whom high heeled shoes were invented?

1. King Charles II
2. King Louis the XIV
3. Cleopatra
4. Queen Elizabeth I

Q: 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 who was a ________?

1. Ceramic plate designer
2. Owner of a pizza parlor
3. Student at Yale
4. Pie maker

Q: For what does the world owe Almon Strowger a debt of gratitude?

1. Parking Meters
2. Vending Machines
3. Traffic Lights
4. Automatic Telephone Exchanges

Q: When was the game Frisbee invented?

1. 1900s
2. 1920s
3. 1870s
4. 1890s

Q: Who invented the Spinning Jenny?

1. Simon Hargreaves
2. Peter Hargreaves
3. James Hargreaves
4. Thornton Hargreaves

Q: Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

1. Potato Peterson
2. Swede Svenson
3. Cabbage Carlson
4. Turnip Townsend

Q: This African-American woman physical therapist worked with soldiers disabled in World War II. She invented a device that helped the disabled to eat by delivering food through a tube to a mouthpiece.

1. Beulah Henry
2. Marjorie Joyner
3. Mae Jamison
4. Bessie Blount