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

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

Q: When was Monopoly created?

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

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

1. George Gamow
2. Roger Penrose
3. Albert Einstein
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. Vannevar Bush
2. James B. Conant
3. Robert Oppenheimer
4. Leslie R. Groves

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q: For whom high heeled shoes were invented?

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

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. Student at Yale
3. Pie maker
4. Owner of a pizza parlor

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

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

Q: When was the game Frisbee invented?

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

Q: Who invented the Spinning Jenny?

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

Q: Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

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

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. Bessie Blount
3. Mae Jamison
4. Marjorie Joyner