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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q: For whom high heeled shoes were invented?

1. Queen Elizabeth I
2. King Charles II
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. Pie maker
2. Ceramic plate designer
3. Owner of a pizza parlor
4. Student at Yale

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

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

Q: When was the game Frisbee invented?

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

Q: Who invented the Spinning Jenny?

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

Q: Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

1. Cabbage Carlson
2. Potato Peterson
3. Swede Svenson
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