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

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

Q: For whom high heeled shoes were invented?

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

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. Owner of a pizza parlor
  3. Ceramic plate designer
  4. Student at Yale

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

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

Q: When was the game Frisbee invented?

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

Q: Who invented the Spinning Jenny?

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

Q: Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

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

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

Q: Who is the only U.S. President to invent and patent something?

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Theodore Roosevelt
  3. Rutherford B. Hayes
  4. Thomas Jefferson

Q: When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented?

  1. 1920
  2. 1915
  3. 1919
  4. 1911

Q: What invention is credited to the Russian born American inventor Vladimir Kosma Zworykin?

  1. Dishwasher
  2. Radio
  3. Television
  4. Telegraph

Q: For what is Charles Babbage (1792-1871) remembered?

  1. Telescopes
  2. Computers
  3. Steam Boating
  4. Radio-Telegraphy

Q: Who invented the Seed Drill?

  1. Woodie Guthrie
  2. Jethro Tull
  3. Thomas Hines
  4. Arlo Guthrie

Q: When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?

  1. 1944
  2. 1920
  3. 1890
  4. 1901
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