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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. Cleopatra
  2. King Charles II
  3. King Louis the XIV
  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. Owner of a pizza parlor
  2. Pie maker
  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. Automatic Telephone Exchanges
  4. Traffic Lights

Q: When was the game Frisbee invented?

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

Q: Who invented the Spinning Jenny?

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

Q: Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

  1. Swede Svenson
  2. Cabbage Carlson
  3. Potato Peterson
  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. Marjorie Joyner
  2. Bessie Blount
  3. Beulah Henry
  4. Mae Jamison

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

  1. Rutherford B. Hayes
  2. Theodore Roosevelt
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  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. Television
  2. Dishwasher
  3. Telegraph
  4. Radio

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

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

Q: Who invented the Seed Drill?

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

Q: When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?

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