Famous Inventors Trivia Questions
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Who invented the photophone, a device that transmits sound via light?
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alexander graham bell
Which inventor, known for building the first successful steamboat, has several U.S. cities and counties named after him?
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robert fulton
Who died in Nova Scotia on August 2, 1922 and is known for inventing the telephone?
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alexander graham bell
Who developed the first important product to come out of the Menlo Park, N.J. lab, the carbon telephone transmitter?
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thomas edison
Which inventor is known by the nickname 'The Wizard of Menlo Park'?
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thomas edison
Which inventor's home in West Orange, New Jersey was designated a national historic site in 1955?
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thomas edison
Which inventor was famously known as 'The Wizard of Menlo Park'?
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thomas edison
Who invented the phonograph and had a son named Charles who served as governor of New Jersey from 1941 to 1944?
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thomas edison
Who is said to have added a wire comb to the cotton gin at the suggestion of Catherine Greene, a widow?
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eli whitney
Who invented the alkaline battery 21 years after developing an improved electric light?
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thomas edison
Who is the inventor known for his elevator, as well as for inventing a steam plow and an oven?
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elisha otis
Which inventor, associated with a pioneering plow, is inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame?
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john deere
Who is the inventor known for designing airplanes, a man-lifting kite, and the telephone?
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alexander graham bell
Which inventor is credited with planting hundreds of palms in Fort Myers, giving the city its nickname 'The City of Palms'?
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thomas edison
Which actress who starred in 'Ecstasy' and 'Algiers' contributed to the invention of a torpedo control system?
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hedy lamarr
Who was the inventor whose first patented invention was an electric vote recorder, which he couldn't sell?
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thomas edison
Which inventor's offer to sell the rights to his telegraph was declined by the government?
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samuel morse
Who is the man famous for discovering the law of hydrostatics, inventing the compound pulley, and the catapult, known for exclaiming 'Eureka!'?
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archimedes
Who is known for inventing the compound pulley and proving the law of the lever?
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archimedes
Which Scottish inventor coined the term horsepower?
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james watt
Which ventriloquist designed an artificial heart, although Jarvik's design was ultimately chosen?
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paul winchell
Who, about 5 years after inventing an elevator safety device, went on to invent a steam plow?
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elisha otis
Which U.S. Inventors Hall of Fame inductee is honored for his work with peaches?
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luther burbank
Who was knighted in 1879 for a method of stamping deeds, despite being more famous for his steelmaking process?
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henry bessemer
Whose workshop is reproduced in Akron's World of Rubber Museum?
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charles goodyear
Who was commissioned to design a rotunda dome in Dearborn, Michigan in 1953?
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buckminster fuller
Who was the inventor born in the 1860s known for creating numerous peanut-based products like ink and soap?
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george washington carver
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