Historical Innovations Trivia Questions
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What did Joseph Niepce create for the first time in 1826 using a plate sensitized with bitumen and an exposure time of 8 hours?
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photograph
What did Anthony Fokker develop a gear to synchronize a machine gun with during WWI?
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propeller
What hygiene product did Dr. Sheffield first put in a tube in 1892?
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toothpaste
What did Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach create in 1885 by mounting an engine on a bike?
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motorcycle
In 1900, which company introduced the Brownie box camera in the United States?
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kodak
Who demonstrated a cotton gin in April 1793?
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eli whitney
In 1938, Dr. West's Miracle Tuft toothbrush was the first to feature bristles made of what synthetic material?
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nylon
What product did Remington start making in the 1870s that Mark Twain purchased?
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typewriter
What was one of the first 'attractive' devices demonstrated by William Sturgeon in 1825?
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electromagnet
Who perfected the Kodak camera in 1888?
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george eastman
What type of coal was first used to smelt iron in 1837 in Machunk, Pennsylvania?
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anthracite
Which revolution was significantly advanced by Richard Arkwright's invention of the spinning frame?
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industrial revolution
What type of vehicle was George Stephenson's 1829 Rocket?
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locomotive
Who cemented two pieces of wool with a rubber compound in 1823 to create the garment now named after him?
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mackintosh
What material did William Kelly devise a cheap method to make 4 years before Sir Henry Bessemer?
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steel
What steering apparatus did Europeans begin attaching to the sternpost in the 13th century?
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rudder
In which Italian city was Cristallo, a clear glass similar to crystal, developed centuries ago?
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venice
Which American inventor developed the alkaline cell battery in the early 1900s?
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thomas edison
Which company introduced the Gyrofoam, the first washing machine to clean with water action, in 1922?
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maytag
What synthetic fabric, originally called Fiber 66 by Wallace Carothers in 1938, became widely known under a different name?
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nylon
Which country had a group of scientists set up the metric system in the 1790s?
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france
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