Historical Inventions Trivia Questions
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What instrument, invented by Thomas Allbutt in 1867, reduced the registration time from 20 minutes to 5 minutes?
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thermometer
What device did Newton design that used mirrors in addition to lenses?
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telescope
Who invented the first earphone in 1876?
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alexander graham bell
What invention did Antonio Meucci create 5 years before Alexander Graham Bell, according to the Italian version of Encarta?
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telephone
Which echolocation device was invented by French physicist Paul Langevin too late for use during WWI?
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sonar
What adjective is commonly associated with Gustave Pasch's match and Walter Hunt's pin?
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safety
What rock-launching device was created by workers following orders from Dionysius to invent new weapons?
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catapult
What was installed in Gimbel's Philadelphia store in 1901 as the first one built by the Otis Elevator Co.?
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escalator
Which individual's samples did Thomas Hancock study before winning a British patent for the vulcanization of rubber?
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charles goodyear
What plant did Eli Whitney's gin mechanically separate seeds from?
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cotton
What type of can did Richard Nixon's friend Robert Abplanalp invent the valve for?
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aerosol can
What company introduced the first stick-on Band-Aids in 1921?
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johnson & johnson
What navigational instrument did the Chinese create by the 12th century using a magnetized needle?
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compass
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