Inventions Quiz 2
1. Which musical instrument was invented by Adolph Sax?
2. Who developed a vaccine for rabies?
3. What was developed by American chemist Earl W Tupper in 1945?
4. Who invented bifocals in 1780?
5. The Russian spaceprobe Venera 3 was the first artificial satellite to land on which planet?
6. Who was the first person to receive a telephone call in 1876?
7. In 1889 C.C. Blickensderfer invented the Blick. What was it?
8. Which Italian scientist, better known for his work in the field of astronomy, invented the thermometer in 1592?
9. Who developed Systema naturae to classify plants and animals?
10. Which American inventor in 1836 patented the revolver?
11. What invention made the fortune of Alfred Nobel?
12. Who invented lightning conductors after flying a kite in a storm?
13. Which board game did James Brunot invent?
14. Which method of fast writing did Isaac Pitman develop?
15. Which two major electronics companies developed the compact disc in 1979?
16. What was invented by US students using aluminium flan cases?
17. Who registered the first patents for the railway sleeping car?
18. Which Swiss company developed the first widely used instant coffee?
19. Which rubber-based product was patented in the United States in 1869?
20. What type of pens did Pentel invent?
21. Which building toy was designed by a Dane, Ole Kirk Christiansen?
22. What is unusual about Mark Button's invention, the Koosh ball?
23. Which type of fastening was first used on snow boots?
ANSWERS
1. The Saxophone
2. Louis Pasteur
3. Tupperware
4. Benjamin Franklin
5. Venus
6. Mr Watson, the assistant of Alexander Graham Bell
7. The First portable typewriter
8. Galileo Galilei
9. Linnaeus
10. Samual Colt
11. Dynamite
12. Benjamin Franklin
13. Scrabble
14. Shorthand
15. Sony and Phllips
16. Frisbess
17. Pullman
18. Nestle
19. Chewing Gum
20. Felt Tip
21. Lego
22. It doesnt bounce
23. Zip