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Invention Trivia Questions with Answers. Topics Include: Paper Drinking Straw, Snugli, Clarence Birdseye, Billiard balls, Wilbur Wright, vending machines, Alexander Graham Bell, Samuel F. B. Morse, Howard Hughes and More!Invention trivia including the Paper Straw, Clarence Birdseye, Billiard Balls, Wilbur Wright, Alexander Graham Bell, Howard Hughes and more! |
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Invention trivia questions and answers with topics including Snugli, Birdseye, Billiard Balls, Sam Morse, Alexander Graham Bell, Wilbur Wright, Howard Hughes and more.Fun invention trivia questions and answers. What popular baby device was inspired by something former Peace
Corps member Anne Moore saw while serving in West Africa? What hand-rolled device did Marvin Chester Stone of Washington,
D.C., patent in 1888? Hint: although no longer hand rolled, it's
still very much on the scene today. What food industry innovator invented a recoilless harpoon for
whaling and a fast process for converting sugar cane waste into
paper pulp? Learn What To Do With Your Invention! Who invented the whistle for the railroad train? What was the source of billionaire recluse Howard Hughes'
original fortune? Who invented flexible greasepaint--the first natural-looking
cosmetic used in the movies? What was plastic first used for in America? In 1937, an American company built the very first auto-airplane
combination. What was it called? Why was Sam Colt--inventor of the six-shooter--expelled from
school at the age of 16? What American city bills itself as the home of the first
push-button car radio, the first canned tomato juice, the first
mechanical corn picker and the first commercially built car? What was the longest flight ever made by aviation pioneer Wilbur
Wright? What did the first vending machines in the United States
dispense? Largelamb, an anagram pseudonym of a famous inventor, was one of
the founders of "National Geographic" magazine. Who was he? How was Coca-Cola originally billed when it appeared on the
market in 1886? In 1937, the grocery business was revolutionized by Sylvan
Goldman's simple invention. What was it? Who sent the next message after the historic words "What hath God
wrought" were transmitted over Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph in
1844? What famous American inventor ran twice for mayor of New York
City--in 1836 and 1841-- and lost both times? Who uttered the famous words, "Mr. Watson, come here. I want
you"?
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