science & technology Online Quiz - 15

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When was barb wire patented?

  1. 1873

  2. 1840

  3. 1895

  4. 1900


Correct Option: A

What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

  1. Charles Richter

  2. Hiram Walker

  3. Giuseppe Mercalli

  4. Joshua Rumble


Correct Option: A

What Galileo invented?

  1. Barometer

  2. Pendulum clock

  3. Microscope

  4. Thermometer


Correct Option: D

This statesman, politican, scholar, inventor, and one of early presidents of USA invented the swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel.

  1. George Washington

  2. Alexander Hamilton

  3. John Adams

  4. Thomas Jefferson


Correct Option: D

What James Watt invented?

  1. Diving bell

  2. Steam boat

  3. Hot air balloon

  4. steam engine


Correct Option: D

Where is the village of Branston, after which the famous pickle is named?

  1. Yorkshire

  2. Lancashire

  3. Staffordshire

  4. Norfolk


Correct Option: C

Who invented Jet Engine?

  1. Sir Frank Whittle

  2. Gottlieb Daimler

  3. Roger Bacon

  4. Lewis E. Waterman


Correct Option: A

Who invented Gunpowder?

  1. G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

  2. Sir Frank Whittle

  3. Roger Bacon

  4. Leo H Baekeland


Correct Option: C

Until Victorian times, chocolate was thought of as a drink. When did the first chocolate bar appear?

  1. 1828

  2. 1831

  3. 1825

  4. There is no sure date


Correct Option: D

In which decade was the telephone invented?

  1. 1850s

  2. 1860s

  3. 1870s

  4. 1880s


Correct Option: C

Who perfected GENETIC ENGINEERING?

  1. Cohen & Boyer

  2. Hunt & Davids

  3. Sinclair & Roberts

  4. Jaysson & Simons


Correct Option: A

What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?

  1. Microwave oven

  2. Remote control

  3. VCR

  4. Calculator


Correct Option: B

What Benjamin Franklin invented?

  1. Bifocal spectacles

  2. Radio

  3. Barometer

  4. Hygrometer


Correct Option: A

What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?

  1. Silly Putty

  2. Etch-A-Sketch

  3. Lite-Brite

  4. Play-Doh


Correct Option: D

Who was the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?

  1. Marjorie Joyner

  2. Margaret Knight

  3. Amanda Jones

  4. Mary Kies


Correct Option: D

Who invented Gramophone?

  1. Michael Faraday

  2. Fahrenheit

  3. Sir Alexander Graham Bell

  4. Thomas Alva Edison


Correct Option: D

Who invented Internal Combustion Engine?

  1. Roger Bacon

  2. Karl Benz

  3. Dr. Alan M. Turing

  4. Otto


Correct Option: D

When was Monopoly created?

  1. 1940s

  2. 1930s

  3. 1920s

  4. 1950s


Correct Option: B
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