Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?
A:
Lewis Edson Waterman
B:
Sir William Grove
C:
Charles Kettering
D:
George Fountain
Answer:A
Lewis Edson Waterman patented the first practical fountain pen in 1884.
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Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
A:
Thornton Hargreaves
B:
Peter Hargreaves
C:
James Hargreaves
D:
Simon Hargreaves
Answer:C
Awarded a Patent in 1770. It used 8 bobbins at once.
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Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?
A:
J. R. Gluber
B:
A. Nobel
C:
G. Fawks
D:
W. Bickford
Answer:B
Alfred Noble patented dynamite in 1876. Nobel left $9 million in his will to be used as awards for people whose work benefit humanity - The Nobel Peace Prize etc.
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What 'game' was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?
A:
Frisbee
B:
Monopoly
C:
Ouija board
D:
Ping Pong
Answer:C
The board was invented by Isaac and William Fuld. The word 'Ouija' comes from the French and German words for 'yes', 'oui' and 'ja'.
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Who is the English physicist responsible for the 'Big Bang Theory'?
A:
Albert Einstein
B:
Michael Skube
C:
George Gamow
D:
Roger Penrose
Answer:C
George Gamow. Gamow, who died in 1968, was a physicist, who published "Thirty Years that Shook Physics".
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