Exercise: Inventions

Questions for: Inventions

For what is Charles Babbage (1792-1871) remembered?
A:
Computers
B:
Telescopes
C:
Radio-Telegraphy
D:
Steam Boating
Answer: A
Know as the Father of Computing. He began his 'Analytical Engine' in 1833. The first computer, although he never completed it.
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What drink was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929?
A:
7-Up
B:
Yoo-Hoo
C:
Pepsi
D:
Hawaiian Punch
Answer: A
Grigg, who was from Missouri, originally named his creation 'Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda'.
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Who invented the Seed Drill?
A:
Jethro Tull
B:
Arlo Guthrie
C:
Woodie Guthrie
D:
Thomas Hines
Answer: A
It was invented around the early 1700's.
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In which decade was the ARRL founded?
A:
1940s
B:
1930s
C:
1920s
D:
1910s
Answer: D
On April 6, 1914, Hiram Percy Maxim proposed the formation of the American Radio Relay League.
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The ELECTRIC BATTERY, who's charged with inventing this one?
A:
Hertz
B:
Amper
C:
Galvani
D:
Volta
Answer: D
Italian, Alessandro Volta discovered the first practical battery in 1800. Life would be very different without batteries.
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