Exercise: Inventions

Questions for: Inventions

Who invented Dynamite?
A:
Sir Alexander Graham Bell
B:
Benjamin Franklin
C:
Thomas Alva Edison
D:
Alfred B. Nobel
Answer: D
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Who came up with the idea for INSTANT MASHED POTATO?
A:
S. Tuberosum
B:
W. Raleigh
C:
E. Asselbergs
D:
K. Edwards
Answer: C
Instant mash was invented by Edward A Asselbergs, a Canadian, in 1962. The mash is actually dehydyated potato flakes.
William Frederick is credited with the invention of the modern frisbee in the mid 1950's. In 1957 the Wham-O Company bought his idea and the rest is history. They named the toy after William Frisbie who was a ________?
A:
Pie maker
B:
Owner of a pizza parlor
C:
Student at Yale
D:
Ceramic plate designer
Answer: A
Frisbie made a brand of pies that were popular with Yale students in the 1870's. After eating the pies they would throw the pie tins through the air.
CORN FLAKES - Who made them first?
A:
Nabisco
B:
Kellogg
C:
Quaker
D:
Archers
Answer: B
Will Keith Kellogg discovered the corn flake, by mistake, in 1906. They were the result of an experiment which went wrong.
Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?
A:
Potato Peterson
B:
Turnip Townsend
C:
Cabbage Carlson
D:
Swede Svenson
Answer: B
Viscount Charles 'Turnip' Townsend developed this revolutionary concept.
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