Category: Inventors and Their Inventions

1.   This inventor worked for Thomas Edison, developed the alternating current, became quite famous during his lifetime, and died penniless in Manhattan in 1943.   Who was he?   Extra point:  What was his nationality? 

2.   Besides inventing the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell founded a school for the deaf, and was elected the first President of what Society?   Extra point:  How old was he when he invented the phone?

3.  What phrase did Thomas Edison record to test the first phonograph?   Extra point:  Within 100, how many patents did Thomas Edison register?  

4.  The inventor of the first complete all-electronic television system was  Mormon, born in  Beaver, Utah and raised in Rigby, Idaho.   What is his name?   Extra point:  What did he automate for his mother to make her life easier, when he was in his early teens? 

5.   Richard G Drew worked for the 3M company and invented something we all use on a regular basis.  What was it?  Extra point:  What was his first invention for the 3M company? 

6.   The windshield wiper was invented in 1903 to help streetcars navigate in the rain.  What is unusual about this invention and inventor?   Extra point:  When did the windshield wiper become standard equipment on cars? 

7.   Which of the Wright brothers was oldest, Orville or Wilbur?   Extra point:  How long did the first flight last? 

LUCKY 7 TRIVIA BONUS

Name 7 inventions of Benjamin Franklin.   Give yourself a point for each one.  


1.  Nikola Tesla.   He was Serbian. 

2.  National Geographic Society.   29. 

3.  Mary had a little lamb.   1093.

4.   Philo T Farnsworth.  Her washing machine.

5.  Scotch tape.   He improved masking tape, making it sticky all over instead of just on the edges.

6.  The windshield wiper was invented and patented by a woman, Mary Anderson.   They became standard equipment in cars around 1913. 

7.  Wilbur was the oldest by 4-1/2 years.   The first flight lasted 12 seconds.

LUCKY 7  TRIVIA BONUS

glass armonica, Franklin wood burning stove, lightening rod, bifocals, map of the gulf stream,  swim fins, extension arm, library chair, streetlights, 3-wheel clock, daylight saving time, flexible urinary catheter, lots of words