General Knowledge - Inventions

Exercise : Inventions - Section 1
  • Inventions - Section 1
81.
What African-American inventor received 5 patents in the field of shoemaking?
Elijah McCoy
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Ernest Just
Lewis Latimer
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Matzeliger never benefited financially from his inventions. He died in 1889 at the age of 37 from tuberculosis.

82.
It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?
S. Sperrow
O. Stricheg
T. Henman
C. Cockerell
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Christopher Cockerell invented the hovercraft in 1956. His early experiments with the idea involved a cat food tin, a coffee tin and an industrial blower.

83.
In which decade was the AEEE (now the IEEE) founded?
1850s
1880s
1930s
1950s
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) was formed in 1963 by the merger of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE, founded 1912) and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE, founded 1884).

84.
What type of system did Paul Nipkow, John Baird, and Charles Jenkins all invent?
Telephone
Early Warning
Electricity
Television
Answer: Option
Explanation:
All of the inventors mentioned invented an early mechanical television system.

85.
What Sir Isaac Newton invented?
Reflecting telescope
Chronometer
Microscope
Spectacles
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Invented in 1668.