General Knowledge - Inventions

Exercise : Inventions - Section 1
  • Inventions - Section 1
96.
What George Pullman invented?
Sleeping (railway) car
Airship
Box car (railway)
Air brakes
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Invented in 1857.

97.
Who invented Bakelite?
Charles Goodyear
Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Roy Plunkett
Henry Ford
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented the first plastic called Bakelite.

98.
What toy was invented by Joshua Lionel Cowen around 1900?
Raggedy Ann doll
Yo-yo
Electric train
Tinkertoys
Answer: Option
Explanation:
His middle name, Lionel, is the source of the Lionel Train brand name.

99.
This African-American woman physical therapist worked with soldiers disabled in World War II. She invented a device that helped the disabled to eat by delivering food through a tube to a mouthpiece.
Bessie Blount
Marjorie Joyner
Mae Jamison
Beulah Henry
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Unfortunately Blount could never get anyone to buy her invention. Finally, in 1952 she sold the rights to the French government.

100.
What invention by Garnet Carter made its debut at the Fairyland Inn Resort in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, in 1927?
Miniature golf
Swimming pool slide
Ski lift
Golf cart
Answer: Option
Explanation:
It was originally called 'Tom Thumb Golf'.