G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 06
1. It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?
- (A) S. Sperrow
- (B) O. Stricheg
- (C) T. Henman
- (D) C. Cockerell
2. In which decade with the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?
- (A) 1850s
- (B) 1860s
- (C) 1870s
- (D) 1900s
3. What office item was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1951?
- (A) Fax machine
- (B) Stapler
- (C) Liquid Paper
- (D) Copy
machine
4. What invention by Garnet Carter made its debut at the Fairyland Inn Resort in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, in 1927?
- (A) Miniature
golf
- (B) Swimming
pool slide
- (C) Ski lift
- (D) Golf cart
5. Who invented the Seed Drill?
- (A) Jethro Tull
- (B) Arlo Guthrie
- (C) Woodie
Guthrie
- (D) Thomas Hines
6. Who was the first person to patent the JET ENGINE?
- (A) F. Whittle
- (B) C. Lindbergh
- (C) W. Histell
- (D) B. Owings
7. Who invented Fountain Pen?
- (A) John J. Loud
- (B) Sir Frank
Whittle
- (C) Lewis
E. Waterman
- (D) Kirkpatrick
Macmillan
8. Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?
- (A) Robert Koch
- (B) Edward
Jenner
- (C) Robert Hooke
- (D) Louis
Pasteur
9. What Elisha Otis invented?
- (A) The
brake used in modern elevators
- (B) Jet Engine
- (C) Turbine
- (D) Hydraulic
Crane
10. In which decade was the telegraph invented?
- (A) 1810s
- (B) 1840s
- (C) 1870s
- (D) 1890s
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