Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

  1. Lewis Edson Waterman

  2. Sir William Grove

  3. Charles Kettering

  4. George Fountain
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Lewis Edson Waterman invented the practical fountain pen in 1884 after a leaking pen ruined an insurance contract, leading him to develop a reliable feed system. The other options are inventors of different technologies (grove: fuel cell, kettering: electric starter, fountain: not a real inventor).

Keep practicing — related questions