Multiple choice general knowledge

In 1932, Carlton Cole Magee of the United States invented what was to become a familiar emblem of modern civilization. What was it?

  1. The neon sign

  2. The parking meter

  3. The pay toilet

  4. The roll-on deodorant
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Explanation

Carlton Cole Magee, an American journalist and inventor, created the parking meter in 1932 to address urban parking congestion. The first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City in 1935. Neon signs, pay toilets, and roll-on deodorants have different origins and inventors.

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