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Famous Inventors and Discoverers

Test your knowledge about the inventors and discoverers behind famous inventions including the printing press, laser, telescope, CT scan, and many other groundbreaking innovations in science and technology.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person associated with the given invention or discovery.

Radio Telegraphy

  1. Dr. Mahlon Loomis
  2. Sir Joseph Swan
  3. Willam Harbutt
  4. Charles Goodyear
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and/or discovery

Carburetor

  1. Gottlieb Daimler
  2. Pascal
  3. Ohain
  4. Carrier
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Zip Fastener

  1. Carlson
  2. Horace Short
  3. W.L.Judson
  4. Michael Faraday
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Photographic paper

  1. Damadian
  2. Talbot
  3. Georges claude
  4. Fritz pfleumer
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Video tape

  1. Chadwick
  2. Charles Ginsberg
  3. Einstein
  4. Volvo
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Rubber

  1. Planck
  2. Charles Macintosh
  3. James Harrison
  4. Libby
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention/discovery.

Hydrogen Bomb

  1. Appert
  2. Newton
  3. Edward Teller
  4. John J. Loud
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Margarine

  1. Richard Drew
  2. Willem Kolff
  3. Moseley
  4. Hippolyte M.Mouries
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Photo film

  1. Jemes Ritty
  2. John Boyd Dunlop
  3. Reichenbach
  4. P.Von Mauser
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following persons is associated with the invention and/or discovery of 'Printing Press'?

  1. John Browning
  2. Benjamin Franklin
  3. Karl Benz
  4. Johannes Gutenberg
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Proton

  1. J.F.Cantrell
  2. Alexander Parkes
  3. Wernher Von Braun
  4. Ernest Rutherford
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the person associated with the invention and/or discovery of 'Slinky Spring'.

  1. Richard James
  2. Colt
  3. O. Margenthaler
  4. E. Cartwright
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Rubber

  1. Dunlop Rubber CO.
  2. Napier
  3. Ruska Knoll
  4. Elisha G.Otis
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Microphone

  1. Emile Berliner
  2. Z.Janssen
  3. Frederick Walton
  4. Prof.Emo Rubik
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Neutron Bomb

  1. Hypolite Pixii
  2. Digital Corp
  3. Nikola Tesla
  4. Samuel Cohen
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Laser

  1. Gould
  2. Laennec
  3. M.Lammond
  4. Fessenden poulsen
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Lightning Conductor

  1. Margarete
  2. Benjamin Franklin
  3. Talbot
  4. Charles Strite
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery.

CT Scan

  1. Hounsfield
  2. Sinclair
  3. Rudolf Dieself
  4. Philips co
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Cassette

  1. Phillips
  2. Kapany
  3. Alva J.Fisher
  4. Geiger
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Electric iron

  1. Samuel Crompton
  2. King camp Gillette
  3. Libby
  4. Henry W.Seely
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person, associated with the given invention and / or discovery

Film

  1. H.W.Seeley
  2. Rudolf Dieself
  3. J.Engl J.Mussolle
  4. E.H.Armstrong
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person associated with the given invention or discovery.

Supercomputer

  1. J. H. Van Tassel
  2. Walter Hunt
  3. J. C. Perier
  4. King C. Gillette
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person associated with the given invention and/or discovery.

Compact disc

  1. Henri Giffard
  2. RCA
  3. Dalton
  4. Lazlo Biro
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person associated with the given invention and/or discovery of

Gramophone

  1. Dr. Le de Forest
  2. Thomas Alva Edison
  3. IBM
  4. Louis prince
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: From the given options, name the person associated with the given invention and/or discovery.

Telescope

  1. Hans Lippershey
  2. Narinder Kapany
  3. Carlton C. Magee
  4. Thomas Edison
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