KBC Questions and Quiz, Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question: Ralph Samuelson was only 18 when he invented this sporting item in 1922. What was that?

1. Golf tee
   
2. Motorboat
   
3. Water skis
   
4. Hang glider
   

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The new item was first used on Lake Pepin in Minnesota.

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Question: What groovy item was invented by Englishman Edward Craven Walker in 1963?

1. Leisure suit
   
2. Lava lamp
   
3. Eight-track tape deck
   
4. Hot comb
   

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Groovy, baby! Lava lamps, which were a fixture in every hip pad in the 1960s and 70s, featured a mixture of water and colored oil that created swirl patterns when heated by a light bulb.

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Question: Which of the following was first patented by an Australian in 1889?

1. Electric Drill
   
2. Electric Shaver
   
3. Electric Fence
   
4. Electric Heater
   

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The Electric Drill was the invention of Arthur James Arnot. On 20 August 1889 he patented his design while working for the Union Electric Company in Melbourne. His original design was meant primarily for drilling rock to find coal!

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Question: For over 500 years, paper was only available and sold as single sheets. In 1902, an inventive Australian used half size sheets of paper, a bit of glue and cardboard to create the what?

1. Notepad
   
2. Calendar
   
3. Notice Board
   
4. Telephone Book
   

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Birchall's of Launceston in Tasmania started selling the world’s first notepads, calling them 'Silvercity Writing Tablets' after J A Birchall thought it would be a good idea to back sheets of paper with cardboard and glue them together at the top. His British paper suppliers weren’t so keen, but, they were persuaded by Birchall that it was a good idea!

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Question: When were blue jeans invented?

1. 1900s
   
2. 1860s
   
3. 1870s
   
4. 1850s
   

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The first blue jeans were invented by tailor Levi Strauss, who invented tougher working pants for the miners of the California Gold Rush.

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Question: Who invented the phonograph?

1. Thomas Edison
   
2. John Kruesi
   
3. Jules Levy
   
4. Alexander Graham Bell
   

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John Kruesi was a mechanic for Edison, and Kruesi built the phonograph. Edison designed it, and later improved the phonograph.

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Question: When was the toothbrush invented?

1. 1770
   
2. 1765
   
3. 1790
   
4. 1742
   

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The first toothbrush was made out of a bone and small brush, by jail prisoner William Addis of England.

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Question: Where were wigs first invented?

1. Japan
   
2. France
   
3. Egypt
   
4. China
   

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As you have noticed in pictures, many Egyptians have head coverings, sometimes with beads in them. The first wigs were created to cover the head from the hot sun.

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Question: When were bar code scanners invented?

1. 1940s
   
2. 1950s
   
3. 1970s
   
4. 1960s
   

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The scanner reads the bar code label on something at a supermarket, and translates it into a number which the computer reads.

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Question: In the 1700s, who would pay the postage fee for letters before the stamp was invented?

1. The sender
   
2. There was no fee
   
3. The receiver of the letter
   
4. The post office
   

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Later in 1840, Rowland Hill invented the stamp, which was paid for by the sender, not the receiver.

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