Inventions KBC Quiz & KBC Questions, Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

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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Question: When was the first lawn mower invented?

1. 1830
   
2. 1854
   
3. 1835
   
4. 1849
   

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The first lawn mowers were not engine powered. Invented in 1830 by Edwin Budding of England, the mowers were turning blades on wooden sticks used to cut grass. Engine powered mowers were not invented until 1919 by an American Army colonel, who used the motor from a washing machine.

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Question: Who invented the battery?

1. John Wilkinson
   
2. Alessandro Volta
   
3. James Hargreaves
   
4. Thomas Edison
   

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He was an Italian scientist, and he invented the battery in 1800.

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Question: When was the first elevator built?

1. 1743
   
2. 1739
   
3. 1760
   
4. 1785
   

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The first elevator was built in the palace of King Louis XV. It only traveled up one floor, and was hand powered by men inside the chimney.

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Question: When was barb wire patented?

1. 1873
   
2. 1840
   
3. 1895
   
4. 1900
   

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Joseph F. Gidden was born in New York on Jan. 18, 1812. He invented barbed wire in 1873 and was granted the patent on Nov. 24, 1874. After a three year battle over the patent, which he eventually won, Gidden became known as the "Father of Barbed Wire".

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Question: Where was the yo-yo invented?

1. France
   
2. United States
   
3. Philippines
   
4. England
   

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The yo-yo was first used by hunters as weapons. They were wooden disks on strings. In the 1920s, a man from the U.S. named Donald Duncan made the yo-yo into a toy after he visited the Philippines.

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Question: What inspired reflecting road lights to be invented?

1. Car door reflecting mirrors
   
2. The light a cat's eyes gave off on a fence
   
3. Sun light on steel posts on road sides
   
4. The sun light on the windshield
   

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In 1933, Englishman Percy Shaw was driving home when he saw a cat's eyes reflecting. He had been headed straight towards a fence with the cat on it, but on the other side was a drop of hundreds of feet.

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Question: What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

1. Dynamite
   
2. Ladders
   
3. Race cars
   
4. Parachute
   

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Many people who tried to test the first parachutes died by jumping from high places. One attempt was a parachute hat, but the inventor broke his neck while testing it. The first successful parachute was tested from a hot air balloon in 1797, in France, by Jacques Garnerin.

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Question: When was Monopoly created?

1. 1940s
   
2. 1930s
   
3. 1920s
   
4. 1950s
   

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After the Stock Market crash, a buying and selling game created by Charles Darrow came to be. The first games were hand drawn on linoleum with streets from Atlantic City, N.J. as the property. He took the game to the Parker Brothers company, and Monopply was brought out for Christmas 1934. Everyone wanted to buy the games after Christmas, and Monopoly became a big success.

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