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Quiz about Mother Necessity
Quiz about Mother Necessity

Mother Necessity Trivia Quiz


This is a quiz about inventors and what they invented. Good luck and tell me what you think of my quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by rlke6488. Estimated time: 2 mins.
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Author
rlke6488
Time
2 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
250,816
Updated
Aug 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
2903
Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (2/10), Guest 172 (2/10), Guest 172 (2/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who invented the telegraph? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who is known as the "father of the American factory system"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What were the Wright brothers' names? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who invented the cotton gin? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who invented the telephone? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which of these things is Thomas Edison credited with inventing? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Elias Howe received the first American patent for the sewing machine.


Question 8 of 10
8. Which of the following people was among the first to send radio signals? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Robert Fulton developed the first commercially successful steamboat.


Question 10 of 10
10. Who of the following was not an inventor? Hint





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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who invented the telegraph?

Answer: Samuel Morse

Samuel Morse invented the telegraph in 1837; before his invention the only way of long-distance communication was through writing letters to send through the mail. He also invented Morse Code, which was named after him.
2. Who is known as the "father of the American factory system"?

Answer: Samuel Slater

Samuel Slater was born in Derbyshire, England. He also introduced the "Rhode Island Method" which hired entire families to work in the mills.
3. What were the Wright brothers' names?

Answer: Orville and Wilbur

The Wright brothers grew up in Ohio. They were the first to fly in a heavier-than-air machine. This feat was achieved in North Carolina, USA.
4. Who invented the cotton gin?

Answer: Eli Whitney

The cotton gin is a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers. This made it a lot easy for the workers thanks to Whitney's invention.
5. Who invented the telephone?

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. He was twenty-nine years old when he invented it.
6. Which of these things is Thomas Edison credited with inventing?

Answer: the light bulb

Although he was not the first to create a light bulb, Thomas Alva Edison was the first to develop one that worked for long enough to have a practical use. He also invented the phonograph. Thomas Edison loved to read, and by age twelve he had finished reading some things adults would not even dream of reading.
7. Elias Howe received the first American patent for the sewing machine.

Answer: True

Elias Howe invented the sewing machine. He was born in 1819 in Spencer, Massachusetts.
8. Which of the following people was among the first to send radio signals?

Answer: Marconi

Marconi was born in Bologna, Italy. He won the Nobel Prize in 1909. Voice over the air radio was first used in 1921. Marconi was among the first people to send radio signals, but Nikola Tesla is credited with inventing the design of the radio as we know it today.
9. Robert Fulton developed the first commercially successful steamboat.

Answer: True

Fulton was born in 1765 in Pennsylvania. The ship was The Clarmont. Fulton also was the first to establish a commercially successful line of ships.
10. Who of the following was not an inventor?

Answer: Dickens

Charles Dickens was a British author. He wrote "A Christmas Carol," "A Tale of Two Cities," "Oliver Twist" and many others.
Source: Author rlke6488

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