He Has High Hopes Trivia Quiz

Answer: British

Sir Tim Berners-Lee was born in south-west London on the 8th of June 1955. In 1989 he wrote a proposal for the World Wide Web to be invented, referencing a database and software project that he had created called "ENQUIRE". With the help of his friend Robert Cailliau, he made a more formal proposal on the 12th of November 1990 to create a "Hypertext project" called "WorldWideWeb".

The World Wide Web was officially launched in 1991. Tim Berners-Lee was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004.

Answer: Telephone

Born on 3rd March 1847, Alexander Graham Bell is most famously known as the inventor of the first practical telephone, although many ideas and inventions similar to the telephone had happened before. He controversially gained a patent for his work after he and another man, named Elisha Gray, sent an application for a patent at roughly the same time. On 10th March 1876, Bell made the first official telephone call to his assistant five miles away.

The words he spoke were "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you".

He passed away from complications from diabetes on 2nd August 1922. The hand-held mobile phone (or cell phone) was first demonstrated by Dr Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973.

Answer: Alessandro Volta

Born on 18th February 1745, Alessandro Volta was a key figure in the study of electricity. He was the inventor of the battery (which was first named the "Voltaic pile"), which he completed in the year 1800. He also discovered methane. The term "voltage" to describe the strength of an electrical charge was named because of Volta. He passed away on 5th March 1827.

All the others listed were also important figures in the development of electricity. Luigi Galvani studied animal electricity. Benjamin Franklin, as well as being one of the Founding Fathers of the USA, studied electricity and invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove and a carriage odometer. Michael Faraday studied in particular the magnetic field, as well as other things not related to electricity.

Answer: Willis Carrier

Willis Carrier was born in New York on 26th November 1876. He drew the first submitted drawings of the modern air conditioner in July 1902. In 1906, he received a US patent for his device, a spray-type air conditioning device which he called an "Apparatus for Treating Air". He also designed an automatic control system on his discovery that "constant dew-point depression provided practically constant relative humidity". He passed away on 7th October 1950.

Thomas Adams was the inventor of chewing gum, Garnet Carter was a co-inventor of miniature golf and William Beldue invented the eyelash curler.

Answer: George Beauchamp

Born on 18th March 1899, George Beauchamp was an inventor of various new musical instruments (and related devices). He invented the first electrically amplified guitar, the electric violin, the electric lap steel guitar, electric bass guitar and also instrument amplifiers. He was also a co-founder of the National Stringed Instrument Corporation and Rickenbacker guitars. He passed away on 30th March 1941 from a heart attack he suffered while deep sea fishing.

The other people listed were also important figures in the development of electric guitar. Les Paul was a legend and has a whole room dedicated to him in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He experimented with different musical sounds and helped with the development of the electric guitar. The famous Les Paul Gibson guitar was designed, with help, by him. Adolph Rickenbacker and Paul Barth co-founded the Rickenbacker guitar company with George Beauchamp.

Answer: American

Born on 17th December 1797, Joseph Henry was the inventor of the electric doorbell, as well as other objects. He finished creating the doorbell in 1831. The basis of Samuel Morse's electric telegraph was Henry's studies on the electromagnetic relay. He passed away on 13th May 1878.

Answer: Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison, born on 11th February 1847, was an American inventor and businessman. He had 1,093 US patents to his name during his lifetime, making him one of the most prolific inventors of all time. His phonograph was the invention that made him particularly famous with the general public, as the invention was very advanced for the time (1877).

He is also known for inventing the first economically viable incandescent electric light bulb, the fluroscope. He also established the first industrial research lab.

He passed away on 18th October 1931.

Answer: Vacuum cleaner

Daniel Hess' invention was first called the "Carpet Sweeper", not the vacuum cleaner. His patent was number 29,077 in the USA and was issued on 10th July 1860.

Answer: Microwave oven

Percy Spencer was born on 9th July 1894. He was known for inventing the microwave oven after he discovered a chocolate bar in his pocket melted after standing in front of an operating magnetron. He tested popcorn in front of the magnetron, and it popped. He received US patent number 2,495,429 for his invention. He passed away on 8th September 1970.
He was an engineer for Raytheon at the time.

Answer: Toothpaste

Ziryab was a very creative man. Not only did he invent deodorant and toothpaste, he was also a very impressive musician, poet, fashion designer, astronomer and many other occupations. He started a trend by changing clothing during each season and designed many types of clothing very sophisticated for his time.

He also introduced the idea of a table cloth. Although the ingredients of his toothpaste aren't known for sure, it was described as "functional and pleasant to taste." He invented deodorant, but the first commercial deodorant hit the shelves in 1888.

It was named "Mum".