Accidental Inventors
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100

Who invented Kellogg's Flakes?

A. Frank Epperson

B. Will Keith Kellogg and Dr. John Harvey Kellogg

C. Richard James



What is Will Keith Kellogg and Dr. John Harvey Kellogg?

100

What were the Frisbee originally called?

A. Discus Throw

B. Frisbee Roundup

C. Frisbee Pie

What is the Frisbee Pie?

100

How many bricks are there in The Empire State Building rounded to the nearest 10 million?

A. 10 million

B. 20 million

C. 30 million

What is 10 million?

100

What season is best for tapping trees for Maple Syrup?

A. Fall

B. Winter

C. Spring

What is spring?

100

What spaceship crew played with Silly Putty on their spaceship?

A. Project Gemini

B. Artemis II

C. Apollo 8

What is Apollo 8?

200

How old was Frank Epperson when she invented the popsicle?

A. 6

B. 20

C. 11

What is 11?

200

What was Coca-Cola originally?

A. Medicine

B. A Refreshing Drink

C. Flavoring for Baked Goods

What is medicine?

200

How many steps is it to the top of The Leaning Tower of Pisa?

A. 100

B. 310

C. 296

What is 296?

200

What was silicon refined from during World War II?

A. Tree Sap

B. Sand

C. Rubber

What is sand?

200

Was the potato invented by accident?

A. Yes

B. No

What is no?

300

Who invented Aspirin?

A. Sir Alexander Fleming

B. Edward Jenner

C. Charles Gerhardt


What is Charles Gerhardt?

300

What was Bangor, Maine called before it was named and it was only a settlement?

A. Old Settlement

B. Kenduskeag Plantation

C. Lobster Town


What is Kenduskeag Plantation?

300

How many pounds of cheese does the average American eat every year?

A. 80 pounds

B. 24 pounds

C. 59 pounds

What is 24 pounds of cheese?

300

When cheese was invented, milk was poured into a ______ stomach bag and it made cheese! Fill in the blank.

A. Sheep

B. Cow

C. Pig


What is sheep?

300

What city is The General Shale Museum of Bricks in?

A. Johnson City

B. Nashville

C. Jackson

What is Johnson City?

400

What year was John Montagu, the inventor of bread, born?

A. 1718

B. 1681

C. 3100 BCE

What is 1718?

400

What year did the Slinky get invented?

A. 1943

B.2000

C. 1924

What is 1943?

400

How much percent pure is Ivory Soap?

A. 10.5 percent

B. 82.36 percent

C. 99.44 percent


What is 99.44 percent?

400

What accidental invention can be used to clean keyboards?

A. Facial Tissues

B. Petroleum Jelly

C. Silly Putty



What is Silly Putty?

400

What company invented Scotchgard in the 1950s?

A. Kenwood

B. 3M

C. Kirby

What is 3M?

500

Who invented the Ice Cream Cone?

A. Ernest Hamwi

B. Ruth Wakefield

C. Percy Spencer

What is Ernest Hamwi?

500

In the original Cinderella story, what is her slipper (that her fairy godmother gives her) made of?

A. Cloth

B. Fur

C. Glass

What is fur?

500

How many percent of jeans in the United States are Levi's Jeans?

A. 21 percent

B. 50 percent

C. 10 percent

What is 21 percent?

500

Between how many gallons of sap does it take to make one gallon of maple syrup?

A. Between 15 to 20 gallons

B. Between 35 to 50 gallons

C. Between 5 to 10 gallons

What is between 35 and 50 gallons?

500

What month and year was Penicillin invented?

A. January 1910

B. June 1830

C. September 1928

What is September 1928?

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