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This invention was originally used to help monitor heart rates.

Lie Detector

100

The inventor of the lightbulb

Thomas Edison

100

On a record player, what does the record player's needle pick up to convert to electric signals?

vibrations

100

The original name of Google was what?

Back Rub

100

At first, this invention only lasted 12 seconds.

airplane

100

In 1998, this invention come onto the scene.

Google

100

Who opened up a bike business prior to inventing their famous machine?

The Wright Brothers

100

This invention does not have a "center."

The Internet

100

What is "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"

a laser 

100

Where is the apha romeo invented?

Italy

100

In history, everyone wanted which camera to take pictures?

Kodak

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This inventor also served in the military under Napolean.

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

100

The tambours of the lie detector connected to the vein in what two places on a person?

neck and wrist

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All of the inventors can be described as this word for new innovators.

entrepreneurs

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The second g in google is what color?

blue

100

This invention lowered the number of people in hospitals.

penicillin

100

Who is known as the "Father of the Internet?"

Vint Cerf

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This invention was designed for rough terrain.

dirt bike

100

The Internet uses special storage units called this.

kilobytes

100

This is the state where the first flight took place.

North Carolina

100

This is the car that changed the 1990s.

Alpha Romeo

100

This inventor studied sculpture in Europe, before inventing is object.

Erno Rubik

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This invention is made of a silver colored ruby rod.

The laser

100

This invention used multivariable arrangements.

the Rubik Cube

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Without this invention, there would be no supermarkets barcodes.

the laser
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