Miscellaneous
Something you get to protect your invention
What is a patent?
Mark Twain is his "pen name" - but his real name is?
Who is Samuel Clemens?
This invention is only American and comes in the form of an exaggerated story
What is a Tall Tale?
This invention put an end to moving west in covered wagons
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
Before this invention people had to use a this under their bed at night or go outside
What is indoor plumbing, a chamber pot, and an outhouse?
Sometimes people invent things they didn't mean to invent
What is a mistake that worked?
He was born when this happened and died when it happened again
What is Haley's Comet?
This invention involves using 3 animals
What is a hot air balloon, a sheep, a rooster, and a duck?
These two companies competed to lay 10 miles of track in one day
What are the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads?
This invention brings water up from a river
What is the Archimedes Screw?
The section we have just finished studying about many important inventions that move people around is titled....
What is Trekking Through Transportation?
This man invented the steamboat and called it what?
Who is Robert Fulton and what is the Clermont?
Two things we've study that involve frogs
What is croaking frogs using in Roman baths to cover bathroom sounds and why did Mark Twain write The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County?
This invention blew up a ship but lost her crew of 8
What is the Hunley submarine?
Two yummy inventions that were mistakes. One is hot and one is cold - and how did they get "invented"
What are the Chocolate Chip Cookies and the Ice Cream Cones?
This is what happens when someone steals your invention
What is suing someone in court?
Steamboats were important to America (especially states along this river) and helped people make money ...how?
What is moving goods and people up and down the Mississippi much faster allowing them to their goods to market?
This man could vibrate his dogs vocal chords to make this sound
Who is Alexander Graham Bell and how did he get his dog to say "Are you Ok, Grandma?"
This invention put this material on a wooden ships by these names
What are ironclads named the Monitor and the Merrimack?
The name of this flying machine (now in the Smithsonian) the brothers names, and the place where they tested it
What is The Flyer, who were Orville & Wilbur Wright, and Where is Kittyhawk North Carolina?
Four categories we study that are on your inventions worksheet (no looking!)
What are Big inventions, Ancient inventions, Mistakes that Worked, and Tiny Inventions?
Where did Mark Twain get his name and what is the measurement?
An Old Mule named ______that pulled a boat on a manmade river
Who is Sal and the Erie Canal? (Now sing a few lines in order to get your 500 points!)
These men invented this flying machine which was later used for what in the Civil War?
Who are the Montgolfier Brothers and what is spying on the enemy?
Men: 1 is 7 ft tall and has a blue ox, one died with a hammer in his hand, one lassoed a tornado with a snake. What do they have in common and what are their names?
Who are Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Pecos Bill and what is a Tall Tale?