Starts with "P"
Inventor +Invention
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100
A piece of fabric that fills with air and allows a person or object to fall slowly from the sky?
What is a parachute?
100
This inventor is credited for creating the first practical lightbulb because of his improvements that increased its lifespan to 1,200 hours.
Who is Thomas Edison?
100
The scientific term that describes what happens when light is bent.
What is refraction?
100
These brothers developed the concept of the hot air balloon.
Who are the Montgolfier brothers?
100
The McVicker family developed this groundbreaking putty-like substance that eventually was marketed as a child's toy to create artistic creations. Name the product and what it was originally created for?
What is Play-Doh and it was used as a wallpaper cleaner?
200
This is the first design of an invention.
What is a prototype?
200
This inventor developed the first practical telescope, but failed to get a patent for it.
Who is Hans Lippershey?
200
Magnets function by attracting this type of magnetic field.
What is the opposite magnetic field?
200
This people group discovered an ancient form of navigation through the practice of fortune-telling by using loadstones.
Who are the Chinese?
200
This construction tool is used to determine if objects are perfectly lined up or parallel with the horizontal plane of the Earth.
What is a level?
300
In the 6 pieces of the armor of God, the shoes are the Gospel of this.
What is Peace?
300
This inventor created a tough material made of very strong, stiff fibers that are able to repel bullets. Name the inventor & invention.
Who is Stephanie Kwolek and what is Kevlar?
300
The ability for something to bounce back to its original shape or size after being stretched.
What is elasticity?
300
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This underwater vessel was made almost entirely out of oak and was bulb shaped. What was it nicknamed?
300
Actress Hedy Lamar and her partner George Antheil developed a way for radio messages to hop from one signal to another. This development in the transmission of messages lead to the development of what modern technology that is used today?
What is Wi-Fi technology?
400
This is the willingness to never give up. It is an important character trait for inventors to have.
What is perseverance?
400
This founding father proved that lighting was a form of electricity and created this invention to protect people with this discovery. Name the founding father AND his invention.
Who is Benjamin Franklin and what is the lightning rod?
400
The tendency of an object in motion to stay in motion or an object at rest to stay at rest.
What is inertia?
400
The global positioning system relies on these orbiting computers that monitor weather, surveillance, and measuring gases.
What are satellites?
400
With degrees in mechanical and nuclear engineering, this highly decorated Air Force veteran put his engineering smarts to use by inventing this toy sold by Hasbro that has generated hundreds of millions of sales. Name the inventor AND his invention.
Who is Lonnie Johnson & what is the Super Soaker?
500
A government license that gives the inventor the rights to the product they are designing.
What is a patent?
500
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This bacteriologist accidentally discovered a mold that was killing harmful bacteria which lead to the creation of an entire group of medicine called antibiotics. Name the bacteriologist and what he discovered?
500
Heinrich Hertz discovered these invisible streams of energy that vary in frequency based on the distance between wavelengths.
What are electromagnetic waves?
500
Name the four forces of flight.
What is weight, thrust, lift, and drag?
500
Name the official name of the invention pictured, who developed it, and what is happening?
What is the "Wright Flyer"?
Who are the Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur)?
What is the first flight?