What
Who
When
Guess the Invention
True or False
100
Alexander Graham Bell invented the ___.
Telephone
100
What famous brothers made the cereal popular in the early 1900s?
a. The Wright Brothers
b. The Dooby Brothers
c. The Kellogg brothers
c. The Kellogg Brothers
In 1894 Dr. John Kellogg and his brother Will Kellogg accidentally invented cereal flakes from wheat. In 1906 cornflakes were invented. Many types of breakfast cereals are available today. (Captain Crunch was Mrs. Butcher's favorite.)
100
... was the color TV invented?
a. 1928
b. 1888
a. 1928
100
Who invented the system to help the blind read books with raised letters on the page?
a. Alessandro Volta
b. Louis Braille
c. Orville and Wilbur Wright
b. Frenchman, Louis Braille, 1824
When Louis was 3, he damaged his eye from his father's tools. The eye became infected and spread to his other eye, which left him blind. Later he discovered an easy way to read with raised letters. Braille is used world-wide.
100
The first solo non-stop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by plane lasted more than 48 hours.
True or False
False
Between May 20 and 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh, on his plane Spirit of St. Louis, crossed the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris in 33 hours and 30 minutes.
200
The first ________ were invented in 1921.
a. Tractors
b. Baby car seats
c. Barbie Doll
b. Baby car seat
Australia was the first country in 1984 to make a bassinette (baby car seat) with a seatbelt so the baby would have a safe journey.
200
... invented the light bulb?
a. Thomas Edison
b. Mark Light
a. Thomas Edison
200
... was the telephone invented?
a. 1876
b. 1988
a. 1876
200
You can invent by
a. accident
b. discovery
c. necessity (need)
d. all three
d. all three
200
Henry Ford invented the assembly line to speed up production of cars.
True or False
True
300
What did Lazlo and Georg Biro invent?
a. The Ballpoint pen
b. The stapler
a. The Ballpoint pen
300
... invented the iphone?
a. Michael Imob
b. Steve Jobs
b. Steve Jobs
300
... was the wheel invented?
a. 300BC
b. 1889
c. 3500BC
c. 3500BC
300
What´s this?
a. an electronic rocking chair
b. sit-on snowboard for disabled people
b. sit-on snowboard for disabled people
300
The invention of toothpaste goes back to more than 3000 years BC.
True or False
True
The ancient Egyptians used a paste, made with ashes, ground eggshells, myrrh, and aromatic herbs, that they rubbed on their teeth with their fingers.
400
____ was invented by Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen.
a. Wheelchair
b. X-ray
c. Shaving cream
b. X-ray
400
... invented the color television in 1928?
a. Jason Macintosh
b. John Baird
c. Peter Milestones
b. John Baird
400
... was basketball invented?
a. 1891
b. 1865
c. 1996
a. 1891
400
What popular arcade game is this? 
a. Pinball b. Football c. Pool
a. Pinball
400
The white line on roads was invented in 1970.
True or False
False
Before 1930, the white line on roads did not exist. It was John D. Millar, an engineer of the government of Ontario, Canada, who first thought of painting white lines on a highway.
500
Thomas Sullivan invented _____.
a. Tea bags
b. The teaspoon
c. The teapot
a. Tea bags
500
... invented the automobile assembly line?
a. Peter Benz
b. Henry Ford
c. Woft Vaughswagen
b. Henry Ford
500
... was the submarine invented?
a. 2002
b. 1973
c. 1620
c. 1620
500
This item was important for bicycle safety in the 1880´s. What is it?
a. Horn b. Lamp c. Lock
b. Lamp
500
The first cash register was invented to conform to the new accounting rules in the U.S.A.
False
In 1879, James Ritty in Dayton, Ohio invented with John Birch the first cash register to stop their employees from stealing from them.