Inventions
Inventors & Businessmen
Vocabulary
Before or After
Where it Started
100
The Wright Brothers called this their first plane
Flyer - a glider
100
Who was known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park?"
Thomas Edison
100
A person involved in the ownership and management of industry.
Industrialist
100
Which came first the Bessemer Process or the Typewriter?
Typewriter
100
This device made radio possible
The phonograph
200
A device that was developed so music could by enjoyed at home.
A phonograph
200
These brothers were the first to fly
The Wright Brothers
200
A person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money
Entrepreneur
200
Did John D. Rockefeller build his first refinery before or after the Bessemer Process.
Before
200
Batman Vs. Superman was shot using this (one of Edison's first inventions.
What is the movie camera?
300
CFL, black, incandescent, and florescent are all types of of what?
The light bulb
300
He revolutionized the Steel Industry
Andrew Carnegie
300
Business owned by investors.
A corporation
300
Which came first the car or the light bulb?
The light bulb
300
The Model T influenced car makers everywhere. Give me three car manufacturers today.
What is Ford, KIA, Honda, Dodge, Hyundai, Nissan, Toyota, Jeep, Mitsubishi, Mercedes Benz, Jaguar.
400
This was the first motored vehicle
Model T
400
Who shocked the world by introducing alternating current?
Nikola Tesla
400
Company that has control of an entire industry and stops competition.
A monopoly.
400
Did the Wright Brothers introduce the Flyer before or after Ford made the Model T ?
After
400
The emoji was made possible by...
What is the typewriter.
500
This device was used when the words "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you" were spoken.
The telephone
500
The businessman made his money by forming the first monopoly.
John D. Rockefeller
500
A steel-making process, now largely superseded, in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten iron by oxidation.
The Bessemer Process
500
Which came first the telephone or the light bulb?
The telephone
500
The first of it's kind was built in Cleveland, Ohio. We have one in town.
What is an oil refinery?
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