Thomas Edison
Automobiles
Telephone and Cellphone
TV and Radios
Computers, Rockets, and Laser
100

How many times did Thomas Edison fail before he found the perfect lightbulb?

What is 6,000?

100

Who invented the first motorcar?

Who is Karl Benz!

100

Who invented the telephone?

Who is Alexander G. Bell!

100

Who invented the radio?

Who is Guglielmo Marconi!

100

What invention can do more than a billion calculations per second?

What is a supercomputer!

200

Name two of Thomas Edison's patented invention.

What are phonograph and lightbulb?

200

Who invented the windshield wipers?

Who is Mary Anderson!

200

What year was the first cellphone invented?

What is 1947?

200

Why did many people used to call their radio a “Marconi”?

What is the first radio was invented by a man named Guglielmo Marconi.

200

Why did Robert Goddard call himself the "one-dream man"?

What is his dream is to send a rocket to the moon?

300

Who was Thomas Edison's rival?

Who is Alexander Bell!

300

What is an advantage and disadvantage of electric cars?

What is an advantage is it reduces air pollution and a disadvantage is it takes a long time to charge.

300

What did Shirley Jackson invented?

What is Caller ID and call waiting!

300

What year did Vladimir Zworykin invented the TV system?

What is 1929?

300

The first all-electronic computer needed vacuum tubes to operate. How many vacuum tubes were needed?

What is 18,000?

400

Name three qualities of a great inventor.

What are learn from your mistakes, turn ideas into reality, and put your work ahead of everything else.

400

Why do you think several companies rejected Mary Anderson’s idea for windshield wipers in 1903?

What is cars were not popular yet.

400

What did Alexander Graham Bell say when he tested the telephone for the first time?

What is "Mr. Watson – come here – I want to see you.”

400

What year was the radio made?

What is 1895!

400

Name three ways lasers are used.

What are medical operation, bar scanner in the groceries, and tracking flying object.

500

How did Thomas Edison improve the incandescent light bulb?

What is he developed a filament that would last longer than a few hours! 

500

How did the invention of the automobile change people’s lives?

What is it changed the way people got to work, where they went to eat, where they shopped, and where they lived!

500

Why is the circuit board of a cell phone considered the “brains of the system”?

What is the circuit board turns a caller’s voice into a signal that can be sent to a cell tower by the antenna.

500

Which invention affected our modern world the most?

Answer may vary

500

How is laser light different from other types of light?

What is laser have one wavelength and moves together while other lights have many different wavelengths.

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