Early Life
Other Inevtnions
True or False
Light Bulb
Fun Facts
100
When was Thomas Edison born? Hint: It's almost Spring!
February 11th, 1847
100
Edison's first invention was the __________
It was the Phonograph
100
True or False: Thomas Edison's full name was Thomas Ava Edison.
False. It's actually Thomas Alva Edison
100
They say Edison made the _________ light bulb first.
Incandescent light bulb.
100
Thomas Edison married ________ ________
Mary Stiwell
200
When Edison was 16 he set up a _______
Factory. His very first.
200
Edison also invented a very famous thing known as the ____ ______
The movie camera! Now used to film all kinds of movies
200
True or False: At first the light bulb was so light that they couldn't put it in homes
True. It was as light as a street light at first
200
The light bulb was built from _______ 1879 to _______ 1879. Hint: Christmas is a comin!
October to November 1879.
200
electricity moves __________ miles per hour
186,000 miles per hour!
300
Edison was born in Miami, ____
Ohio.
300
Edison wasn't just an inventor! He was also a _________ and a _______ ___
He was a scientist and a business man.
300
True or False: Edison started going deaf at 11
False. Edison started going deaf at 12
300
To light the light bulb they needed to use _____________, the thing that finally lit the bulb. Hint: Pandas drinking soda. :)
Carbonized bamboo!
300
Edison has made over _______ inventions
1,000 inventions! Yikes.
400
in 1854 Edison moved to ____ _____, ________
Port Huron, Michigan
400
Many claim Edison's most famous invention was the _____ ____
Light Bulb
400
True or False: Thomas Edison invented the first ever light bulb
False. Humphry Davy made the first electric light bulb in 1800.
400
Edison's greatest light bulb was a ______-_______ light bulb Hint: Number 6 on the periodic table!
It was a Carbon-Filament light bulb.
400
Edison's first wife died in ____
1884
500
When they moved, Edison attended school for __ _____
Only 12 weeks! That's only three months of school!
500
How many inventions did Edison make that end with ¨graph¨
2. The Phonograph and the Mimeograph.
500
True or False: Edison out ran a train to save a kid
True. He did it in exchange for a telegraph.
500
What was something Thomas Edison used to fuel the light bulb? Hint: It's on most old people
Hairs from a friends beard!
500
Edison re-married in 1886, marrying ____ ______
Mina Miller
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