Evolution of Erasers
Guess the Eraser Company
True or False
Multiple Choice
Miscellaneous
100

What was the difference between the Eraser 9000 from the original erasers?

What is the Eraser 9000 is an upgrade from the original eraser. Not only can the Eraser 9000 erase pencil. It could also erases crayons and colored pencils.

100

The company's name is made of two words. One of them is a colour and the other is something you can find in a clam. It is a popular brand of eraser.


What is Pink Pearl?

100

After erasers are used, they produce eraser shavings. True or false?

What is true? Eraser shavings could also be called rubbering, eraser dust, eraser crumbs, and eraser waste.

100

What colour was the first eraser?

a) dark purple

b) light pink

c) only primary colours

d) various colours


What is (d) various colours?

100

Why is it important to learn about erasers?

What is because they are very important tools that help us out in life?

200

When did the rubber-tipped pencil rule out as a legitimate invention by the Supreme Court?

What is 1875?

200

The company's name starts with an "s" and ends with an "s". The name has seven letters. Plus, it has a red and white theme.


What is Staples?

200

Erasers have toxic chemicals. True or false?


What is false? Erasers are not toxic, but they can be a choking hazard.

200

Who was the first person to create an eraser?

a) Sally Hertz and Newt Scamander

b) Edward Nairne and Joseph Priestly

c) George Washington and Caroll Smith

d) Gerald Kapot and Qwerty Ponge


Who is (b) Edward Nairne and Joseph Priestley?

200

What product could be described as a milky substance and is used to make natural rubber? (Hint: It can be found in the bark of a tree.)

What is latex?

300

When did most of the pencils sold include erasers attached to them?

What is the 1920s?

300

DOUBLE OR NOTHING!!!!!!




The company's name is made of two words. One is a place where people go to get their education and the other is a quality that describes a person's brain. The logo consists of an A+.


What is School Smart?

300

Before the eraser was made, they used dough. True or false?


What is false?

"The original erasers were moist bread. Until the 1770s, humanity's preferred way of erasing errant graphite marks relied on bread that had been de-crusted, moistened and balled up. While these erasers were cheap and plentiful, they had a distinct disadvantage: They were, you know, made of bread. They were susceptible, like all bread, to mold and rot. Talk about a kneaded eraser (Garber)."

300

Where was the first eraser created?

a) Europe

b) Canada

c) China

d) U. S.


What is (a) Europe?

300

What was invented in 1867 by J. B. Blair?

What is the hollow eraser? "In 1872, the Eagle company made pencils with erasers inserted directly into the wooden case of the pencil. Other companies soon made similar pencils, which became known as penny pencils because they were inexpensive (Made How)."

400

In 1858, a stationer named Hymen Lipman upgraded the pencil in what way?

What is patenting a pencil with a rubber eraser on the end? 

400

The company's logo is a picture of the Roman god of war, Mars. The company has a blue and white theme.


What is Staedlter?

400

The first eraser company was Pelikan Eraser. True or false?


What is true? The official birthdate of the company is considered to be on April, 28th, 1838.

400

What are erasers made of today?

a) natural rubber, pumice, and minerals

b) rubber bands and glue

c) mineral filling, pumice, and vegetable oil

d) special plastic, chemicals, and oils


What are (c) mineral filling, pumice, and vegetable oil?

400

How was the idea of erasers incorporated in other ways than physically?

What is by inspiring programmers to create a function to "erase" on technology, such as in online meetings and virtual "whiteboards"?

500

The previous rubber erasers were not durable enough. To solve this problem, an inventor had to create a new method of vulcanization, which meant curing the rubber. Who created it and when?

Who is Charles Goodyear and what is 1839?

500

The company was established in 1761. The company's logo consists fighting knights.


What is Faber-Castle?

500

Most erasers contain dust. True or false?


What is false?

"Many erasers contain volcanic ash. Those ubiquitous pink erasers, in particular—the pencil-toppers and Pink Pearls of the world—make use of pulverized pumice to add abrasiveness. And pumice is, of course, volcanic ash (Garber)."

500

The same person who discovered the property of erasing in rubber discovered:

a) gravity

b) prism of light

c) oxygen

d) lightbulb

What is (c) oxygen?

500

What are the five types of erasers that most artists use?

What are rubber erasers, gum erasers, kneaded eraser, vinyl erasers, and pencil erasers?