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100

Miriam Benjamin was born in this southern city.

Charleston

100

She developed her invention using a tool from her kitchen.

Marjorie Joyner

100

Henry Blair invented these 2 things

The corn planter and cotton planter

100

She was only 16 years old when she attended Southern University

Betty Wright Harris

100

It's the location in New York where Marie Van Britton Brown was born.

Queens

100

When was John Parker born?

February 2, 1827

200

One of his inventions was a milk bottle opener.

Richard Spikes

200

This inventor is the reason we don't have to carry our luggage.

John Butts

200

It's where Alexander Ashbourne was born

Philadelphia

200

It's the college that George Edward Alcorn attended

Occidental College

200

W.A. Deitz invented a version of this item we wear.

the shoe

200

What country was Joseph H Dickinson born in?

Canada

300

Dr. Shirley Jackson held this honor

The first African American to earn a doctorate in nuclear physics

300

Before his most famous invention, Alexander Miles worked as this.

A hairdresser
300

She was born on April 8, 1950

Sarah Goode

300

He was born as a slave, but he was very smart, so his owner sent him to the Naval Academy to serve his country.

Benjamin Bradley

300

This man ran a general store while he was a slave.

Benjamin Montgomery

300

William Cling had this many children, and invented a device that helps count the amount of people in a theater.

6

400

Norbert Rillieux was called this.

The most sought after engineer in Lousiana

400

Mark Dean was honored by being inducted into these 2 places.

The National Inventors Hall of Fame and the National Academy of Engineers

400

Louis Latimer faked this.

His age

400

Most of his inventions worked with electrical devices.

Granville T Woods

400

Otis Boykin dropped out of college for this reason.

He couldn't afford the tuition

400

Emmett Chappelle's profession was this.

Biochemist

500

This man fought in court to earn his masters degree.

Philip Emeagwali

500

Mary Kenner became a famous inventor despite this struggle in her younger years.

She couldn't afford to go to school

500

This help southern farmers improve the quality of their soil because he knew so much about working with plants

George Washington Carver

500

James Maceo was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in this year.

1999

500

George Carruthers studied to be this while at the University of Illinois.

Aeronautical Engineer

500

This man who's famous for creating the first full length film, invented a technique for filming called the multi-dynamic image technique

DW Griffith