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Inventions and Inventors Quiz
Who made the things that changed the world? Twenty-five questions, from famous inventors to happy accidents.
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22 more questions in this quiz.1. Who unveiled the phonograph, which recorded and played back sound, in 1877?
- A. Thomas Edison
- B. Samuel Morse
- C. Charles Babbage
- D. George Eastman
2. Who obtained the 1876 patent for the telephone?
- A. Guglielmo Marconi
- B. Alexander Graham Bell
- C. Heinrich Hertz
- D. Lee de Forest
3. Who invented dynamite and left a prize funded by the proceeds?
- A. Antoine Lavoisier
- B. Alfred Nobel
- C. Fritz Haber
- D. Humphry Davy