Inventions..

[Sweetpea]

1) In which source of power were Volta & Ampère pioneers? - With a snidey comment, Electricity - Bruv

2) What was the nationality of saxophone inventor Adolphe Sax? - Belgian - emmylou

3) In which country were banknotes first used? - SWEDEN

4) What would you use Isaac Singer’s invention for? - Sewing - Davesatan

5) In which room would you be most likely to use the inventions of Kenneth Wood? - Kitchen (Kenwood) - emmylou

6) Which company, motto ‘small is beautiful’ was founded in the late 1940s and developed the walkman? - Sony - poppy

7) Who registered the first patents for the railway sleeping car? - Pulman - jaysay

8) The penny black was the first adhesive stamp, how was the penny red a first? - It was perforated

9) What is the most notable invention of Whitcomb Judson? - The Zip - poppy

10) What is the name of the document which gives you formal right to market your invention - Patent - Bernie

11. Who was the inventor and originator of vulcanised rubber?. - Charles Goodyear

12. Who is known as the father of the jet age? - Frank Whittle - terrywit

13. Who invented the gramophone in 1877? - Thomas Alva Edison

14. Who improved his first version of the passenger lift by devising a steam elevator in 1861?

15. Which military man invented the exploding shell? - General Henry Shrapnel - emmylou

16. What modern day conveyance did Sylvan Goldman invent?. - Elisha Otis

17. Which gardening aid did Edwin Budding of Stroud invent in the 1830's? - The Lawn Mower - poppy

18. Which Hollywood film producer invented a special cantilevered bra to show off Jane Russell's bust to its best advantage? - Howard Hughes

19. Who invented the diesel engine? - Rudolph Diesel.

20. Which US president invented the folding bed and the swivel chair? - Thomas Jefferson.




I lay no claim to writing these quizzes.

15. Alfred Nobel. His brother was killed with their experiments with TNT - His invention? The weapon that would end all wars..... roll on Oppenheimer.

[poppy]

6, Sony

[Sweetpea]

Sorry Churchill, nope. Totally obvious when you know the name.

[emmylou]

15)General shrapnell (i know this sounds like a joke, but it isnt lol)

[Sweetpea]

That is why I said what I said in post 13.

Oh well... Nobel certainly 'improved' it.

[jaysay]

7 Pulman

11. Charles Dunlop.

NO Bruv NOT Mr Spock wearing a condom on his head..

[poppy]

9, the zip

19 Karl(?) Benz.