Inventor

George Washington Carver was famous for his work with what food?

Peanuts

Johannes Gutenberg is credited with what invention?

Printing Press

What did the Wright Brothers manufacture to make a living before flying the first ever airplane?

Bicycles

What is the last name of the brothers who are said to be responsible for the first airplane?

Wright

Which of these inventors is said to have invented the light bulb?

Thomas Edison

Which of these men was a founder of the computer company Apple?

Steve Jobbs

Who invented Morse Code?

Samuel Morse

Who invented the cotton gin?

Eli Whitney

Who invented the Model T automobile?

Henry Ford

Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?

Tim Berners-Lee

Which mathematician invented the telescope in the beginning of the 17th century?

Galileo Galilei

What made Steve Jobs leave his company in 1985?

Internal power struggle

Which of these men started a company with Steve Jobs in 1976?

Steve Wozniak

What does the Jobs-owned company Pixar produce?

Animated movies

What wage did Steve Jobs get from his company for many years?

1 dollar

What was the name of the veterinary surgeon who patented the pneumatic tire in 1888?

John Boyd Dunlop

What nationality was the inventor of the adjustable spanner?

Swedish

Steve Jobs died during 2011. What was the cause of death?

Cancer

What is the name of the company founded by Steve Jobs in 1976?

Apple

Along with Jack Kilby, who invented the microchip?

Robert Noyce

Henry Doherty patented what invention?

Pooper scooper

In what year were disposable diapers invented?

1946

What inventor was once dubbed the “black Leonardo”?

George Washington Carver

What musical instrument did Benjamin Franklin invent?

Glass Harmonica

Which Scottish inventor helped develop the television?

John Logie Baird

Who coined the term “brainwash”?

Edward Hunter

Who discovered radium?

Marie Curie

Who invented the first mechanical bicycle?

Kirkpatrick Macmillan

Who invented the pneumatic tire?

John Boyd Dunlop

Which inventor broadcasted the first Trans-Atlantic radio signal?

Guglielmo Marconi

The ice cream cone was invented by a man from what country?

Italy

Who discovered penicillin?

Alexander Fleming

Who was the leader of the group which invented the first atomic bomb?

Robert Oppenheimer

Who invented fluorescent lighting?

Nikola Tesla

Who developed the Turing Machine?

Alan Turing

From which United States department can you receive patents?

United States Patent and Trademark Office

The idea of the frisbee was inspired by students at what university?

Yale

What company produced the first handheld roll film camera?

Eastman

What rock band is named after an inventor?

Jethro Tull

Who invented the diesel-powered combustion engine?

Rudolf Diesel

What was originally produced with the chicle from the Mexican sapodilla tree?

Gum

Who developed the bag-less vacuum cleaner?

James Dyson

Who made the first petrol-powered car?

Karl Benz

Who developed braille?

Louis Braille

Who invented color photography?

James Maxwell

Inventor James Watt hailed from which country?

Scotland

Russian inventor Vladimir Zworykin had a part in what invention?

Television

Which founding father of the United States invented the swivel chair?

Thomas Jefferson

Which of these men made many contributions toward the development of the television?

Philo Farnsworth

Which of these toys was originally created to help in World War II?

Silly Putty

Who created the prototype for the disposable diaper?

Marion Donovan

Who developed the grocery bag?

Walter Deubner

Who first sent radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean?

Guglielmo Marconi

Who invented earmuffs?

Chester Greenwood

Who invented the barometer?

Evangalista Torichelli

Who invented the first automobile?

Karl Benz

Who invented the first photo negative?

William Talbot

Who invented the Linux operating system?

Linus Torwalds

Who invented the piano?

Bartommelo Christofori

Who invented the three-position traffic signal?

Garrett Morgan

Who was the first American female to patent an invention?

Mary Kies

Who was the inventor of the seatbelt?

Nils Bohlin

Who invented the Super Soaker water gun?

Lonnie Johnson

What African-American inventor is best known for his contributions to the patenting of the light bulb?

Lewis Latimer

Who was the first woman to receive a United States patent?

Mary Dixon Kies

Who invented automatic regulators for use in AGA Lighthouse?

Gustav Dahlén

What does the "I" in IPod, IPhone, etc., mean?

Internet

What did Thomas Edison call the sound recording machine he invented at the end of the 19th century?

Phonograph

Which country did Steve Jobs come from?

USA

In 1878 Gustav de Laval and L.C. Nielsen invented a separator. What did they want to separate?

Cream from milk

Who is said to have invented the electric light?

Thomas Alva Edison

Which country invented gunpowder?

China

Who patented the light bulb?

Thomas Alva Edison

Who invented the telephone in 1876?

Alexander Graham Bell

What is Mac OS X?

An operative system

Which of these computer businesses did Steve Jobs once work for?

Atari