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INVENTION TRIVIA QUIZ |
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the result of an accident? How many great ideas were not even recognized by their
inventor? You will be amazed at some of the answers when you take the invention trivia
quiz. |
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For thousands of years doctors told
patients suffering from pain to chew on the bark of a willow tree. Even as far back
as 400 B.C. Hippocrates recommended a tea made from yellow leaves. It wasn't until the
1800's that scientists discovered what was in the willow tree that relieved pain and
reduced fever. What was the substance called?
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It may be hard to believe, but
what home video game instructions began with the phrase, "Avoid Missing
Ball for High Score"
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It started in the U.S. and has conquered
the world. In some parts of the world it sells for three times the price of liquor. It was
originally sold as a brain tonic, but was poorly received. What is the name of this drink
product? |
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What flip-flops as much as an
American politician and is still popular with the public, after all these years? It
flip-flops all over the place, especially down stairs. |
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How did a trip to the drug
store help this candy
manufacture invent a new candy type that is still on the market over 80 years later, even
though the idea had a hole in it. What is this candy called? |
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In 1904 St. Louis,
Missouri hosted the 1904 World's Fair, the centennial of the Louisiana
land purchase from the French (one year late) with a Louisiana Purchase
Exposition and the 2004 Olympics. One other major event took place that
may have saved an industry from being shut down due to health concerns.
What was invented during those hot summer days? |
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An American Indian of the Huron
tribe long ago invented a snack food that became very popular with the new Americans, so
popular that sales now exceed over four billion dollars a year. What is this snack food
called? |
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A toy still popular today was invented
at Yale University, on the East coast in the Forties, modified by a space enthusiast from
the West coast in the Fifties and renamed by a California manufacturing company president
in the Sixties. What is the name of this toy? |
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People all over the world made this item from grape vines and stiff grasses as
both a religious adornment and as an item of amusement. It took a couple of
Americans, however, to figure out how to make money out of it. What was this item
called? |
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What invention, more than 100 years old, has
a product, a company, a town, an institution and a school named after
it? |
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