1) The reflecting telescope was invented by: a) Jethro Tull b) Peter Durand c) Isaac Newton d) James Dewar 2) The alternative to the refracting telescope was discovered in: a) 1810 b) 1892 c) 1953 d) 1668 3) The seed drill was important for advancement in: a) astronomy b) architecture c) agriculture d) food industry 4) The seed drill was invented in: a) 1668 b) 1701 c) 1810 d) 1953 5) The inventor of the seed drill was: a) Charles Wheatstone b) Henry Bessemer c) Jethro Tull d) JS Fry and Sons 6) The first patent for the steam engine was filed in by: a) Richard Trevithick b) James Watt c) Thomas Savery d) Thomas Newcomen 7) The steam engine had been perfected in : a) 1810 b) 1698-1801 c) 1701 d) 1668 8) Peter Durand is the inventor of : a) the reflecting telescope b) the steam engine c) the tin can d) the thermos flask 9) The thermos flask was the result of experiments in the field of: a) criogenics b) astronomy c) electronics d) architecture 10) The thermos flask was invented by: a) Cristopher Cockerell b) James Dewar c) Robert William Thomson d) Harry Brearly 11) The thermos flask was invented in:  a) 1701 b) 1810 c) 1892 d) 1953 12) The first hovercraft was invented by: a) James Dewar b) Thomas Savery c) Cristopher Cockerell d) Robert William Thomson 13) The first practical hovercraft was invented in: a) 1953 b) 1810 c) 1701 d) 1668 14) Another name for the first practical hovercraft was: a) thermos flask b) air-cushioned vehicle c) pneumatic tyre d) stainless steel 15) The first pneumatic tyre was created by: a) John Boyd Dunlop b) Peter Durand c) Henry Bessemer d) Charles Wheatstone 16) Harry Brearley discovered: a) the pneumatic tyre b) the telegraph c) the chocolate bar d) a means of producing stainless steel 17) Corrosion resistent iron-chromium alloys were first recognized by: a) a German chemist b) a French metallurgist c) a British engineer d) an Italian manufacturer 18) Turning molting pig iron into steel is also called: a) the Wheatstone process b) the Dunlop process c) the Bessemer process d) the Shepard- Baron process 19) The Bessemer process was important for: a) the steel used in building ships and bridges b) the production of chocolate bars c) teh production of yarn d) the production of silk 20) The first commercial telegraph was created in: a) 1837 b) 1934 c) 1967 d) 1701 21) The first commercial telegraph system was created by: a) Js Fry and Sons b) Charles Wheatstone and William Coke c) Ambrose Godfrey d) Robert William Thomson 22) The ancestor of the modern day cellphone is: a) the radio b) the ancient telephone c) the telegraph d) the world wide web 23) The inventor of the chocolate bar was: a) Ambrose Godfrey b) Js Fry and Sons c) Robert William Thomson d) Charles Wheatstone and William Coke 24) We can enjoy chocolate bars from: a) 1847 b) 1934 c) 1998 d) 1701 25) The first fire extinguisher had been patented first by: a) Js Fry and Sons b) Percy Shaw c) Ambrose Godfrey d) John Shepard- Baron 26) The modern fire extinguisher had been invented by: a) Captain William Manby b) John Shepard- Baron c) Js Fry and Sons d) Percy Shaw 27) Catseyes are important for: a) agriculture b) textile industry c) transport on roads d) chemistry 28) The catseye had been patented by: a) Edwin Budding b) Thomas Edison c) Percy Shaw d) Michael Faraday 29) The catseye was discovered in: a) 1837 b) 1818 c) 1733 d) 1934 30) The first ATM was engineered by: a) Edwin Budding b) John Shepard- Baron c) Thomas Edison d) Thomas Savery 31) The first ATM was created in a) 1701 b) 1967 c) 1867 d) 1795 32) The invention of the hydraulic press belongs to: a) Joseph Swan b) Michael Faraday c) Joseph Bramah d) John Kay 33) Bramah got his idea of the hydraulic press:  a) while travelling in Italy b) from his team of engineers c) from the Halifax gibbet d) from his work on installing toilets 34) Anothet name of the guillotine is: a) the Halifax gibbet b) the Bramah gibbet c) the Bessener gibbet d) the Faraday gibbet 35) The invention of the guillotine goes back to: a) 1678 b) 1280 c) 1996 d) 1867 36) Edwin Budding developed: a) the hydraulic press b) the light bulb c) the lawnmower d) the flying shuttle 37) The modern scythe was used: a) to cut grass on sports grounds b) as a device similar with the guillotine c) in the textile industry d) in agriculture 38) The one who won the patent of the light bulb was: a) Thomas Edison b) Joseph Swan c) Edwin Budding d) Michael Faraday 39) The one who realized the first working electric motor was: a) John Kay b) Andre Marie Ampere c) Michael Faraday d) Thomas Edison 40) The flying shuttle was patented by: a) Edwin Budding b) Thomas Edison c) Michaek Faraday d) John Kay 41) The flying shuttle was patented in: a) 1879 b) 1747 c) 1280 d) 1934 42) The flying shuttle revolutionized the: a) astronomy b) agriculture c) architecture d) textile industry

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