US Inventors and Their Lesser-Known Creations
Are you a fan of weird and wonderful inventions? Answer these ten questions and we'll find out how much you know!
The US has produced all kinds of inventions… so we won’t blame you for not knowing every single one! But how many of some of the USA’s less known creations are you familiar with? Take this quiz and let’s find out how many of these wacky inventions you know about!
Henry Ford designed a car made out of soybeans. True or false?
Thomas Edison is known for the lightbulb, but he also invented the electric pen. What was it meant to do?
The Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla invented the Tesla coil. What did it do?
Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie, originally meant for the cookies to be... what?
George Washington Carver created lots of things from peanuts. Which of these did he not invent?
Who invented the super soaker?
Benjamin Franklin designed a musical instrument. What was it called?
Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin. What was it?
Hedy Lamarr, who helped inventor spread-spectrum technology, also invented... what?
A very clever inventor called Buckminster Fuller invented lots of things including the geodesic dome and... what else?
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