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US Inventions That Shaped Transportation Quiz
Can you tell a train from a traffic light? Let's find out with this quiz all about American transport inventions! Are you ready to get 10/10 on all things transport?
How much do you know about the American inventions that changed how we get around forever? Do you know your elevator from your escalator? This quiz will test even the biggest tech fans! Answer ten questions and see if you're a transport expert! And if you liked this, we've got loads more quizzes on the US of A here! What about this spooky haunted US landmarks quiz? Or maybe you're ready for an American food quiz? We've even got this classic Thanksgiving quiz!
![Very old plane in the air with arrows pointing to it](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/1-min-5-887x499.png)
What's the name of the brothers who invented the first aeroplane?
![Elevator lift dial with eyes](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/2-min-7-887x499.png)
What did Elisha Graves Otis invent that helped develop the elevator (lift)?
![Beano food on an escalator](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/3-min-7-887x499.png)
In which year did Jesse W Reno invent the escalator?
![Derpy giraffe looking through car windscren](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/4-min-7-887x499.png)
What did Mary Anderson invent in 1903?
![Old steam strain with face](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/5-min-7-887x499.png)
True or false: Thomas Edison invented the first train to go at more than 100mph?
![Old fashioned car and rainbow farting unicorn](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/6-min-7-887x499.png)
What's the name of the famous industrialist who changed car production forever?
![Man on bike and yellow splats](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/7-min-6-887x499.png)
Robert Goddard is known as the father of modern what?
![Traffic lights with silly eyes](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/8-min-7-887x499.png)
Morgan Garrett is famous for what?
![Beano lightbulb next to someone working out calculations](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/9-min-7-887x499.png)
In what year did American Sylvester Howard Roper develop an early form of the motorcycle?
![Cute dog on a skateboard and question marks](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/10-min-7-887x499.png)
Finally: what did Dean Kamen invent in 2001?
![Bad luck! You don't know much about magnificent men and their flying machines, but don't worry! You can always have another go!](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/Uh-oh-min-2-887x499.png)
Bad luck! You don't know much about magnificent men and their flying machines, but don't worry! You can always have another go!
![You know the basics about US inventions, but not enough to ace this quiz! Try again!](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/Try-again-min-2-887x499.png)
You know the basics about US inventions, but not enough to ace this quiz! Try again!
![Nice job! Someone's been brushing up on their transport trivia! Ready to get 10/10 next go?](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/Well-done-min-1-887x499.png)
Nice job! Someone's been brushing up on their transport trivia! Ready to get 10/10 next go?
![Incredible! You're like an encyclopedia of American transport inventions, because you got 10/10! Congrats!](https://d27qbb6c23tuke.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/Amazing-min-887x499.png)
Incredible! You're like an encyclopedia of American transport inventions, because you got 10/10! Congrats!