KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
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Question
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George Pullman invented the ____
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sleeper car
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railroad
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lightbulb
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telephone
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Pullman developed his first railroad sleeping car, the Pullman sleeper or “palace car” in 1864. They were designed after the packet boats that traveled the Erie Canal of his youth.
Detailed explanation-2: -The sleeping car or sleeper (often wagon-lit) is a railway passenger car that can accommodate all passengers in beds of one kind or another, for the purpose of sleeping. George Pullman was the American innovator of the sleeper car.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Amtrak Sleeping Car fleet consists of two types of cars: Superliner and Viewliner. The primary difference: a Superliner features two levels of private accommodations per car and Viewliner features a single level.
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