KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1859, Edison took a job selling newspapers and candy on the Grand Trunk Railroad to Detroit. In the baggage car, he set up a laboratory for his chemistry experiments and a printing press, where he started the Grand Trunk Herald, the first newspaper published on a train.
Detailed explanation-2: -The conductor hit him and threw him off the train. Then Thomas sold newspapers at the station. While Edison worked at the station he miraculously saved a 3 year old from getting hit by a train. In thanks, the boy’s father taught Thomas how to operate a telegraph.
Detailed explanation-3: -His middle name was Alva and his family called him Al. His first two kids had the nicknames Dot and Dash. He set up his first lab in his parent’s basement at the age of 10. He was partially deaf. His first invention was an electric vote recorder. His 1093 patents are the most on record. More items