KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
Question
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Albert Einstein
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John Herrington
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Henry Ford
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sir John Harington (baptised 4 August 1560 – 20 November 1612), of Kelston, Somerset, England, but baptised in London, was an English courtier, author and translator popularly known as the inventor of the flush toilet.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sir John Harington’s father had first been married to the illegitimate daughter of King Henry VIII. But Harington was born to his father’s second wife. So he missed being Queen Elizabeth’s nephew, and Elizabeth assumed the role of Godmother to young John Harington.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sir John Harington was a writer as well as the inventor of the modern flush toilet, which he calls his “porcelain toilet machine". He first appeared in the Season Sixteen episode, “Reverse Cowgirl", where he bursted into the courtroom as the attorney from Hoffman and Turk Law Offices performed a “sue-ance".