1. A dirigible invented by Ferdinand von Zeppelin for use by the German army was nearly 500 feet long, but
when deflated, occupied one cubic foot
could be popped like an ordinary balloon
could carry only 20 people
weighed less than one pound

2. A steam carriage invented by Richard Dudgeon of New York City in the 1800s could travel for four hours carrying ten people at 14 mph-fueled by on barrel of
gun powder
tabasco sauce
anthracite coal
beer

3. A plow patented in the U.S. in 1896 could also be used as a
fence post
hay baler
cannon
butter churn

4. A vehicle owned by Moulton B. Taylor of California could be converted in five minutes from an auto to a
hot dog stand
hat
tank
plane

5. At the age of 82, Edgar Sims of Sun City, Arizona invented a hearing aid in the shape of
a megaphone
a conch shell
antennae
mouse ears

6. Johann Heinrich Rahn (1749-1812) of Switzerland invented the mathmatical sign for
subtraction
square root
division
hexagon

7. A patent was filed in 1972 by Lewis Toppel of Madison, WI for a cigarette package that, when opened,
coughs
lights a cigarette
waterproofs the pack
reads aloud the Surgeon General warning

8. The world's tallest man-made monument is
Great Pyramid
St. Louis Gateway Arch
Eiffel Tower
Statue of Liberty

9. The fountain pen was invented in 1884 by New York insurance salesman
Lewis E. Waterman
Lewis T. Bic
Macon A. Fountain
Mount Blanc

10. Thomas Edison was so revered that, upon his death the President proposed that
All flags fly half-mast
All electric current be turned off for minutes
We stop to pray
Nothing

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