Q 01/05
A) 512
B) 876
C) 1,093
D) 2,332
Answer · why
During his adult life that averaged one patent every 10 to 12 days, many of them for work done by his staff.
Q 02/05
A) Toledo
B) Dayton
C) Akron
D) Milan
Answer · why
He was the seventh and last child of the family, who moved to Port Huron, Michigan, in 1854.
Q 03/05
A) Menlo Park
B) Newark
C) Schenectady
D) West Orange
Answer · why
It was built in 1876 with money from the sale of his quadruplex telegraph, and the township is now named Edison in his honour.
Q 04/05
A) The kinetoscope
B) The light bulb
C) The stock ticker
D) The phonograph
Answer · why
It seemed so magical that the public dubbed him a wizard; his first version recorded on tinfoil wrapped around a grooved cylinder.
Q 05/05
A) Scarlet fever
B) Diphtheria
C) Rheumatic fever
D) Whooping cough
Answer · why
Edison told elaborate made-up stories about the cause, and later said deafness helped him concentrate.
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