Multiple Choce Questions based on science

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Q 111. What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
a) Joshua Rumble b) Hiram Walker c) Charles Richter d) Giuseppe Mercalli
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Q 112. Who was the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?
a) Amanda Jones b) Marjorie Joyner c) Margaret Knight d) Mary Kies
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Q 113. This English inventor is known as the 'Father of Computing.'
a) Philo Farnsworth b) John Mauchly c) J Presper Eckert d) Charles Babbage
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Q 114. For whom high heeled shoes were invented?
a) Cleopatra b) King Louis the XIV c) King Charles II d) Queen Elizabeth I
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Q 115. William Frederick is credited with the invention of the modern frisbee in the mid 1950's, In 1957 the Wham-O Company bought his idea and the rest is history, They named the toy after William Frisbie who was a ________?
a) Ceramic plate designer b) Pie maker c) Owner of a pizza parlor d) Student at Yale
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Q 116. For what does the world owe Almon Strowger a debt of gratitude?
a) Automatic Telephone Exchanges b) Parking Meters c) Traffic Lights d) Vending Machines
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Q 117. When was the game Frisbee invented?
a) 1870s b) 1890s c) 1920s d) 1900s
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Q 118. Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
a) Simon Hargreaves b) James Hargreaves c) Thornton Hargreaves d) Peter Hargreaves
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Q 119. Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?
a) Cabbage Carlson b) Turnip Townsend c) Swede Svenson d) Potato Peterson
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Q 120. This African-American woman physical therapist worked with soldiers disabled in World War II, She invented a device that helped the disabled to eat by delivering food through a tube to a mouthpiece?
a) Bessie Blount b) Mae Jamison c) Beulah Henry d) Marjorie Joyner
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