How much do you know about post-Industrial Revolution inventions? (1)

QUESTIONS.
1. Which Belgian – American founder of the plastics industry invented ‘Bakelite’ in
1909?
2. Who was the French scientist who, in 1910, invented neon lighting?
3. Which German engineer invented stainless steel, in 1913?
4. What domestic product did the Universal Company, in U.S., put onto the
market in 1918?
5. Who were the British pioneers of light who were the first to fly across the
Atlantic, Newfoundland to Ireland, on June 14th, 1919.
6. Who invented the lie detector in 1921?
7. In 1924, the Savage Arms Corp., in U.S. put a domestic product on the market
for the first time, which was in no way a reflection of their name.What was it?
8. What did the German company I.G. Farben produce for the first time in 1926?
9. First public broadcast in Britain in 1927 of …….what?
10. A German airship flies around the world in 1928.Who invented it?
11. Three major industrial corporations in the U.S., Dupont; Carbon Chemical and
Carbide Corp., share in the launch of a new plastic product with enormous
potential in 1928. What is it called?
12. In 1929 Bell Telephone Laboratories rack up two important ‘firsts’. One is the
invention of coaxial cable.What is the other?
13. In 1930, I.G. Farben of Germany also bring out a new form of plastic with
widespread potential applications.What is it called?
14. In 1931, the very first electric razor goes on sale.Who is its inventor?
15. 1932.The technology of aerodynamics impacts on the Ford Motor Co.What do
they build?

ANSWERS.
1. Leo Hendrik Baekeland. 2. Georges Claude. 3. Harry Brearley. 4. Electric food
mixer. 5.Alcock and Brown. 6. John Larsen. 7.Washing/Spin Drying Machine.
8. Synthetic rubber. 9.Television. 10. Graf von Zeppelin. 11. PVC. (Polyvinylchloride).
12. First colour television image transmission. 13. Polystyrene. 14. Jacob Schick. 15.
Their first wind tunnel.