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    For over 500 years, paper was only available and sold as single sheets. In 1902, an inventive Australian used half size sheets of paper, a bit of glue and cardboard to create the what?

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    Birchall's of Launceston in Tasmania started selling the world�s first notepads, calling them 'Silvercity Writing Tablets' after J A Birchall thought it would be a good idea to back sheets of paper with cardboard and glue them together at the top. His British paper suppliers weren�t so keen, but, they were persuaded by Birchall that it was a good idea!

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    Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

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    Viscount Charles 'Turnip' Townsend developed this revolutionary concept.

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    CORN FLAKES - Who made them first?

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    Will Keith Kellogg discovered the corn flake, by mistake, in 1906. They were the result of an experiment which went wrong.

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    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 ________?

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    Frisbie made a brand of pies that were popular with Yale students in the 1870's. After eating the pies they would throw the pie tins through the air.

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    Who came up with the idea for INSTANT MASHED POTATO?

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    Instant mash was invented by Edward A Asselbergs, a Canadian, in 1962. The mash is actually dehydyated potato flakes.

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    Who invented Dynamite?

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    For whom high heeled shoes were invented?

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    King Louis XIV was very short and didn't like looking up at people he spoke to, so he had a tall pair of shoes made for him.

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    What toy did George Lerner create for Hasbro company in 1952?

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    This was a plastic potato-shaped body on which you could stick different features, such as eyes, ears, etc.

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    What African-American inventor received 5 patents in the field of shoemaking?

    Solution

    Matzeliger never benefited financially from his inventions. He died in 1889 at the age of 37 from tuberculosis.

  • Question 10
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    It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?

    Solution

    Christopher Cockerell invented the hovercraft in 1956. His early experiments with the idea involved a cat food tin, a coffee tin and an industrial blower.

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