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1. Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
2. Who invented the airplane?
3. Who invented the phonograph?
4. Who invented the airplane autopilot system?
5. What was the first official message sent via Morse's telegraph?
6. What type of organism produced the substance Fleming named Penicillin?
7. What mechanical component was the heart of John Logie Baird's early television system?
8. What was the original purpose of Willis Carrier's air conditioning invention?
9. What prompted Edwin Land to invent the instant camera?
10. What material did Theodore Maiman use as the core of the first working laser?
11. The 'aeolipile' invented by Hero of Alexandria is considered the first version of what modern device?
12. The 88 frequencies used in Lamarr's invention were inspired by what musical instrument?
13. What type of virus did Jonas Salk use in his polio vaccine?
14. What does the name 'neutrino,' coined by Enrico Fermi, mean in Italian?
15. What electrical principle does the Tesla Coil use to amplify voltage?
16. What medium did Bell's Photophone use to transmit sound?
17. What was the main advantage of the Magnetic Detector over the earlier coherer?
18. What problem did Benjamin Franklin solve by inventing bifocals?
19. What is the primary function of a 'compiler,' as invented by Grace Hopper?
20. What was the original goal of Bell's experiments before he discovered the telephone?