Quiz
1. How many patents did Thomas Edison register?
2. Which was NOT one of Thomas Edison's inventions?
3. Thomas Edison recited a line of what nursery rhyme when testing his phonograph?
4. Thomas Edison developed the world's first central electric-light power plant. The power plant provided electricity to which city?
5. Thomas Edison suffered from a disability. What was it?
6. What is the last word of the following quotation, which is one of Thomas Edison's most famous lines? "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% ____."
7. What did Thomas Edison call the movie camera he helped develop with William Dickson?
8. For which invention did Thomas Edison receive his first patent?
9. How long did Thomas Edison stay in school as a child?
10. Thomas Edison started his own electric company, called Edison Electric. The company partnered with another company and is still operating today. What is that company called?
1. How many patents did Thomas Edison register?
1,093
2. Which was NOT one of Thomas Edison's inventions?
Telephone
3. Thomas Edison recited a line of what nursery rhyme when testing his phonograph?
Mary Had a Little Lamb
4. Thomas Edison developed the world's first central electric-light power plant. The power plant provided electricity to which city?
Menlo Park, New Jersey
5. Thomas Edison suffered from a disability. What was it?
Deafness
6. What is the last word of the following quotation, which is one of Thomas Edison's most famous lines? "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% ____."
Perspiration
7. What did Thomas Edison call the movie camera he helped develop with William Dickson?
Kinetoscope
8. For which invention did Thomas Edison receive his first patent?
Electric vote recorder
9. How long did Thomas Edison stay in school as a child?
3 months
10. Thomas Edison started his own electric company, called Edison Electric. The company partnered with another company and is still operating today. What is that company called?
General Electric