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I Need To Know If You Can Guess Who Invented These 9 Random Things

Can You Guess Who Invented These Things Quiz

Let's See If You Can Guess Who Invented These 9 Random Things

The alarm clock was invented in 1787. When he invented it, it'd only go off at one time of the day, which was 4:00 a.m.!

It was Levi Hutchins!

Scottish engineer John Baird gave the first demonstration of the television before 50 scientists in central London in the year 1927. Philo Taylor Farnsworth was also an important pioneer in the process of inventing the television.

It was John Baird!

In 1780 William attached pig bristles to a handle made from cow bone.

It was William Addis!

In 1931 while working as a physician in Colorado, Earle developed what we know now as a tampon. With a cardboard applicator, a tampon was made from tightly bound cotton, and a string for easy removal.

It was Earle Haas

[**Legend has it**](https://invention.si.edu/potato-chip-inventions#:~:text=According%20to%20legend%2C%20one%20day,asking%20for%20them%20as%20well.) that in 1853, Crum was working as a chef when one day a customer kept sending his french fries back to the kitchen, complaining that they were too soft. Crum thinly sliced the potatoes and crisped them up, and people loved them.

It was George Crum!

He filed a patent for it allll the way back in 1874.

It was Samuel W. Francis!

He created it in 1883 by adding feet to a tub and sealing it with enamel.

It was John Michael Kohler!

If we're being literal, nature is the true inventor of mirrors, as people could see their reflections in things like water. Von Liebig, however, crafted a process in the 1800s of taking one side of a pane of clear glass and applying a thin layer of metallic silver to it.

It was Justus von Liebig!

He invented it in 1974, and it took a month for even him to unscramble it.

It was Erno Rubik!

Finally, what's the _first_ name of the person who invented the Rubik's Cube? (I took the last names off so it wouldn't be obvious!)

You got {{points}} correct, which is totally OK because this quiz was haaaaaard. Hopefully you learned a thing or two, though!

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You got {{points}} correct! Hey, that's not a bad score, honestly. This was really difficult!

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You got {{points}} correct! Either you're an incredible guesser, or you know a lot of very specific facts about inventions. I'm surprised and intrigued!

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