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Thomas Alva Edison Quiz
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What was Edison's first job at 12 years of age?
telegrapher
he worked in a livery stable
he sold candy, newspapers, and sandwiches
he worked at a tallow plant
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Who was the British scientist that Edison read about?
Michael Faraday
Charles Batchelor
John Kruesi
Elisha Gray
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Why didn't Edison's voting machines make money?
politicians were not interested in quick results
no one trusted the machine
people preferred hand counting
the machine broke frequently
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How much did Edison make on his Universal Stock Ticker?
$10,000
$40,000
$100,000
$1,000,000
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What was the quadraplex telegraph system?
a national system of telegraph lines
transmitted two signals in two different directions at once
it was capable of transmitting music
it transmitted telegraph signals and audio at the same time
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Which invention earned Edison the title of "Wizard of Menlo Park"?
light bulb
cylinder phonograph
electric generator
telephone
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What was Edison's greatest invention?
incandescent lighting
telephone
phonograph
synthetic rubber
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Who was Edison's partner in the Edison Illuminating Company?
J.P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Leland Stanford
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How many patents did Edison have?
76
100
265
over 1,000
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What did Thomas Edison's mother Nancy do for a living?
housewife
cleaned hotel rooms
teacher
she wrote romance novels
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