Invention Quiz: Brilliant Little Ideas

7 questions on everyday inventions, stubborn experiments and ideas borrowed from nature.
- Questions
7 - Length
About 4 min
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- Which invention did seed heads like this inspire?
- Watching a driver struggle in the snow led Mary Anderson to design what?
- How did Dyson's sawmill-inspired vacuum separate dust from air?
- Sort these inventions by when they were patented in the US, from earliest to latest.
- Which fibers were created by chemists? Select all that apply.
- What makes the mark left by a pencil?
- White LED lamps became practical when engineers made a bright LED in which color?