26. What did cardiologist Dr. Paul Zoll invent in Massachusetts in 1952?
(a) EKG
(b) Artificial heart valve
(c) Artificial heart
(d) Pacemaker
27. What item, originally called the ‘Whirlwind’, was invented by Ives McGaffey in 1869?
(a) Blender
(b) Electric mixer
(c) Washing machine
(d) Vacuum cleaner
28. What ‘game’ was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?
(a) Frisbee
(b) Monopoly
(c) Ouija board
(d) Ping Pong
29. Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?
(a) J. R. Gluber
(b) A. Nobel
(c) G. Fawks
(d) W. Bickford
30. CORN FLAKES – Who made them first?
(a) Nabisco
(b) Kellogg
(c) Quaker
(d) Archers
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