30 Two Truths and a Lie History: 30 Trivia Questions
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1. Which statement is the lie about Walter Hunt's safety pin?
easy- A clasp covered the sharp point.
- A coil in the wire acted as a spring.
- Hunt gave away his safety-pin patent rights without payment.
2. Which statement is the lie about Hubert Cecil Booth's early vacuum service?
easy- Operators could run hoses through house windows.
- The large machines could travel on horse-drawn vehicles.
- The machines cleaned carpets by blowing dust away.
3. Which statement is the lie about John Walker's friction matches?
medium- His business was in Stockton-on-Tees.
- Walker sold his friction matches in 1827.
- Walker worked as a professional watchmaker.
4. Which statement is the lie about Percy Shaw's reflective road studs?
hard- He founded a business to make the studs in 1935.
- Shaw developed his invention in Yorkshire.
- Shaw filed his road-stud patent applications in 1834.
5. Which statement is the lie about Nicolas Appert's early food preservation?
easy- Appert preserved food by keeping the containers unheated.
- Appert used glass jars or bottles.
- Appert worked as a confectioner.
6. Which statement is the lie about Chester Greenwood's earmuff business?
easy- Greenwood received his ear-muffler patent in 1977.
- Greenwood was associated with Farmington, Maine.
- His hometown developed an earmuff-making industry.
7. Which statement is the lie about Charles Macintosh's waterproof cloth?
medium- His early waterproof garments had an unpleasant smell.
- His process involved rubber.
- Macintosh waterproofed cloth with a layer of powdered chalk.
8. Which statement is the lie about the Phaistos Disc?
hard- Its inscriptions run in straight horizontal rows.
- Luigi Pernier discovered it in 1908.
- The disc is made of clay.
9. Which statement is the lie about the ink-written Vindolanda tablets?
easy- The tablets include texts in Latin.
- Their surviving writing was made with ink.
- Their writing surface was manufactured plastic.
10. Which statement is the lie about William Henry Perkin's mauve dye?
medium- Chemicals derived from coal tar supplied his experiments.
- Perkin discovered his mauve dye in 1756.
- The discovery happened while Perkin was a teenager.
11. Which statement is the lie about Alfred Cralle's ice-cream serving invention?
medium- Cralle patented his device in 1797.
- Cralle worked in Pittsburgh.
- His invention helped release ice cream from the scoop.
12. Which statement is the lie about Nancy Johnson's artificial freezer?
easy- A hand crank turned its stirring mechanism.
- Johnson patented her freezer in 1843.
- The original machine needed an electric motor to churn.
13. Which statement is the lie about Sarah Boone's improved ironing board?
easy- Boone intended it primarily for flattening floorboards.
- Boone received her patent in 1892.
- Her design helped with fitted sleeves.
14. Which statement is the lie about Joseph Aspdin's portland cement?
medium- Aspdin received a patent in 1824.
- Aspdin was an English mason.
- Its name referred to the American city of Portland, Oregon.
15. Which statement is the lie about Karl Drais's running machine?
easy- Drais developed it in 1817.
- It had two wheels arranged one behind the other.
- Its rider turned pedals to move forward.
16. Which statement is the lie about London's original Metropolitan Railway?
medium- It linked Paddington with Farringdon.
- It opened in 1863.
- Its first passenger trains used battery-electric locomotives.
17. Which statement is the lie about the original Crystal Palace's construction?
easy- It housed the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park.
- Its design accommodated full-grown elm trees.
- Its main structural frame was made from reinforced concrete.
18. Which statement is the lie about the building of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct?
medium- Its original water trough was made entirely of timber.
- The aqueduct was completed in 1805.
- Thomas Telford was one of its engineers.
19. Which statement is the lie about London's original postal railway?
medium- Every mail train required a driver riding aboard.
- Its trains ran on electric power.
- The railway opened in 1927.
20. Which statement is the lie about Mesopotamian cylinder seals?
medium- The seals could identify ownership.
- Their carved designs produced raised impressions in clay.
- Their designs were normally transferred by brushing ink onto paper.
21. Which statement is the lie about the Royal Game of Ur?
easy- Boards could be decorated with rosette patterns.
- It was played in ancient Mesopotamia.
- Its familiar board has sixty-four playing squares.
22. Which statement is the lie about Louis Braille's early work?
easy- Braille devised his reading system after his seventieth birthday.
- He developed an initial version while still a teenager.
- He was a student in Paris.
23. Which statement is the lie about James Dewar's vacuum flask?
medium- A partly evacuated gap separated its glass walls.
- Dewar designed it to keep research samples warm by burning fuel.
- The flask dates to 1892.
24. Which statement is the lie about Samuel Crompton's spinning mule?
hard- Crompton developed it in 1779.
- It could produce fine cotton yarn.
- The machine’s purpose was to weave finished cloth on a loom.
25. Which statement is the lie about John Kay's flying shuttle?
medium- It carried weft thread across a loom.
- Kay patented his shuttle in 1733.
- Kay’s shuttle was a machine for stitching buttons onto coats.
26. Which statement is the lie about Bartolomeo Cristofori's early pianos?
easy- Cristofori worked in Florence.
- His action allowed changes in loudness through the player’s touch.
- They sounded their strings by blowing air through metal reeds.
27. Which statement is the lie about Cyrill Demian's 1829 accordion?
hard- Demian worked as an instrument maker in Vienna.
- Demian’s instrument used bellows.
- Each button was restricted to playing a single note.
28. Which statement is the lie about Isaac Pitman's shorthand?
hard- Its signs were designed to copy ordinary English spelling letter by letter.
- Pitman first presented his system in 1837.
- The system represented speech sounds.
29. Which statement is the lie about Talbot's calotype photography?
medium- A calotype negative was made on a polished sheet of solid copper.
- Talbot patented his calotype process in 1841.
- The process could produce positive prints from a negative.
30. Which statement is the lie about Alois Senefelder's early lithography?
hard- His method used slabs of limestone.
- Senefelder experimented with greasy drawing materials.
- Senefelder’s printing surface was a sheet of woven silk.
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