A. Zoot suit
B. Mini-skirt
C. Bikini
D. Tank top
Explanation:
The bikini, a two-piece swimsuit named for the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, made its debut on July...
A. Leisure suit
B. Lava lamp
C. Eight-track tape deck
D. Hot comb
Explanation:
Groovy, baby! Lava lamps, which were a fixture in every hip pad in the 1960s...
1) Denmark and Italy
2) France and Sweden
3) Japan and Singapore
4) South Korea and Germany
Explanation:
Henley Passport Index for the year 2019 was released on August...
a)August 25
b)August 24
c)August 23
d)August 26
Women's Equality Day is observed every year on August 26 to celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment in the...
a)Bahrain
b)UAE
c)Israel
d)Sudan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred the ‘King Hamad Order of the Renaissance’ by Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa...
A. 1800s
B. 1880s
C. 1890s
D. 1900s
Explanation:
In 1904, John Ambrose Fleming invented the first practical electron tube called the 'Fleming Valve', which is a diode rectifier....
A. Electric Drill
B. Electric Shaver
C. Electric Fence
D. Electric Heater
Explanation:
The Electric Drill was the invention of Arthur James Arnot. On 20 August 1889 he patented...
A. S. Sperrow
B. O. Stricheg
C. T. Henman
D. C. Cockerell
Explanation:
Christopher Cockerell invented the hovercraft in 1956. His early experiments with the idea involved a cat...
A. Elijah McCoy
B. Jan Ernst Matzeliger
C. Ernest Just
D. Lewis Latimer
Explanation:
Matzeliger never benefited financially from his inventions. He died in 1889 at the age of...
A. S. Tuberosum
B. W. Raleigh
C. E. Asselbergs
D. K. Edwards
Explanation:
Instant mash was invented by Edward A Asselbergs, a Canadian, in 1962. The mash is actually...
A. Albert Einstein
B. Michael Skube
C. George Gamow
D. Roger Penrose
Explanation:
George Gamow. Gamow, who died in 1968, was a physicist, who published "Thirty Years that Shook...
A. Lewis Edson Waterman
B. Sir William Grove
C. Charles Kettering
D. George Fountain
Explanation:
Lewis Edson Waterman patented the first practical fountain pen in 1884.
A. 1950s
B. 1960s
C. 1970s
D. 1980s
Explanation:
On September 12, 1958, Jack Kilby demonstrated the first working IC while working for Texas Instruments, although the U.S. patent...
A. Biro Brothers
B. Waterman Brothers
C. Bicc Brothers
D. Write Brothers
Explanation:
The Hungarian brothers, Laszlo and George Biro, made the first ball point pen in 1894. It...
A. Dynamite
B. Ladders
C. Race cars
D. Parachute
Explanation:
Many people who tried to test the first parachutes died by jumping from high places. One attempt was a...
