| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| His most famous invention | Practical Light Bulb | 94%
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| He proposed to his wife using this code | Morse Code | 88%
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| He co-founded this company, abbreviated GE | General Electric | 87%
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| He took camping trips with this auto tycoon | Henry Ford | 86%
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| His invention for recording and playing back sound | Phonograph | 83%
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| Diet he shared with Gandhi and Hitler | Vegetarian | 81%
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| This Serbian inventor worked for him briefly | Nikola Tesla | 75%
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| He thought AC power was dangerous. What does AC stand for? | {Alternating} Current | 73%
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| Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent ____________ | Perspiration | 62%
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| His middle name | Alva | 60%
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| His laboratory was located in this state | New Jersey | 60%
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| His nickname: The ______ of Menlo Park | Wizard | 60%
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| His invention for displaying stock prices | Stock {Ticker} | 55%
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| It is (wrongly) claimed that he helped electrocute a killer animal named Topsy. What type of animal was Topsy? | Elephant | 44%
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| This soccer player was named for him | Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento ) | 30%
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| He built houses and even furniture out of this industrial material | Cement | 24%
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| He built Pearl Street Station, the world's first … | Power Plant | 21%
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| He was given a patent for this device, which he called a "Kinetograph" | Movie Camera | 15%
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| _________ is all bunk | Religion | 13%
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