Engineering & Technology

Question 1

Patented in 1834 by Cyrus McCormick

Answer 1

MECHANICAL REAPER
(HARVESTER)

Question 2

Inventor of the “mechanical reaper”, patented 1834

Answer 2

CYRUS MCCORMICK

Question 3

Swiss inventor of the bathyscaphe “Trieste”
Piloted by him & his son

Answer 3

AGUSTE (& JACQUES) PICCARD

Question 4

Type of vessel exemplified by Aguste Piccard’s “Trieste”

Answer 4

BATHYSCAPHE

Question 5

Early 1800s/19th century stone-piece pavement method
Named for a Scottish/British engineer

Answer 5

(JOHN) MACADAM

Question 6

German engineer
Developed rotary engine in 1950s

Answer 6

FELIX WANKEL

Question 7

Air-to-air heat-seeking missile
Named for a rattlesnake
Used by Harrier

Answer 7

SIDEWINDER

Question 8

Electroshock weapon
Name is an abbreviation taken from Tom Swift
Also called a “stun gun”

Answer 8

TASER

Question 9

A ship’s binnacle houses this device

Answer 9

COMPASS

Question 10

American inventor
Developed dishwasher in 1880s

Answer 10

JOSEPHINE COCHRAN

Question 11

American inventor
Founder of eponymous luxury jet manufacturer
Developed car radio & the 8-track tape

Answer 11

WILLIAM “BILL” LEAR

Question 12

Imaging in sections using waves
Examples include “Computed (Axial)” or C(A)T and “Positron Emission” or PET scans

Answer 12

TOMOGRAPHY

Question 13

Videotape cassette
Alternative to VHS
Introduced by Sony in 1975
Canceled in 2002

Answer 13

BETAMAX
BETA

Question 14

Student of Galileo
Developed a mercury & glass barometer circa 1643

Answer 14

EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI

Question 15

Invented the piano ~1700
Employed by the Medici family

Answer 15

BARTOLOMEO CRISTOFORI

Question 16

Inventor from Beaver, Utah
Developed “Image dissector”, the first video camera
Considered by many the “inventor of television”

Answer 16

PHILO FARNSWORTH