Super Quiz: Inventions named after people

March 26, 2015 at 1:54 a.m.

  1. A common piece of lab equipment that produces a single open gas flame

  2. A type of portable, prefabricated truss bridge developed during World War II

  3. An amusement ride consisting of a large upright wheel with suspended seats

  4. Machine used to transfer water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches

  5. A scale of wind speed

  6. An inflatable life jacket

  7. A shallow dish used to culture bacteria

  8. Lines to show the level of water when a ship is properly loaded

  9. A device for measuring a person's shoe size

ANSWERS:

  1. Bunsen burner

  2. Bailey bridge

  3. Ferris wheel

  4. Archimedes' screw

  5. Beaufort scale

  6. Mae West

  7. Petri dish

  8. Plimsoll line

  9. Brannock device

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