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EXPLORATION/SCIENCE
Brain Bowl
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jon Standard invented what household necessity | Refrigerator |
| What did James E. West invent | The microphone |
| Traveler | |
| What famous inventor did Lewis Latimer work within the development of the electric light bulb | Thomas Edison |
| What was the measuring instrument invented by Frederick Jones | Thermostat |
| Shirley Ann Jackson was the first Black American to earn a PhD from M.I.T. in what subject | Physics |
| What black female inventor patented a home security system | Marie Brown |
| Who invented the burglar alarm | Louis Alexander |
| What Black American inventor worked for both General Electric and Westinghouse | Lewis Latimer |
| What Black slave helped Cyrus McCormick invent his famous reaper | Joe Anderson |
| Who invented the lawn mower | J.A. Burr |
| What common saying refers to a famous Black American inventor | Is it the real McCoy |
| G.F. Grant received a patent in 1899 for what famous sports item | Golf tee |
| Who invented the clothes dryer | G.T. Sampson |
| What did A.B. Blackburn file a patent for in the late 1800’s | Railway signals |
| Who invented over 300 peanut products | George Washington Carver |
| Who invented the first protective hood for gas masks in 1912 | Garrett A. Morgan |
| Garrett A. Morgan paid $40,000 for his patent of the first traffic light; what company did he sell his rights to | GE |
| Lewis Latimer made the patent drawings for the first what | Telephone |
| Who invented a line of African American hair care products in 1905 | Madame C.J. Walker |
| What did Sarah Boone invent | Ironing board |
| Who invented the pencil sharpener | John Lee Love |
| What African American received a patent for his improvements to the mop in 1893 | Thomas W. Stewart |
| Who invented the clothes dryer | George T. Sampson |
| Who developed a system that allowed computers to communicate with printers and other devices | Mark E. Dean |
| What did Alice Parker invent | The heating furnace |
| Phillip Downing invented what communication tool | The Mailbox |
| Who invented the Super Soaker | Lonnie G. Johnson |
| Who was the United States' first female African American space traveler | Mae C. Jemison |
| Who was the black mathematician who was a surveyor on the team that planned the District of Columbia | Benjamin Banneker |
| Who invented the riding saddle for horses | William D. Davis |
| Where was George Washington Carver’s laboratory | Tuskegee Institute, Alabama |
| Who led the team that developed the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine | Kizzmekia Corbett |
| Who was the first African American in space | Dr. Guy Bluford |
| What African American chemist developed an injectable treatment for leprosy | Alice Ball |
| What did George Washington Carver use to develop postage stamp glue | Sweet potatoes |
| Who was the first female Black American to enter the medical profession | Susan McKinney |
| What biologist whose research explored the relationship between skin pigmentation and skin cancer | Jewel Plummer Cobb |
| Who was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States | St. Elmo Brady |
| Who invented the automatic car washer | Richard Spikes |
| Who invented directional signals for the automobile | Richard Spikes |
| What Black American inventor received a patent for the guitar | R.F. Fleming |
| Hyram S. Thomas, working as a chef, created what popular snack. | Potato chip |
| Who is the computer engineer that co-developed the first personal computer | Mark Dean |
| Who invented the disposable syringe | Phil Brooks |
| What Black American designed homes for celebrities such as Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra | Paul Williams |
| Who developed the first airborne radar system that was used for locating downed aircraft | Ozzie Williams |
| What breakthrough medical procedure was performed by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams | Open heart surgery |
| Matthew Henson was with the first expedition to reach what famous destination | North Pole |
| George Washington Carver’s mule-drawn wagon often went to area farmers to teach them about improving crop yields. What was this wagon called | Moveable School |
| What was the name of the first all-Black Medical school | Meharry Medical College |
| What African American ophthalmologist developed laser technology used in treating cataracts | Patricia Bath |
| Who was the first Black American professionally trained as a registered nurse in the United States | Mary Mahoney |
| What African American female leveraged her mathematical and programming expertise to invent an accurate model of the Earth which was used as the foundation for the creation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) | Gladys West |
| Who was the first Black American to pilot a space shuttle mission | Major Frederick D. Gregory |
| Paul Williams served as co-architect for what major international airport | Los Angeles |
| What African American woman was known as the "Termite Lady" for her extensive research on termites and co-discovered the Neotermes luykxi species of termites | Margaret Collins |
| Who invented the bread-crumbing machine and the bread-making machine | Joseph Lee |
| What African American male developed ways to use and preserve blood plasma that helped save lives during World War II and later became the model used for blood banks | Charles Richard Drew |
| Who was the first accredited Black American physician in the United States | Dr James McCune Smith |
| What African American woman invented a bed that folded up so it could be stored out of the way when not in use | Sarah Goode |
| Who patented improvements to the oil stove and the refrigerator | John Standard |
| Augustus Jackson created what well-known dessert | Ice Cream |
| What was the name of the flamboyant pilot known as Black Eagle | Hubert Julian |
| What Black American inventor patented the cotton planter and seed planter | Thomas L. Jennings |
| What Black American inventor patented the hearing aid | Harry Hopkins |
| Who was known as the “Black Edison” | Granville T. Woods |
| Who invented the incubator | Granville T. Woods |
| Whose research proved that insects can hear and led to the phrase "Turner's circling" to describe the way ants return to a nest | Charles Henry Turner |
| Who invented the three-way traffic light | Garrett Morgan |
| What African American male performed the first open-heart surgery on a human in 1893 | Daniel Hale Williams |
| Who was the first African American man to receive a patent for his discovery of a process called dry scouring | Thomas L. Jennings |
| Maya Angelou was the first Black female in what occupation | Cable car conductor |
| On January 20, 1986, what astronaut was one of six crewmembers that died when the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift-off | Dr. Ronald McNair |
| What astrophysicist started a firestorm when he and colleagues decertified Pluto as a major planet | Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
| Who was the first African American to command a space shuttle | Frederick Drew Gregory |
| What was the name of the space shuttle commanded by Frederick Drew Gregory | Discovery |
| Wallace “Wally” Amos founded what brand of cookies | Famous Amos Cookies |
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