| Coverage : The Thomas Edison Quiz tests your knowledge of the famous inventor with regard to his professional and personal life.
The Thomas Edison Quiz questions are creatively compiled to help you fully gauge how much you know about this interesting personality. |
| 1. | Thomas Edison holds the most patents ever issued to one individual. How many is that? |
| a. | | 2,001 |
| b. | | 1,093 |
| c. | | 654 |
| d. | | 259
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| 2. | After a teacher was overheard calling a young Thomas Edison "addled", where was Edison sent for schooling? |
| a. | | Out of town to a private school |
| b. | | To be taught at an aunt's house |
| c. | | Nowhere. Edison had no formal schooling |
| d. | | Home, where his mother taught him
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| 3. | What is Thomas Edison's birthday? |
| a. | | April 20, 1879 |
| b. | | June 15,1843 |
| c. | | February 11, 1847 |
| d. | | December 1, 1900
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| 4. | Thomas Edison developed an ailment in childhood. What was it? |
| a. | | Partial hearing loss |
| b. | | Partial loss of sight |
| c. | | Polio |
| d. | | Measles
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| 5. | In the 1880s, Thomas Edison bought a winter home in Fort Myers, Florida, which he called Seminole Lodge. Who bought a winter home across the street? |
| a. | | Henry Ford |
| b. | | Franklin Pope |
| c. | | Albert Einstein |
| d. | | His parents
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| 6. | How many times was Thomas Edison married? |
| a. | | He never married |
| b. | | Three times |
| c. | | Twice |
| d. | | Once, to a childhood sweetheart
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| 7. | How old was Thomas Edison when he died? |
| a. | | 92 |
| b. | | 84 |
| c. | | 90 |
| d. | | 76
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| 8. | Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 9. | What was Thomas Edison's first invention? |
| a. | | The phonograph |
| b. | | The light bulb |
| c. | | Film projector |
| d. | | Kinetophone
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| 10. | Thomas Edison was afraid of what? |
| a. | | Spiders |
| b. | | Heights |
| c. | | Dark |
| d. | | Mice
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| 11. | Thomas Edison was a vegan. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 12. | What was Thomas Edison's middle name? |
| a. | | Alva |
| b. | | Christopher |
| c. | | Emmit |
| d. | | Albert
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| 13. | How many siblings did Thomas Edison have? |
| a. | | 4 |
| b. | | 6 |
| c. | | 2 |
| d. | | None
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| 14. | How many children did Thomas Edison have? |
| a. | | 3 |
| b. | | 2 |
| c. | | 5 |
| d. | | 6
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| 15. | From what invention did Thomas Edison make the most money? |
| a. | | The phonograph |
| b. | | The alkaline storage battery |
| c. | | The light bulb |
| d. | | The film projector
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