Smithsonian inventors quiz

Fun trivia game at the Smithsonian website—Given a list of inventions, how many of the inventors can you name in 6 minutes. Cheat if you must, but know that every time you do, you make an adorable baby alpaca cry.

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gandalf23

13/20. Should’ve gotten the automobile inventor. :( Did have to work hard for the correct spelling of several of them. :)
bklynchris

I don’t (ahem, can’t) do non-multiple choice inventor trivia. Unless they are all bio/chem/med sciences.

Were it multiple choice I would so score! …I think.
JillK

11/20. Feeling really dumb that I missed Sikorsky and Benz because just last week I read a book about inventors to the kids at the library and they were both mentioned.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=607675355 Brent Kirkham

I wonder what Alpaca tastes like??? (ducks and runs for cover)
Timothy Reeves

16/20. One I had never heard of, and I had no idea that he (don’t want to give it away) invented the adding machine.
- http://profiles.google.com/greeneggsandsamuel Sam Archer
  
  I’ve actually heard of him, but didn’t know he invented the adding machine. Kinda makes sense though given what I do know him for.
  - Timothy Reeves
    
    I didn’t word that very well. I had not heard of one at all (I had heard of all the other nineteen), and another guy (who I had heard of) invented the adding machine, but I didn’t know it was he who invented it.
johnniek

this is rad!
Toxa

Airplanes are self-propeled… The right answer is Santos-Dumont you imperialists ;-)
Trey Roady

What? No question over who invented the steam engine or the separate condenser!? Blasphemy!