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1)Who made the world first workable submarine?

Christopher Cockerell

Thomas Newcomen

David Bushnell

John Bardeen

2)How did James Watt’s steam engine improve on Thomas Newcomen’s so much?

It had a separate condenser

It was larger

It allowed more steam to escape

It was more powerful

3)In what year did Wilbur and Orville Wright make their first powered flight.

1901

1902

1903

1904

4)What does the acronym MAGLEV stand for?

MAGnetically Levitated Electric Vehicle

MAGnetic LEVitation

MAGnetic Loss-free Electric Vehicle

Magnification of Anti Gravitational Electronic Vehicle

5)The hovercraft is mainly used for:

U.S. military maneuvers

Civilian transport

Hover-mowers!

Hover-kilns

6)Which invention did Otto Lilienthal and Samuel Langley work on?

The hovercraft

The maglev train

High speed electric trains

Aircraft