German inventors and inventions: January and February

Question 1

Hans Schwarzkopf invented the first groundbreaking hair care products, specifically these two _________ +__________.

Accepted Answer

shampoo and hairspray

Question 2

Adolf Gaston Fick was a German ophthalmologist who invented...

Accepted Answer

contact lenses

Question 3

Levi Strauss founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. In which state was this located? Hint: the year 1853

Accepted Answer

California

Question 4

Melitta Bentz was the inventor of the...

Accepted Answer

coffee filter

Question 5

Peter Henlein is credited with the invention of the...

Accepted Answer

watch

Question 6

After receiving his doctorate from the University of Munich, Felix Hoffmann joined the Bayer corporation and created...

Accepted Answer

the first aspirin

Question 7

Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist who is best known for his study of shock waves. What number is named after him?

Accepted Answer

Mach number

Question 8

Johannes Gutenberg developed the first...

Accepted Answer

printing press

Question 9

Ernst Karl Abbe, Otto Schott and __________ laid the foundation of modern optics

Accepted Answer

Carl Zeiss

Question 10

Who anglicized his name to Henry Steinway and was granted 126 patents in piano making. He created the company Steinway

Accepted Answer

Heinrich Steinweg

Question 11

Heinrich ________ was a physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of electromagnetic waves.

Accepted Answer

Hertz

Question 12

Eduard Strasburger was one of the most famous plant biologists of the 19th century who developed the principles of...

Accepted Answer

mitosis

Question 13

Rudolph Camerarius was the botanist who identified the reproductive parts and proved the existence of sexes in...

Accepted Answer

plants

Question 14

Christian Hensen was a German zoologist who created the term ______ and laid the foundation for biological oceanography.

Accepted Answer

plankton

Question 15

Nikolaus Kopernikus was an astronomer who placed the sun rather than the _______ at the center of the universe

Accepted Answer

earth

Question 16

Hugo Junkers was an aircraft engineer and aircraft designer who pioneered the design of all ...

Accepted Answer

metal airplanes

Question 17

This composer was born in Salzburg, Austria and was one of the most famous composers of classical music.

Accepted Answer

Amadeus Mozart

Question 18

Helmut Gröttrup and Jürgen Dethloff invented the...

Accepted Answer

smart card

Question 19

Theodor Stiebel invented the first ________in 1924.

Accepted Answer

coil immersion heater

Question 20

Reinhold Burger was an inventor and is best known for his invention of the...

Accepted Answer

Thermos flask

Question 21

Ernst Heinkel was a German aircraft designer who created the first Turbo jet and the first...

Accepted Answer

rocket aircraft

Question 22

Manfred von Ardenne was a German researcher, physicist and _________? who took out nearly 600 patents in various fields.

Accepted Answer

inventor

Question 23

Hermann Blau was an engineer and chemist who invented...

Accepted Answer

Blau gas

German inventors and inventions: January and February

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German inventors and inventions: January and February

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