Only Experts Can Score Over 61 On This UW Inventions Quiz

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  When did UW alumnus Harry Steenbock have a breakthrough, leading to the discovery of Vitamin D?

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  • A.
    1903
  • B.
    1923
  • C.
    1943
• 2.
  Farmers started building and using round silos after UW professor F. H. King demonstrated that they could reduce spoilage. When did the new structures become commonplace?

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  • A.
    1890
  • B.
    1900
  • C.
    1910
• 3.
  UW researcher Fritz Bach developed the first method for transplanted bone marrow in which year?

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  • A.
    1968
  • B.
    1978
  • C.
    1988
• 4.
  In which year did Arthur Robinson, a UW alumnus and professor, create his world map for the Rand McNally atlas?

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  • A.
    1943
  • B.
    1953
  • C.
    1963
• 5.
  What year was the MRI body scan performed on a human, thanks to Ray Damadian ’56's invention?

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  • A.
    1967
  • B.
    1977
  • C.
    1987
• 6.
  In what year did UW alumna Alice Evans discover that unpasteurized milk could lead to brucellosis disease in humans?

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  • A.
    1917
  • B.
    1937
  • C.
    1957
• 7.
  Thanks to smartphones, pocket calculators have almost become obsolete. It was Jack Kilby MS’50 who invented the pocket calculator in what year?

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  • A.
    1955
  • B.
    1965
  • C.
    1975
• 8.
  The transistor, an essential component of nearly all of today's electronics, was invented by John Bardeen ’28, MS’29 in which year?

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  • A.
    1947
  • B.
    1957
  • C.
    1967
• 9.
  When did UW researchers develop the UW Solution — the first cold-storage synthetic solution used to store and transport organs for transplant?

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  • A.
    1976
  • B.
    1986
  • C.
    1996

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Apprentice

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  Harry Steenbock's Vitamin D breakthrough happened in 1923. F.H. King's round silo became commonplace in 1910. The bone marrow transplant was developed in 1968. Robinson's world map was created in 1963. The first MRI was performed in 1977. Alice Evans discovered the effects of drinking unpasteurized milk in 1917. The pocket calculator was invented in 1965. The transistor was invented in 1947. The first cold-storage synthetic solution for organ transplant was developed in 1986. How many did you get right?
• 2.
  Master Inventor

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  Harry Steenbock's Vitamin D breakthrough happened in 1923. F.H. King's round silo became commonplace in 1910. The bone marrow transplant was developed in 1968. Robinson's world map was created in 1963. The first MRI was performed in 1977. Alice Evans discovered the effects of drinking unpasteurized milk in 1917. The pocket calculator was invented in 1965. The transistor was invented in 1947. The first cold-storage synthetic solution for organ transplant was developed in 1986. How many did you get right?
• 3.
  Pure Genius!

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  Harry Steenbock's Vitamin D breakthrough happened in 1923. F.H. King's round silo became commonplace in 1910. The bone marrow transplant was developed in 1968. Robinson's world map was created in 1963. The first MRI was performed in 1977. Alice Evans discovered the effects of drinking unpasteurized milk in 1917. The pocket calculator was invented in 1965. The transistor was invented in 1947. The first cold-storage synthetic solution for organ transplant was developed in 1986. How many did you get right?