Common French Words in English2024-02-14Frugality2024-02-14 Report a question What's wrong with this question? You cannot submit an empty report. Please add some details. 12345678910 Inventor of the Light Bulb Advanced English practice 10 multiple-choice questions If you log in, you will get the results via email. Category: advanced 1. In 1865, two American inventors, Thomas Edison and Hiram Maxim were competing in a race to patent a type of electric lighting. Businessmen were especially interested in .......... to make their fortunes. entrepreneurship entertainment evocative enterprise Category: advanced 2. Both men were already famous for various inventions. However, Edison was more familiar with .......... in patent law and placed a patent on every small progression. laurel laughingstock loopholes ludicrous Category: advanced 3. Hiram Maxim was not the business man as Edison was. In fact, he was more an .......... creator, patiently working until the moment of discovery. artistic astatine archetypal astern Category: advanced 4. In 1878, Maxim was hired by the U.S. Electric Lighting Company in New York to produce electric light. He had already demonstrated remarkable .......... by inventing a sprinkler system at the young age of 24. persimmon possibility perceptiveness penchant Category: advanced 5. In less than a year of research, Maxim had installed an electrical arc lighting system in the company. Edison had observed this process and decided to invent an .......... lamp. integrity inexpiable inevitable incandescent Category: advanced 6. Edison had a financial advantage over Maxim. Investors had supplied .......... money so that he was able to fund a fully staffed laboratory. sufficient superior segue sedative Category: advanced 7. Although, Maxim applied for a patent on the electric light bulb before Edison did, he ran into a .......... of obstructions. quarto quagmire quaver quash Category: advanced 8. Another employee who had worked at the Electric Lighting Company claimed that he was the actual inventor. Although, his claim was dismissed, American law had stated the patent had been .......... obtained and became the property of the U.S. government. fortuitous fraudulently feverish foreign Category: advanced 9. Edison finally created his own lamp. Drawings of his creation .......... the newspapers. decimated destroyed displaced dominated Category: advanced 10. The loss of the credit for inventing the light bulb did not slow down Maxim's .......... creative thought. By the time of his death, Hiram Maxim had acquired 122 American and 149 British patents. indices intuitive innovative illegible Your score is The average score is 0% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Restart quiz Share0