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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Inventions Roads
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


Which country has the longest road network at over 4 million miles ?

 

China
India
USA
Brazil

The first four lane motorway was built in Pennsylvania USA between ?

 

1930-33
1927-30
1940-1943
1937-1940

Short stretches of motorway roads were attempted in the USA as far back as ?

 

1914
1894
1884
1904

Which scotsman was a pioneer in the field of road surfacing ?

 

John Macadam
John Boyd Dunlop
John Napier
Charles Macintosh

Percy Shaw was responsible for inventing & patenting what in 1935 ?

 

Automatic Car Wash
CatsEyes
Road signs
Seat Belts

Who was the inventor of the 'truck' considered as the 1st motor vehicle ?

 

Jean Etienne Lenoir
Daimler Benz
Richard Trevithick
Nicolas Cugnot

Which London square saw the first traffic lights in 1868 ?

 

Trafalgar Square
Parliament Square
Belgrave Square
Leicester Square

The first 50 miles of 2 lane motorway was built during 1924 in which country ?

 

USA
Spain
Italy
Germany

In 1982 the worst road traffic accident killed more than 2000 people in ?

 

Iran
Afghanistan
Iraq
India

The first electric 3 colour traffic light were established in New York in ?

 

1938
1898
1878
1918


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