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About This Quiz
Both had amazing minds for science and technology, and both are remembered for incredible contributions to our world. But there's a lot of controversy surrounding the two one-time coworkers turned bitter rivals. Find out more with our quiz.
Which of the two took a "Henry Ford assembly-line" approach to inventing?
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
Tesla once worked for Edison but quit in a huff. Why?
Edison insulted Tesla's mother.
Edison reneged on a financial agreement.
Edison belittled Tesla's work.
In the 1880s, Tesla and Edison engaged in a major technological feud. What was it over?
hydroelectric power
competing versions of the light bulb
AC versus DC current
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What crazy thing did Edison do to discredit AC?
He challenged Tesla's pet monkey to a duel.
He electrocuted an elephant.
He climbed on top of an electrical tower and wouldn't come down.
Besides the light bulb, what else is Thomas Edison credited with inventing?
motion picture camera
the phonograph
alkaline storage battery
all of the above
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Both men worked on amazing technologies. But which man would be considered a true visionary?
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
What was very notable about Tesla's memory?
He suffered from short-term memory loss virtually his whole life.
He couldn't remember faces of the people he knew intimately.
He had a photographic memory.
Which man offered up the famous quote, "Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration"?
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
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