1.
Roman Emperor Nero viewed the Gladiator games through lenses. Which
gem was used to make these lenses?
Ruby
Emerald
Diamond
Sapphire
2. Although historians
have pinpointed the late 13th century as the likely time spectacles
were first invented they don't know who the inventor was, just his
nationality. Which nationality was he?
English
French
German
Italian
3. Counterfeiting
or "lens bait and switch" has been going on since the
14th century. Which lens material was substituted for the more valuable
rock crystal?
Diamonds
Glass
Plastic
Lead
4. In the 14th
century, eyeglasses were an extravagant statement of wealth and
power. Which class of people were not among the privileged
to benefit from the use of spectacles?
Clergymen
Noblemen
Royalty
Blacksmiths
5. What invention
spurred the wide use of reading glasses?
Weaving Machines
Guttenberg's Printing Press
Glass Blowing
Dyecasting
6. Determining
the right lens for the given eyeglass wearer was an arduous task.
In the early 17th century the first graded lenses were invented.
What nationality were the inventors?
Italian
German
French
Spanish
7. Historical
sources indicate that the concept of combining both distance and
near lenses into one set of eyeglasses was invented around 1775.
Who was the likely first inventor?
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Morse
Samuel Pierce
Thomas Mann
8. Which U.S.
President created a major public relations coup for an Ophthalmologist
whose waiting room became packed with wanna-be patients as a result?
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Adams
9. Which invention,
in 1926, created as much a need for distance-seeing eyeglasses as
the Gutenberg Printing Press had for reading or close-up seeing
spectacles 470 years earlier?
Telephone
Television
Movie Camera
Automobiles
10. The U.S. Food
and Drug Administration instituted the industry's first test mandating
that all eyeglass lenses pass a minimum level of shatter-resistance
to insure public eye safety. What was that test called?
Spectroscopy
Crash Testing
Drop Ball Test
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