Tuesday 12th November 2024
    Difficulty: Medium

    Small rewards (Quiz #725)

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    1. How much did London Transport pay Harry Beck for his design of the original London Underground map?

    2. Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven after noticing that the chocolate bar in his pocket melted when he was working on a radar set. How much did his employer, Raytheon, pay him for his invention?

    3. What did Daisuke Inoue, the drummer in a Japanese bar band, fail to patent, thereby gaining nothing from his invention which achieved worldwide popularity?

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