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Pastimes : The new NFL

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To: spitsong who wrote (90960)2/4/2026 8:02:45 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell  Read Replies (2) of 91010
 
Super Bowl LX Trivia Question of the Day...

Below are 8 objects, half invented in the Boston and half in the Seattle area. Name any 4 invented in the same area (answer below):

1) Telephone
2) Pickleball
3) Backpack
4) Lunar Rover
5) Microwave Oven
6) Disposable Razor
7) Polaroid Camera
8) Electric Bass Guitar
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Answer:

Boston
1) Telephone - By Alexander Graham Bell in 1948
5) Microwave Oven - By Percy Spencer at Raytheon in 1945
6) Disposable Razor Blade - By King Camp Gillette in the late 1890s
7) Polaroid Camera - By Edwin Land in 1948
Source: secretboston.co

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Seattle
2) Pickleball - On Bainbridge Island in 1965 at the home of Joel Pritchard
3) Backpack - By Lloyd F Nelson in 1922 (called the Trapper Nelson)
4) Lunar Rover - By Boeing in 1969
8) Electric Bass Guitar - By Paul Tutmarc in 1936 (called the Audiovox 736)
Source: seatoday.6amcity.com

- Jeff

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