Patently Absurd🧠 Trivia · Weird & Wonderful
Patently Absurd
Presidential patents, Marx Brothers heart monitors and a patented comb-over: invention history at its strangest.
Teen & up
Medium
80 questions
Sneak peek
- Which US president is the only one ever to hold a patent? Abraham Lincoln · Thomas Jefferson · Theodore Roosevelt · Jimmy Carter Medium
- Abraham Lincoln's 1849 patent was for a device to do what? Lift boats over shoals · Plow rocky fields · Split fence rails · Seal envelopes Hard
- Which of Mark Twain's patented inventions actually made him money? A self-pasting scrapbook · A typewriter ribbon · A steam-powered pen · A folding bicycle Hard
- Escape artist Harry Houdini patented what in 1921? A diving suit · A lock pick · A straitjacket · A trick deck of cards Hard
Answers stay hidden — no spoilers for your crew.
Difficulty mix
How to play
- Listen to the host read the question.
- Tap (or type) your answer before time runs out — no take-backs!
- Right answers score points; faster answers score bonus points when speed bonus is on.
- Team vote: huddle on your phones, majority rules, captain breaks ties.
