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Thomas Edison Test: Hiring Process

During Edison's hiring process, he had certain criteria all applicants had to pass. He created a 146 questionare that every candidate had to take in order to be hired as one of Thomas Edison's workers. Below are examples of questions that were on the Intelligence test.
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 Spain, Andorra, Monaco, Switzerland, Germany, Luxemburg and Belgium

1.What countries bound France?

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In Denmark

10.Where is Copenhagen?

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The first signer of the 

Declaration of Independence.

18.Who was John Hancock?

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The Spanish conqueror of Peru

26.Who is Pizarro?

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Harrisburg

39.What is the capital of Pennsylvania?

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Mergenthaler was the first to

perfect a highly practical one.

52.Who invented the typesetting machine?

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Amundsen, and then Scott

63.Who reached the south pole?

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Cyanide of potassium, strychnine and arsenic.

83.Name three powerful poisons.

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Eli Whitney

101.Who invented the cotton gin?

Want to try and answer all 146 questions? Download the PDF below. Questions and answers availible.
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