What American inventor has been credited with inventing bifocals?
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington Carver
Alexander Graham Bell
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What group had a Top 10 hit single in the U.K. in 1985 with "One Vision", which was inspired by their performance at the Live Aid concert?
The Boomtown Rats
U2
Dire Straits
Queen
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Which of the following TV characters was frequently shown using a lorgnette?
Fran Fine (The Nanny)
June Cleaver (Leave It to Beaver)
Mrs. Howell (Gilligan's Island)
Mother Jefferson (The Jeffersons)
ANSWER: A lorgnette is a pair of eyeglasses on a stick. A lorgnette is a pair of eyeglasses on a stick.
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What character actor played bespectacled Eugene, who suffered from astigmatism, in the 1978 film musical Grease?
Robert Carradine
Eddie Deezen
Crispin Glover
Jeff Daniels
5 of 5
Which U.S. President was usually pictured wearing a pince-nez?
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
John F. Kennedy
ANSWER: A pince-nez is a pair of eyeglasses held in place with a nose clip instead of ear pieces. A pince-nez is a pair of eyeglasses held in place with a nose clip instead of ear pieces.
