You pays your money, and you takes your choice. What do you know about…?

It's a bit of a game, really: buying things from vending machines. What do you know about them? Answer this multiple choice quiz.

1. The first-ever vending machine was designed by:
   
   • Thomas Edison
   • Thomas Jefferson
   • Leonardo da Vinci
   • Hero of Alexandria
2. You're in an English pub in 1615. What can you buy from the vending machine?
   
   • Beer
   • Snuff and tobacco
   • Change
   • Sugar candy
3. What did the first patented vending machine (1886, USA) dispense?
   
   • Chewing gum
   • Chocolate
   • Tobacco
   • Postcards
4. What illegal material could you buy from an English vending machine in 1822?
   
   • Opium
   • French wine
   • A copy of Tom Paine's Age of Reason
   • A nude picture of George IV
5. What could you buy from the vending machines in the New York City El in 1888?
   
   • Newspapers
   • Cigarettes
   • Chewing gum
   • El tokens
6. In 1892, a Utah company came up with a unique vending machine item. What could you buy for $2.50 in coins?
   
   • A mining claim
   • Divorce papers
   • A copy of The Book of Mormon
   • A land deed
7. Why were authorities alarmed by the soft drink vending machines at Coney Island in 1900?
   
   • Too much sugar
   • Too expensive
   • Shared tin cups
   • Unclean water
8. Where did the idea of vending machine restaurants originate?
   
   • Amsterdam
   • New York
   • Philadelphia
   • Berlin
9. In 1937, some British readers could buy paperback books from a vending machine. What was the machine called?
   
   • The Penguincubator
   • The Book-o-Matic
   • The Readomatic
   • The Autokiosk
10. What did the Carvana company begin selling from vending machines in 2013?
    
    • Used cars
    • Art objects
    • Disposable video cameras
    • Mobile phones

You knew them all, right? You trivia junkie, you. No? Then click on the picture. It will vend answers.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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