Can you name the countries where these items were invented?

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InventionCountryInventor, Date
Weight ScalesInventor unknown, circa 5000 BC
CoffeeKaldi*, circa 800 CE
VelcroGeorge de Mestral, 1948
Personal ComputerMichael Donald Wise, 1975
GunpowderInventor unknown, circa 9th century BCE
TelescopeHans Lipperhey and Zacharias Jansen, 1608
BicyclePierre Marchaux, 1861
SyringeFrancis Rynd, 1844
SaxophoneAntoine Joseph Sax, 1846
Aerosol CanErik Rotheim, 1926
InventionCountryInventor, Date
Automobile (gasoline powered)Karl Benz or Gottlieb Daimler, 1886
BoomerangInventor unknown, circa 10,000 BC
Artificial SatelliteSergei Korolev, 1957
PacemakerRune Elmqvist and Ake Senning, 1958
RailroadRichard Trevithick, 1804
Electric BatteryAlessandro Volta, 1800
Blackberry (handheld device)Research in Motion Limited, 1999
NecktieInventor & date unknown
Ballpoint PenLászló Bíró, 1931
WalkmanAkio Morita (SONY Corporation), 1979
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Birthplaces of Technology Quiz

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