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Inventors & Inventions

Quiz by Ruan Nel

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  • Q1
    What did the Wright brothers invent?
    The submarine
    The hot air balloon
    The airplane
    The helicopter
    30s
  • Q2
    Who invented the telephone?
    Thomas Edison
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Nikola Tesla
    Henry Ford
    30s
  • Q3
    What did Marie Curie discover?
    Radioactivity
    Oxygen
    Electricity
    Gravity
    30s
  • Q4
    Who is known for inventing the printing press?
    Johannes Gutenberg
    Leonardo da Vinci
    Isaac Newton
    Benjamin Franklin
    30s
  • Q5
    Who invented the first practical automobile?
    Nikola Tesla
    Rudolf Diesel
    Henry Ford
    Karl Benz
    30s
  • Q6
    What invention is Thomas Edison famous for improving?
    The phonograph
    The telephone
    The lightbulb
    The camera
    30s
  • Q7
    Who is credited with inventing the first airplane?
    The Wright brothers
    Charles Lindbergh
    Leonardo da Vinci
    Amelia Earhart
    30s
  • Q8
    What did Johannes Gutenberg invent that changed how books were made?
    the printing press
    the camera
    the telescope
    the typewriter
    30s
  • Q9
    What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?
    the telephone
    the light bulb
    the airplane
    the radio
    30s
  • Q10
    Who is known for inventing the first successful airplane?
    the Wright brothers
    Amelia Earhart
    Charles Lindbergh
    Albert Einstein
    30s
  • Q11
    Who invented the regular use of the assembly line for mass production?
    Henry Ford
    George Washington Carver
    Nikola Tesla
    Thomas Edison
    30s
  • Q12
    Who is credited with inventing the first practical process for making steel?
    Thomas Edison
    Andrew Carnegie
    Elon Musk
    Henry Bessemer
    30s
  • Q13
    What invention is Thomas Edison also known for besides the light bulb?
    the television
    the phonograph
    the microwave
    the radio
    30s
  • Q14
    Who invented the first successful vaccine for smallpox?
    Jonas Salk
    Edward Jenner
    Louis Pasteur
    Robert Koch
    30s
  • Q15
    What did Nikola Tesla contribute to modern electricity?
    batteries
    alternating current (AC)
    direct current (DC)
    light bulbs
    30s

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