Question 1

Name the luxury liner that sank off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912.

Accepted Answer

RMS Titanic

Answer

RMS Lusitania

Answer

SS Normandie

Answer

HMS Britannic

Question 2

What was the first commercial broadcasting station?

Accepted Answer

KDKA

Answer

BBC

Answer

CBS

Answer

NBC

Question 3

Who made the first successful airplane flight in 1903?

Accepted Answer

The Wright brothers

Answer

Glenn Curtiss

Answer

Amelia Earhart

Answer

The Montgolfier brothers

Question 4

Who built the Model T automobile?

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford

Answer

Alfred P. Sloan

Answer

Louis Chevrolet

Answer

Karl Benz

Question 5

What Jewish scientist proposed the theories of relativity?

Accepted Answer

Albert Einstein

Answer

Niels Bohr

Answer

Richard Feynman

Answer

Max Planck

Question 6

Who discovered that mosquitoes carried yellow fever?

Accepted Answer

Walter Reed

Answer

Ernest Rutherford

Answer

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Answer

Carlos Finlay

Question 7

Who is known as the 'Father of Nuclear Science'?

Accepted Answer

Ernest Rutherford

Answer

Marie Curie

Answer

Niels Bohr

Answer

Enrico Fermi

Question 8

Who is the famous agricultural scientist known for his work with peanuts and sweet potatoes?

Accepted Answer

George Washington Carver

Answer

Fritz Haber

Answer

Norman Borlaug

Answer

John Bennet Lawes

Question 9

Who built the first dirigible?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Answer

Hugo Eckener

Answer

Henri Giffard

Answer

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Question 10

Who is credited with significantly contributing to the elimination of yellow fever?

Accepted Answer

Walter Reed

Answer

Carlos Finlay

Answer

Alexander Fleming

Answer

John Snow

Related quizzes

Related quizzes